tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59301834281526475622024-03-12T19:05:59.396-05:00TwistedNTangled ThreadsRamblings and snaps of cross stitch and Redbirds and RiverKings ... among other tales from Casa JacksonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04126933641152759317noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930183428152647562.post-29136117695684017172016-12-23T12:39:00.001-06:002016-12-23T12:39:19.168-06:00....The weather outside is .....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When I last posted on Thursday, the 15th the high temp for that day was 36° with a low of 28°. <br />
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Then on Saturday it got up to 76°! <br />
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WTF ??? I had to turn the a/c back on while cooking as I was melting into a puddle on the kitchen floor !! I sure HOPE that flu shot I got last week works cause this weather ?!#%!!!<br />
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Our boys (aka The RiverKings) traveled Friday to Knoxville for a weekend series against the Ice Bears. Well, while the bears were ferocious, the Kings were the champions! <br />
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Friday night, with Brad Barone in net the boys took the win 6-4. It was a rather slow, boring game, but hey, a win is a win!<br />
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Saturday night's game was a VERY PHYSICAL game.<br />
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Peter was awesome (as usual) in net stopping 29 of 32 shots giving the Kings a 4-3 win!<br />
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Two of out guys were hurt during boarding incidents. Brant Sherwood had his shoulder popped out of place and Dillan Fox got a separated collar bone... OUCH... while Sherwood will likely be back in a game or two, Fox will probably be on IR for a few games ... and with both guys having 38 combined points for the season, we are going to miss their offensive play on the ice.<br />
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With the weekend series win it puts us into second place, just 3 points behind the league leader, The Macon Mayhem and with the mid season fast approaching we are in a great spot !!!<br />
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I have been stitching a bit, but haven't completed anything cross stitch related. I'm working on my 272 Words by Primrose Needleworks, Midnight Brew by Autumn Lane and Twisted Band Sampler by Northern Expressions, but other than completing the moon on MB in glow in the dark thread, don't have much to show. </div>
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But I DID make a "peek-a-boo" project bag. </div>
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Its a little rough and I learned a lot of things playing around with it....</div>
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While digging around in my plastic totes for fabric I found a ziplock with 2 projects I have had for around 15 years and totally forgot about !!! I know I bought them at Stitching Post in Nashville when I was visiting a friend that used to live there ... and I believe it was in 2001! </div>
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The 1st one Candy Cane Christmas by Sebby's Designs also with a $19.90 pack of buttons! The 2nd is Deck the Halls by Bent Creek along with a $20.50 pack of buttons for embellishments. </div>
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Deck the Halls has 32 ct. raw linen and I am substituting Arctic Rays for one of the green flosses in the holly to add fuzzy sparkle. While in my early days of cross stitch, I did a lot of holiday and snowman themed pieces, it has been years since I have stitched anything "Christmasy". (maybe next week I'll post pics of all my early pieces)</div>
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HOWEVER....since it is December and Christmas is in a couple of days, I think I'll stitch one of these up ... lets see if I can finish by Sunday! </div>
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The week here at Casa Jackson, thank God, has been pretty much uneventful. <br />
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Thursday I spent the day as usual doing a bit of laundry and watching tons of FlossTube episodes from many very talented stitchers and .... ummm... cross stitching - duh?<br />
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I did find a very interesting episode on Pam Reid's FlossTube aka- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m3FNcRm_xQ" target="_blank">Pam's Crafty Corner</a> showing her creation of a Lap Stitching stand made of PVC pipe along with a great tutorial on how you .... YES, YOU CINDI ....can make one!<br />
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Well, the next day after a very early doctor's appointment for lab work in preparation for my upcoming annual physical I stopped by Home Depot and for the bargain price of $6.72 bought the required supplies from their plumbing department. That night, Jere did his thing and cut the lengths, filed down the rough edges and put this handy dandy ditty together for me!<br />
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As shown above, the actual frame that the fabric attaches to comes off the stand, and the open end pieces will flip down to make it flat for storage. <br />
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However, Monday I returned to said Home Depot plumbing department and for the bargain price of $7.29 purchased another 10' length of PVC and the 90° elbows and T connectors to make 3 MORE frames. I can keep 4 projects on the frames and switch them out on the stand as I rotate through my projects! <br />
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Boring dental cleaning was about all that happened on Tuesday and another boring Doctor's appointment on Wednesday for my annual physical .... Everything went fine at both and according to Dr. K I should live at least another 12 months. See ya next year ! (unless that flu shot you gave me doesn't work - or GIVES ME THE FLU!)</div>
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As you can see in the last photo there is a project on the frame to my NEW WONDERFUL LAP STAND!</div>
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FINISHED 12/14/16</div>
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This weekend the RiverKings will be traveling to Knoxville for games Friday & Saturday nights. Check back after the weekend for a recap of the games.</div>
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Take a look around the tab, up there titled "Completed Cross Stitch" and see some things I have stitched up in the past.<br />
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And as a CROSS STITCHER, anyone that is <em>into </em>the craft is probably just like me in that we all have a butt load of stash. Patterns, Fabric, Floss (cotton, silk, metallic) Beads .... along with all the tools of the trade, Needles, Needle Minders, Needle Threaders, Scissors, Scissor Fobs, Froggers (stitcher term), hoops, scroll frames, qSnaps, qSnap covers (aka, grime guards) Bobbins, Counting Pins ... etc., etc., etc. ......<br />
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I am also members of several Facebook groups that are dedicated to cross stitch, from Designer "Fan" pages to stitch challenges to stash selling.<br />
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One site, Stitch MAYnia does MANY challenges throughout the year such as stitching a particular color during a period of time, maybe a day or week, or a theme like Halloween or Winter or Patriotic.<br />
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I have signed up for each of the monthly "themed" Stitch A Longs (SAL) for 2017 as well as "A Year of Starts" which is "start a new project on the 17th of each month" and may throw in a random "Color a Day" challenge periodically. <br />
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January - New Year, New Start<br />
February - February Fandom <br />
March - History in Stitches<br />
April - Architecture <br />
May - Stitch MAYnia<br />
June - Whine & WIPS<br />
July - Patriotic Pride<br />
August - All Creatures Great & Small<br />
September - Back to School<br />
October - Around the World in 31 Days<br />
November - NaNoStitchMo <br />
