The Best Laid Plans

Don't you just hate it when things don't go as planned or expected?  I got up early this morning to be ready for some installers to do some work on the house, but the product ordered was not correct.  The morning was a total wash and due to trying to get this project done since December, I was also getting extremely frustrated.  After putting the living room back together, I've just been aimless the rest of the day.  I have tried stitching, but just can't seem to get going on it.  I don't feel like I've gotten very far on the outer border of An Open Heart.  Might be because I haven't been stitching on it, lol. 

I'm not yet halfway around the outer border. 

I have been getting some stitches in my Sanctuary of Knowledge by Randal Spangler (HAED). 

Sanctuary of Knowledge
Randal Spangler
HAED

I am on page 14 (out of 77).  I was really enjoying working on this again, but last night I was feeling the familiar frustration of putting in a lot of hours and not seeing much progress.  I'm thinking I'll be doing the HAED charts in fits and starts this year, rather than trying to finish up a page before moving to something else. 

And those something elses are being troublemakers!  I felt the need of some retail therapy after the fiasco this morning, so I ordered the fabic for Chatelaine's Misty Morning Vineyard and Victoria Sampler's Forget-Me-Not Sampler, and the patterns for Chatelaine's Celtic Maze Garden and Evening in the Park.  Like I don't have enough to do;  the socks and scarf are still being knitted, the blanket crocheted, 6-7 cross stitch WIP's and life in general.

Here is a teaser for the next start (which will NOT be started until I finish Crystal Roses, cross my heart, lol).

Aren't the colors just yummy? 

Happy Stitching!

Tamara