Sunday, March 30, 2025

I am hoping I am truly back now!

I can't remember where I left off after my last blog but I was on my way to my eye doctor.  He told me I did not have an eye infection but the driest eyes he's ever seen.  I am on eye drops that will lubricate my eyes.  I have Graves Disease and I've had 2 eye operations years ago and it prevented me from going blind.  But Grave Disease is another immune system disease like RA and once you have one you usually get another.  This time it assaulted my tear ducts so I have no tears and no moisture in my eyes.  I asked him how long I would have to take the drops 6 times a day or more.  He said the rest of my life!   My eyes were hurting so bad I couldn't read or even watch t.v. but they are on the mend now thus I am able to blog.
Plus, my grands were here visiting last week and Grayson showed me how to take pictures with my phone and upload to my pc!  Yay!  Sam showed me how to answer my cell phone.  I kept tapping it but he showed me I have to swipe it! LOL!  And this is the woman with the computer science degree!  Woe is me!
  

So, here is my Star cross Stitch I finally finished!!!  I think it's been 3  years or more but then I put it away several times.  I am definitely in the mood to finish things.  Presently I am working on Jim's memorial cross stitch and July it will be 5 years since he passed so I am hoping to have it done by then.  The Star XS will probably be made into a pillow.....a good size one.

I have lots more to tell you now that I can "see" but I will save it for another time.  I'm trying to keep these brief. 

I hope you are all doing well.  We are under a tornado watch and we had one last week that touched down in the neighboring town.  I'm so lucky to have a basement as most people here don't.


 


Happy Trails!!!

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Out to Lunch!

 Hi y'all!  I'm doing well here in the Ozarks and the daffodils are blooming!  It's only 54 today but next week will be in the 70's!  I'm feeling good.  The back gets sore if I'm on my feet or doing too much so  I just sit down and read or cross stitch or knit and then I go back to it.   The eyes are still red and irritated so I have an eye appointment in Mountain Home Monday.  I just hope I can see well enough to get there.  Tuesday I have an appointment to get the car in.  My Tahoe is 23  years old and it just reached 100,000 miles!  It's got to last me as I have no intention of getting another car if I don't have to.

Since I don't go out to eat and  I have to watch what I eat, I decided that I would treat myself to going out to lunch on Saturdays here at home.  So, I had these for lunch......... 

You bake them and then there is a honey barbecue sauce that goes with them.  It was very  good and a nice treat for a change.

I also received a treasure this week that I ordered from Amazon......it has quilts but also other items to make like "Batilda" on the cover...I love Halloween!

This week I focused on cleaning my bedroom and I have a little bit more to go.  I also packed up 3 boxes for the thrift store and I want to look for some curtains for my bedroom.

I am just about done with the Star XS....I know I keep saying that but I really should finish it this week.  I finished the first of my Christmas pair of socks and will be starting another.  I finished 2 books this month already and I am way ahead on my Good Reads Challenge.  

That's all the news that's fit to print.  I hope you are all doing well and let me know what you've been up to!

I may have posted this before but even if I did it still makes me laugh!

Happy Trails!!!