December - Disney in December<br />
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This group of stitchers are challenging themselves to control their "stitchy" spending during 2017 by setting a budget (up to $25.00) per month and do all our stitching from the massive stash we all have. So that means that to stick to the challenge I need to limit my spending on fabric, thread, patterns etc. to $25.00 per month. Now a twist to that is I get credit for completed projects (YAY) from $2.00 for a small ornament size up to $25.00 for a larger piece (with extra $$ added for specialty stitches and embellishments - beads etc.)<br />
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After a bit of playing with all my "stuff", I have decided to TRY to be a bit more organized than in the past and have selected some things I <em>plan </em>to designate as my primary focus for 2017. I have selected 17 new start projects and 7 works in progress/unfinished objects (WIPS/UFOS) to concentrate on. Mark your calendar for January 2018 (I already have a reminder in my calendar to come back and report an update) and see how well my "resolutions" are achieved! Hopefully, I'll also do better at keeping up blogging with <em>at least </em>monthly updates! <br />
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We had to help this sweet girl cross over to The Rainbow Bridge. She was a sweet little thing that 2 years ago lost her right eye to glaucoma and about 8 months ago lost sight in her remaining left eye. She was a trooper though and learned how to get around without bumping into too many things. Around 6 weeks ago I discovered a lump on her left jaw and the vet found a pretty massive cancer growth in her mouth on the mandible. <br /> Run free sweet girl, Little Bit. Tell your mom and brothers we still miss them.</div>
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So ..... Labor Day, Halloween, Veteran's Day & Thanksgiving have all come & gone without too much fanfare. In September out sweet Nestle made his journey to The Rainbow Bridge, joining his brother, Bruno and mom, Amy + all the other sweet furbabies we had loved and lost .. I guess you could say he did it quietly. On September 21st around 8:00 p.m. as I was rounding my 4 remaining furbabies up for "feeding time at the zoo", I couldn't find Nestle! After searching the house and yard, I got Jere to search. NO NESTLE. As he was getting shoes on to venture out front, I grabbed the flashlight and went back out into the back yard to search again. Well, I found him. Peacefully laying in the back corner of the yard. It was like he just went out side to do his business and laid down and died. No Drama, No Fanfare. Like he just "did it his way". We are really missing this sweet, mild mannered boy.<br />
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Of course, August is the end of Baseball season, so Sunday 8/28 was the last home game for our Redbirds. Sadly they didn't make it to the AAA Playoffs due to practically the entire team being called up to our parent club The St. Louis Cardinals during the season. </div>
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October rolled around with Jere making his annual "man-trip" to the US Open in Minneapolis. Thank God this year was relatively calm at Casa de Jackson with no strange things like errant clocks, mysterious huge boxes of LEFT shoes and pictures jumping off the walls. </div>
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October 21st was opening night for our minor league hockey team, The Mississippi RiverKings vs. The Evansville Thunderbolts. They won. 2-1. However, we are going to have to teach their fans some hockey etiquette. Apparently they don't know that it is NOT OK to allow your kids to repeatedly walk between the glass & the ticket holders in the seats right behind the glass WHILE play is going on !!! (well, they are the new expansion team for the year)</div>
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In November, two quilting friends and I took a class at Klassy Katz quilt shop learning to make a TUFFET!!!!! </div>
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by Nora Corbett<br />
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Stitched on 32 count Cream Lugana <br />
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The next three pieces are very special to me because the charts were from very special friends!!!<br />
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This first one I received in a "Mystery" bag from Andrea at the Mira Minion's Retreat I attended in Cincinnati in April. I started it on May 1st and finished it July 31st. And she is BEAUTIFUL!!!<br />
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This next one came to me as quite a surprise. I came home from quilting one day and there was a package in the mail from <a href="http://123stitch.com/" target="_blank">123Stitch.</a> Scratching my head, I reached back into my memory to see if I had ordered anything recently. NOPE ... it was from my friend <a href="https://mysouthernporch.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Laura</a> who was my Cinci roomie! She ordered the original chart "The Raven Queen" by Mirabilia for me for my birthday along with the beads.<br />
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You see, we saw this chart converted to Maleficent displayed at the Mira Minions Retreat and after I quit drooling over it, I declared that I WAS DOING THIS ONE !!!<br />
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conversion of The Raven Queen<br />
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original chart designed by Nora Corbett<br />
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This one came to me in a package from my "Secret Stitcher" friend. I signed up in December to have a secret friend to send to and in turn I have a secret friend that sends to me. Packages were to be mailed every other month and during the recipient's birthday month as well as a year end Christmas package. The first package I received in February had this chart, plus the fabric & threads!<br />
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WHEW! Until I got these out and took pics, I hadn't realized how many X's I had done in 11 months !!! Plus I have 2 WIPS (works in progress) I'm working on which will be another post for another day.<br />
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HOW is that more sexually explicit than this:</div>
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.... which came across my timeline 3 days before ?????<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04126933641152759317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930183428152647562.post-55948293120982441012016-08-31T13:48:00.000-05:002016-08-31T13:48:57.510-05:00All is still well @ Casa Jackson ....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
.... OH My !!! 10 MONTHS since an update !! Let me see how the ole noggin is working or if my "Old-heimers" is going full tilt.<br />
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Let's see. There was an entire season of Hockey, which I could not for the life of me recap. However, our boys did make the playoffs <em>and </em>for the first time in years had home ice! Sadly they lost out in the first round :( ..... <br />
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In January I became a GREAT GRANDMOTHER !!! My grandson Michael and his wife Katelyn delivered this little butter ball, Everette on January 30th. He looks just like his dad!!! <br />
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Little Bit who lost her right eye about a year ago to glaucoma has also lost vision in her remaining left eye, but darn it if she doesn't get around fine. However, a few weeks ago she got out in the back yard and got "stuck" out in the sun. At the back of the yard there is a drainage ditch that, years ago Jere blocked off with railroad ties and added some screen over it to prevent the pups from getting into it. Well in her blind wandering she got over the railroad tie and on the screen and couldn't see to get out. She was stuck there for about 45 minutes and the heat index was 110+. When Jere realized she was "lost" somewhere and finally got her in she was limp. He took her to the vet where she spent the night on IV fluids and oxygen. Her kidneys were also effected by getting overheated. The next day (and several hundred $$$ later) she came home with 3 prescriptions and special food.</div>
