Sorry for lack of updates

My back and legs have been really bothering me lately and I haven't been able to sit very long and do an update. I hope to have more of a post tomorrow.

Well I had a good day

Did you ever have one of those days that nothing seem to go right? Well for once it wasn't me; however, my son did had one of those days. He had to replace something on his truck Saturday and then again today (garage bill $901 in two days); then he had to go to work early this morning and slept in and then on the way home for lunch he was driving my dad's truck because his was in the garage and someone ran into the truck ($800 damage on my dad's truck) but no one was hurt. The insurance company told my son that he would have to pay half even though it wasn't his fault but because he was in the mall parking lot it is 50/50. The police had a statement from the guy that ran into him and the man said that it was all his fault (his car stalled and rolled back down the hill) and it wasn't in the parking lot but in exit drive (guess that makes a difference). So now the man has to pay the whole bill.

I did manage to get the house work done that I wanted to do and was able to go for a nice walk. It was mild here today great for getting outside. Plus I managed to get some stitching done. All in all I had a great day.

Happy Valentine's Day

Accomplished absolutely nothing today. Didn't even cook dinner. Went down my mom's for dinner (steak and potatoes -- the way to my dad's heart). Dad I spent most of my visit driving my mom crazy discussing how you don't have to be human to buy a lotto ticket. There is nothing in the rules. Ya I know, dad and I are insane.

Hope everyone had a good day!!!

It's Complicated

Didn't make a post yesterday as we went to the movies. We went early so we could see Lovely Bones but it was sold out so instead we saw It's Complicated. It was actually pretty good. I don't usually watch romance movies however this one was kind of funny. The guy that played Harley (he's from the Office) had some funny moments. I guess we'll have to go see Lovely Bones another evening.

Did some stitching on my newest project today. I find the light colors hard to work with. I'm trying to do all the "colors" first before I start doing white on white.


Here's a picture of my orts for the last month. I was late getting started with this project so there isn't much in the jar.

It's been a rough day.

So yesterday the doctor changed my prescriptions and took me off 3 different pills for my back and started me on a new pill. After taking it for one day it hasn't help me any (and didn't think it would after 1 day) but I do manage to have most of the side effects: dry mouth, dizziness, nausea, tiredness and drowsiness. Always thought tiredness and drowsiness were the same thing anyway how does that happen that the side effects kicked in so quickly!

I did manage to do some stitching between naps. It's hard to stitch when it seems that the paper and canvas are moving...lol.

How terrible is it that I'm off to have another nap (after napping all day) before Supernatural comes on.

A new project

It was a beautiful day here today. It got up to about 6 degrees and the sun was out and I spent most of the day at the Doctors office (that's not fair). I have to go see another specialist now (that makes 4 different specialist in less than a year for my back/legs) I'm not sure exactly what his official title is but he's the doctor that sticks the needles/electrodes in your body. I don't mind the needles in my legs but I find it really hurts when they turn on the electricity. Not looking forward to that visit.

After coming home from the doctors with another new prescription, I got myself ready to start a new cross stitch pattern. I'm doing Achoo from Dimension. I tried taking a picture of the picture. Hope it turns out. I checked this pattern out first from my stash and there are no fractionals -- yeah!!!

A finish sort of!

Woke up extremely early this morning and was able to get my yesterday's to do list finish and wipe down the kitchen and my appliances. Unfortunately, my today's to do list never got done. All I managed to do was call the Doctor's office for an appointment (my legs and back are very painful lately and the pain meds are not working like they should) and finish my cute as a button pattern.

This is my 3rd finish and the first finish for 2010. Although it's just a small pattern I'm kinda proud of myself because it's the first time I did fractionals and used beads and I think I did okay. Now to find something else to work on.