Never too old to learn something new

and I did today.  George had a tooth extracted and the instructions from the Oral Surgeon included putting a wet tea bag wrapped in wet gauze on the surgery area to stop or slow down the bleeding and it worked.  Who knew????  He's feeling pretty good, why not Tylenol with Codeine real happy dance stuff.  Well maybe not it's happy sleepy time stuff but it does kick the heck out of the pain.

George wants to go over to Terry's to work tomorrow, we'll see.  I want to sew, sew and sew some more.  Did get my fan pieces removed and the other color reapplied it looks so much better, glad I took the time to do it. Now to get the top assembled.  We'll see if I get that done after exercise haven't been there since last Wed.

That's it for today, now we'll see what tomorrow brings.

Good news

Dermatologist said the lab report came back and no cancer in the surrounding tissue.  So on to the next challenge life has for  me.  I'm actually enjoying my exercise sessions, I go 3 times a week and I can already feel a difference in my leg strength of course I've got a long way to go. 

The red work project I'm trying to get going on just isn't working out for me.  I'm having trouble getting nice stitches to lay right so I'm going to try and see what Perle cotton looks like on it.  Trial and error until I feel good with the way the panel looks. 

That's all that is going on around here, looks like we are going to have a frost tonight so the lilacs will probably be gone tomorrow.  They were so pretty this year.

Sample of the ones I made for the swap.

My hot pads from JQ swap

Here are the hot pads I got from a swap I was in, they are too pretty to use but I won't let that stop me.  The one in the center is actually a pocket from a pair of blue jeans.  What a clever idea and the unusual owl and cupcake.  They all are so pretty.  The top center one will make a nice hot pad under a casserol too.

Had a busy

Friday the 13th, went to the skin Dr. and he tried to remove the patch of skin cancer on my right cheek again.  Has tried to freeze it and tried to remove it when they did the biopsy but it would not be gone so they did a surgical procedure and I have 7 stitches in my cheek.  Hope it comes back clean, will know next week.

Then we went to Katie's school play, she was a "towns person" and a "dancing dish".  It was a very modified "Beauty and the Beast" but a fun night.  The kids all did an awesome job, it even kept grandpa awake.  LOL

Today I spent finishing up our taxes and printing them out to be mailed Mon. with a check. .....sigh.....

Tomorrow will be a sewing day or else it ain't gonna be pretty around here.  I haven't sewn a stitch since lunch bunch on Wed. and am having a real nasty case of withdrawal. 

Well it's jammie time around here,  hope I can stay awake until bed time.  TTYL

Ok I'm doin it

I joined a fitness center today.  No I haven't lost whatever mind I had left, we found out our supplemental health insurance will pay for us to exercise.  They have a program called silversneakers and will pay for our membership. Tomorrow after I go to the foot Dr. I'm going to the fitness center and learn how not to fall off the equipment and run the things.  I just need to stay committed.

I'm having fun doing machine applique fan blocks using invisible thread, it's like a nylon thread so I hope it holds up.  Just to be on the safe side I'm going to quilt on the fans.  Now I need to make some of the arcs for the bottom of the fans and attach the sashings.