Pumpkin Sunrise

  Good morning! How are you doing today and how was your week? The weather is finally the weather I love, crisp cool mornings and a somewhat warm day. Yesterday  it rained lots and I kind of liked it. I could hear the rain on the roof pitter-pattering away. The local grands slept over Friday night and we had a good time over all. My husband was tired from jet lag and I am on prednisone so my nerves are somewhat stretched thin (not complaining, it makes my mouth feel better so that is a blessing!). I continue to improve daily and for that I am grateful. I also watched them for Sunday afternoon and we had a big watercolor party at the kitchen table. I worked on my husband's socks over the weekend since I could not work on holiday gifts in front of the kids. Of course when I cast on the second sock (yay!) I did not cast on enough stitches so I had to rip it all out and start over again. So I knit the cuff twice, ha ha. In the bottom photo I bought the pumpkin on the right from T...

  Good morning lovely people! How are you doing today? I am rejoicing in the furnace kicking on because it is chilly outside in the early mornings. Yay.  My knitting this week has been hedgehog knitting . After I snapped this photo I had to rip out the white of the back two more times because my pick up stitching was not the same on both sides. The third time is a charm and I am ready to stuff this little guy today! Also I thought I was knitting five hedgehogs but my daughter in law declared love of them so now I am making six (hopefully). As an expert knitter this was baffling to me! I will blame it on the salivary gland infection and not feeling my best (but slowly getting better). I did see the nurse practitioner in my PCP office and she prescribed antibiotics again and I will be staying on a very very slow taper of prednisone for about a month to get me as close to the sialendoscopy procedure date (11/05) without an infection. May this please work! Say your prayers or send...

  Good morning! How are you? I'm okay. I've been having more salivary gland issues and pain while eating. I saw the ENT last week and I'm scheduled for another sialendoscopy procedure early November. This cannot come soon enough. The last time I had this procedure in mid February, I enjoyed six months of pain free eating, it was truly glorious! Please pray that I avoid any infections between now and then and a successful outcome. I was very busy this weekend with the local grands because my son had an out of town conference. We had fun with the kids and helping our daughter in law,  but I am exhausted from all the 'busy' that goes with them. However, being with the kids helps me not think about my medical issues (almost, ha ha). I started a hedgehog , my goal is to make five of them for the grands and grand nephews for Christmas gifts. I am hopeful I can do this! I'm not sure I will be making Christmas sweaters for the grands, they've been requested though. ...

  Hello! How are you doing? I spent the last two days burying threads on these nine glorious Christmas ornaments and they are finally done. I thoroughly enjoyed knitting them and I was glad they did not cause hand pain, I usually have issues with dpns and marathon knitting. What are you working on this week?

  Good morning! How are you today? Over here I've been great! The weather has been spectacular and my cooling/heating system hasn't kicked on for days. Since I last wrote here, I've been focusing on the little sweaters that I am nearly done making. I'm itching to knit something else and that's were my main motivation is coming from. On Saturday we were supposed to go to the grandkid's soccer practice and our grand nephew's tee ball game and both were cancelled! My daughter in law and I with the kids did a spur of the moment trip to a neighboring town fall festival. I enjoyed watching the little kids have fun. I did pretty good until the sun was beaming down on me and I got too hot. (sun sensitive and sun intolerance from the autoimmune disease). Overall I did okay and I had a really nice time. I haven't been to a festival since moving here in 2021. Now that I went, I'm probably good for another five years, ha ha. Yesterday we did nothing and that wa...

  Good morning! I am writing to you on another chilly day and am loving it immensely. You and I both know that because I changed the bedding from summer to winter, the weather will switch back to hot. But for now, I will enjoy the chill. Yesterday was drippy and beautiful. This week because of the family visit my knitting was sparse over the weekend. I was thrilled to once again pick up the needles and knit. I am showing two projects today. First up is the little sweater ornaments, I am on number six out of nine if I am sticking to my current goal. I would love to finish all nine sweaters within a week.  Next up is the husband's socks , I'm still on the first one but am heading towards the toe shaping. I find once I turn the heel and complete the gusset the knitting goes quite fast. What are you working on this week?