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None of the specialists had an opening the next day, so Jere had to take her on Wednesday. They kept her overnight and removed it along with the left lymph node that also had a small "tumor" in it. </div>
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The following week we got the path report back that it was a malignant sebaceous carcinoma. She turned 16 on May 31st so we don't feel that putting her through any treatments like chemo would improve the quality of her life or prolong it, so we are just going to watch her and give palliative care until the time comes to let her go. I so hope I don't have to make that decision and she will quietly go to the Rainbow Bridge on her own.</div>
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I could say I was busy traveling or partying like a maniac, but in fact, I have just been a lazy bum.<br />
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BASEBALL season ended with our Redbirds finishing 2nd in their division behind Round Rock. HOWEVER, during the last 2 months of the season, 15 of our players were called up to the majors (St. Louis Cardinals) where THEY went on to lead the team to a divisional victory winning 100 games for the regular season. Unfortunately the Cards were knocked out in the 1st round of playoffs by the Chicago Cubs. <br />
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FOOTBALL season (NCAA) began with our University of Memphis Tigers taking the field and gave us a blow out win (63-7) on September 5th against Missouri State. They have gone on to be undefeated this season with 55-23 against Kansas, 44-41 against Bowling Green, 53-46 against Cincinnati, 24- 17 against South Florida, 37-24 against Ole Miss (BIG RIVALRY WIN !!) and 66-42 against Tulsa. <br />
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HOCKEY: Pre-season training camp started on October 11th and the day before Christine delivered Peter to Southaven and I joined them at Memphis BarBQue for dinner. It was SO GOOD to have our hockey son back in town for the season !!!<br />
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The season officially started October 23rd when the Kings succumbed to the Ice Gators in the home opener 2-0. It was a hard fought battle, but it was good to see one of our boys from last season, Adam (who was in net last year for the Kings). <br />
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Last night was their first Away game of the season and they took down the new kids on the block, The Macon Mayhem 4-1 in their barn.<br />
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The gang was all here at Casa Jackson to watch the boys and it was pretty wild and crazy!! Of course the Albros were here, Reba, John and 4 of the kids...Elizabeth Ann (Sam), Gracie, Owen and Lily. The Wynns, RJ, Anisha and Angela came bearing DESSERT !! The Lees, Frankie & Kent made it and it was SO GOOD to see Kent is now able to get around on crutches !!! There is still a halo drilled into his right leg and he isn't moving very fast, BUT AT LEAST HE IS MOVING .. and was actually able to get up the one step into the house without any help!!! Then we had some new additions to our group. Christine and her gang, Caden, Kylee and Grayson came to cheer on her main man, Peter (who actually wasn't even in net for this game)...but that didn't matter ... it was a great watch party. On the menu was Loaded Baked Potatoes, with just about anything you can imagine on the buffet to load them with.<br />
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Next game ... Friday October 30th where the boys will be in Columbus taking on the Cottonmouths and the gang will all be here, sans Christine where we will be cheering the guys on to victory!!! Tacos are on the menu and I'm sure at some point John will be back in the Penalty Box! </div>
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ON THE STITCHIN FRONT: The first of the year, I joined an online group called "Stitch from Stash". (See my page by clicking on the tab up there ↑) The point and goal of this group is to restrain from adding more stash and attempt to complete what is on hand by limiting your spending to < $25.00 per month on fabric, thread & charts...which to a cross stitcher is like being in JAIL ... </div>
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So far this year I have managed to complete 12 cross stitch projects as well as 5 quilts and 2 quilted table runners while spending only $26.28 on cross stitch stash. I also have 3 quilts pin basted, 1 of which will be machine quilted and the other 2 I'll hand quilt when it gets a little cooler (It is very snugly with a big queen size quilt in your lap).</div>
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On August 12th when I took Hershey in for her annual exam, I also took Amy to get Doc to check out a goopy eye. Well, anytime they see their vet he does a cursory exam and discovered what he thought was a full bladder. Thinking it was a UTI he did a test and nope ... not that ... so he asked me to leave her and let him run some more tests .... In a X-ray he saw what appeared to be a growth or tumor attached to her bladder and it was invading her urinary tract. Two days later the lab results came back and she had a stage 3 abdominal sarcoma. At her age and the place the tumor was it just wasn't feasible to put her through the extensive surgery with no guarantee they could even get the entire tumor. After all she would be 15 on September 11th. We decided to just give her as much love and hugs we could until it was time to let her go. Usually when I head to the bedroom at night Amy tries her best to beat me into bed. We usually spend a few minutes snuggling and then she dashes up to my pillow and settles in above my head. Well on August 25th she refused to take her meds, which she usually loves and then began sort of stumbling around. I took her to the bedroom and put her up on her pillow but she just began yelping... I got up and held her and rocked her all night until she quietly took her last breath in my arms at 6:30. I am so thankful that she didn't force us to make that awful decision and did it her way. She is up in heaven waiting for us across the Rainbow Bridge with her baby boy, Bruno ... and all the other pets I have loved and lost.</div>
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Well, I think that just about catches thing up at Casa Jackson. The only other thing I can think of is that I thought I was going to have to have my bum left knee replaced, but after a visit to my Ortho-Doc I'm awaiting an MRI to see what is going on. He said he thought there may be a small tear and a "simple" scope would fix me up. I'll have more news next week hopefully.<br />
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I LOVE YOU ALL THIS MUCH!</div>
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.... This cutie is just about perfect !! Though he was a little stubborn! I think he was so comfy that he wrapped his long toes around his momma's ribs and refused to come out. Poor Chelsea started labor on Tuesday night, made 2 trips to the hospital only to be sent back home.... Finally Wednesday evening around 5:00 they made their last trip and she was admitted. Finally 16 1/2 hours later, he gave in and slipped quietly into this world !!!<br />
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* Funny story: Tulsa had a Cattle convention this same week and when Mona was in the hotel elevator going to her room Wednesday night to prepare for this class, she was telling one of the other ladies that she had to go cut some balls .... She said she thought one of the big burly cowboys in the elevator was going to pass out !<br />
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Sometimes, instead of making the box hinged like I did, they are just completely sewn closed for a decorative little cube. When doing this, it is advised to "stuff" the box with something (fiberfill or as Mona says, "all those left over WalMart plastic bags") ... Well, one day as she was stuffing one with those WalMart bags her son, who was around 13 at the time said..."Mom, you know we are altering history. Some day in the far off future, archaeologists in some dig are going to unearth those boxes and when they open them are going to exclaim how people used to bury the "God WalMart" in pretty little fabric covered boxes with fancy intricate stitched lids" </div>
