Sad day !!

Last night at 11:30, my friend, my husband, my love came to the end of his suffering and left this earth. He is now in a better place with no worries, care, or strife, he is at rest. I miss him now and will always miss him.we have only had seventeen years together. Not enough time to my way of thinking but we laughed a lot together. He was good to me and good to my mother and friends with my son. I wa his wife, friend, care giver, and bottle washer lol. (not to mention all the laundry)

Happy journey my love, be at peace !

A Busy Week !!

Rich was admitted to the hospital again this past Monday and was there until yesterday. He is recovering from pneumonia and we found out that he only has 15 % of his kidney function. That along with 15% of his heart function and 40% of his lung function and he is a sick man. He went back to the nursing home yesterday after a horrible day at the hospital. We were treated terribly. And I had to tranort this sick man back to the nursing home in my car. It is a long story. Needless to say, I was and still am very upset.

Today, he is still feeling unwell and slept most of my visit this afternoon. My girlfriend cam over for supper and we had hamburgers and corn on the cob. Yummy !! We also ad a wonderful visit.

Last evening I was amazed at how lovely the sky was at sunset. Here are some pictures.

Such lovely colors.

As far as my stitching, it has been almost non-existent. I did mange to finish a small part on the RR from Needlecraft Haven and sent it off to the next person.

Here is the entire piece so far

And this is the little bit that I got done, I felt bad that I was unable to get more done.

I did the grey floor and part of the quilt. It was a fun piece to work on.

Thanks for visiting and have a great day !!

News

Life continues to be crazy around here. Saturday a week ago Rich was in the hospital again for his heart and other things. They discharged him to a rehab nursing home for Cardiac Rehab and to try to change his meds around.i was told that the rehab part was from 8-10 weeks. He seems to be doing well with it so far. His long term outlook is not good I am afraid. His heart function as well as his kidney function is declining. The doctor said he may have to come home on Hospice. So we will cross that bridge when we come to it.

As far as me, I am dealing and running back and forth. I am tired. But like the Energiser Bunny I just keep going. My stitching time have suffered I am afraid. I am doing well to keep up with RR and exchanges that I am involved in. Someday there may be time but until then I do what I can do.

 I am including some pictures of recent stitching and exchanges.

This is the Summer Exchange I sent to my partner with the Needlecraft Haven group. I am quite pleased with how it turned out. I even made the cording that I used around it. I have been trying my hand at Kumihimo braiding and find that I enjoy it.

This is the gift I received from my partner. The berries are beads. So lovely. Now to find a place on my limited wall space to display it.

This is the front and back of a Needlebook I did for an exchange on UK Stitchers another group I am in. This one was a pleasure to stitch and I may make more in other colors. There is a scissor keep to match but that is not finished as of yet stitched but not finished.

This is the inside of the Needlebook. The lining is hand stitched along the edges.

I am also finishing up my part on a RR that I am stitching , I will post pictures another time.

Thank you for stopping by and have a nice day !!

Quick Post !!

This post will be a short one for today. I will be going to bed shortly as we need to be up and out early tomorrow. Rich is haveing a Nuclear Stress Test tomorrow. They are doing it in two parts, tomorrow and the last part on Monday. They are trying to decide if there is anything they can do to improve his heart function, even a little will help. Take care and have a great week end !!

A Beautiful Day !!

Finally, I think warm weather is here for a while. Today was beautiful !! The sun was shining with not a cloud in site. I sure hope it lasts.

We had an appointment with the Cardiologist today, they have scheduled him for a Nuclear Stress Test on Friday and Monday. And he had labs drawn today.  Rich actually had a fairly good day today. He was a little weak but over all ok. Trips from home do tire him out though.

I have a little stitching to show you today. One is a small one of Joan Elliott's, my aunt found the chart in a consignment shop along with two others. There was no threads or fabric, just a chart so I had to pick my own colors. All the chart listed was a color name. I am pleased with the results.

The next one is a small one by Ink Circles. I used my own color combination and like the results. I did the outlines in 762 instead of the black that is usual. I think I will make a small pillow or a small bag for my iPad. I haven't decided yet.

This last one is a freebie Hardanger piece from Nordic Needle. I was a good girl and used fabric and thread from my stash. I think I will send it to my sister as a little "thinking of you" gift.

Well I think that is all for today. So enjoy the lovely weather and have a wonderful day !!

Resurfaced !!

Hello my friends !! I know I have been gone for almost a year. Time goes by fast and things around here have been very hectic . As most of you know my husband has quite a few health issues and they have not improved. This has been a year of doctors, hospitals and a lot of worry. His heart continues to get weaker but he is a tough old bird and continues to fight the fight. So life is usually a day by day thing. I know I haven't been here but I still think of all of you often. For those of you that know me from Facebook and have posted comments, I thank you. The support means a great deal.

