I know. I know. I have been awful about blogging this summer but I have
been reading all the others I enjoy keeping up with. I don't have the summer
vacation or back to school reason to fall back on. I stitched and worked on
family history. Unfortunately, I still do not have a finish to show off but I
plan to work on getting several WIPs completed. We had several days of an early
Fall preview where the days were so chilly, I wore a
sweater!
As for me, the big news happened last week. The day after our anniversary
and the day before DH's birthday. I had been feeling especially tired and off my
game in general. We were at the grocery store when DH noticed I was having
trouble breathing. I felt like I would fall on my face. We got out of the store
and stopped by the doctor on the way home. Next thing we know, I am on my way to
the hospital via ambulance. They were afraid I was having a heart attack at
first. After almost a week in the hospital, tons of tests, blood transfusions,
lots of poking, proding and constantly feeling like the room was spinning, they
came up with the diagnosis that I was on the verge of a bleeding ulcer. I have
been taken off all aspirin products. I told the doctor that I was too tired to
argue and would follow his orders. After all, he IS the doctor! I have known for
some time that I have RA because of my hands, the swelling and the nodules that
appear. My doctor set me up with a rheumatologist. Now to find the proper
treatment. The summer just slipped
away.
As I have said before, I only feed
the birds between the months of November to the end of May. This schedule helps
them out during the cold winter months and also during nesting season so "mom"
can leave the nest and get a quick bite. During the Summer and Fall months,
nature provides them with lots of insects, worms and berries on bushes (many
planted in our yard). Our yard is not void of activity though during the off
months. Butterflies flock to our several butterfly bushes and Hummingbirds are
more than abundant at all four feeders around the yard. If the feeders go empty,
they do let me know. There is always one or two who are brave enough to fly up
to me as I sit on the deck and squeak out their complaint! As I fill the
feeders, they hover at a short distance ready to move in for mealtime once I
walk away! It was so nice to finally get back home and enjoy my birds and
backyard again. I even bought a bag of birdfood to put out early in
celebration!
Before I went to the hospital, DH gifted me with Hibernation and The
Stars are Brightly Shining by Heartstring Samplery! I can't wait to start
them! After I got back home, he took me out for a ride and we ended up at the
LNS where I bought A Yuletide Welcome and 1837 Crown Sampler both by Plum Street
Samplers! I will post more as I work on
them.
Thanks for stopping by. I have missed everyone and I hope the road to recovery is a steady one so I can enjoy all the special aspects of my world.
