I'm home

This past weekend found me very sick with the flu... Sparing you the details - it was the worst flu I have ever had - more pains than aches it seems.  But was better within about 36 hours. Just to wake up to something I've never experienced before...

I woke at midnight on Sunday - I noticed my leg was red - just thought it was how I'd slept so went back to sleep - Woke up Monday morning with a much redder, hotter, more swollen leg (mid-shin down).  Not being a doctor type person - I decided to let it go to see what happened.  Ended up in the ER on Tuesday - - diagnosis (after testing for blood clot) - cellulitis - needing intravenous antibiotics.  Two days in the hospital put a big bite into the infection and now I'm home.  Oral antibiotics for 10 days and a trip to the doctor in a week... hopefully a complete recovery will be achieved soon!!

ok... Here we go...

I promised a true attempt to make this interesting.  I've looked at so many other people's blogs to see what they do to make theirs interesting.  I see, often, things like Monday Menu, Wacky Wednesday - you know alliteration!!! - -- short of being REALLY genuis (which I'm not) or a copycat (which I'd rather  not be) I cannot think of anything so creative as something different for each day... consistency...  so, for today, Monday I'll just post the blocks for the bom's that five other ladies and myself are doing.  We began in July.  Each of the six of us chose 2 blocks each and we are each making blocks of the month.  I have through November done - plus one more (Ok, I got out of sequence on one of them!). I chose to do them in florals - all scrappy.  I love doing scrappy quilts I have found!!!  I will definitely be doing another one, or two, or three... :) I have chosen to make two blocks of each because I want a queen size quilt for our guest room - Ok here they are...

This is one that is called Antique Tile

This is called Lover's Knot

The other Lover's Knot

This one is called... ???? I forget!!! And I only have one - I do not like the block - but will do the other one to make sure my quilt is 'even.'! :)

This one is called Jacob's Ladder as is the next one

Depression Block for the next two

You can see how these are opposites too

This one and the next one is Snail's Trail - don't care a whole lot about this pattern either - made a mistake in one of them... :(

Here is the last one - Antique Tile again.

Flu

It hit Saturday and it hit hard... never hurt so badly and deeply before in my life.  It was bad.  All day Saturday I was sleeping off and on into Sunday afternoon... then this morning when I got up all was better - as if it never happened... except now I have something wrong with one of my legs.  The lower part of my left lef is read and hot - not swollen, a bit sore but not bad... keeping an eye on it.

Ok...

... I feel like I've approached this blog like a diet - "Starting tomorrow, I'm going to eat less"/ "Starting tomorrow, I'm going to blog faithfully/meaningfully."  EGAD!!!  I AM getting routine down here at home - and am really trying.  This morning as we were doing our character study for school we were discussing 'diligence' - I had to confess to the boys that I am not always the most diligent person and need to work onit as much as they should be.  They just sort of looked at me!!!  :)  It is sadly true - I used to be so self-disciplined - but am truly lacking of late. 

I am going to TRY really hard to be consistent with my blog offerings and hopefully will be able to give some words of wisdom from time to time.  Still want to keep all updated on our family as well.

SO - - - - I am going to spend some time this weekend committing myself to figuring out exactly what I want this blog to do... Here's to Monday and the unveiling... ;)

QUILT ORDERS

I am in the middle of making three quilt projects that others have ordered.  One lady has ordered a lapsize quilt for her husband and then she'd like a king size quilt for their bed!!! :)  Another lady who was a teacher's aide at the school where I taught for two years is meeting with me next week to talk about a queensize for herself!  Slowly but surely this will happen.  I'd love to be able to do this all the time but I just need to find an outlet for my quilting projects.  I have a new table runner ready to be quilted - it only took me a couple hours to get it together and will take about three hours, maybe four to finish it - I have stockings ready, some little kleenex package holders (Great teacher gifts!) to sell - just no market... maybe one day.

Haiti

Well, DH came home on Monday - needless to say we've been busy since.  His trip was very successful and all he wanted to accomplish he did!  Pictures in a day or two.  One of the guys who was scheduled to go with him could not - he cut his finger, to the bone, and the doctor advised him, strongly, to stay out of any third world country!!  He will hopefully be able to go in January when we go again.  The other two men who went enjoyed their time there. 

DD is sick - in Haiti.  Seems she may have gotten bitten by a mosquito carrying dengue fever - nothing fatal, thank goodness, but she is still sick and I cannot be there to help her.  Thankfully she has her future mil there - she is taking care of her :)

Took orders yesterday for Angel Food boxes - well, only one order so far.  We do have about six more orders this time than before - that is a good thing.  Prayerfully we will have tons more next time. 

Sunday and cooler weather

Finally - a break from the hot weather of summer - we woke up to the 50's this morning -what a welcome cool front... just hope the cooler weather is here to stay.  After record breaking October weather this is so nice - our windows are open and the breezes are blowing.  Our sky is the beautiful winter blue of S FL!!!

And DH comes home tomorrow!!!  Been a long week - lots of emotions and mental stuff going on - spiritual warfare for sure... he did, however, get to go see our dd and her fiance as a surprise - I'm sure they were glad to see him!! 

Been busy while he has been gone - I finished and sent the four quilts to IN - hope the kids love them as much as I've loved making them... can't wait to hear and see pictures...  I will post some here of the tops - never had the chance to photograph the pics of finished quilts - camera in Haiti and the quilts needed to go - it is COLD in IN!!  Pictures later this week...

I made a table runner top - same table runner I already have but DD wanted one to take to Haiti with her - she will get to take it next time she goes (Dec.).  I also was able to make three blocks for my BOM with five other women.  I am done through November now - need to get Dec done soon as Dec will be a very busy month for us - because of the wedding...  and Christmas... and getting ready to go to Haiti in January. 

I love being busy at home.  Tomorrow night we will be having chili - cool weather is a perfect time for it!!
More later in the week...