January TUSAL

I am late but here is my TUSAL so far.

A New Day

I can't believe that I am up and functioning at 7 AM. I am not a morning person as a rule. But I napped on and off last evening so I guess I didn't need the extra sleep this morning. I am normally just going to bed at 4 or 5 am. LOL

DH had a pretty good day yesterday. We went to the Pulmonologist on Monday as scheduled. They did a Breathing capacity study on him and his breathing has declined since the last one they did. The Pulmonologist still seems to think most of his problems are Cardiac related instead of lung related. It is hard to tell because he is so compromised with both. The MD ordered an Overnight Oximetry (amount of blood oxygen while he is sleeping) Study to be done. We are just waiting for the Techs to get in touch with us to schedule the test. We go to our Primary Doctor today. We both have appointments. Mine is just routine. I am sure we will learn the lab results on DH today. The Pulmonologist did a chest x-ray when we were there Monday but we haven't heard anything yet. It seems like my whole social life revolves around MD visits. sigh!!!

I have been stitching on a Christmas SAL for the German Marquoir Group, the SAL ends the end of February so I am working away so I can get all the parts. I missed the last part on one of them because of a deadline. So hopefully I will make it this time. Her is my efforts so far.

Friday Noon Time

Had to cancel DH's appointment with the Pulmonologist today he just didn't feel well enough to go out of the house. We are supposed to go on Monday morning. Hopefully he will feel up to it by then. I have been fighting with a clogged kitchen sink for the past three days trying to clear it myself. No luck, I had to get someone in today to do it. I did plumbing for about fifteen years but can't climb under cabinets anymore. The knees won't let me. Isn't aging a wonderful thing ???? LOL Well I am off to clean my messy kitchen. Haven't been able to do disshes for a couple of days, isn't that a mixed blessing. LOL

Back to Work

Well i finally went back to work today. I have been off for the past week with DH. He health is not good. They finally put him on steroids and an antibiotic this past Friday and today he felt a little better. At least enough so I could go back to work. I was afraid to leave him alone for very long as his breathing was so bad. This Friday we go to the pulmonologist and see what he has to say.

I didn't get very much stitching done even though I was not working. DH took up a lot of my time. Bless his heart, it frustrates him so much to be dependant on anyone. hopefully when the warmer weather gets here he will fare a little better.

A Computer Day

Today was a day off from work as well as tomorrow. I spent most of the evening on the computer trying to clear my mail box. What a chore -- 9,000 emails !!! yikes !!! I try to get on the computer about every three days and stitch in between. ( in between work and home that is LOL ) DH is still not doing to well. He can't tolerate this cold weather and stays in the house most of the time. I wish I had the option of staying home with him but unfortunately we need the health insurance for him right now. So I guess I will just slog along until I can retire. Just three years and 4 months to go ----- yes, I am counting !!!! Maybe then I will have the time to stitch all the things that I want to. Heaven only knows, I have enough here to stitch for two life times. LOL I have been working on the Just Nan SAL for Jaynes Attic and I am really enjoying it. Instead of plodding along as I usually do, I have about 3/4 of it finished. I love it !!! I am planning to do one of her angels for the rest of the SAL.. When I visited my LNS I found a JN chart for a border for one of her angels and it will fit all of her angels. Ther is also a Christmas stocking that will fit all of the angels also. I will have to plan on making a stocking for each of my granddaughters. I have two now and will have a third come March or April. The family is growing by leaps and bounds. DH's youngest son told him the other day that they are expecting another baby in August or September. That will give us 14 grandchildren for this next Christmas. 4 for me and 10 for him. Of course he has four children and I only have two. Prolific little devils !!!! LOL Anyway here is a pic of my Just Nan SAL. Hope you have a great day.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, ours was fairly quiet. We went to my son's home for Christmas Eve. Present were my son, his wife, her daughter (grown), myself and my husband. A small, intimate gathering. Their tree was lovely as usual. Linda (DDIL) cooked a great dinner for us all. What a wonderful cook she is. She made our traditional Lasagna, salad, homemade herb bread and lots of Christmas cookies for dessert. We all ate until we were ready to pop. LOL Then we tackled the gifts. I received gift cards for Borders, Best Buy and a gift card for Cracker Barrel (one of our favorite places to eat) for the both of us. I also received a gift basket with lots of goodies in it -- a large tin of all different teas, a new mug, snuggle socks for those cold nights and a wonderful scented candle. We arrived back home about 9:30 pm. I had to go to work for Christmas day, so DH had the day to rest and relax. He is still not feeling well. I worry about him, but try to keep up a good front. We just continue to take things a day at a time. And thank God for that. We had a great deal of snow right before Christmas and right now it raining or I should say pouring. The snow should be gone by morning. I am working for the next couple of days so stitching time will be sparse. right now I am trying to catch up on all the projects that have fallen behind. sigh!!! Someday I will have the time to stitch as long as I would like to -- maybe. LOL Hope everyone is well.

TUSAL

My TUSAL is growing faster than I thought it would. the picture is a little blurry, I was a little shaky tonight. i might even have to get a bigger recepticle.

A girl at work asked me to make her six angels for Christmas. I finally finished them. I love the lacy look of Hardanger. here is a picture of my efforts. she waas quite pleased. I think I will have to make another set for my tree.

Monday is Over

Monday always seems to be a bad day at work. It seems as if the administration staff have to cause chaos to earn their week end off. sigh !!! I got to work at 3PM today and walkied into a disaster. One of the patients had fallen and there was a new admit to the unit. As if that wasn't bad enough, one of the doctors came in to renew orders and left with the chart rack sitting on the desk with orders to note. I ended up with 14 charts that needed noting and a nursing note as well as the regular charting that needs to be done. I felt like hiding under the desk after the first hour of the shift. Thankfully though I managed to get it all done and even punched out at 11:20 PM. I sure hope tomorrow is a little calmer. Maybe I might even get to take a supper break. LOL

On a stitching front, I have been trying to get Hardanger Angels finished for an order. Someone at work ordered 6 of them. I have 4 complete and just need to make 2 more. Here are my angels so far. I still need to starch them up but all the stitching is complete.

Another week over !!!

Thank goodness I am off work for the week end. We have a couple of new patients and they are a handful. Both are very confused and very needy. One of the ladies follows me around all shift and talks none stop. Bless her heart. I love my job but it can be exhausting at times.

On the stitching front, I have been busy. I finished my "carry along" finally. This piece has traveled with me to countless MD appointments for DH as well as to work for those unexpected times that I get a break for a few minutes. It is a hardanger piece of my own design and I am quite pleased with it. This is the first large piece that I tried without a pattern. I have designed bookmarks and ornies but nothing bigger until now. Now if I can figure out how to chart it maybe I will on my way to being a designer. LOL Big asperations for one piece, I always was a dreamer. Oh well, you never know.