my.sewingroom's blog : Thanksgiving

God Did I Sleep Thru Dec. 1?? Did I miss the train?

Linda — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:48:00 GMT

God, what day is it? Did I sleep thru Dec. 1 and miss the train? Oh, I couldn't have because I still have my days and nights mixed up, don't I? I sleep all day almost and then I wake up in the evening. Bummer! I tried to watch Christmas movies yesterday and today...notice I said tried. I slept thru each and every one of them in spite of the cough that has returned with a vengence. All the laying around has reduced the size of my ankles and legs. They are back to normal size. Hip, Hip, Hooray!!! Praise God!!

Hope all of you had a blessed Thanksgiving day. I stayed awake long enough to talk to my mom and to my brother Rick in Wisconsin. Several friends text their greetings. My 2 grandsons that I usually spend time with had to go to their dad's this holiday weekend. I pray they are enjoying it and that my son is not being the hot headed socio-path and making the boys miserable. This is at the top of my prayer list this weekend. Please God protect Christopher and Noel while they are in Chris' custody and bring them home safely. If Your will, Oh Lord, may Chris' hatred be turned to love someday. May his hatred not ruin the boys' lifes. The boys were doing so well when Chris was not a part of their lives, but he has returned and has had an influence on them again that is affecting their behavior. Once again we have to rely on Your will, dear God.

Meanwhile, Dec. 1 is fast approaching and I still have a lot of packing to do. Today my c-pap and nebulizer were calibrated. They are ready to travel. My walker and wheelchair are in the sunroom ready to go. My large suitcase is 1/2 packed; hope I have enough room. I've already shipped 3 boxes of sewing supplies,winter reading, Christmas presents, and summer clothes. I have 1 more box of winter projects to work on that will ship on Monday. The projects are already pre-cut; I just have to put them together. (I've already started cutting out my plaid quilt. There are over 400 squares to cut.)

My friends, I have a busy week coming up and hopefully I can stay awake during the day for it!! God bless each of you. I am so happy God has led me to QCA! You have been my life line.

Crash and Burn

Linda — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:59:00 GMT

It's been a few days after the party and I've crashed and burned! In other words, I'm wiped out! Grandson Noel and best friend Jan spent the night on Saturday. Sunday morning Jan headed home because the daughter of one of her friends was killed in an accident 2 nights before. How tragic as she was only 29 years old. May God give that family comfort and peace during their difficult time.

Noel and I spent Sunday laying around the house doing next to nothing. He watched tv and played video games all day. I pretty much napped all day. When dad and big brother Christopher showed up in the late afternoon, we just kinda looked at them and said, "What?" We really looked energetic!! I managed to get myself together and heated some of the leftovers from the party; we had dinner consisting of ribs, salad, and dinner rolls, and for dessert coconut apricot bars and brownies. By Sunday evening, my ankles were quite swollen. Oh, oh, not good and I had a doctor appointment Monday morning. I knew I was in trouble with a capital T.

I'm at the doctor's office on Monday. Yup, I'm in trouble. She ordered sonograms before I can get on the train next week. Wants to make sure my circulation is okay and that I don't have any blood clot issues.I go this morning for the sonograms. Please pray everything is good. If there are any issues at all, I will not be getting on that train next Thursday. Oh dear God, your will be done. I may not understand your plans for me, but your plans are better than mine. I trust and praise your name, Lord. In your name I pray. Amen.

Yesterday (I have complete faith that I am going to AZ) I started packing. I have already shipped 3 packages containing sewing supplies, my summer clothes, and projects to work on. I have to pack my nebulizer, c-pap both in separate cases that go on the train with me. The only ones that get checked are the big suitcase and my walker. My meds have to go in a separate case (required by Amtrak). Then there's my overnight bag with 3 changes of clothes for the 3day/2 night trip. We're up to 4 bags now. Plus with my restricted diet, I can't eat much train food. So I must take some food...bag #5. Of course, Amtrak is aware of this and they make accomodations for disabled travelers. On this trip I'm traveling in a sleeper car...WoooHooo! No one going in/out all the time. No one to interrupt just as I'm falling asleep. No one to start snoring in the middle of the night.

I need to get back into a routine and looking at the clock, it's telling me it's breakfast and morning pill time. Will talk with you later. Have a great Thanksgiving Day and remember to give thanks to God. God's blessings to you and your families.

Days & Nights Mixed Up - Oh Boy!!

Linda — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:06:00 GMT

Since I've been bouncing off the walls from all the albuterol/nebulizer treatments, I haven't been sleeping well....except when I sit down in front of the tv to do some hand sewing. Then I'm out for an hour or two at time!! The doctors took me off those treatments so I can come back to earth, but now I'm back to coughing again. Still can't sleep nights, but doing pretty good during the day. Yesterday it was 8:00 PM, yes I said PM, before I was awake enough to sit down and do any type of sewing. I had dozed all day long. It was 4:00 am this morning before I went back to bed. The upside to all of this would be that I'm not being interrupted and I'm getting more Christmas projects finished in time before our very early Christmas party. I only have about 2 more presents to complete. Yahoo!!!! Finished Cora's quilt this morning. Will try to post it tomorrow. But Shhhhh, don't tell who it's for. I don't want her mommy seeing it before the Christmas party. Oh and I finished my friend Lynda's present...an apron with these hunks of cowboys on it. Is she ever going to be surprised! And her daughter and daughter-in-law are going to be sooooo jealous!! Take a look! I don't remember who suggested the 10 minute table runner, but thank you!!! What a fantastic gift! I've made 2 so far and plan to make 1 or 2 more.

It was hard to explain to my 2 oldest grandsons, Christopher and Noel, that I had to leave for Arizona before Christmas this year. I could hear Christopher (14) start to tear up. His first question was if I had to move back to Arizona. It took a while to assure him that I was NOT moving back to Arizona and that I just had to spend an extra month this winter because of the weather here in Ohio. He was not going to let HIS grandma go back to that Arizona place!! As for Noel, he's off in his own world, but said he was sad because he missed coming to my house when I wasn't here. Awwww! He doesn't fool me. He misses the cookies and brownies!!!!!! I miss him too. He's still willing to give lots of hugs at the age of 9. He's also my birthday buddy so we have a special bond there.

So to compensate for my leaving early, I am having a Christmas party on November 19. The boys are coming with their Mom and their great step-dad Nate. My youngest son Mark and his family are coming. Oh heart be still...I've only seen them...let's see 3 times in the last year I think. They only live 1 hour away. I'll get to see my new granddaughter, Cora. Maybe even get to hold her! And hopefully, Hanna and Quinn won't act like they are afraid of me. I never get to see them so they don't know who I am really. Then my best friend Jan who I've known forever and has known my family forever is joining us for the weekend. And recently, I found my 3 brothers from my dad's second wife. One of them happens to live here in Ohio and he is also going to join us. I wish my Mom would join us, but at 80+ she doesn't like to travel especially at night. Christopher and Noel seemed quite happy to have an extra Christmas!

So here it is not even Thanksgiving and I'm planning Christmas! But I'm ever so thankful that I'm on this side of the grass and I can celebrate holidays with my chosen family even if they aren't inorder! Thank you Lord Jesus.