YOP Week #6 Year 12

 For those of you who only check my YOP posts.  I have been ill and in the hospital that's why I have been absent.  I have diverticulitis and almost had to have surgery but I dodged that bullet.  I was sick at home for a week and then spent another week in the hospital but hopefully I am on the mend now.

Needless to say I did not do any  handwork, or even read until I started feeling better.  This week was the first time I did anything so you won't see a lot of progress but I will probably have a few finishes next week if all goes well.

I only have one more round on the border of the Giant Granny Square blanket.  I may have to chose another color for the last round as I'm not sure I have enough left of the gray.  This will definitely be finished by next week.  I'll have to hang it on the clothesline outside in order to show you the entire blanket...it's big!

I have been back working on the ghost doily for my daughter's birthday which has come and gone.  She surprised me and walked into my hospital room....I told her not to come down (she lives in Iowa) but she didn't listen.  So we spent her birthday in the hospital together just like the day she was born! As it ended up I don't know what I would have done without her especially after I got out of the hospital.  

I should have this done on Tuesday as I have been crocheting one round each day.  It will definitely need to be blocked too...

I did order some yarn for some future projects..........

In other areas, I have been on a liquid diet other than some Ensure and yesterday I made some Campbells cream of potato soup which was a real treat after broth and jello!  I had to puree it in the blender since I am not supposed to have any chunks of anything.  I had 2 micro abrasions on my colon that were the reason I almost had surgery but the surgeon and the radiologist felt I could bypass the surgery but I have to take it slow in order to heal.  That's fine with me if I can avoid surgery and not have that pain again!   Actually, without having to cook it's freed up my time.  While Amy was here she did some trimming outside, and some cleaning inside, in addition to shopping for my new "diet".   She took one of my cats home with her since my 2 cats don't get along and her boys wanted a cat.  She also packed her car with my stuff to go to Goodwill so that was a big help too.  I've still been packing and cleaning and organizing and it shows.  That makes me very happy! So, I've been catching up on chores which I had fallen behind on while I was sick.  I am just so grateful to be feeling good again.   

This coming week my YOP goals are finish the Giant Granny blanket, finish the ghost doily, hopefully finish Sam's tie, and I have another birthday gift to make, and some scrubbies.  I also need to start back with my cross stitch and final finish my Summer XS.
 I hope you are all doing well!

Happy Trails!!!