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Good morning,

It's cold out about 17⁰ but that's ok I have no where
To be.
I have clothes washing and I will start my cleaning that I didn't do yesterday .
I got side tracked looking at reviews for irons so where I was going for an iron they had 3 and let's put it this way they weren't good.
So I got the black & decker classic I will not use water in the iron just use a spray bottle I also bout a package of 2 and they came from amazon .

So with no more delays I'm getting off here and I'm going to start.
Have a great day.
Prayers go out to all.
Lois

Mary z yes I started looking about 2months ago and just couldn't find one.

Lois

19° and sunny, but we'll have a couple more days of northern cold.

Lois, I really like my Panasonic cordless 360 iron. I only use distilled water in my irons. Hope yours works well for you.

MaryZ, You are making fast headway on the NYB.

I did get the curtains done, forgot to tell y'all. Cabin mini split is working well. It's too cold to open the trailer and move into the cabin. Since I now have a couple extra days here, I'm going to work on a quilt.

Hope y'all stay warm.
Lyn

Good morning everyone. Missed yesterday. Not the best day I have ever had. First patient was in Sonoma at 10 am. Going with commute traffic (mostly firld workers for the vineyards) so I always allow extra time. Second patient was one I had seen last week. The drama all started the night before last night. His "regular nurse" decided to be the hero and got an order to discontinue the wound vac. She then decided she would do the visit to remain the hero for taking the wound vac off. I was trying really hard to just ignore it. She was posting stuff online like the wife wanted her to come and not me. Which is fine but they are restricting her and visits as she is not getting her charting done and I am not sure what else. I contemplated refusing the visit but that's not too professional. She even went as far as to not post the new order in the chart. I am assuming somebody called her and finally she posted it. In my opinion he still needs the wound vac for a few more weeks. I got a text from the wife that was meant for the other nurse so I know they were having behind the scene conversations. There was enough in the text for me to know the conversation was about me. So before I went there, I called the office and let them know about the text and that I was uncomfortable going. I added I didn't know where the animosity was coming from (nurse or the wife) and if it was the wife that was fine, you won't always click with each patient but if it was coming from the nurse, I had no idea why. I think I have met her once. Either way the wife was certainly being steared in a negative direction. I ended up doing the visit and while I was uncomfortable I tried to remain cheerful and professional. Answered questions as best I could. The husband is the sweetest thing but the wife can be very demanding and in your face. I made it through, really wanted to put the wound vac back on but decided just to leave it alone. I think I will choose not to go back though. It's okay if they fire me for that, I am leaving at the end of March anyway. I just don't do well with this kind of drama. But thanks for listening. Getting off my soap box now.

As far as the rest of my life, I did go to the doctor. He has run a bunch of tests, mostly coming back normal. The EKG does show the same two areas of necrosis it has shown in the past but now shows "Marked Sinus Arrythmia". I have never heard that term before. Not sure what it means. Haven't heard back from the doctor so maybe it is nothing. I have a sleep study scheduled for March 5. He gave me a knee brace and told me to be careful. Xray shows arthritis on both side of the knee. He said it will take some time to calm down. "Please do not fall in the meantime".

Maryz your package got here yesterday. Thanks so much. My last scan was the same as Bill's. More time to place the IV then do the scan. Boy you sure get a lot of quilts finished. My specialty is getting them started!

Lois I had a Black and Decker iron I got from my cousin when he passed away. Odd thing to inherit but it lasted for years. I don't know how long he had had it. I still have the ironing board though. He passed away in 1992. So it was a great gift.

Lori first on my list for sewing today is to get the binding ends on the Owl quilt connected so I can start the hand sewing. I may have to finish my GEm Tone blocks first to get the stuff out of way.

Chriss what a great deal for your trees. We had to have two taken down and it was like $1500. I never know what is for dinner in the morning. DH usually cooks so whatever he decides when he gets home. Unless, I get tired of the same old thing and plan something else.

Maryq my kitchen needs a good scrubbing too, as does the bathroom. We will see what I can get to today. Post office is a necessary place as I have to mail my sisters birthday gift. I had a girl I know from the quilt shop knit her a "Support Chicken". The quilt shop also has yarn. I may never have mentioned that.

Lyn that is cold. Believe it or not it has gotten down to 17 over night where DBIL lives. We think of Las Vegas as a hot place but it is high desert. Looks like they will start getting into some warm weather this week though.

Tina sorry to hear Dad is not doing so well. I can't remember where his cancer is but I agree, a face to face Oncology appointment may be in order. It would be great if you could go with him.

