Update

I don't know where all the time went.  Last post I had just watched the super bowl on TV.  Now it is middle of April.  So I guess I will try to let you all know what has been going on.  February just flew by.  We took a 2 day trip to Boonville Mo ( about 200 miles east in the next state.)  Didn't do much visited friends.  Went and took a few pictures around the area and Friday evening we went to the Isle of Capri (a riverboat casino) and had their seafood buffet for supper and checked the casino out.  No luck just a relaxing evening.  Drove home that Sunday into a snow storm.  Highway was not bad but the city streets were once we got off the highway. 

Then later that week on Thursday the 25th of Feb Don woke up not feeling good and running a fever.  So we called the Dr and they said they could not get him in (not the regular nurse for our Dr) so instead of the minor med clinic we to him strait to the ER.  Good thing we did as he had sever asparation pneumonia.  He ended up in critical care for 3 days on a breathing machine.  Then a week in the medical unit doing testing to find out why the pneumonia.  Turns out he was not swallowing properly and was asparating food into his lungs.  They put a tube into his intestine and he is now getting tube feeding at night.  Once they got that worked out and he started feeling better they transferred him to the rehab unit at St Francis medical center.  He spent 10 days there getting started on his rehab then was released to come home on March 17.  Since then he has been doing rehab every day.  Physical therapy on Monday, Wed and Friday.  He finished that part this past Friday.  Starting when he was in the rehab unit they started a therapy to see if he could get back to swallowing properly.  They are doing a technic called vital stem.  They hook up electrodes to his throat a stimulate the muscles to strengthen them and get the swallow to working the way it is supposed to.  He is doing this 45 minutes a day 5 days a week.  It is working but very slowly.  He is keeping at it because he wants to eat again and get rid of the feeding tube.

So that is what went on the last few months.  I am now just starting to get back to some stitching.  I had my other carpel tunnel surgery in December and since it was my right hand it seemed to take longer to get back into the swing of things. 

I will try to post more often.  And have a great day everyone. 

Super Bowl Sunday

Well the Super Bowl is over and the right team won.  I think that it is great that New Orleans won.  they played a good game.

It doesn't seem like we are already into the 2nd month of the year.  We have had more snow this year than we have had in the last 20.  Although we were lucky last weekend that the storm that hit through the south Oklahoma, Arkansas, Georgia and so on missed us completely.    We had snow Friday but it was a wet snow and the roads did not get bad.  Today it has rained lightly all day.  Supposed to turn into snow so we will just wait and see what is out there when we wake up. 

I have other things to do now so will come back and post more later.  Have a great day!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas  Hope you all had a great Christmas.  Pictures are of the tree we put up this year.  Did not use all of the tree as I left out the center section to make it fit where I had to put it.  I used all the new ornaments I received from Swap-bot exchanges plus some of my favorites from years past.  Plus I put a few others that I like around.  The little tree has miniature ornaments that stay on all year.  I just put it in a box for storage and pull it out when ready.  I like this glass manger set this is about the 3rd year I have used it since I found it at a yard sale.

We had a very quiet Christmas day as we had the kids over yesterday for Christmas Eve.  We started that many years ago doing ours on Christmas Eve and they could do in-laws on Christmas Day.  Although this year Daughter has no where to go so she went over to her brothers today.

We have a white Christmas this year as it started with sleet and ice yesterday then turned into blowing snow.  It is like 2 inches and you can see grass through it in places and other places drifts from 3 to 6 feet or more.  Very hard for them to get accurate measurements.   Hubby and I are going nowhere as son took our vehicle home last night.  His little car is not good on ice and we have a 4wheel drive Blazer so he took ours and left his sit in our drive way.  We trust his driving anyway as he drives a semi for a living and before that drove a wrecker for over 10 years.   

This is the view I had out my window this afternoon.  The little white car slid off the road and ended up sideways in the ditch.  The truck came around and pulled the car backwards out of the ditch to where it could drive the rest of the way through the empty lot and get back to the road thru the trailer park.  Most of the cars we saw today were larger or trucks and all going very slow.  I sent this last picture to my Brother in California and he wrote back that they were in t-shirts and shorts today and that he did not miss this kind of weather at all.

I better close this for now.  Have a great day everyone.

Merry Christmas - NOT FOR THIS COMPANIES EMPLOYEES - Arrow Trucking, Tulsa, Oklahoma

My son almost took a job with this company a couple of years ago.  How lucky for him that he did not.  This is a sad situation.  Many are stranded far from home and no way to get there.  Send this to all your friends.  Maybe someone will be able to help even one of these stranded truckers.  I read one page of coments on this story and almost cried. 

Moo's Pumpkin Giveaway

Sarah is having a giveaway on her blog.  It is for a chart, the threads for it and a piece of Silkweaver 28 ct laguna.  So if you want to see just click on her name and it will take you to her blog.  Then scroll down to  "Moo's Pumpkin Giveaway"  She says that the drawing will be November 14.  So good luck.

A frog flower

I tried to post this last night but it would not post so I am trying to do it again.

Another giveaway Thread Gatherer is having a 1 year anniversary giveaway. The drawing is Tuesday the 8th of Sept. And here is what she is giving away. 

A really cute flower frog with a pair of scissors.  

Have a great day!  Enjoy your day off with friends and family.

Another give away

It is almost over but there is still a couple of hours till the drawing. This is from TheDailyMel This is for her 8th year blogiversary/1000th post giveaway.

Have a great day and good luck if you enter.

A blogiversary giveaway

I found another great blog today and she is having a giveaway. The blog is Stitchin Times Five

I have also been very busy with exchanges for Swap-bot Post card exchanges, Stitching exchanges and I just started hosting my first exchange. It is Crafty Christmas Scavenger Hunt - USA/Canada. I hope it comes out okay they I might try hosting some others.

I better go as I have a few more things to do before I go do my Aqua exercise at the YWCA. Have a great day!

My Fairy Name

Your fairy is called Field Goblinwand

She is a bringer of riches and wealth.

She lives in fields where wild flowers and poppies grow.

She is only seen when the seer holds a four-leafed clover.

She likes to wear red petals in her skirt. She has gentle green wings like a butterfly.

Get your free fairy name here!

Catching up

Where has all the time gone? It seems like we have been busy all summer. I have been doing a bunch of swaps on Swap-bot. Mostly postcards. Also notecards, another biscornu which I am just now finishing. Some magnets, souvenir stuff, bookmarks, crochet dishcloths and christmas ornaments. I don't have pictures of everything yet but I am gradually posting them on my webshots site.

May was busy. Hubby was in hospital for 4 days with breathing problems. He has severe COPD and it is gradually getting worse. Then just after that on the 14th I had carpel tunnel surgery on my left hand. Almost healed now. At least I can do my stitching now. I have several things to stitch for swap-bot and a swap on one of my Yahoo groups. I am going to wait a couple of months then will have the right hand done. The surgeon said that I can get that one done anytime I am ready. So I am going to do it before the end of the year because of insurance co-pays.

Don't know what else to post for now. Got to get back to stitching the biscornu I am making. It was due in May but got pushed back because of my surgery.

Have a great day!