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The kit included the charts along with pages of diagrams on HOW to do all those intricate "pulled thread" motifs, Legacy Linen, <a href="http://www.silk-thread.com/" target="_blank">Au Ver A Soie</a> silk threads, <a href="http://www.millhillbeads.com/products/product_category.php?category=1" target="_blank">Mill Hill</a> petite beads and luscious Dupioni Silk lining. </div>
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I don't remember if I mentioned earlier, but the charitable foundation the retreat was sponsoring this year was <a href="https://www.stjude.org/about-st-jude.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjwuLKtBRDPicmJyvu_qZMBEiQAzlGN5ttFjcaawf-8ArIw6MeONSqqt995d8oZBgBBINdzqcIaAltg8P8HAQ&sc_cid=kwp2&s_kwcid=AL!4519!3!68903105242!e!!g!!st%20jude%20children%27s%20research%20hospital&ef_id=VTxzXgAAASeMgR7U:20150720163450:s" target="_blank">St Jude Children's Research Hospital</a> and as a fund raising event, the ladies were encouraged to stitch or create a pin cushion and bring it to the retreat. We turned them in along with a $5.00 donation when we registered and the shop matched all funds to go to the hospital. </div>
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They also had a darling Halloween stitchers kit that included several stitched items that were made by one of the ladies and donated to the shop to raffle off during the event. They sold raffle tickets for $1.00 each or 20 for $15.00. I purchased my $15.00 worth but of course, I DIDN'T WIN !!! But between the raffle AND the pin cushion exchange, the shop raised over $5,000.00 to send back with Libby to St Jude !!! I think it was a successful fund raiser.</div>
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The retreat ended at 4:00 Saturday and after lots of good byes and see you next year we all headed in different directions .... Texas, Florida, New Mexico, Arkansas, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee ... ladies from all over the US and even a rather large group from Canada. </div>
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.... as Chelsea is at the 40 week mark of her pregnancy today and Granna is back in Tennessee, it's time to evict Nash!</div>
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It has been a really fun, busy week and I have met some really nice (and some not so nice) ladies that have the same passion for needlecraft as I do. I have lots of pictures to share so I will break things up into multiple posts. I'm pretty tired and plan to get on the road real early tomorrow heading back home (unless I get that text from my son that Chelsea is in labor and it is "eviction" day for Nash !! then I will take a detour to Ft. Campbell). <br />
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One thing I have discovered this week is that when you get a bunch of females together you will suddenly be transported back to high school and the "clicks" ... You remember those ... The ones that if spoken to look at you like you have turned green or have a third eye ... There were those ... then there were groups that invited you into conversations with a welcoming smile ...<br />
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I did meet several very nice ladies, Brenda, Camille & Gayle from Texas and Debbie who lives here in the Tulsa area. The ladies from the shop <a href="http://cloudwww.thesilverneedle.com/" target="_blank">The Silver Needle</a> were lovely and even Lindy's husband was great and such a trooper when it came to the food ... (he did some pretty amazing smoked chicken legs on Friday !!!)<br />
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On Wednesday, Mona held finishing classes to teach how to make all those little stitched items into useful "tools" and decorations. When I received my registration packet there were 7 little charts included that were to be stitched in preparation of finishing. <br />
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This little piece titled "Four Fat Friends" .... designed by Cynthia Zittel of <a href="http://www.drawnthread.com/" target="_blank">The Drawn Thread</a><br />
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Then this "Tiny Sampler" designed by Lori Markovic of <a href="http://la-d-da.net/" target="_blank">La D Da</a> ......<br />
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Wednesday's last finishing project was a little fall banner using this design titled "The Pumpkin Keeper" also by Cynthia from <a href="http://www.drawnthread.com/" target="_blank">The Drawn Thread</a><br />
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I believe I have mentioned a few times that I had a trip planned this month to a Cross Stitching Retreat in Tulsa, OK. Two designers will be attending to share their designs, knowledge of needle arts and will be holding workshops for exclusive projects we will work on during the week and in my last post I shared the "homework" that was sent out in February for fun little finishing projects that will be taught.<br />
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According to Google, the shop, <a href="http://cloudwww.thesilverneedle.com/" target="_blank">The Silver Needle</a> that is hosting the retreat is 6 hours & 43 minutes from my door to theirs which of course does not include gas, food & potty breaks, which I judge to add another hour to the drive). Not really wanting to start out at 3 a.m. I decided to drive half way on Tuesday. I left Memphis at 6:15 when Jere got home from work and drove to North Little Rock, AR which is about half way. Nothing eventful to report from that leg of the journey EXCEPT the awful 18 wheeler races on I-40. I swear, I'll get to clicking along at my usual "on the dot" speed limit <i>(not) </i>and DAMN another big ass truck pulls into the left lane going 36 mph passing a line of big ass trucks going 22 !<br />
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While I have been talking about new grandchildren, sick dogs, accident prone husbands and rocks I have neglected to talk about what this blog originally was started for and that is my <i>Stitchin !!! </i><br />
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Way back in January I ordered a couple of cross stitch related items from The Stitching Post, a little shop in Tulsa, OK that I have been doing business with for many years. When I received my package in the mail (oh, BTW, post office rant to follow) tucked into the envelope were 2 sheets of paper. One was a really interesting article about Harikiyo, The Festival of Broken Needles which I posted about on February 8th. The other was a flier for a Summer Stitching event to be help there next month. Well, I had hoped to attend the Celebration of Needlework in Missouri this year, but sadly the couple that sponsors it are retiring ... so I thought "Why Not !!!" After paying my registeration fee I got an envelope of small patterns designed by The Drawn Thread and La D Da to stitch up in preparation for the finishing classes.<br />
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The Retreat is July 14 - 18 so I have about 2 weeks to finish up this last one !!!<br />
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So, I've also mentioned that I am going to Hernando for a Quilting group/class. I am having fun with "Fabric Art" piecing scraps of material into quilt squares !!</div>
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And then there is the sewing classes I am helping my friend Kaye teach to 7 little 9 - 12 year old girls. The first class we taught them how to thread their sewing machines and how to sew a straight line. They all made little 9 patch pillows. Last week they learned foundation sewing and all made these cute little pin cushions using fabric selvedges!<br />
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When I left you 2 weeks ago, I was telling you about Nestle and his little health issue that delayed my trip to meet my new Grandson, Wesley.<br />
