Poodle Pajamas =)

Good Morning friends! Hope all is well with you? I have a heavy heart still from the passing of our friend Cathey. I am not sad for Cathey, her suffering in this life is now over. I am sad for her husband and little son. I continue to pray for them. I know this makes Cathey happy. She prayed for me and I for her.♥ She was such an inspiration, and I told her so! For continued updates on Cathey, please check her friend Katie's blog here for continual updates.

I wasn't feeling stitchy yesterday, so I made pajama pants for Madeleine and for myself. I found this great flannel at JoAnn months ago. Perfect for us or what?!

Here is my progress thus far on the Barbara Ana SAL.

Thank you for all your prayers and well wishes. I had the first test injection to my left SI joint Tuesday morning. To put it plainly, this was the second most painful injection I have EVER had. I told the doctor so afterwards. I told him it was like he used a needle with a barbed wire tip and was jabbing and grinding around in there. My pain is now lower than when I went in on Tuesday morning.The doctor also put some cortisone in there. This must be what has brought the pain down, as the anesthetic he injected me with only lasts for about 6 hours. I imagine they will still give me injection number 2 in less than two weeks. It will be a different anesthetic he will use that time.

I have been dealing with the most bizarre reaction. When I sleep my left leg kicks out every few minutes. I am not talking about tremors or spasms, but big 'ol jerks. Try sleeping through that!! It lasted for the first two hours of my sleep the first night. I don't think it goes on that long every night. I have learned to roll over onto my left side to suppress it. Since the injection, my leg from above the hip, all the way down to my toes is tingly nonstop.BUT the pain is reduced since Thursday. I am thankful. I need to talk with the doctor before the next injection.

Dahlias are still growing strong.

I finished reading The Spymistress by Jennifer Chiaverini. It was an interesting, historical fiction read. I enjoyed it. I am now beginning The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. Have any of you ever read this book? I am going to listen to it on CD. I have wanted to read it for a few years, but have put it off because of the language. It was written in 1678!!!

Have a beautiful day friends!

Stitching and praying,
Vickie

A*Pink*Christmas, At Least On The Front Porch ;)

Good morning my friends! Hello to my new followers. I am so glad to have all my friends come visit me, new and old.

Well I have been busy making things. And none of it cross stitch! Since the kids were home for 5 days because of the holiday, I could not stitch on the XI ornaments. This is a picture of our front porch taken yesterday afternoon.

I have had the little pink Christmas tree with pink lights for a few years now. I just made the wreath over the weekend. I found the book Have Yourself A Very Vintage Christmas at the library. Well, when I found that 50's wreath, I just had to make it. I was rather surprised Brian is agreeable to it. But I am glad.♥ I think it looks pretty good with the pale pink bricks in our home.

While shopping at JoAnn for my wreath supplies, I spotted the perfect fabric for a pair of pajama pants for Emerson. He keeps growing!!! He is 6'3" now, the tallest in the house.

I teased him and said he would look like a tall tree with this fabric. ;) He likes such different fabric than me. He is very artistic. I have made him pj pants before. Actually this is the seventh time I have sewn these for the family, everyone but me! I use the tutorial found here. I decided from the start to keep them simple and I skip the whole cuff thing.

I also found some really nice yellow fabric at JoAnn. My kitchen is pale yellow. I am telling you it is hard to find pretty yellow fabric at JoAnn. I kind of look for it occasionally, so that when I do find some I get it. So I bought small quantities. That's all I need to make two hot pads. I made one last year using a pattern I found in another library book. This one I just went on memory and guess work.

I like it! I have two other yellow fabrics, to make another hot pad, but not just yet. The kids are back to school and I need to get their ornaments done before St. Nick's!

So this is "Fuzzy Wuzkins" in her new bed I stitched up for her. I had the fleece for months, waiting until it was time to replace her last bed. I should be giving Mabel her hair cut this week by the way. I just gave Brian and Emerson theirs! Always something right?

I don't use a pattern for these dog beds, I just wing it.

I finished reading The Sanctuary by Ted Dekker. Wow! What a good book. I have never been disappointed in a book by him. And I have read 35 books by him!! He writes pretty wild thrillers about good vs. evil.

Well off to the treadmill and then to stitch. I hope you have a fabulous day my friends. Thanks for visiting me! Come again.♥

Stitching and praying,
Vickie