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Sunday, May 18, 2008

Stuff

Stuff....just stuff today. I am sort of all over the place mentally and with my knitting lately. Health issues are improving somewhat even though we still aren't sure what is going on yet. Yesterday was the first day in around 3 weeks that I haven't been dizzy. Started the process of elimination a couple of weeks ago with an MRI of my head. Thankfully it was relatively clear so it's a relief to know that nothing really scary is causing the problem.....and they released me to drive again....HUGE relief!! It was such a pain to have to rely on someone else to haul me around...I hated it! Next steps are a nerve impulse test on feet and legs then a hearing/imbalance test. It's sort of looking like it might be an inner ear thing because the neurologist gave me an rx for a really small dosage of Valium saying that it had been discovered that it helps with inner ear stuff....weird....I thought it was just for anxiety, etc....anyway...it helps!!! Half of a .5 ml tab and the dizziness goes away for a little while.

Last weekend we had a wonderful time celebrating Mother's Day!! Kept Savy & Dax Saturday night then spent all day Sunday with them, David and Amanda. It was wonderful. I got phone calls and goodies from all the rest of the family too! It ended up being an "extended" Mother's Day because on Monday Amanda took me out for a whole day. I had such a wonderful time! She treated me to lunch at Nona's Red Door in Bricktown, we went from there to have our fingers and toes done then to New York and Company where she bought me the cutest outfit with shoes and jewelry to match!! DH ordered me the KnitPicks Harmonies!!!! Both the interchangeable circulars and the dpns.....woohooo!!! I had already gotten a Michaels card which I got Soy Wool to do the Lady Eleanor with, then I also raked in a pair of Victoria's Secret pjs, a Chili's gift card and the book Romantic Handknits!! Talk about a "Mother Lode" for Mother's Day!

On the knitting side of things I've been frustrated lately. Nothing is really holding my interest for very long these days. I start something, work on it for a little while then get bored with it, and nothing is really calling out to be started either! Oh, there are things in the que that I want to do, but nothing is jumping out and screaming "do me next, do me next"!!

I have gotten a good bit done on the Lady E out of the Paton's Soy Wool I got for Mother's Day. Savy modeled it for me this morning! I have one more skein to add then do the fringe. It's to the point where it's a pain to work on though because it's hot piled up in my lap!

I've worked a little bit on the Child's French sock from of Knitting Vintage socks out of Cherry Tree Hill Supersock, but it's not really keeping me interested either.
I also have stopped working on the Cable Lace Tee out of the Jeannee. I was enjoying doing it and love working the pattern....... but after finishing the back and holding it up to myself I realized just how short it was going to be and that I would probably never wear it! With the body morphing I have been doing over the last year I much prefer things a little longer that cover up a wee bit more of the mid-section and back-section, if you know what I mean...lol!

I'm sort of thinking I might re-start the MS3 again. I'm still just sick that I ran out of yarn on the first attempt. It was my first big lace project and I was so proud of it. I want to participate in the MS4 when it starts this fall so maybe I should get going on this one again....maybe it will keep me interested and get the knitting juices flowing again!! This time around I think I'm going to use Zepher in a rich brown with gold beads. Will probably wait until my Harmonies come in...hopefully this next week!

Have Guild this afternoon. Today will be a really bitter-sweet meeting for me. I attended and spoke at the memorial service for my dear friend Susan Barrington yesterday. I still can't believe that she is gone. She is the founder of our Guild and I never go to a meeting without thinking of all her hard work in getting it established. Her service was so nice. She was adamant that it be a celebration of life and a going home party for her instead of just a time to be sad. Jim did a beautiful job of fulfilling her wishes. There was a short service then everyone gathered to eat, visit and reminisce. I think she would have loved it. I miss you, Susan.

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