Hi All!
Another morning of swimming! Yeah! Of course, this morning I woke up with a stiff neck and a sore wrist so I decided to drive to the pool instead of walking (really, I was just feeling lazy!). I did 18 laps. One more than yesterday!
As I sit an type this I should be in my car on my way to see Doc Feely. However, as you may notice, I am NOT in the car. After much debate last night (the "storm") I finally got Hubby to agree that I shouldn't go back to see Doc Feely after the whole medicine fiasco of the past months. For some reason, Hubby was adamant that I keep my appointment with Feely. Of course, I was just as adamant that I shouldn't keep the appointment.
Anyway - the debate ended late at night with both of us pretty much worn out. That lead to a less than wonderful morning.
Don't worry - we are still happy together and love each other - we just weren't at our best this morning after staying up later than we normally would. And - I am happy to say that after our debate we are both on the same page about Doc Feely even though I am much more angry about the situation that Hubby. I was the one who went through everything while he was just observing from the outside!
Lately I have been hemming pants for Hubby. He is a bit height challenged and so when he buys pants he can never find the perfect length. After years of telling him that I can hem the pants for him - he finally has agreed.
Actually - he has let me hem pants for him for the past couple of years.
However, he is very, very paranoid about me getting the pants too short. He insists on checking the length before and after the hemming to ensure that they are "just right." What a picky guy! Considering he is saving a fortune in tailor fees!
So - I have been hemming pants. In some ways it is soothing to work upstairs by myself. Sewing is rather repetitive so it can be soothing by itself.
Today I have one last pair of pants to hem and then a shirt to hem (Hubby doesn't like shirts to have a "tail"). Then I get to have some fun by making a patch for one of Hubby's shorts. He picked out fabric for the patch.
Monkeys!
Trisha
Voice Update: Doing really well but still not talking as much as I probably should. I wonder if I need to get back into the habit of talking to myself again!
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Chrismon and Miss Cleo Update
Hi All!
I thought I would show you the project I have been working on for the church. It is a holiday ornament called a Chrismon. This one is in the shape of a trumpet or horn. I finally finished sewing it on Saturday! Yeah!
Not too bad, right? Please tell me it looks good even if you don't think it does - it took me a long time to decipher the instructions which came with this thing!
As you might know, Miss Cleo went to get her teeth cleaned on Friday. While there they found that she also had a tumor on her right shoulder. They removed it and sent it to a pathologist so we will know soon just what it is.
Eventually, Miss Cleo gave up trying to remain upright and just laid down right on the plate. These pictures don't really show how funny this was but . . .
Miss Cleo really tried to eat but ended up pushing a lot of the salmon off the plate and then spent some time looking for it.
It is difficult to see in this picture but Miss Cleo is sporting an infant's white polo shirt with blue trim on the sleeves and collar. This is a shirt which my teddy bear, Bearsy, usually sports but it seemed like it might serve the purpose.
Let's just say that Miss Cleo isn't too happy about her fashion statement. At first, she wouldn't even get up. She acted like the shirt was impeding her ability to stand and walk. Then, she got up but walked like something horrible had happened to her.
I think she is finally starting to get used to the shirt. I did notice that she managed to get her leg out of the sleeve - on the side of her stitches, of course. I buttoned the collar in the hopes that she won't have enough room to do that again.
What problems we have! I must say that it does break my heart to have to do this to my little girl!
Trisha
Voice Update: Doing okay. Still needs some rest. When I posted about Dystonia yesterday I realized that I was actually jealous of the amount of research there is going on about Dystonia. Jealous! Not good, not good! Especially since I just listened to a devotional about how jealousy is sinful! I will work my way through it!
I thought I would show you the project I have been working on for the church. It is a holiday ornament called a Chrismon. This one is in the shape of a trumpet or horn. I finally finished sewing it on Saturday! Yeah!
Not too bad, right? Please tell me it looks good even if you don't think it does - it took me a long time to decipher the instructions which came with this thing!
