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Comment by Dolly Hanson/MN 1 hour ago

Hello everyone,
The pugs and I had a good long cuddle tonight. It has be a while and we all enjoyed it. They are in bed in their kennel now, snoring away as all good pugs do.

My digital photography class was good. I learned a lot of tips and information that will help me. After class I spoke with the instructor about my project of photographing the cross stitched quilt tops. He gave me some ideas and suggested a tripod. The have these flexible little tripods called gorilla pods. You can bend them any which way and hang them on things, too. Of course I had to get one. They are only about $25, less expensive and much more flexible than the metal tripods. Gradually a plan is coming together for getting the project done. I do have one question. How do I number the quilts? I want to label them with a number. Write on paper and pin the paper on each top? Write on fabric? Any and all ideas appreciated--I don't want to damage the tops when I store them. They will have to remain numbered for a while. don't want to take a chance of ink bleeding onto a top.

I hope all of you are well and happy. Good evening........Dolly

Comment by Dottie 6 hours ago

Hi all. Linda, we are so relieved to hear from you. May God continue to hold you and hubby in the palm of His hands and give you Peace, healing and strength. I am glad you are able to do what you must and keeping a smile in your heart as well as your face. God Bless you dear girl. I trust that as each day goes along your hubby will be better and better at his rrecovery and therapy.

To all our quilt forum be well and happy - warm and keep quilting.
Dear ones have a great evening.
Blessing,
Dottie

Comment by Robin 15 hours ago

Linda, yeah! It is so good to hear from you. That certainly is a long hospital stay. I will continue to pray for full recovery. You must be tired. I know that when my dad is in the hospital I can simply be sitting all day and come home exhausted. I am praying for your stamina too, dear girl.

Yes, Dolly, the pain is constant even when it is "better"! :(

Everyone have a wonderful day. Love you all...

Teresa, how are you doing, girlfriend?

Comment by Janice Aitkens 20 hours ago

Good Morning All
So happy to hear from you Linda & while your DH may not be coming along as hope for at least he starting to make progress it always hard after surgery.
I am off to my quilting group today so will be off out for the day i hope you all have a wonderful day take care
Hugs Janice

Comment by Dolly Hanson/MN 23 hours ago

Hello everyone,
Linda, it is so wonderful to hear from you. I am glad your DH is beginning to recover. I am sure he feels very weak with his decreased hemoglobin. That will make PT harder, but perseverance is the best attitude. Tell him I am thinking of him and praying for his early recovery.
I take Lyrica for my fibromyalgia. It is the only drug approved by the FDA (federal drug administration) for the treatment of fibro. Fibro is also treated by other drugs but they are not specifically for fibro. I also take Cymbalta, an antidepressant that has had good results in helping with fibro pain (not depression). My other meds are Ultram CR for pain and Lunesta for sleep ( I have the sleep disorder part). I hope your friend will find a combination of meds that will provide her with some pain relief. You are right about the pain being constant. It is 24/7/365. It is never gone, even when it is "better"--right Janice & Robin? I try to stay as active as I can. I am fortunate to be able to walk and the dogs love to walk so we are walking daily. This winter will be harder, but we will go out as much as possible. I have a long down coat to keep my joints warm.

I have to get to bed now. Tomorrow is my Digital Photography class. I hope to get good enough to use some of my pictures for quilting--landscape, still life, designs, etc. It will take some work as Jim always did our pictures. He was an amateur photographer and loved to develop his own pictures. So now I have to learn to hold the camera still. If I can do that there is some hope.......Dolly