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Well finally on June 13th I headed southeast to Georgia. My car (AKA Sassy) came with this really cool system that syncs up my phone where I can talk on it hands free AND it has an integrated Navigation system. So I plugged in the address of the hotel I was staying at and off I went. Five and a half hours later when I should be pulling into the Hampton Inn I found myself (following Sassy's instructions) turning onto a gravel road (just outside of Gadsden, AL.) Now mind you, this road was about as wide as my car (which is a Ford Escape and not very big) was VERY curvy and hilly with nice deep gullies (along the side) and nice, deep "pot holes" (if you can even have pot holes on a gravel road ???) and all I could see on both sides was thick woods with trees overhanging the road. Any minute I was expecting to see toothless fat men in whitey tighties with banjos. The movie Deliverance came to mind. After <em>carefully </em>driving the hills and curves, I was finally spit out into a nice little VERY country town....and still 2 hours away from where I had planned to be about this time !!!!! <br />
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And he is such a GOOD baby. While he has his fussy time between 6 & 10 p.m. It is not really <em>his </em>fault (Granna says) !!! </div>
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His mom has him on a pretty strict schedule and while he is fed every 4 hours and allowed to play or nap during the day, in the evening they make him stay awake after the 6:00 bottle and at 9:30 he gets his bath and then he attacks his night time bottle (all 7 ounces of it!). The bouncing and rocking and walking and taking him outside is stressful !!! But it works. He has slept through the night (until around 5:30 a.m.) since he was 5 days old !!! Neither of my boys slept through the night until around 3 months ... So It Works!</div>
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So on the previous Thursday, I was tooling down Highway 51 between Horn Lake & Hernando with Sam on our way to our weekly Quilting Group when <span style="font-size: large;">WHAM </span><span style="font-size: small;">it sounded like a bullet hit my car ... and there just below my field of vision was a huge rock hole .....</span><br />
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Sunday the shower was really nice and Chelsea got SO MUCH STUFF (I'm sure she is still "nesting" trying to find the right spot to put everything in it's proper place) ... Look at this cute little centerpiece someone found made from Pampers! </div>
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Things were clicking right along ... Life was good ... Jere & I attended the ballgame last night between the Memphis Redbirds and the Las Vegas 51's (get it ... <i>Area 51 ) </i> and our Boys of Summer showed the stuff they were made of ... The boys scored first with Dan Johnson getting a single Home Run in the bottom of the 1st. Then came the 3rd inning ... OMG ... LV got 2 runners on 1st & 2nd and the 3rd batter up got a double scoring those 2 runs. Then the next 2 batters loaded up the bases and then WHAM .... a grand slam .. making it 6-1. But our guys didn't give up ... slowly, inning by inning they chipped away one run at a time until the bottom of the 7th with a score of 8-4 LV the Birds tied it up with 4 runs ... 8-8 ... The game then was a battle of the wills ... LV got another run in top of the 8th .... 9-8 .... but then came the bottom of 8 ... A ground ball to right field scored one tying it up again and then a sac fly by our new hometown boy, Jacob Wilson brought Xavier in !!!<br />
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Arriving home later than usual, I noticed that Nestle, our male chocolate cocker didn't meet me at the door as usual, but I came on in and he was politely waiting at his eating spot. I got food down and after taking one bite he sort of stumbled around like his back legs weren't working. After a few minutes he yelped. I tried to direct him back to his food but when I touched his hips, for the first time in his life he acted like he might snap at me ... This was so NOT like him and his docile self. </div>
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Another middle of the night trip to Memphis Veterinary Specialists, and a tense 2 hours while he was evaluated. When the doctor came in I was DEVASTATED ... She said he most probably had a slipped/ruptured disc and the ONLY way to determine was a CT Scan under general anesthesia and if she was correct in her suspicions would require surgery to the tune of 4 - 5 THOUSAND DOLLARS... OMG !!! <i>but</i> she would send him home with Meloxicam, Tramadol for pain and Methocarbonal which is a muscle relaxer. I was to take him to his doctor on Saturday for re-evaluation or bring him back to emergency if he got worse. </div>
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When I picked him up at 2:30 that afternoon, I reviewed the X-rays and Dr. J pointed out that the disc space between all vertebrae was evenly spaced, so there was NO indication of disc slippage, but based on symptoms he suspected that he had a fibrocartilagenous embolism. In layman's terms small particles of fibrocartilage believed to come from the disc between the vertebrae break loose and block blood vessels within the spinal cord. At the onset it is usually very painful but tends to resolve itself within hours. AND unlike disc slippage, the treatment is not surgery, but anti-inflammatories and therapy. He changed his meds to Prednisone and took him off the muscle relaxers. The problem was neurological and not skeletal so all the muscle relaxers were doing was dope him up and exasperate the lack of control over his hind quarters. He did continue the pain meds for 48 hours and will re-evaluate him on Monday.</div>
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This morning (Saturday) when I opened the door to his kennel, he "belly crawled" out and looked up at me like "really, you're going to just stand there and expect me to walk outside to pee?" ...So I picked him up (all 32<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1/4 </span>pounds) and carried him out and set him down in the damp grass ... he immediately got up on his back legs and peed !!! Then shuffled to the concrete patio, got his back feet under him and "duck walked" to the door !!! GOOD BOY ... those legs ARE going to work again !!! </div>
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.....and oh my, it might take me a week to record ALL that has happened during the month of May, 2015 !!! <br />
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1. Our "hockey son" Peter's wild success in Perth, Australia !<br />
2. My trip to Clarksville and seeing Chelsea's 30 week ultrasound of our little Nash-tater!<br />
3. The TRAUMATIC events of Mother's Day, 2015!<br />
4. Progress on our friend Kent!<br />
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To start the month of May off, Peter arrived safely in Sydney, Australia on May 1st (Australian time) and proceeded to lead the Perth Thunder to 6 .... SIX ... consecutive wins (with 2 SHUTOUTS !!!) ... I am so glad to have him back in the northern hemisphere but am so happy he had the wonderful opportunity to visit "down under" and that he has another wonderful item to add to his resume! I also am keeping fingers and toes crossed that we will see him back in net at Lander's Center in October, but also will be so proud to see him called up to the ECHL ... which would be a great career move.<br />
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My sons were born in 1974 & 1980 and this was before the days of ultrasounds so this was VERY exciting for me. To see that little fella moving around was amazing!!! He was so cute when he put his hand up to his face like "Leave me alone, I'm trying to sleep in here"!</div>
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The day started out rather nicely, with a trip to AutoZone Park and a lovely Mother's Day brunch up in the Champion's Club. The best thing on the buffet was Shrimp & Grits !!! and I had 3 plates full !!! Afterwards, what every mother wants to do on Mother's Day, we watched as our team got sadly shut out by the New Orleans Zephyrs. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wesley Drake Salemi</span></div>
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My younger son Robbie and his wife Mallory welcomed their first child, little Wesley into the world !!! </div>
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OMG ... has it really been a month since my last update ?? Life has been pretty crazy around Casa Jackson so today is the day to play catch-up ...<br />