As you might know, Miss Cleo went to get her teeth cleaned on Friday. While there they found that she also had a tumor on her right shoulder. They removed it and sent it to a pathologist so we will know soon just what it is.sdfg
Anyway - when she got home she was really, really hungry. The only problem was that her teeth hurt and she was really loopy. I dug some salmon out for her and put it on a plate. It is on the carpet because she was sliding all over the tile floor.
Eventually, Miss Cleo gave up trying to remain upright and just laid down right on the plate. These pictures don't really show how funny this was but . . .
Miss Cleo really tried to eat but ended up pushing a lot of the salmon off the plate and then spent some time looking for it.For the first couple of days, Miss Cleo was good and left the stitches alone. Then . . . this morning I was up and noticed that she had some dried blood around the incision which wasn't there yesterday. Then I saw her yank the heck out of one of the stitches. Don't you think that would hurt?
sdfhg
Well, I decided that she might need to be coned. I pulled our Skor's cone and put it in place.
sdghf
Miss Cleo went absolutely nuts. She ran into walls and furniture, rolled on the ground trying to paw the cone off, she was doing stuff that made me worry that she was going to hurt herself.
dh
Obviously I needed another plan.
sdgh
Here is what I came up with.
It is difficult to see in this picture but Miss Cleo is sporting an infant's white polo shirt with blue trim on the sleeves and collar. This is a shirt which my teddy bear, Bearsy, usually sports but it seemed like it might serve the purpose.Let's just say that Miss Cleo isn't too happy about her fashion statement. At first, she wouldn't even get up. She acted like the shirt was impeding her ability to stand and walk. Then, she got up but walked like something horrible had happened to her.
I think she is finally starting to get used to the shirt. I did notice that she managed to get her leg out of the sleeve - on the side of her stitches, of course. I buttoned the collar in the hopes that she won't have enough room to do that again.
What problems we have! I must say that it does break my heart to have to do this to my little girl!
Trisha
Voice Update: Doing okay. Still needs some rest. When I posted about Dystonia yesterday I realized that I was actually jealous of the amount of research there is going on about Dystonia. Jealous! Not good, not good! Especially since I just listened to a devotional about how jealousy is sinful! I will work my way through it!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Sunday Short
Hi All!
I just finished my brunch for the day after sleeping in - amazing! Hubby got up with the kitties at about 6:30 and me . . . I just kept on snoozing! It felt wonderful! Now I am up and ready to go. I have already thrown a load of laundry into the washer and folded some clothes I had hanging. It is about time for the clothes to go into the drier and the last load to go into the washer - how fun is that?
Today I plan to continue my wonderful Spring Break by doing things I want to do instead of things I HAVE to do. Yesterday Hubby and I did some shopping so I now have fiberfill to stuff my Homely Homies and some new glass beads to be made into bookmarks - craft world, here I come! Also on the agenda today is to FINALLY get my next podcast recorded and posted. I have been putting it off and putting it off . . . today is THE day to quit procrastinating and to get it done!
My Jewish Pirate book is still calling my name so after I finish some sewing and some podcasting, I may just snuggle up in my reading chair and learn some more about those feisty Jews.
Doesn't that sound like the perfect day?
Trisha
Voice Update: Still doing really well. I need to get a bit more aggressive with my massage to keep the crunchies at bay but other than that . . . I am good!
I just finished my brunch for the day after sleeping in - amazing! Hubby got up with the kitties at about 6:30 and me . . . I just kept on snoozing! It felt wonderful! Now I am up and ready to go. I have already thrown a load of laundry into the washer and folded some clothes I had hanging. It is about time for the clothes to go into the drier and the last load to go into the washer - how fun is that?
Today I plan to continue my wonderful Spring Break by doing things I want to do instead of things I HAVE to do. Yesterday Hubby and I did some shopping so I now have fiberfill to stuff my Homely Homies and some new glass beads to be made into bookmarks - craft world, here I come! Also on the agenda today is to FINALLY get my next podcast recorded and posted. I have been putting it off and putting it off . . . today is THE day to quit procrastinating and to get it done!
