I'm Still Here!

I think this is the longest I've gone without posting since I started my blog a year and a half ago! 

I have no pics for today.

I did finish the little basket quilt and will post a finished picture when it is hung in place over Mary's bed.

It turned out glorious.

AFTER I picked out several blocks where my bobbin thread just laid on the back and the top thread came down and bunched up!

Don't you just hate that?

One hour of quilting took me four days to take out!!

It was very dense quilting!!

I was not in the mood to post.

In the midst of all that, I had my IVIG infusion for 

Myasthenia Gravis and the 2 day headache that follows.

A dear friend flew in on her way to see her mother for Thanksgiving and we had lunch.

(Hadn't seen each other for about 2 years, I think.)

Then, very late on Friday night, my Mister fell  when the wind blew a piece of carpet up in front of the laundry room and tripped him.

I had just taken my bedtime sleeping medicine and gone to bed and we was taking Dusty out for the last go round.

He got scraped up on both hands and one elbow, plus he got some punctures on one hand from a metal drain grate.

He takes blood thinners so there was lots of blood and bruising and one hand swelled up real bad.

the good news is there is no fractures.

The left hand is badly sprained and he's pretty non functional for anything that takes two hands or a grip.

So most of the jobs he does around the house like laundry and dishes and such now are on my plate.

Whaaahh!!!

It's 2pm.

From the minute I got up this morning I have done nothing but get him fed, take him to the doctor, get his medication, get him fed again and now I'm pooped.

I need to be quilting!!

You're caught up on my life now.

I guess I've rested now and I'm going to quilt a really cute little Christmas quilt for Alta.

Happy Quilting!

Two emergency baby quilts

I've been taken away from the big feather quilt by a couple of "emergency " baby quilts.

You know the kind when the shower sneaks up and its 3 days away and they bring you the top and say,

"Pleeease?"

I always say come back tomorrow and I'll have it done.

Here's the first:

And the second:

Here's close ups of the back and inner border:

I also spent the weekend getting my IVIG infusion for Myasthenia Gravis.

And then Mon and Tues having the Headache from 

H E double toothpicks.

This morning I had to make up for lost time with errands to grocery store etc before it got to hot to function outside , so, tomorrow, it's back to the feather quilt.

Only 3 big ole borders to go.

Happy quilting!

Back again

Had IVIG infusion last weekend for Myasthenia Gravis last weekend and ended up with terrible headache again.

I woke up headache free today

so I'm back to quilting.

Hope to post a pic of quilt later today.

Even with terrible headache,

I managed to get 2 quilts basted on Tuesday.

It is already very hot here so the pool's open!

Happy quilting

Just surfaced

I had my IVIG this weekend  for treatment of my Myasthenia Gravis  I just surfaced today finally without a headache.  Wooooo It was a BIG one this time.  Sometimes I don't get one at all, a but this time I was down for about 3 days.  Glad to be back.  Gonna try to quilt here in a bit.

Happy quilting!

Lazy day

Didn't have a picture to post today so I wasn't going to post,

 but then I read that Blogger was posting blurry pics so I decided I might as well say something anyway.

You're probably saying,

"Don't your pics look blurry everyday?"

Yes they do, but I really try hard to get them right.

I'm pooped out.

Will be getting my Intravenous Immunglobulin infusion (IVIG) tomorrow

so soon, I'll be revved back up a perking right along.\

For those of you new to the blog,

I have myasthenia gravis.

As long as I take care of myself and don't overdo and stay away from sick people, I do pretty well and can keep cranking out quilting.

For this  am very grateful.

So , for the next couple of days, I will be connected to an IV

getting flooded with antibodies to confuse my immune system

so my brain will communicate with my muscles more normally for a

few more weeks.

Hey,  I read a new (to me) author yesterday.

Julie Hyzy, author of the White House Chef Mystery series.

I finished the first one, "The State of the Onion".

It was as good as the title!

Just reserved the second in the series:

"Hail to the Chef"

I usually listen to books I borrow from the library while I quilt and download them

directly to my mp3 player. 

These were not available for listening so I had to actually read.

Not to worry, I had not forgotten how.

Well, I better gar up for a trip to the grocery store so we have food for the weekend.

The infusion takes 2 days and its much better if I have have easy to prepare

foods on hand.  No muss, no fuss. 

Sometimes I end up with a headache, and sometimes I'm really tired, and sometimes

everything is normal.

Happy quilting!

Needles

I just found an incredible deal on sewing machine needles at ctsusa.  The guest blogger at Stash manicure today.  You can click on Stash Manicure on the right side of my blog under "Blog that I follow".  What a savings and no shipping!

I get my IVIG infusion tomorrow--yeah!!  Yesterday I slept from

4;3:30pm to 6:30 this morning.  Can't get

much done with a sleep schedule like that!!

Got a good start on one of the quilts I basted Wednesday.

Happy quilting!

Haven't posted for a couple of days because I've run out of gas.  I got postponed a few days on the infusion of IVIG for my Myasthenia Gravis and I haven't got anything done to post about. 

 I did manage to get a couple of quilts basted with the help of a friend, but that doesn't warrant a picture.  And nothing has happened to talk about because all I've been doing is sitting

and watching TV.

I'll get my infusion Sat and Sun so things will  pick up .

Happy quilting

Quick Note

Had my Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG), on Mon and Tues and have experienced a headache.  Have not been able to quilt since, so no blog.  Back soon I hope.

Another Quilt Out, Another Quilt In

OK, so you can't make heads of tails out of it but if you click on it to make is bigger i think you can see the big double flower.  There is also a butterfly and smaller flowers in the meander. but those are not visible in the  picture.  I got another quilt in yesterday from a young woman making quilts for her soon to be nieces and nephews when she marries next summer.  Love to see the art of quilting continuing on into the next generation.  It seems unbelievable to think that quilting could actually be lost along the way but the young people don't seem to be all that interested in sewing.  To attached to facebook etc.  Oh,  I could go on about that, but I won't. 

I'm really starting to poop out but I've lasted really well this time.  I get my infusion on Monday and Tuesday.  Those of you who Know me know what I'm talking about.  (I talk like I have zillions of folks out there clambering out there reading my every day--have you looked at my followers list all 2 of you?)  I have Myasthenia Gravis which is and auto immune disease that makes my brain not communicate with my muscles correctly.  I get infusions of Intravenous Immune Globulin every 6 weeks.  It's a home infusion, take 2 days and sometimes causes a 2 - 4 day headache. 

I'm going to the grocery store here in a little while before it gets too hot and then quilt a little while this morning.

Hey, to day is the last day of a sale at Target on Western digital external hard drive 320 Gig for $47!  I bought one several months ago for $79.

Happy Quilting