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Jere arrive back in the Mid-South at the 17:00 minute mark of an amazing hockey game against Peoria - the reigning 1st place team (our boys won that one 8-3). After losing the following night in a very close match-up again against Peoria, the Kings placed 4th in the regular season standings. The first round pitted them against the Pensacola Ice Flyers who were the defending champions of the President's Cup for the past 2 years. With Pensacola placing 3rd, they had "Home Ice Advantage" so the 1st game was played in their barn. It was a hard fought game and our boys came out on top with a final score of 3-2 with the winning goal coming with 3:49 remaining it the 2nd overtime period. Back in Southaven on Friday, they fell short 2-1 when an Ice Flyer scored against Peter at the 8:08 mark in overtime. After a long bus ride back to Pensacola, our guys were amazing maintaining a 2-1 lead. With 8.01 seconds remaining in the 3rd period, there was a pile-up in the King's net and Peter ended up under several players. When the strap on his mask came loose, he reached up, took his mask off to re-position and secure it and was charged with a penalty !!!! (total bullshit IMHO) ... <br />
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With the 1st round win, the Kings advanced to the finals which SHOULD HAVE given them home ice advantage but alas, NO HOME ICE... deja vu all over again. THE CIRCUS took precedence over THE ONLY PERMANENT RESIDENT OF LANDERS CENTER. (more BULLSHIT - or rather Elephant Shit).<br />
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While we had a great trip and enjoyed hanging with the guys and some of their family at the hotel, watching practices and being welcomed and treated well by the Ice Bear's fans, the outcome wasn't what we had planned for or wanted. The Kings fell to second place with Thursday's loss of 3-2 and Saturday's loss of 4-2. <br />
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For weeks, our friend Kent had been talking about his excitement for the spring weather to get good enough to get out on his motorcycle. <br />
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On March 24th while riding up Austin Peay, a lady - in a Mercedes - TALKING ON HER CELL PHONE - pulled out of a shopping center and sent him FLYING. When he arrived at the Trauma Center he had (among other injuries) a broken lumbar vertebra, several broken ribs which caused 2 collapsed lungs, a completely crushes right leg, right arm broken in several places, left ankle and left wrist broken. To me, it is amazing they were able to revive him at the scene.<br />
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The Mr. left 2 weeks ago for a work trip up to the frozen tundra (Winnipeg) ... The morning after he left I woke up and rolled over to look at my clock. I actually had to get up, rub my eyes a few times and really look at it to see what was wrong....<br />
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Then last Friday a huge box was delivered from Prince Sports. (The man strings racquets and supplied various other racquetball paraphernalia) ... Inside was this:</div>
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Yep ... That's right. Its a box of LEFT shoes ... Now mind you, Jere and I both still are in possession of BOTH our left AND RIGHT feet...plus they are all different sizes .... </div>
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The mystery was solved when I called Prince Sports and found they were supposed to be shipped to a JEROME Jackson and not JEREMIAH Jackson. I am awaiting a return call from said Prince about UPS picking this box a junk and forwarding it to the correct recipient .. They did email me a shipping label, but UPS wanted $10 to pick it up... I DON'T THINK SO ...</div>
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So ... Other than a bassackward clock, a box of left shoes AND losing Molly & Hershey for a little while (only in the house & back yard) this has been otherwise a pretty normal couple of weeks for me.</div>
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I finally got a call from the GeekSquad about my laptop and it had to be resigned to computer heaven (or hell --whatever) They decided to replace it with another of equal value so on the night of the biggest snow and ice storm this year the man and I ventured to Best Buy, getting there just before they announced they were closing early due to inclement weather. NOT before I get my replacement computer, thank you very much.....</div>
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Actually the weather turned out to be a good thing. I selected a Toshiba "Flip-and-Fold" which cost exactly what I was given credit for and because the streets got really bad (well bad for our area) the man's office was closed for the next 2 days and he was able to get all the software loaded and my email account moved over from the antique I had been using ... YAY !!! </div>
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Casa Jackson was hopping with activity for the watch parties. Friday night the entire Albro Clan, Wynn Clan and Lee Clan joined me for the first of a 3 game series against Fayetteville. Friday nights fare was BarbQue, with Kent providing a delish crock pot full of pulled pork. I made potato salad and Reba and Anisha brought the buns, chips and desert. GOOD FOOD, GOOD FRIENDS and a 4-1 WIN!! </div>
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And the guys brought home the 3rd win of the weekend 2-1 to close out the SEASON SWEEP of the Fayetteville FireAntz! </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, my laptop is still in the hospital .... HRUMPH .... Apparently they are waiting on a part for the touchscreen (probably the case to the touchscreen). As the battery had died (and was an internal one at that) it had to be sent into the service center for replacement AND since I paid for the full shebang extended everything warranty and one of my four legged children had pulled it off the table and cracked the case, I decided to go ahead and have that repaired while it was hospitalized. WELL....apparently they are still waiting on the transplant team to acquire the necessary parts to preform the surgery so I am STILL stuck with this slow IBM model that was I believe built in the early 1700's and the operating system is run by snails. Therefore, I have been remiss in posting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">WAY BACK in February, 2002 I took a quilting class that was offered at Hobby Lobby. We had such fun once a week playing with fabric! The very first quilt we made was called "Hearts & Stars" which is a funky little lap quilt with machine appliqued hearts. I got the entire quilt top pieced, sandwiched with the batting and backing, machine quilting done and the bias binding sewn on. BUT never got it hand stitched down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The 3rd quilt that ended up being packed away with only the blocks constructed is a BEAUTIFUL "Stained Glass Window" quilt. I did it in funky bright colors with lots of movement and the backing and border fabric is bright primary color large polka dots with a bright color "wavy" print that will be made into bias binding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I don't remember the name of the pattern, but it is a queen size quilt that I completed and gave to my mother for Christmas in 2003. When she opened the package you would have thought I had given her a million dollars. I don't think my mother has loved anything like she did that quilt. She slept under it every night, took naps snuggled up with her great granddaughter in the afternoons and when she entered the hospital for the final time in in July, 2006 I had to drag her quilt up there. She passed away wrapped in that quilt on October 28th. I now have it hanging in my bedroom on a quilt stand and think of her often and how much she love that quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also found some really cute fabric with cows, chickens, pigs & sheep printed on it as well as 2 packs of plaid flannel fat quarters. I had such fun putting together this "Log Cabin" quilt which will be gifted to a very special someone soon...I believe this quilt has been featured in a couple of previous posts, but I finally got it completed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Saturday I got the most pleasant surprise. I was at the kitchen sink washing my hands after finishing up some appetizers for the watch party at Casa Jackson when there was a knock on the carport door. There stood a delivery man holding a beautiful vase of spring flowers. It wasn't my Birthday, or Mother's Day (which my sons usually remember with flowers) so I couldn't imagine! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our boys are on a ROLL!!! They have won 8 straight games and 12 of their last 13 !!! Saturday night 2/21 Peter got his FIRST professional SHUT OUT with a 3 - 0 win against Huntsville!!! He was, as usual AWESOME !!!! </span> <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04126933641152759317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930183428152647562.post-67861065629693919992015-02-09T17:09:00.001-06:002015-02-09T17:09:44.946-06:00Reflecting ..... <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