Comment by Linda Richards/N. Ontario 1 day ago

Hi all, I am finally back even though it can't be full time yet. I decided I better touch base with you all. Robin thanks for thinking about me so much. I have read all the postings and I know you are all concerned. Well I had a peace that passeth all understanding during the whole surgery, recovery etc. DH ended up with just a spinal and not general anesthetic as we had planned so he was wide awake by the time they brought him back to his room. The surgery was a hard one according to the surgeon so he was quite swollen, lost a lot of blood and ended up with 3 blood transfusions and his haemoglobin is still way down so they have him on iron pills. They transferred him to the hospital in Marathon on Wed. evening and I drove home on my own. The weather was great so no complaints there. I know the Lord was looking after us all the way. He will likely be in the hospital here until at least Tues. I would think. He will then have physio through outpatients. He is not coming along as fast as we had hoped because of the weakness and unable to do his physio those first days after surgery. He actually walked down the hall a little ways tonight. Well hope all are doing well. Robin you sound like your move is going pretty smoothly. Dottie, you had good news and we are glad to hear that. Hope you get your bargello Christmas tree done so I can see it soon. Dolly, you are having a lot of pain with your Fibro. What meds are you on, Dolly? My friend that I stayed with in Thunder Bay while Brent was in the hospital has Fibro and back problems, etc and is in constant pain and I was telling her about a drug that one of the girls on the Quilt Forum was on. I am pretty sure it was you, right?
Teresa, I am so sorry to hear of the problems with your parents. May you feel the arms of God round about you and holding you up during this stressful time. If you can remember what Robin has said about not carrying tomorrow's load today, you will ease your burden. May God give you a peace that passeth all understanding that only He can do. I will be praying for you. Janice glad you are feeling better. I don't think there is anything worse than living in constant pain. Take care, all of you and I am so glad to be back. Thanks for all the prayers. Love you all.

Comment by Robin 1 day ago

Thanks again ya'll. You are exactly right. The unpacking is really going well. I don't have to have anything in those other boxes except the Christmas decorations and the rest CAN WAIT!!

Just pray for us this morning. The boy scout troup that Adam is in is going camping this weekend. The place where they were going is always flooded out if it rains and guess what? It's raining cats and dogs there today. They may move the camp out here to our place! We have had it here many times, but there is some preparation to it and this is pretty short notice. Just pray. I know that it will be fine, but it just feels like one more thing. I know you know what I mean...

Your coat sounds like a lovely color Janice. My coat is plain black (gift) and I don't need another, but rose colored sounds so beautiful!

I'm praying for everyone today. Any word from Linda?

Comment by Janice Aitkens 1 day ago

Good Morning All
It a wet day here but nowhere near as bad as it is in Cumbria they are having really bad flooding.
My coat is a light wine or rose colour i guess you would call it it looks nice hanging on the hanger outside the wardrobe well don't have much space inside lol
When we moved a few days before christmas when the children were kids back in 1987 what i did was unpack the kitchen stuff first, then i did what i thought i needed to use over the holidays & had the boxes that i hadn't unpacked marked so i could do them over time.
That all said i did unpack my knitting machine & was knitting over the Christmas lol we just had everything in one room the kids didn't even have beds as we had to get them new ones so went in to the sales after christmas to get them they didn't mind & even thought it was fun doubt they think that now lol
I think if you do the main things & the rest can be done slowly that way you are not in too much of a mess all the time you will look back on this & wonder what you was stressing out over i am sure, as for Christmas just do the decorations close to the time it will make it more special, & get everyone helping where they can so they can join in the special holiday it become far to much about what is someone getting than what the meaning is & by doing things as a family it may help it to be one of the best christmas you had
Sorry you have to have so much work Dolly hope that you can get it all done before the insurance runs out, what will you do when it does well you take care & everyone have a good day
Hugs Janice

Comment by Dolly Hanson/MN on November 19, 2009 at 8:20pm

Robin,
Unpack the essentials, then focus on Christmas for a few days. Don't panic. It doesn't do any good--only makes it worse. And God has you in the palm of his hand and wouldn't want you stressing so. Take care, dear Robin. Talk to you in the a.m. or whenever you can get away....Dolly

Comment by Robin on November 19, 2009 at 7:53pm

Yes, Dolly, Santa is coming and I'm not ready!!!!! Dare I panic? I am looking at all the boxes and thinking that maybe I need to push some of the unpacking aside and concentrate on Christmas. Any advice, ladies?

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