"Squishy"!

yesterday was not a good day -- I just didn't feel well -- sort of queasy most of the day

which explains why this didn't get opened as soon as the mail man left the fat squishy envelope in the mail box

my daughter sent me this -- its one of my all time favorite candy bars ever

it was surrounded by two pair of pj bottoms - one flannel pair that she got for me for $3 (love those "past season" sales), and a pair of knit ones that are a "hand me down"

I've sent her a number of unexpected little "squishy" envelopes over the past few years -- its fun to have her return the favor!
in the evening I was feeling better, so I've finished another pattern section on the Christmas afghan

it is now 30% complete


today, being pay day, we'll be out and about doing some grocery shopping, the monthly Costco trip, etc., etc.

hope to get some other things done when we return

Birthday Festivities

there's something fun about occasionally refusing to do what you are "supposed" to do -- like yesterday's small rebellion about the laundry, for instance

I did a lot of more interesting things instead (and yes, the laundry is running as I write this)

there are 10 of the blue and gold beads complete, and still no sign of the glass eye cabs, so I'm guessing I'll be on to the red ones soon

(where DID I put those???!)


A quick trip to the fabric store for some more gold metallic embroidery thread also yielded this lovely stash of fabrics to be used for the sunflowers on the Wild About Flowers project

(and yes, these are in that load of laundry I can hear going "slosh, slosh, slosh")

yesterday's mail included a copy of a magazine that had this most awesome picture of sunflowers in it -- and these are at an angle I couldn't get in the pictures I took in my own yard because of where the fence was --- great timing to add to the designing of the next step of this project






the Hoffman Challenge project is moving right along

here is a close up of the scales I'm working on that form the body of the fish -- and this is why I needed that additional skein of metallic floss!

each and every little scale is surrounded with it -- and it's put down like cording, full thickness which looks really amazing
proof that my daughter knows me REALLY well

the birthday card (hand made by here)

guess I'm not mature yet -- I still need to be told to TURN IT DOWN! -- what can I say, I like my music loud enough to FEEL it


it was warm here yesterday, so for dinner the DH did the first outdoor cooking of the season

nothing better than a little piece of steak and a nice salad for a birthday dinner -- oh yes, and there was chocolate cake!

yummy

about the best birthday I've had in a while

and I did my follow up visit to the dentist so he could check to make sure everything was healing properly

it is

and the dentist saga can be summed up like this:

first exam and x-rays: $32

pulling the bad tooth: $208

surprising the dental assistant with a baby afghan as a thank you for being so great: PRICELESS!

(and thank you to all of you who emailed, texted, called or mailed the birthday greetings!)

staying alive and saying thanks

yup, I survived it

the tooth is OUT!! (so much better than waiting until Tuesday -- less days to dread it)

this morning my jaw is sore, and I'm really hungry, but I didn't need anything more than an ice pack and some advil to get through the night

I'm happy about that
if you've been reading here a while you might remember that I've been building a little stash of baby gifts to keep on hand for that odd invite to a baby shower

this soft yellow afghan is going with me to the dentist's office on Tuesday when I go to have the socket checked

the assistant that worked with the dentist was a real angel

she knew I was afraid and she patiently talked to me and even held my hand while he wiggled and pulled to get the tooth out

and she's having a baby, so this just seems right

(cool, an excuse to knit up another one for the stash -- wonder what color I might have enough of)


its snowing and blowing again this morning, so I'm glad we went and bought that brand new METAL snow shovel yesterday

time to go try to find something I can eat

and get busy on that quilt binding