Category Archive: Life

Does purchasing this in 2005 mean that it’s vintage?    It’s a fairly small project and time to get it out of the sewing room.   I can only assume that the blocks that were supposed to be on the pockets became part of a quilt, so I will have to come up with a couple blocks for the pockets.  I did get everything cut out and the front pieces and the back pieces sewed together.

Then I put batting on the back and drew some lines 2″ apart and sewed on them for the quilting.    So now I need to make blocks, put them on, and start the inside pockets

For the first half of this year, I’ll have fewer hours for handcrafts since I am taking treatments for 2 months to hopefully avoid knee surgery and then in April will have the cataract surgery.  That will be gardening time, and I am so hoping to be able have a garden.    Please be patient, even so. I will try to get some fun and informative things done to tell you about.

IMPORTANT:   For those of you who are over 65, check with your insurance to see if you can get a Silver Sneakers card.  If you can, many gyms will honor them and you can use the gym at no cost.   If you want training or classes, they are less expensive as well.

I did go to the gym this morning,  then came home and sewed on the owl  eyes  until DH came home from his workout.    I first sewed the white  parts and then the little black circles.  Unfortunately, that was the end  for today.  This was one of those days that I would have loved to have more time and energy.

This afternoon, I had a doctor appointment to have an ingrown nail attended to.    I  left early enough to shop two stores before the appointed time.

The doctor wasn’t sure that what she did was sufficient.    We will know in 2-3 months. (UGH)  She suggested rest for the next 24 hours.  Has anyone else noticed the doctors are more often female and very young?  This one finished medical school three years ago.

The doctor’s visit today was positive.   Look, no boot!   However, I do still have to keep the foot up a lot of the day as there is still much swelling.   Here were my instructions.    “Begin to transition out of the CAM boot.   Work on gait formalization, strength, balance, and proprioception”    I had to look up that last word.   So I’m to add 10% weekly to my walking.   Starting point is 5000 steps this week.   Nerve pain is okay, muscle pain is not.    So still a lot of sitting.  But progress is being made.

And while sitting, I can put blocks together.  This is the progress made today. I’ve started to put rows together, but already,I see I need to add a couple more rows on the bottom as I think I want it square.  It is 49″ wide and will have 1 or 2 borders on it.   It hasn’t made much dent in the scraps though.