Ending

I have decided to end the blog, I do not have the time or energy.  My darling is quite ill, we may not make it.  I like to come back and read some of my past posts every now and then.  Some give me lots of chuckles and good memories.  Thank you readers (the one or two or casual lurker for coming by)  Enjoy every day of your life!

Will not be posting for a long time

"It's impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle." (Richard M. DeVos)

We are going to BATTLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is what I do when not working

This is my last hurrah, painting inside house.  The last time I painted was 11 years ago, I got my living room and upstairs bathroom done during my injury.  This is post surgery.  The kitchen is the killer....12 by 48...half trim oil, the other latex.  I painted my ceiling 6 times before it was perfect.  I am type A nuff said.................  Also getting new floor and putting white subway tile on back splash.  The middle tile is the floor color. Half of kitchen is painted.  I wish I was at cafe du monde! 

VACA...................

No words needed.................

 Water for the dead.................

 Do you see anything floating around in the last two pictures???  Me neither...suppose to be haunted...yeah......we can say the last one has an "orb" of sorts.........

He ate them.................

Just when................

Ya think all is falling into place....the shoulder will never be the same but functional...I am OK with that...the skies of doom and gloom start....Yeah, it's true.........seems I tore my Achilles tendon during my nightmare oh those two years ago.  Now I have a blasted brace on my foot.  Trying to look on the upside...went outside to get my oak leaf hydrangeas in the ground...put a rather lovely white plastic bag on said leg. Got those things in...and others small plants!  If this thing does not heal I may have more surgery, haven't thought that far ahead...don't want to!!!

I hate this age thing,  I do believe if the body was 20 years younger, one could heal faster!!!  I am still working, you can't miss me! Damn body!!!!

 

Hello spring

Some of the flowers came from my yard.
The picture below is from my BIG 60 party.  I love this purple vase!

The end......that's all I got

Back to work I go

Well, I start back this week....mixed feelings, but money always wins me over.  Six more years then semi retirement...... My dawling is retiring in 33 months (yes, he is counting it down)!
I didn't get anything done these past 12 weeks....pain, and PT took my life over.  I did start maybe 10 different projects....never to complete more than likely.......
Oh, we got nearly 10 more inches of the white stuff...where are you spring? 

Weather is the same as previous month

Nothing different, we are still in Winter...only the month changed.  Previous picture of snow applies here...I have a feeling our heating bill will change.  I really would love this weather if I didn't have a gimp shoulder.  I can't do a lot of what I would love to do in the snow...so I sit, and sit.  Sometimes I work on simple needlework projects, but frankly, my mind gets bored after a while.  Reading gets boring,  pretty much a lot of things get boring.  My dawling took me to the Philly garden show...and to see our daughter....only my dawling was getting over a very bad case of Norovirus, then came down with a bad head cold...so that was that!  We are home, watching the snow,

he is in bed sleeping.  I am here.  Pictures I did take............

The BIG snow

So far we have 16 inches....might pick up one to three by the end of the day.  As of now the snow has stopped!
I turn 60 this Saturday, my brain says NO WAY, my body says, "YES way!"

  I want that snake ring sooooo bad!!!!!!!
Updated my long rug
Picture of Max...used salt brine mix to clean deck for dogs.  The devil, poop eating Digby!

Working on new Baltimore pattern

Since I am unable to use my arms for sewing on my machine or rug hooking I have gone back to hand sewing.  Needleturn for my new quilt.  I have posted a picture of an old pattern 12 inches (heart) then my new one which is huge (22 inches) I will make 22 of them.  The wreath is the first......... Plus added pictures of quilt bag I made for the girls I work with on the weekends.  I still have 3 more to go but until I can get back into the machine I will be doing needleturn.

 

Yeah, it's me

Had my surgery, it was great!  My BP took a dive so I was flooded with fluids (TEN pounds worth)...peed on self,  then threw up...it was marvelous....As I am getting ready to leave, I decided it was imperative to have my bra on......why, tell me, do I think like that....forget the bra...let them hang!  So, the next saga begins.....I don't take medications with codeine or hydrocodone as they make me ITCH like a crazy fool!!  I have been taking lots of motrin and it works...the ice is the best!
 We have NO tree this year, few if any decorations, as I will be unable to take down until  February.  I kind of like that, Christmas has gotten so crazy.

I will leave with a small token for those kind enough to read my ridiculous blog...

Checking in

I am hooking this rug of mine as fast as possible but as usual it looks like I will not get it done by December 17th!  I am also trying to get all my quilt things done....who am I kidding????????    
On another note,  Rotator cuff repair December 17, my dawling says lets plan a trip.....really....I mean really?!  Sooooooo, in a most sarcastic voice I said you know, why don't we plan to leave the 18th!  He said OK, you can sleep in the car??????
This is the same man that said to me, oh so many years ago (on vaca with the youngest barely 3 years) .......hold on to your pants now...I fell down a bunch of concrete stairs and realized if I didn't take the hit with my shoulder, my head would crack open and well, then we would have a mess....so as I am sitting trying to hold it together as the 7 year old was crying....the dawling said and I quote, "are you hurt, can you get up, can we go".  Now I had cracked the head of my humerus and torn my cuff and fractured my ankle.  We did continue on our vacation after the ED trip.....my sweet 8 year old would go in the shower and hold my elbow up so I could wash my hair,  at the time they thought my ankle was fine.....I knew different...when we finally got home found it was broken. So yes, we will be traveling after my surgery...apparently I roll that way.........literally!
the end........

It seems the dread has become reality

I have been fighting and hoping that surgery on rotator cuff would not happen.  Looks like it will anyway!  Nearly a year since the incident and the left arm has gotten worse.  Constant pain, decreased movement, the list goes on..........

So, I will be in a cast/sling for at least 3 to 6 weeks ...won't really know till the surgery.  I put it off till right before holidays in December.

My dawling, well, he thinks he will be helping etc etc...but the reality, not so much.  My sweet son #3 he will be my "nurse"!  We are already developing a plan of action.  It is the clothing situation...will not be able to move the arm so am thinking of getting a big garbage bag, cutting a hole for the head and the right arm...what do you think?  They come in all forms of colors...I could get Holiday saran wrap and put on my feet...festive...No?   I have time I could sew a garbage bag....BLAH!
 

Baltimore album

We had a wonderful getaway.....NOT long enough!   I fell in love with the quilt at Winterthur in Delaware

And....I could not contain myself...yes...I bought the pattern...I love piecing by hand....no machine...me...the needle...fabric and scissors.  I hope to start soon but then who am I fooling...I have 50 million rugs to hook and 10 million quilts to do...........one can dream! More pictures

The last is the best.....I love my dawling so much...he planned this for me...everything that I would love.  Everything!!! Old historic mansions, textiles, beautiful gardens, hand holding walks......even with my gimp leg and shoulder! 

picture of completed depression quilt

I finished this years ago but a certain person wanted picture of it completed....my daughter is enjoying on her bed.  I started curtains but only got one set done...........lazy I

suppose...now I am trying to get this blasted rug completed!

Long time

Update on that long rug I am hooking....I would definitely say I am halfway there!