On February 9, 2010 I got out of the hospital. Not because of an
illness or having ANOTHER surgery, but because I was a prescription drug
addict. NO I did not buy them from the corner drug dealer, but was
being prescribed them by the bottles full by a doctor. <br />
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After
5 surgeries from 1996 through 2003 to try and stabilize my
deteriorating spine, I was left with chronic pain which was supposedly
being "controlled" by a pain management doctor, What was really
happening is he was giving me any and every kind of
narcotic/antidepressant/muscle relaxer, which was doing nothing to
really control the pain.... It was controlling my mind. From 2003 until
THAT DAY in 2010 when Jere walked in from work and I didn't know who he
was is nothing but a 7 year blur. <br />
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I do a lot of
thinking while driving and this morning on my way to my monthly
stitching group meeting I realized just how much has changed in the last
five years.<br />
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One of the things I am most grateful for
(besides my sweetie, Jere of course) is the wonderful group of friends
that have come into my life. I fondly refer to them as my "Hockey
Family" .... Reba, John and their 5 kids Nathan, Elizabeth Ann, Gracie,
Owen and Lily ... Anisha, RJ and their daughter Angela ... Jordan ...
Kent & Frankie ... Then there is my Hockey son, Peter. <br />
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My life would be so empty without these great friends. <br />
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A
lot has happened in the last 5 years..... I lost my older brother in
2012. My oldest aunt (and the last relative from my parents generation)
passed away in February 2013. My youngest niece, Robin was killed in a
car accident, at the age of 15 on Halloween 2013. My sweet Bruno went
through cancer surgery in January 2013 followed by 3 months of chemo
which gave us 22 extra months of his sweet yodeling and tail wagging.
And in August 2014 Jere and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary. <br />
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There
have been many other things that have happened during the last 5 years,
some really happy times and some very sad times, but you, my friends
... you keep my life full !<br />
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Thank you each and everyone of you for sharing your lives and families !<br />
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Till next time,<br />
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Cindi<br />
2.09.2015 <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04126933641152759317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930183428152647562.post-22202801023461080852015-02-08T08:00:00.000-06:002015-02-09T16:07:36.608-06:00Harikuyo, the Festival of Broken Needles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Today, February 8th, all across Japan, <b><i>Harikuyo </i></b>will take place in Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. <i>Hari </i>means needle, and <i>Kuyou </i>is a Buddhist memorial service. Memorial services are usually held for spirits of the dead but it is also common to hold them for inanimate objects that have served well in life, or indeed that life depends on.<br />
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Known as the Festival of Broken Needles, it is a ritual of thanks and respect for tools of the sewing, tailoring and embroidery trades. It dates back 1500 years; women (and men) dress in fine kimono and gather together all of the needles they've used, broken and/or worn out during the previous year. They proceed to the local temple or shrine, where a three-tiered alter is prepared. The lower level displays sewing accessories, such as scissors, thimbles, thread and so forth. The top tier offers seasonal fruit, and white mochi (ceremonial race cake offerings). In the center section is a large slab of tofu, into which everyone plunges the pieces of their broken needles.<br />
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Later they will be take to a sacred final resting place. The tofu keeps them safe and not forgotten, yet because of being protected in the tofu they cam do no harm with their points. In a second sense they are still present in life. The priest will incant a sutra, that reflects the passage of the needles from use and invokes a Buddhist blessing that is passed on to the users of the needles. By showing respect to the needles they have used through the past year, they are offering thanks and requesting that the power and energy of the needles be present in the stitchers for the coming year so that their skills may be improved. Priest will also sing sutras to comfort the needles, heal their broken spirits and thank them for work well done. <br />
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No sewing takes place on this day.<br />
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**<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Fron <i>Pulse of the Planet, </i>presented by the American Museum of Natural History.</span><br />
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Till next time<br />
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Cindi<br />
2.8.2015<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04126933641152759317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930183428152647562.post-25070020745153245972015-01-29T17:43:00.000-06:002015-01-29T18:09:47.220-06:00THURSDAY again ..... <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
.... I guess it's about time for another update on the life and times of ME.<br />
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When I left you last Friday, I was about to rustle up some lunch for Mr. Sleepy head, which turned out to be Tuna Salad sandwiches. After lunch, I finished up on laundry & a few housework things then I headed to Southaven for Hockey and Jere went to the club to run a friend's annual Racquetball tournament.<br />
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I guess the Peoria Rivermen were a bit upset that the Kings won 2 of 3 games when we met in their barn two weeks ago because they came out with a vengeance. While the penalty minutes were pretty low and even (10 for Kings, 12 for Rivermen) the Ref Mike Sheehan in his typical fashion <strike>failed to see </strike>TOTALLY disregarded I know of 4 BIG penalties one of which was an Interference call AND called off a goal scored against Peoria. The Kings, were way off and lethargic throughout all 60 minutes of play and even though we out shot them 42 - 31 we suffered a 4-1 loss. Coach had given them off on Monday for the MLK Holiday and called off practice for Tuesday morning which I believe played a major factor in the outcome.<br />
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Peter's mom, Julie AKA The Momma Dog joined us at the game and we had a great time watching Adam in the net. She told me that since Peter would be in net the next night she would probably sit up top. It seems that she has a tendency to throw up when she watches her boy play.... nervous stomach I suppose. <br />
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Saturday's game the teams looked like TWO DIFFERENT TEAMS !! Our guys dug in and played a hard sixty minutes and gave us quite a show. Peoria played DIRTY. The penalty minutes (13 -19) included a fight, check to the head, unsportsmanlike conduct and abuse of an Official. (The fight was quite good though with Luke Warner knocking some sense into Alex Hudson)<br />
