The Queen

Plain Queen?

Simple Queen?

Marly Queen? 

Never able to create a nice Queen stitch, no desire to keep trying.  Usually I work satin as a substitute to follow the shape or a diamond eyelet.  This 40 count is quite tight and threads were cramped, so I tried this.

Followed the chart's outline of the stitches and I like the result.

Maybe this is a common substitute, but the rock I live under kept me from seeing it.  Lauren used to keep me company under that rock but she's really been getting around lately.  A lot.  Left me in her dust.

Have a good day!

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A sweet little

Many specialty stitches to come, some will be done in regular cross.  For sure, Queen will be substituted.

Have a good day.

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Better already

I didn't care for the colors in the border, or the much darker leaves.

Changed to 3052 and 3053.  Much softer.

I like.

I don't watch prime time TV shows and haven't for years.  Monday is Law & Order day of reruns on a cable channel.  My opinion, one of the best.  I can't believe it took all these years to finally figure out why they called Anita "Lou". How foolish I feel.  It's Lieu!  She is Lieutenant Van Buren and I always knew that!  Never put it together and donned my dunce cap tonight.  Good grief that's so embarrassing, yet I'm telling you.

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Possibles

Probables. 

Again!  I keep pulling these out but they never make the show.

I ended the watch pocket.  There are a few hearts and smalls that I have kitted but I can't settle.  These probables have been hanging around for many years.  Small but mighty.  Gathering supplies today, I think the Strawberry House will be on a dark linen.  I have two pieces of  Cactus Wren, one is brown, the other green.  Too dark?

This tiny work is perfect for a box top.  Ten years ago I made this fabric covered box for my cousin with her and her sister's initials, who had recently passed away.  Jenny was their mom, my mom's sister.

To clarify my last post, I can request what I would like from the house.  Chris is not preventing that at all.  There so much more to this situation.

Making mom's mac & cheese today for the freezer along with a batch of crepes for nalesniki, because an extra milk was purchased (I don't pay attention).  My brother and Chris will benefit from both, but a double recipe will still be enough for extra.  

Have a good day folks.

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Remnants

 Remnants.  Small pieces taken from a home that my sister built.  Her tchotchkes, treasures, mementos, souvenirs of family trips, were beyond numerous.  The comfort, peace, and love for her sanctuary was entwined with the love for her husband and son.  A place she would never leave.  

This week, the contents are being gutted and filling dumpsters.  Chris brought a small box for me to go through, maybe some item in it I would want.  These.

The blue was from my aunt to mom at my brother's birth in 1943, the other for Carole 1938.  The tiny vases .... ?  No idea but I kept them.  There are boxes of yellow, pink, green, depression glass sets in the attic which I will request.  The rest will be gone.  

Just a hint at the situation that has enraged and disturbed my life for over a year.  Not sure you want to hear the story.

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I felt fine after my cath until Saturday.  So weak, palpitations relentless, low diastolic, rate in low 50s.  What the hell?  Still not right, drinking lots of water, a little better today.  Arrythmias and V tach need to be controlled but until electrical testing for possible ablation, they have not been able to increase med dosage. I am very sensitive to drugs.  So why isn't a small dose enough???  I had a sharp burn run down my left arm during the cath and I hoped it was a reset shock.  Nope.

Hope you're good.

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Thank you for the good wishes.

 I'm home.  They found a 20% block in the widow maker, 30% in coronary artery, not needing treatment.  All the ischemia of the left ventricle?  She could assume my rather small breast's dense tissue interfered.  What?  My month of anxiety from a report of SUBSTANTIAL blockage was a little boob?  

Remember when an incompetent PA told me I had rapid onset pulmonary fibrosis and I suffered with the diagnosis for months?  And refused to order a CT scan because she claimed PF doesn't show on that scan? Set me up with virtual appt in Pittsburgh and I asked how he could listen for the crackles in my lungs virtually.  I left.

And a hysterectomy after several tests leading to full biopsy showed cancer?  Only to find the pathology after surgery could not find a single cancer cell?  She accidently slit off the top of my bladder requiring catheter for four weeks, and gave me my hysterectobelly.  Never to lie flat again.

Grateful for not having these conditions, furious for what they put me through.

The cath doc said I need a cardiac MRI, another test regarding electrical responses, there is treatment needed for a yet unknown diagnosis.  I am actually disappointed that a treatable blockage, easy fix, was not the cause of my issues.

No stitching until cath's brace comes off my wrist.  I had procedure with no anesthesia for fear of nausea and vertigo.  Only lidocaine where tube was inserted.

Thanks again. Have a good day.

Still behaving?

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