Jana you have fun with that Radiant Star quilt, I will not be joining you.

Judi I have got to try those yoyos. Have never made one.

Well I have clothes to get out of the dryer, the living room is looking a bit trashy, and as I said before the kitchen (dishes are done but DH forgets there are counters!) and the bathroom.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day

Good morning a little chilly today so I am on the kitchen table and working on yo-yos it is very relaxing Just a side note I once saw a yo-yo coverlette at an Amish market it was made from 850 yo-yos I jokingly said I would do that wasn’t serious but I realized I liked making yo-yos so now I have 563 yo-yos at home and I have 45 here I’m almost ready to start swing them together in a coverlette I have used some up
On other quilts I will try to get this off my bucket list soon
I think we are ordering pizza tonight the rest of the people are sitting here surfing pizza places right now
I don’t care
Well I think I will put on head phones and escape for awhile might get warm enough to go
Outside As far as irons go I use a spray bottle and never put water in my iron. I used to in the Rowena and I went through 2 in 4 yrs so I got a black and decker at a garage sail old but still
In the box it is very hot and has a stainless steel plate I think it will be my last iron hope you are all having a great day XXXXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Good morning!

It's snowing here. All night and still now. So far, about six inches. Should be done snowing around lunch time. Haven't seen or heard the plows yet, but that's fine, I have no where to go.

OK, the rest of the story. My mom loved star blocks and asked me to make her a quilt for her bed. She wanted the Star of Bethlehem, the Radiant Star quilt. So I gathered up a bunch of fabrics and made a mock up of how I wanted to use them in the Star. She was a pink person, so the colors were mostly pinks, but I needed a couple to pieces to be a different color, so I had a very pretty soft minty green and a baby soft blue. So it was snail mail days and I sent that mock up to her for approval. She vetoed the blue and green. I was told in no uncertain terms that this quilt was to be pink., period, pink! So I took out those two, but did slip the blue back in and found more pinks and made the quilt. Then as I was ready to quilt it, my mom said that I wasn't to use a thin batting, because that would be cold and I was to use a thick Batt, about 2 inches, to be nice and warm. OK, I'm a good daughter and used the thick Batt. I was also told that it was to be hand quilted. So I did rebel a bit, and stitched in the ditch all the diamonds in the main Star. But I did hand quilt, using a cable feather heart and cross hatched the rest of the open areas and the squares in the corners and modified the heart and cross hatch in the triangles. By hand, in that thick batting! My fingers were tore up, but I succeeded and it locked really good! So not only was there the main Radiant Star, I added a border of sawtooth stars as well. All very quilted. Then made matching pillow shams, with ruffles, for the top of the quilt. A pink dust ruffle and did pinch pleated lined drapes for the two windows in her bedroom. All matching the fabrics in the main quilt. So when we went back to visit that summer, Matt hung the drapery pull rods and the drapes. Daniel helped getting the dust ruffle on the box spring and the mattress back in place and Sarah helped me make the bed and add the quilt. Oh, there was pink carpet in that room too. It looked like a layout for Better Homes and Garden magazine! Gorgeous! My mom loved it. So we went home thinking we did good. Then later on, my mom stopped using the quilt, telling me it was too heavy for her to move! So it then was relegated to the closet. After all that work and if she had let me use a thinner Batt, she could have used the quilt! Well, now fast forward a few years, my mom passed away and I brought that quilt back home to my house. Now Sarah wanted "to borrow " the quilt for awhile, so I let her. Then the quilt disappeared out of sight, again. Until she married Joseph and we were moving her to a new house and I found the Radiant Star quilt stuffed in a box. Then I looked at the quilt and Stuart, who was a little boy had taken a fluorescent pink highlight marker and added his artwork all over the quilt! The hand quilted corner blocks were white, now with pink marker! Sarah hid the quilt so I wouldn't see it for several years. So I 9nce again took possession of that quilt and tried Grandma's Secret Spot remover on all the marker. It took several washing, but the marker was finally removed! Stu lives! So I have the quilt here, on the middle bedroom bed. Now I did make a boo bo9 in the beginning of this quilt, I rounded the bottom corners too much, for my liking and that still bugs me now. So I keep saying, I want to fix that, but Sarah repeatedly tells me I have to leave them alone. There's plenty of space in the last border that I could fix it, but I have so far behaved. So that's the story of the Radiant Star quilt that I made. When we sold my mom's house, Sandee took the drapes I made and they lived in her bedroom.