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True to her word, The Momma Dog perched high up on the very top row during the game, but boy was she loud !!! I kept hearing "MOVE THE PUCK" ---and I do believe her little 5 foot nothing inch frame was much louder than Anisha's (and they can hear <i>her</i> across the arena).<br />
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The post-game party that night was very lively and I also met another fan of Peter's from when he played in Pensacola.<br />
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Sunday we planned to take Peter & Julie out on the town and show them a little of Memphis food and culture. Originally I planned to take them to The Rendezvous for some Memphis Style Ribs and ambiance followed by a carriage ride through the streets of Downtown Memphis. WELL, those plans were shot to hell when I found that The Rendezvous is closed on Sunday & Monday AND after calling about the carriage ride for that night and being assured they would pick us up at the restaurant we selected, I was told (when I called that evening) that no one had carriages out that night .... HARRUMPH .....<br />
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HOWEVER, I am actually very happy that things didn't work out for Rendezvous because I discovered a WONDERFUL place up on the third floor above BB King's on Beale. <a href="http://www.ittabenamemphis.com/" target="_blank">Itta Bena.</a><br />
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OMG .... this place is phenomenal. The atmosphere was wonderful, service excellent and the food was TO DIE FOR. I have had a lot of Salmon in my life but this dish was just indescribable. - Grilled with a yummy creamy sauce perched on top of wild rice pilaf and grilled green beans!!! There was also Steak, Red Snapper and Steak and Lobster for the other 3 diners and according to the table all were prepared to perfection. This place will definitely be a go to place for fine dining in the future !!!<br />
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Flash forward to Tuesday and the Face Off Field Trip between The Mississippi RiverKings and The Columbus Cottonmouths. Not only was the arena lively with a reported attendance of 5,632 (at least 5,600 of those being school kids) but the game was EXCITING !!! The boys came out ALIVE and had the Snakes down 5 - 0 when they finally snuck one past Adam at the 3:38 mark of the 3rd period ending the game in a 5 - 1 win putting the Kings in a 3 way tie for 4th place and just 4 points out of 1st (can we say PLAYOFFS ???)<br />
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There was a couple of funny (odd) things happen during the bgame. 1. Everyone thought with Columbus down 3-0 at the end of the 1st period that they had gotten on the bus and headed for home when they didn't return to the ice at the end of the period break. Well finally they trickled in and I found it strange they weren't called for a delay of game penalty. AND 2. When Devin Mantha smashed his 2nd goal of the game past Loewen in the second period, Loewen ripped off his mask and slammed it on the ice breaking it. (which should ALSO have been a delay of game penalty). They worked on that damn mask 3 times during the remaining duration of the game and I still don't know if it ever got fixed. (BIG BABY) .....<br />
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Today was Quilt Class Thursday and I took one of my pseudo-granddaughters, Elizabeth Ann AKA Sam with me to expose her to some of my craft. She is home-schooled and she and her mom Reba thought she could use some HomeEc. She had a great time and I had me a gofer. We got a sashing added to the backing fabric (which was about 3 inches too narrow before that addition) and will get it pin basted this week to sart the actual quilting next week. Lunch afterwards at La Siesta was yummy as usual .....<br />
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On the cross stitching front, I got the head added to the Horses Ass and began stitching the Headless Horseman's ass. It is really starting to take shape.<br />
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So ... I guess that brings you, my one or two faithful readers up to date. It is about time for The Mr. to arrive home and I guess I need to go think about what to do about dinner.<br />
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..... Yesterday was quilt class day in Hernando. I headed out around 8:30 to make the 9:00 class and left The Mr. in bed sick. I know, I should have skipped class and been a good little wife and stayed home to nurse him back to health, but hey, there are more important things in life... <br />
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This is the fabric I had to construct a "Log Cabin" quilt....<br />
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So.... yesterday I got all my stuff out to work on piecing the blocks together using the gold fabric as sashing and then proceeded to cut the strips for the border. now mind you the constructed blocks make a 46" X 72" quilt top. I purchased 2 yards of that pretty red fabric on top for the border.<br />
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TWO yards of 45" wide fabric (36") X 2 = 72" ... which WOULD have given me the perfect length for the side borders IF it hadn't shrunk by 1" when I washed it AND IF I had cut it right in the first place. NATURALLY I measured twice and cut once. I just had it turned the wrong way and cut it selvedge to selvedge instead of Lengthwise. SO... off I went to JoAnn's (35 miles away) to purchase more fabric for the border.<br />
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After class, Shirley and I went for our typical Mexican lunch and again I headed to JoAnn's for MORE fabric for the binding, quilt batting and pins to "baste" the whole thing together at next weeks class. <br />
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Now mind you, the quilt top is constructed of several different cuts of plaid flannel with a mottled gold cotton sashing and red with gold dotted binding. For the backing I have is this cute ....<br />
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.... farm animal print (cows, chickens, sheep, pigs) so what to add for the binding ????<br />
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HOMEWORK: make "bias" binding from the black/white dot fabric.<br />
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In the mail I also received the pattern from Nicole for the February SAL (Stitch-A-Long). The chart says:<br />
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At 5:30 the RiverKings were at Fazolli's for the 2nd Sign & Dine of the season, and THE MOMMA DOG aka Julie was in town (from Ontario) visiting the Hockey Son. She has claim to him as his REAL mom! We had such a GREAT TIME!!! While the guys were at their table interacting with the fans that showed up, Julie and I had a good visit and chat about our guy. (No, I will not reveal any secrets she shared) but leave it to say, we have a lot in common and had a great chat. Peter had already bribed his mom into dinner at Red Lobster, so I tagged along and we had another hour of fun watching Peter put away a big plate of crab legs.<br />
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I spent the last 2 hours this morning (Friday) on line trying to get my "Cloud" straightened out with Verizon. I do love my mobile service with Verizon, however, their website is so NOT user friendly. I am pretty tech savvy but somehow I deleted my entire "Cloud" account and after online chatting with one of their reps, I finally gave up. THAT will be another day's challenge.<br />
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I am now starving, and as The Mr. just wandered in (feeling a bit better) I guess I need to get up from here and rustle up something for lunch.<br />
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On tap for tonight I will be venturing down to the "barn" again to see the RiverKings take on the RiverMen in their first match-up of the season on home ice. Jere will be at the club for a Racquetball tournament so I believe Julie will occupy his seat and get initiated into the Hockey Family.<br />
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