It’s been a very stressful week at work this week … management have decided to add a new element to ‘my’ current big project two weeks prior to launch date – and the department that are requesting all the changes decided they shouldn’t have to write the specs for the technical build team, so that all ended up on my desk, which has taken me 4 days to complete around other tasks … gotta love being able to plan your time prior to launch! mutter mutter mutter. So, it’s been a few 10-12 hour days again this week, which means no real stitching done …
I did, however, sit down last night for an hour or two and dragged out my Sapphire Star again … all excited, I thought I’d fill in some of the inside blocks to give me a change of pace … only to find that I’m missing one thread type … and of course is HAS to be a Rainbow Gallery thread that is like bl**dy hens teeth to find this side of the pond … which means I’ll have to order it from the US … which also means I can’t justify the postage for one card of thread … which means I now have to break my resolution not to spend on stash (charts anyway) for this year. Not to mention I have a tight couple of months financially … but I just can’t not finish my Sapphire Star, ‘cos I’m really loving working on it … oh, pooh, bum 😦
Part of the financial deal is to buy a plane ticket home – I’m off back across the ditch again next week, this time not for pleasure. It’s finally time for Erin’s memorial service and we have to say goodbye for ‘real’. While I’ll love seeing everyone again, I just know it’s going to be really emotional and I’m dreading that part … but at least we get to honour her memory, which is great 🙂
And on that note I’d better run away and get to work, ‘cos I’ve just seen the time … yikes!!! 😮
Feather Stitching 
I’m so sorry work has been awful this week for you, then the extra irritation of not having the thread you need for your project -argh!! Hope things settle down and that your time back home is filled with wonderful memories as you honor your dear friend.
Anne…what thread is it you need? Maybe one of us has it? Sorry that you have the memorial to cope with. Big hugs.
{{{Anne}}} – I’m sorry that you have to travel for such a sad reason.
If you shoot me an e-mail, and let me know what thread it is, I can order it for you, and have it shipped to me, and send it on to you – I have yet to find an LNS here in Texas (I admit, I haven’t really gone looking!), so I’d have to order it online, but am sure it’s cheaper than you ordering it.
If I can do anything to help out with the postage stuff, let me know. I’m all too well aware of those killer postage costs and would be very glad to piggyback something along!