Checking in

 Hi guys!  I thought I would check in and let you all know that I am still around.  :)  I've been dealing with some tendonitis in my left wrist.  So I took some time off from sewing to let it heal.  I am doing much better now.  It's not perfect but better.  I did a tiny bit of sewing during this but I really couldn't sew for very long at a time.  I have a little more done than this photos shows so I need to take a new pic. 

 Got our tree up!  It's 9ft tall and since I am only 5ft tall, I had a hard time decorating it.  LOL! 

 My little tree in the main bathroom.  I used my old wooden thread spools on it along with a tape measure, scissors, bobbins and such. 

 Every year, Hunter sets up the Christmas Village for me.  He enjoys doing it and he does a good job.  This sets on my buffet in the kitchen.

 Last Friday we took Hunter to the park to see the Christmas lights.  Andrew met us there.  Silly Hunter just being a boy and acting like a dog peeing on a tree.  LOL!

 I took this photo at the Church across the street from the park. 

 A funny pic of my girl, Addison!  Hard to believe that she is 8 months old now. 

 Speaking of Addison, Chantal asked me to make some bows to match her outfits that she was having her Christmas pics taken in.  So here are pics of those...

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 I also got my hair chopped off again!  I had about 7 inches cut off of it this time.  No makeup in this pic but that's me most of the time anymore.  LOL!  Anyway, my hair is so thick and heavy that it felt great to have it cut short again. 

 I will check back in with you several more times before Christmas.  I have lots of cleaning to do before Christmas.  Dinner is at my house on Christmas day with Richard's side of the family.  I am expecting 22 guests!!!! 

Pink Chevron...

 I have been prepping more hexies to work on while watching tv.  I have several that are cut and pinned but now they have been tacked and ready to sew together.  If you are wondering why I have a thermometer on the tray...Richard has been sick.  He had a couple rough nights but is feeling much better now, just weak and still no appetite.  Anyway, this tray works really well when working on my hexies and it just keeps everything together. 

 I have not posted for a few days and I have been doing very little sewing.  I am having issues with my BP again.  :(  I have an appointment on Friday.  This was my BP the other morning and I take 2 BP pills a day. 

 This was the next day....when my BP runs high like this it just makes me feel like poo. 

 Today I did sew a few more blocks for the Chevron quilt.  I just put the border pieces up on the design wall to see how it was going to look. 

 I have a few more blocks to make and then I will get it all sewn together. 

 Here is an up close shot of the fabric. 

 That is all that I have accomplished the past few days.  :(  Andrew was supposed to be home Monday but he called and said there was a change in plans and he will be home Tuesday.  I sure miss him!  Then he informed me that he is going to Nashville this coming weekend to a concert!  :(  
Kristie

Weekly update...

I mentioned in my last post a week ago that my back was hurting pretty bad and didn't know why.....well....that night I ended up at the ER. I just went to our little local hospital and they are not that great but I just didn't feel like making the hour trip to the other hospital. When we got there their first question was, "have you ever had a kidney stone?" I was in severe pain at the time so my BP was over the moon. Short story....my pain was in my left lower back and hurting through to the front side, but most of the pain was in my back. They did blood work, urine tests, and a CT scan. No kidney stones! But something did show up on my ovary. So then they did a pelvic ultrasound and told me that I had a 4.1cm cyst on my RIGHT ovary and sent me home. Well, that still did not explain why I was having so much pain on my left side and as a matter of fact, I have no pain whatsoever on my right side. They told me to follow up with my family doctor and gynecologist.

Tuesday I saw my family doctor. Still don't have a clue why I am having so much pain on my left side. He gave me some pain medication, muscle relaxers and set me up for physical therapy starting on the 20th.

This afternoon, I had an appointment with my gynecologist. Still don't know anything really other than I am to have another pelvic ultrasound in 2 months. She said by the size of it, she really didn't think it would go away on it's own. So I guess I will know more about that in 2 months. As far as the pain in my left side, she mentioned something about diverticulitis. My mom has that problem once in a while. So now I guess I will be going for more tests next week.

As for now, I am still in pain, not nothing like it was Thursday night. It is just hurting just enough to drive me crazy. It's all not a big deal, just slows me down on things that I need to do.

Very little sewing has been going on but alot of laying on the couch and in the bed! LOL! I sew at the frame for a few minutes and then have to lay down, I am more comfortable laying down instead of sitting. I've had the same quilt on the frame for a few days and I really need to get it off soon.

I have sewn a few more log cabin blocks. I now have 100 of them done. I have a design planned that will take 168 blocks so I need to get the other 68 of them done. I really like working on these blocks.
I used EQ to figure out the design that I wanted to use. My stupid computer has had the lick and I've lost some of my programs and EQ was one of them. Now my problem is that I can't find my disk to reinstall it! With all of this moving stuff going on, who knows where it is. I just love playing around with EQ so now I'm a little down that I don't have it on here anymore. The good thing is, I still kinda remember how I was going to set up the blocks for this log cabin quilt.

I know this post is not that interesting to most of you, but hopefully I will be back in a couple of days with more quilty news!
Kristie