YOP Week #8 Year 12

 Well, I was humming along when the last three days I started experiencing some pain again.  I called the Home Health nurse and she was actually the nurse that saw me the first time at the hospital.  She told me since it was the weekend (yesterday) that I should go the ER.  My neighbor drove me as they won't give me a pain shot if I am driving.   It just so happened my doctor was doing a rotation at the hospital!  Lucky me!  I got blood work and all the required testing of vitals.  It ended up I had a slight infection again and so I got a pain shot and some "drugs" and I am good to go again.  I was going over in my mind what could have caused it as I have stuck to the diet.  But he had said I could have cream of potato soup about a week ago so I've been pureeing it  (Campbell's) and having that twice a day.  When I got home from the hospital I was going to have some and for some reason, which I have never noticed before...there was black pepper floating on the surface.....I stopped eating it.  Pepper is something you're not supposed to have while you're trying to heal.  I am fairly certain that may have caused it.  So, I am feeling great again and I will be making homemade potato soup today with no pepper or any other spices except salt!  I hope that's what caused it otherwise it's a scary proposition as to when it might happen again.  But I will enjoy a pain-free Sunday!

Up until the other day I was getting a lot done in all areas around the homestead so I have some things to show you today........I final finished my Summer XS...........

I also made one Scrappy Star for my Scrappy Star quilt..............only 80 more blocks to go.....this is a  long range project that I will try and schedule so many blocks per week.  
        

I've been working on Sam's tie and there are only 8 stitches on the needles now and it is 40 inches and I need to get to 58 before I'm done so, once again, hopefully this week!  I finished the 2 sets of scrubbies so I will be wrapping them up and sending them off in the mail this week.........

I did get my supplies for hand quilting my Christmas quilt but the needles are not going to work so I ordered some different ones that should hopefully work better.  I am doing "big stitch" quilting so the regular tiny quilting needles won't work.  I decided to work on some project bags....gosh knows I need them!  I had purchased Lori Holt's bag panels but all I got done was cutting them out.  I think there are 4 small and 4 large and I purchased the matching zippers too.........

There are tags for the bags.........

and last but not least.....I received a beautiful hand painted card from my dear friend Far Side of Fifty............thank you so much, Connie....I think it boosted my immune system!

That's all for this week.  Plans for this coming week are:  I still need to make that rotation schedule, finish Sam's tie, hopefully get some hand quilting done if the needles arrive, final finish another XS, and sew some scrappy stars and some project bags.  It's time to pick out the annual 2022 collectible ornaments for Halloween and Christmas too.  Plus, a crochet project....granny squares?  There's some yarn coming in the mail soon, I hope!

I hope you all had a great week and that this coming week will be even better!

Happy Trails!!!