Well, my day plan is put the can goods away and head down to sew. Mr G is doing fine and will even go to PT tomorrow. That's a good thing, as he's a terrible patient and thinks everything puts him out of commission for years!

Hugs,
Jana

Good morning girls

Hey... we are going to get above zero!!! There is hope for us after all!

Lois... Those old B & D irons are work horses!! I think my Mom had the same one for about 10 years! I tried ordering one from Amazon, but it was defective so I sent it back. I have 2 going at the same time here, one in sewing room and one on the big ironing board in my kitchen (both have auto shut off) and have had good luck with my T-Fal one and the Hamilton Beach Durathon. I do use water in them, but filtered water. I seem to notice they don't feel they get as hot unless I have water in them. But for as much as I use the irons---like every day-- If I get 2 years out of them I think I'm doing pretty good.

Maryz.... Yup, chores are done, tho there always seems to be some kind of mess to clean up! Nothing worse than waiting for test results!! Have you ever tried raspberry vinegarette? I had a salad a local restaurant that sounds just like the one you are making and it had that dressing---so good... I did find some at the store made by Kraft and it's delicious---I could drink it right from the bottle! I think it's my new favorite--along with Olive Garden Italian.

Lyn.... Did you make curtains for the cabin or the MH? I have made drapes in my lifetime, but now I just stick to little valances!

Valerie... Sorry to hear you have to go through so much drama just to treat a patient!! Don't you wonder sometimes what people are thinking when they do stuff like that other nurse? What does it gain her to cause a disruption between you and the wife? Just to make herself look better. I imagine you are counting the days until you are DONE!

Judi... 563 Yo-Yo's!!! Oh my.... If I ever run out of other TV watching projects I might try them, but I'll send them to you!! You start with a circle I'm thinking? How big of a circle?
I have a ton of 2.5" squares you could have

Jana... What a wonderful story about the quilt for your Mom!! It just proves my theory that every quilt has a story---or will eventually. I had a quilt that my grandmother got as a wedding present in 1920. It was in pretty good shape for a long time until the dog chewed a hole in the middle of it. Not know anything about quilting at the time, I put it together the best I could. Years later after many washings it was so nice and soft, and just starting to show a little wear around the edges. Jen adopted it and slept with it and carried everywhere. Even tho it's sad to think of it now being in pieces... it was well loved and used and that is what quilts are for--in my opinion. When I go up to visit this summer, I'm going to try to and find whatever pieces remain and perhaps try to frame some.

Chriss.. I wish I was one of those people that went to bed with a clean kitchen, but it just never works out that way. I guess because I eat my dinner on the couch and from there I don't move until it's bed time.

Lori.... I knew Temecula sounded familiar. I have a cousin that lives there. She actually lives with her son! My only wondering about a reversible quilt it how to get it lined up on the LA machine so it all matches!!

Speaking of messy kitchens I better go get to it. Since the red & White quilt worked up so fast I got a blue and white one all cut out yesterday and a lot of the little 9 patches sewn, so we will see how far we get today. If I get it done today, I'll post pictures!

In the meantime, I will you all the very best today!

Good morning everyone
I'm running behind today, had to get a roast in the crockpot for supper first thing.
Lois, I hope your iron is a good one and you're happy with it, it's so hard to find the right one these days.
Maryz, I believe it's his oncologist that took him off the daily cancer meds, he has so many different doctors that it's hard for me to remember which one is which.....but I do know it's his cancer Dr. I'm present at all his telemed visits and take notes for Dad but the in person he goes with my SIL and she says he deserves his privacy so she just drives him and so far I haven't been able to change that.
Prayers Bill's test shows nothing.
Lyn, brrrrrr you need some warm sunshine. What quilt are you working on?
Valerie, my DH misses cleaning the stove and cabinets too when he does the dishes....he hardly ever cooks though. Goodness that doesn't sound like a very good situation with your patient and that other nurse and the wife. Dad's cancer is stage 4 prostate but it also spread to his back and ribs.
Judi, I bet your yo-yo coverlet will be gorgeous
Jana, that's quite the story of your mom's quilt, I bet it's like those weighted blankets which means Holly and Easton would love it! LOL they both have to have weight to hold them down to be able to sleep, Easton has an actual weighted blanket that Holly bought him and he loves it under his quilt. My mom was the opposite, she couldn't stand heavy on her.
I need to clean bathrooms today, I did floors and windowsills yesterday, that fine sand was bad from the dirt storms, but it's all cleaned up and I'm ready for the next storm to bring me new fine sand
I gotta get busy.
You all have a great day! Prayers for all in need
Tina