As far as stitching, it has been slow and sporadic. But I do what I can. I did manage to make deadline on several exchanges and RR !!  So I guess I am not totally out of things.
Here is my offering to my partner for the Easter exchange and the gift I received.

This my offering to my partner, the Hardanger chart was a freebie from the web quite a while ago and the card is a freebie from Just Cross Stitch mag

This is the Easter egg and the card that I received from my partner, I love it !! The egg is a chart from The Cross Eyed Cricket.

I was also in a Spring exchange, both of these exchanges are through Needlecraft Haven, a great group.

This is the tote bag and goodies that I made and sent to my partner. The basket is a chart from Lizzie Kate.

Here is the lovely pillow I received from my partner. Isn't it cute !!

I am also in a Welcome Round Robin through the same group. Here is the design I chose for mine. It is an old chart from Debra Designs, I don 't think it is even in print any longer, but I love the colors.

This is after two people stitched on it. Doesn't it look wonderful !!

Well you have been patient with this long post , so I will stop for now and try not to be gone for so long. Take care my friends and have a wonderful day !!

Home At Last

Rich came home form the hospital Friday afternoon. He was in for 2days for Congested Heart Failure  and  Pneumona. He has been sick for the past couple of weeks but finally got tho the hospital stage on Wednesday night. The last time he was sick like this was in February. The doctors are concerned because  his heart is so bad.
As far as stitching, there hasn't been enough of it to post any pictures. I think my mojo has been in hiding.
Yesterday my girlfriend and I had what we call "A Mental Health Day",  we took of around noon time and took a ride to the new Hobby Lobby in Holyoke Mass. It is huge !! We walked around the mall for a little while and then stopped at Friendly's for a late lunch and then headed home. Had a great day. Called DH several time throughout the day to check on him. He napped on and off all day. It felt good to get away for a little while.
Well that is about it for now. I hope you all have a wonderful day. Take care

Stitching ( A long Post )

Here are the pictures that I promised in the last post.

Bubbles is finally finished and here is the fabrics and button to make it into a tote bag for a friend
 

I have been trying to do some stitching for World of Charity. Here are the two that I have so far

Miss Korea Sunbonnet Sue from Martis Designs

This little one was a freebie from Janlynn

I also finished the Hardanger  that was in my old post. I love the way it turned out.

Dragonfly by Satin Stitches 

My Angel Collection has grown by 4. the purple and green one was a special request from a friend

Permin Designs

Permin Designs

I think your eyes must be tired of looking by now so I will close for now. Take care, thanks for stopping by and have a nice day.

Hi All !! I'm Back !!

It is hard to believe that I have not blogs in almost a year. I really need to change the name of my blog as this is definitely not a daily thing. LOL  life continues hectic as usual. I am sure that is a daily mantra for most of us.

The majority of our time is spent with doctors, Rich continues to have health issues with a diagnosis of cancer added to them this past November. I do think they have the cancer in hand though. He finished his chemo and is now on maintenance doses that will last for two years. Unfortunately the medication has some detrimental side effects on his heart which is bad already. Oh well, we just go day by day and take what the Good Lord gives us.

I have been stitching sporadically at best. A few finishes of UFOs and several quilt squares for World of Charity. I will post pictures when I am on the computer again.

I hope everyone has a great summer. Take care and thanks for stopping by.

Stitching Update

Well here it is middle od September already and the weather is cooling down. I was shocked when the furnace kicked on early this morning.  I added an extra cover over the quilt when I went to bed -- I was cold.  The temp in the house was 62 degrees, a little chilly. Before you know it the leaves will be turning colors.  I love the crisp weather of Fall, the only bad thing is winter soon follows.  LOL

I have had my needles busy the last couple of weeks. I am trying to get my part of the RR for NCH finished so I can get it into the mail.  It is coming along nicely and should be on it's way in a couple of days. I love this one.

The Bird Table / Lanarte  / RR for NCH

I also added some more to the Dragonfly Hardanger that I pulled out of my UFO pile and it is doing well. I ran out of thread and had to make a trip to the LNS last week. I left there with my wallet a lot skinnier. LOL

Dragonfly Hardanger / Satin stitches

Stash Haul

 I did a little more on Bubbles. It still fascinates me for some reason. LOL

Bubbles / Imaginating

And last but not least, I started part 3 of Confetti of Hardanger last night. A dratted frog was sitting on my shoulder and I couldn't get him to leave me alone.  So I frogged almost as much as I stitched. I had to put it away before I threw it in a corner. It seems I couldn't count to baste or stitch. But here is my offering so far. Maybe tomorrow will be a better stitching day.

Confetti of Hardanger start of part 3 / The Stitch specialists

Well, thank you for visiting, I love to hear your comments. take care and have a great day !!

     Dusty