My Jewish Pirate book is still calling my name so after I finish some sewing and some podcasting, I may just snuggle up in my reading chair and learn some more about those feisty Jews.
Doesn't that sound like the perfect day?
Trisha
Voice Update: Still doing really well. I need to get a bit more aggressive with my massage to keep the crunchies at bay but other than that . . . I am good!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
My Free Day
Hi All!
Yesterday was my first "free" day. The first official day of my Spring Break from college (gee - I feel weird typing that since I am OLD for college!)! It is incredible how excited I get when I just have a day to do absolutely nothing.
Not that I just sat in one spot staring at the wall yesterday . . . I did some of my all-time favorite things. First, I played with my kitties. They make me laugh so hard when they both decide to go after the toy at the same time and end up running over each other. I am afraid that my dear Miss Cleo gets the worst of those encounters since Skor just zooms right over her back.
Next, I took a long, leisurely nap. No alarm clock. Nothing to require me to get up at a certain time. It was raining so the rain on the roof lulled me gently off to sleep and I woke up when my body told me it was time to get up. Heavenly! Of course, the cats thought I should get up about an hour before my body did - it was a little hard to convince them that I wouldn't forget their lunch but that they needed to wait a little bit!
After the nap I took a hot shower - one of my favorite things in life. A hot shower just relaxes me and refreshes me. Now, I know that hot water isn't the best thing for your skin but, really, a lukewarm shower just doesn't do it for me!
Once I was dressed I grabbed a glass of water and headed up to my bonus room. This room is one which Hubby has relinquished pretty much totally to me. It is home to my desk - where I graded papers when I taught and where I podcast. My sewing machine also is a resident of the bonus room. The sewing machine was the purpose of my trip upstairs yesterday but I also found time to appreciate the television - the "old" one from the living room which was replaced with a flat screen - and my beautiful yellow sectional.
Let me tell you about my sectional. I love it. It is a lovely yellow color which never fails to make me smile. It is sleek and modern looking - quite a contrast to our normal furnishings which tend to be on the traditional side. One side of the sectional - right in front of the television - is a chaise. I have always wanted a chaise and now I have one. I enjoy lounging on it and feeling like a pampered woman.
Anyway - yesterday I headed upstairs, turned on my Gilmore Girls reruns, and started sewing. First I repaired my walking jeans - again. Because my thighs are less than - shall we say - slender, my jeans tend to wear out where they rub together. Since I walk every morning and wear the jeans whenever it is cool, these things have seen a lot of walking . . . and a lot of rubbing! I took denim for my "donor jeans" and patched the "holey" area. My mother says I should just throw the jeans out but, I get some kind of pleasure in patching them and making them usable again. True, they don't look the best but . .. who is looking between my legs when I am walking at 7:00 in the morning?
Next, I took out my fabric stash - scraps of fabric from past projects - and started preparing to make some Homely Homies. Homely Homies are my version of the ugly dolls which are sold for a LOT of money. My version is made of a wild patchwork of fabrics and is much cheaper! It was shocking to find out just how much fabric was in my stash because it all fits into a plastic shoe box! Who knew that so much could fit in such a little place?
Finally, I got sewing and got one panel done for my Homely Homies project. Only about a million more to go! I promise to show you a picture of my Homely Homies when I actually get some made. I made some at Christmas time for the family gift card exchange (they had pockets on them to hold the gift cards) but they are in Ohio and I don't have any good pictures of them.
About the time I finished my panel, Hubby came home. I returned to the downstairs and, while he took a nap, I snuggled up in my reading chair with my silky throw (the only kind of throw that lets cat hair just slide right off!), my iPod docked in the speaker system, and a good book about Jewish pirates. How can you go wrong with that set up?
It was a perfect, perfect, free day!
