Another Giveaway

This giveaway is a piece I just finished stitching Classic Colorworks & LHN's "Over the Moon" ©2014.

 I will be giving away this chart and left over threads.  The rules are:

1.  Go to:  KYKS Forum (You will have to join this group, but we have lots of PERKS!!!
2.  Find Contests Link, click on it.
3.  Find "150416 Giveaway" and post a message of your wishes to be part of this giveaway.  Giveaway will be announced on May 1st.

Thanks for stopping by,
Cathryn

Sorry....

I forgot to post here that Leslie M won the 'giveaway' (N. Pole Express).  Congratulations Leslie.  :)

Blueladie Designs Newsletter

went out.  Hope you got yours.  If not, visit my website (link above) to see directions on how to subscribe.  :)

Have a wonderful, blessed day!

Hugs,
Cathryn

Present from DH

 Her name is Penny.  She's a tuxedo cat and she's come to stay at our house.  DH got her to catch mice (we live in farm country where they are abundant).  She is a 'talker'.  Meows whenever she sees me and we have quite a conversation.  :)  I'm glad she's here.

The Counted Wishes Festival

is OPEN!  Come and enjoy the designs, games and prizes.  Looking forward to seeing you there.  As always, enjoy receiving your emails, comments and suggestions!

:D
Cathryn

Giveaway

Dear Stitchers,

A couple of opportunities for you:

1.     THE COUNTED WISHES FESTIVAL

        starts THIS Sunday at 8:00 am (3/15).  What a great time is planned for all the participants.  Much has been planned to make things easier for you and fun too.

        See Facebook for daily activities:

                https://www.facebook.com/events/1407258522917181/

2.  I have a giveaway for you:

         

        This is a free Little House Needleworks © 2014 chart I got with the purchase of Classic Colorworks overdyed threads.  I will include leftover threads with the chart also.  I will announce the winner on March 31^st on this blog.  You can either use the threads to stitch this or match the colors as closely as you can to threads you would like to substitute.  

RULES TO ENTER:  All you have to do is post a message to the contest entry message in CONTESTS forum in the following linked group (one of the cross stitch groups we facilitate) KYKS:

http://kyks.freeforums.org/index.php

You have to join to post a message, BUT if you enjoy my designs you might want to hang around and be a group member.  My new monthly designs that you may have seen on my blog or in my newsletter are included free in this group.  That’s right FREE !  We are also planning to restart our Bingo game which is ongoing as well as other activities and contests (Recipe contest and Christmas parties and charts, etc.)  It will be fun.  Iris C and I are co-owners/administrators of this group and would be excited and happy to have you.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Cathryn,                                            

Designer/Owner

Blueladie Designs

Designer’s Blog -

http://blueladie.blogspot.com/

The Blueladie Designs

March newsletter is out!  Did you get yours?  I like the freebie chart in it this month.  :)  If you would like to receive the newsletters, click on my website link above to find out how.

March is "coming in like a lion" here.  Hope it settles down to be a lamb really soon.

Thanks for stopping by,
Cathryn

Happy Friday!

The newsletter will be out in a couple of days.  Curious?  Want to be on the mailing list?  Click on my website link above to see how.

How are you all doing?  Any of the new designs coming out catching your eye?  Surviving winter?  Wow!  What a winter!  ;)

Cathryn
http://kyks.freeforums.org/index.php

Congratulations Winners

Joyce and Linda you both won!  Congratulations!  Email me when you've chosen what additional chart you would like to have from my website.  You have until the end of the month to choose.  When I receive your email, I will send you the chart you have chosen and the newest BLD chart to your right on this page.

Thanks for entering.  I appreciate your interest.

Cathryn

Giveaway

I've noticed that a lot of my friendly bloggers are having a giveaway.  Well, I can't be left out of this.  I would like to giveaway a PDF copy of my newest design (pictured in the column to the right).  Also would like to include any other 1 (one) chart of your choice from my website (link to the top of this page).

1.  You must be a follower of this blog.
2.  For another entry, you must post notification with a link to my giveaway on your blog and email me (blueladie at hotmail dot com) that you did this with a link to your blog.  :)
3.  For a third entry, post this on facebook with a link to my giveaway and email me that you did this (blueladie at hotmail dot com).

Have fun for all the giveaways for Valentines day.  A winner will be drawn on Valentine's Day.

May your life be filled with love and lots of blessings!
Cathryn

What an ER couple of days!

Delilah was finally released from the hospital with better blood counts and no fever.  Her sister Destiny, however, went to the ER and they found she had a fractured wrist.  They put a splint on it and she is due to see a bone specialist for a cast.  What a stressful few days for my youngest daughter and her family.

Prayers and positive thoughts are much appreciated!

Cathryn

Granddaughter still in Hospital

Update from mom:

Numbers are going in the wrong direction. Her ANC is now down to 20. So that's another day, stuck here. Lyllah's very crabby and demanding but I can't say I wouldn't be the same way if I were her. It's just no fun being here. 
The other night we got some face time in with our family and Lyllah heard her sister, Destiny, saying hi and Lyllah smiled and went, "Awe!" She misses playing with her brother and sister. 
Well, here's to praying for better numbers tomorrow!

Granddaughter in hospital

Posting from her mother:

2/6

So we were back in the ER last night. This time Lyllah had a fever of 102.2. With her ANC so low that's an automatic 48 hour stay. Just now waking up from a long night of throwing up, crying and sleeplessness. Good news is the fever's gone. Delilah's going to get some blood today to bring her hemoglobin up and help her feel better. Hopefully her ANC will continue an upward trend. We need her to be fever-free for 24 hours, antibiotics for 48 hours and her ANC above 200 to go home. Praying to be home Sunday evening.

2/8

So the numbers are in:
ANC is 80 so we're staying overnight again.Hemoglobin is up to 11.3 and Delilah is in a better mood (Except it's hard to wait for pancakes). And as for Mom and Dad, we're exhausted, as usual. Money and food are tight right now so if anyone's looking to help, a good, home-cooked meal for Delilah's siblings, Dominic and Destiny, and their grandparents, Sharon and Mike, would be greatly appreciated. You may also contact Best Upon Request at 513-803-4871 or concierge@cchmc.org to purchase meal cards for us at the hospital. We're in A South, room 5-42. Hopefully our stay won't be a long one but we never know. It's a day by day process. We'll keep you updated as we get info. Thank you all for your prayers and positive thoughts!

Granddaughter Update from her mother

Good morning folks!
Delilah had a home care visit last night in preparation of her appointment today and bloodwork came back really low.  ANC was 10 and needs to be at least 500 to be out in public safely so her immune system is compromised right now.  Along with that, her hemoglobin has dropped to 8.4 so the doctors may consider giving her blood today.  Delilah's platelets have also dropped to only 37,000 as opposed to the hundreds of thousands it should be so she's also at risk of bleeding a lot if she gets a scrape or cut.  With all this being said, this is not surpirsing due to the oral chemo she's been on and this just means that doses need to be adjusted.  Headed down to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center for her appointment now and will update everyone as we can.

* * * * *

All went well at the clinic visit today.  Vincristine is in the steroids this week but no oral chemo.  The doc says the steroids should bump up her numbers Home Care visit in 2 weeks to check blood counts.  At home and exhausted, poor thing, but otherwise ok.

(from her mom)