I almost have another finish! It seems this one is taking longer what
with all the doctor appointments and other things that have been keeping us busy
lately. The Stars are Brightly Shining by Heartstring Samplery! I just LOVE this
design. I am half way finished with page 3 and only one more page to go after
completing this one. O Holy Night is my favorite Christmas carol and if you
recall I stitched up A Weary World Rejoices by Shakespeare Peddler not too long
ago as well! Just the intense beauty of this song can bring a tear to my eye! I
used 18 count Aida and the recommended
threads.
Morning sweater weather has arrived! It is chilly in the morning hours
then warms up enough in the afternoon to take the sweater off or just change
into something more light weight. I do enjoy my
sweaters.
The lab work finally came back good
and I was able to spend a day at the hospital getting other tests done that had
been put on delay. Not exactly how I would normally choose to spend a day but at
least I can say I have that part of over with and the treatments can finally
begin and are even scheduled! When I first found out all of this and the doctors
outlined their plans to me, I thought it would all go smoothly step by step but
it hasn't.
Each day I pray for strength and
patience. As I do the things I love - stitching, watching my backyard birds and
nature, admiring my roses or just sitting with a cup of coffee I praise God for
letting me enjoy it all. Sometimes we all get a little misguided and forgetful.
God has sent me a rocky journey to give my Faith a jolt in the right direction.
All this time I have been so sure I
had RA because of the nodules that pop up in my hands and the horrible hand
cramps. No. According to the rhuematologist, I am totally RA free but these are
symptoms of Vasculitis! Who knew?
I thought about those long infusion treatment sessions and decided to
pack up a special project to take with me just for those times. At home I will
be working on The Crown Sampler by Plum Street Sampler (all kitted up and ready
to start) after I finish my current stitch. While at my treatments, I will be
taking and working on The Apostle's Creed by My Big Toe. I am keeping most of
the colors the same in the MBT design but I am changing a little bit of it over
to red. I gotta have my red fix! When I begin and as I make progress I will
share pictures with
you!
DH and I went for a drive last week and ended up going to my LNS! What a
nice surprise. I picked up the new Loose Feathers charts they were holding for
me along with some threads for another project. Oh, and a nice project bag to
carry my stitching in when I take it with me to the infusion
treatments.
How many of you read the ingredients label on the back of food? I used to
read it once in a while for things like calories, carbs and cholesterol. It
wasn't something I really needed to read.
Potassium was the probably the
last thing on my mind and I don't think I ever think I ever checked for it. Now
it is the first and main thing I look for since I am on a low potassium diet.
Someone asked me what I could eat on this diet. I told them it was more of a
what I could NOT eat type of diet. If it's good, I can't eat it! lol. So many of
the foods I love are either a big fat NO or are limited to a bare taste. Coffee,
tomatoes, potatoes, pumpkin pie, cheese cake, yogart, lots of greens. chicken
and dumplings, whole wheat breads and cereals, nuts, chocolate and so much more!
I am still adjusting but I'm getting a little better on it each
day!
Thank you so much for all the good wishes and prayers! It means a lot to
know my friends in my stitching community are with me during this time. Once
again, may you have simple days and an uncluttered
heart.
Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. And lo, no one was there.
~Author
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