Traveling Pattern

Take a look at Nancy's version of the Traveling Pattern!  Just click here.

I can't wait to see what Catherine does with hers!

Happy Stitches!

Millie Cookies

I'm so glad that I had a chance to visit Aunt Millie on Monday.  We had a nice little visit and I was able to tell her how much I loved her.  And, although she was in great pain, her thoughts were not about her own pain.  She was concerned about me.  She wanted to know how I was doing and she told me that she would "pray for a miracle" regarding our attempts to start a family.  That was just like Aunt Millie......always giving love....

On Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Millie took her last breath.

My cousin Stewart wrote a beautiful tribute to Aunt Millie.  I hope you will take a moment to read it.

Happy Stitches!

Traveling Pattern

We have another wonderful finish!  Check out Myra's version here.

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Isn't this so much fun?

I Can't Take It

They say that God doesn't give you more than you can handle.  Boy, he must be giving me much more credit than I'm giving myself.

Yesterday we went to visit my FIL.  Can you say "disastrous visit"?  All he did was complain.  When he wasn't complaining, he was asking us to do things for him and then he would yell at us for doing them.  The last straw was when he threw his phone across the couch like a 2 year old child.  That was our cue to go home. 

Once we got home, we tried to relax.  Hubby and I tried to spend some quality time together, even if it was to just sit on the couch while watching TV.  Hubby made a yummy dinner which was cut extremely short.  While eating dinner I noticed that my puppy's right eyelid was swollen and about twice its normal size.  I couldn't eat another bite.  I was worried sick!  He is my little baby boy!  We ended up taking him to the ER Vet because I didn't think it should wait until morning.  Thankfully, the vet said that he didn't see any kind of foreign body that would/could cause the swelling, but to be safe he put the pup on some steroids fo rthe swelling and sent us on our way home.  So, $80 later the swelling has gone down and we are keeping a close eye (no pun intended) on our son.

Then, today I got word from my mother that my (great) Aunt is in the hospital.  She broke her elbow back in July and has been in and out of the hospital and rehab.  Now she is back in the hospital and it doesn't look good.  She is having lots of problems with her heart and kidneys and now she has a blood clot in her leg.  They can't give her more than Tylenol for her arm because of her kidneys and they can't give her a blood thinner for the clot because of her heart.  Right now they are doing everything they can to keep her comfortable.  I'm just glad that I was able to visit her this evening to tell her I love her.

So, please God.....enough already!

Just Checking In

It has been a long, drawn out start to September.  My father in law ended up in the hospital a week earlier than planned due to his poor health.  Basically, he wasn't taking care of himself and they wanted to "beef him up" before the surgery which was on the 7th.  He received his colostomy as planned and he has been out of the hospital for about four days now.  The sad thing is that he is reverting back to not eating.  He says that he just can't stand the sight of food.  He seems to think that by drinking Ensure he is getting everything he needs.  All I can say is that if he keeps this up he will be back in the hospital in no time and we can't have that!

As you can well imagine, that damn dog is still an unwelcome house guest.  We have him in a kennel during the day while we are not at home.  The kennel also serves as his personal bedroom at night.  I just don't trust that dog any further than I can throw him and I can tell you that 60 pounds doesn't go very far.  He has managed to pee in the house on more than one occasion and the kennel is the only way that I can be sure he won't do anything if we can't be home to watch him. 

I've also begun to carry a water bottle with me whenever I'm at home.  The instant the damn dog begins to do something that he isn't supposed to do he gets a shot of water.  Most of the time he will stop, but tonight he barked back at me.  I just nailed him again with more shots of water and the barking quickly stopped.  This household requires discipline!  (And lately it has also required tons of Fabreeze as this dog STINKS!  I've never smelled such a foul dog odor as I have with this dog.)

While I'm more than ready for the damn dog to go back to my father in law, he isn't even capable of taking care of himself.  So, we are stuck since Hubby's brother refuses to help.  We are now on day 24 and I think I may just have to check myself into the funny farm to get away from it all.

On a bright note, I had a lovely little package from Mouse.  She sent some bath petals and chocolate.  Thanks so much Mouse!  As soon as that damn dog is gone I'm going to take a real long, hot bath.  I will be able to soak my cares away and take in all the lovely scents instead of the rotten dog smell.

Believe it or not, I've managed to get a bit of stitching in.  I have pictures somewhere on the camera, but honestly, I just don't feel like messing with it.  I feel like this whole last year (since October 2010) has been nothing but heartache and bad moods.  I'm so ready for it to end.  I'm ready for some happiness!

I'm going to be very busy with work for the next week (thanks to the extended tax deadlines for our area because of Hurricane Irene), so between that and taking care of the father in law issue I'll probably still be gone more than I am here.  I'll try to keep up with your blogs and I'll be keeping an eye out for the status of our Traveling Pattern.

Thank you all for hanging in there! 

Keep some happiness in your stitches!

Never Forget

Traveling Pattern

Just a fly by post to tell you that Patty has finished stitching the Traveling Pattern.  You can see her version here.

Fabulous job Patty!

I'm still in limbo with the dog/FIL situation, but my FIL is supposed to have his surgery today.  Hubby has decided that the dog will go back to his dad as soon as he is home from the hospital even if the condo association says no.  This will make life so much easier!

I hope to get back to blogging again soon as I have some finishes to share with you all. 

September Arrives

I wish that I could say that I was thankful that it is now September.  For the second year in a row, August will go on record as being more "unhappy" than "happy".  Unfortunately, it seems that September has begun where August has left off.

My father in law is in the hospital.  A week earlier than predicted.  Of course, he did nothing about his dog situation and now we have been saddled with his burden.  I'm trying everything I can do, short of turning the dog over to a shelter, to get the dog out of my house.  The promise of "only a few days" has turned into well past a week and is now looking like months.  (Yes....MONTHS!)

I'm a rotten miserable wreck!

That having been said, I need to take an extended leave.  I need to deal with issues at home because this is really starting to cause a rift between my husband and I.  The horrible thing is that it shouldn't.  But, yet again my FIL puts his misery on others.......no wonder my MIL divorced him!

I hope to be back soon...........with one less English Bulldog in my house!