A gift to me

Saw my dentist this morning.  Augmentin and Advil are helping a great deal.  

 A wonderfully generous stitcher gifted the Kindred Spirit chart I was looking for along with the linen!  Two pieces!  So very thoughtful and unexpected, and greatly appreciated.  I have not been following the five day plan of stitching but really want to start Kindred so may give it a try. 

That patterned lawn area of Sarah's has not been easy for me.  On forty, with one eye, my stitches are not the best.  Typical for me!  The worst part was filling in the second color where many times I was over one linen thread on the corner poke.  No one knows the difference and misses are very hard to see in that pattern.  If easily noticed, I just went over it with another thread. 

My June birthday is around the corner and since my five person family doesn't seem to take interest in gifting, I bought myself a gift!  It shipped today.  Can't wait. My right lens is coming off Wednesday and I will be back to two eyed viewing!

This treatment will not increase tears or change my condition, it heals the cornea and offers more comfort, less burning, less inflammation.  Any little bit is welcome.

Off to the Amish greenhouse tomorrow.  Their four inch pots are 3.50 and locally, 6.00.  First time in years, no pink petunias were purchased.  And every time I see one (like the ones we bought for Carole), I want it!  I was so in love with the massive mix in a downtown area last year that I decided to imitate at home.  Tri-color calibrachoa.  But I have to get a pink tomorrow.  Just one.

Hope you had a special weekend.

Be well, be safe!

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Happy Mother's Day to all

 Not much happening here.  The front crowns done for the second time months ago, worse than the first they were to correct, are continually hitting the uppers.  The trusted lab tech retired, new techs must all be stoned.  Now, major issues.  Antibiotics and pain meds, can't eat, can't sleep, will see him this week.  I will probably lose them.  Am I ticked?  You have no idea.

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Moving forward

 Hiya.  My Prokera lens is off.  With it, vision is one eye only which creates a perception problem.  The lens eye is like looking through sheets of waxed paper.  My dryness level on a 1 - 4 scale was 3.75.  It is now 1.5.  The corneal surface was like a mountain range, now much smoother.  It will not change the lack of tears, but offer more comfort and less inflammation.  The right eye will be done Monday, and we'll see how long this improvement lasts, maybe up to a year.

Progress with one eye and 4.0 mags plus my Dazor mag lamp.

Can't wait to finish the patterned lawn section.  Then, fill in with second color!  But won' t need to count.  Whew.

Enjoy your week!

Wait, it's Thursday.  May is moving quickly isn't it?

BTW, today is final day to order free at home covid test kits.

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Monday

morning the ProKera lens will be inserted.  No stitching for a week.  This is where I ended.

I downloaded the app for Merlin, which will identify all calls and chirps in your yard.  All of these were recorded yesterday during a ten minute span.  Each bird is highlighted during their call making it easier for the listener to identify their sound.

Have a good week!

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Tempting

 Additional flower threads arrived for Tindale.   Tempted to start!  But will continue the lawn sections for another day.

Three down, counting errors in two, I'm sure more to come.  None will be noticed.

Sun is out.

Hope you have a great day.

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Landscaping

 Another section done.

This will be a fun landscape to stitch.

Did a little press, the creases were difficult to remove and the bottom one won't release.

For those interested in flower thread, Ginnie Thompson's website makes ordering easy with very reasonable shipping.  A sample is also offered to try.

Enjoy your day.

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