Trisha
Voice Update: My voice . . . is still good. In fact, my mother-in-law was shocked to hear me and told Hubby that she was positive I was "cured." We both just sort of laughed at that idea because we know how hard I have to work to keep my voice in this shape. If I was cured, I wouldn't have to work so hard, would I?
Yesterday was my first "free" day. The first official day of my Spring Break from college (gee - I feel weird typing that since I am OLD for college!)! It is incredible how excited I get when I just have a day to do absolutely nothing.
Not that I just sat in one spot staring at the wall yesterday . . . I did some of my all-time favorite things. First, I played with my kitties. They make me laugh so hard when they both decide to go after the toy at the same time and end up running over each other. I am afraid that my dear Miss Cleo gets the worst of those encounters since Skor just zooms right over her back.
Next, I took a long, leisurely nap. No alarm clock. Nothing to require me to get up at a certain time. It was raining so the rain on the roof lulled me gently off to sleep and I woke up when my body told me it was time to get up. Heavenly! Of course, the cats thought I should get up about an hour before my body did - it was a little hard to convince them that I wouldn't forget their lunch but that they needed to wait a little bit!
After the nap I took a hot shower - one of my favorite things in life. A hot shower just relaxes me and refreshes me. Now, I know that hot water isn't the best thing for your skin but, really, a lukewarm shower just doesn't do it for me!
Once I was dressed I grabbed a glass of water and headed up to my bonus room. This room is one which Hubby has relinquished pretty much totally to me. It is home to my desk - where I graded papers when I taught and where I podcast. My sewing machine also is a resident of the bonus room. The sewing machine was the purpose of my trip upstairs yesterday but I also found time to appreciate the television - the "old" one from the living room which was replaced with a flat screen - and my beautiful yellow sectional.
Let me tell you about my sectional. I love it. It is a lovely yellow color which never fails to make me smile. It is sleek and modern looking - quite a contrast to our normal furnishings which tend to be on the traditional side. One side of the sectional - right in front of the television - is a chaise. I have always wanted a chaise and now I have one. I enjoy lounging on it and feeling like a pampered woman.
Anyway - yesterday I headed upstairs, turned on my Gilmore Girls reruns, and started sewing. First I repaired my walking jeans - again. Because my thighs are less than - shall we say - slender, my jeans tend to wear out where they rub together. Since I walk every morning and wear the jeans whenever it is cool, these things have seen a lot of walking . . . and a lot of rubbing! I took denim for my "donor jeans" and patched the "holey" area. My mother says I should just throw the jeans out but, I get some kind of pleasure in patching them and making them usable again. True, they don't look the best but . .. who is looking between my legs when I am walking at 7:00 in the morning?
Next, I took out my fabric stash - scraps of fabric from past projects - and started preparing to make some Homely Homies. Homely Homies are my version of the ugly dolls which are sold for a LOT of money. My version is made of a wild patchwork of fabrics and is much cheaper! It was shocking to find out just how much fabric was in my stash because it all fits into a plastic shoe box! Who knew that so much could fit in such a little place?
Finally, I got sewing and got one panel done for my Homely Homies project. Only about a million more to go! I promise to show you a picture of my Homely Homies when I actually get some made. I made some at Christmas time for the family gift card exchange (they had pockets on them to hold the gift cards) but they are in Ohio and I don't have any good pictures of them.
About the time I finished my panel, Hubby came home. I returned to the downstairs and, while he took a nap, I snuggled up in my reading chair with my silky throw (the only kind of throw that lets cat hair just slide right off!), my iPod docked in the speaker system, and a good book about Jewish pirates. How can you go wrong with that set up?
It was a perfect, perfect, free day!
Trisha
Voice Update: My voice . . . is still good. In fact, my mother-in-law was shocked to hear me and told Hubby that she was positive I was "cured." We both just sort of laughed at that idea because we know how hard I have to work to keep my voice in this shape. If I was cured, I wouldn't have to work so hard, would I?
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