Well, so far this year, I can't say it's been uneventful. Life has taken on a momentum of its own and some is good and not so good. Started the year with an incredible back problem so I couldn't lie down flat. Had horrible spasms in my back and so spent the first 4 months of the year sleeping in a recliner. Talk about sleep deprived! Anyway, it was the best I could do for the moment. Then went in for some regular annual check ups which normally I would have done in February but postponed due to the back issues. I found I had cancer and had to have an immediate hysterectomy, so that really was a big surprise. Thankfully, and I give all the glory to God, He spared me, and they were able to get everything and I had no need for chemo or radiation. That to me is a miracle! I am so grateful that they found the cancer quickly and that it was at the earliest possible stage. God is Good! It was quite an experience, but thankfully I am recovered from surgery and back to a normal routine, which is pretty intense around here in the Summer time.
Needless to say I am way behind on my projects, and the work that needs to be done outside. I'm having a barbecue area built so we can have our family reunion in September, and that is taking up my time and money for the moment. It is something I really had hoped to do in March, but life took on a lot of changes about that time and so nothing could be done until now. It won't take long, another couple of work days and it will be complete, and I can finish up the rest of the work in my yard, and get on with planning the reunion.
In the midst of this build that is going on outside, I am painting inside, and 5 rooms no less!! Talk about over kill <gg>. Life does have a way of creating my work list for me. I just add as I see things that need to be done. I'll be reupholstering the dining room chairs, and doing a little more curtain sewing this Summer, but after that is finished, I am done with the work list for the year. Probably won't finish everything for another month, but that really does leave me a little time to enjoy the process of planning the reunion, and I'll probably have a little time for myself after that <gg>.
With all that has happened thus far this year, I am looking forward to a much better second half of 2008.
I've been stitching a lot of new projects, as I just felt like I needed to do something that was fun and new. I've started Salexandra, which is astitcher's pocket with smalls, done with the Sajou patterns. Very pretty! I'm also stitching two Spanish Samplers, one from Periphieria Designs and the other from a Yahoo group called Sampler Espagnole. There was a woman named Gudi from Germany who started a lovely spot sampler in red, and I am also doing mine in red. It is very pretty and I am totally taken in with this one. It's just my kind of sampler. I'm also stitching the Carnation Sampler by Martina, and enjoying it immensely. This one you have to stitch each part before she will give you the next one, so I am having to be very diligent about the stitching on this piece. There is also the Suzanne Vierlanden sampler that I started a week ago, and I am stitching a freebie called Swirly Sampler. When it is finished it will be sewn into a biscournu. There are many other WIPs (works in progress) that I have to get back to -- such as Edcina Pieters, the Marquior Sampler, ABC Marquior, my Quaker RR, Vierlanden Sampler 2005, Plymouth Sampler by Brenda Keyes, Permin Celle, and there are a few small samlers that are Quakers and I want to get those finished as soon as possible. I also have one that is by Carriage House Samplings, called Elizabeth. I'll stitch the other girls in her series but not sure I will get to all of them this year. It's always wonderful to finish a project, but the process is also a joy and that's why I do it. Stitching is a wonderful past time, and has a way of calming a person and keeping your mind free of any other thought than the fabric and fibers you are stitching with. I truly enjoy it!
Well, that's my update. I will have photo updates on all my new projects soon and will post in my blog when the updates are posted to my album. In the meantime I hope you are having a wonderful Summer -- finding time to enjoy yourself and your friends and family. There should be some reunion photos as well toward the end of September sometime....until then...happy Summer!!!
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