A Better Day

Sorry about the "bad" blog the other day. Needless to say I was in sad shape. I finally hit bottom and had a minor meltdown that night and spent yesterday climbing back up. It is early this morning but i can already tell it is gonna be a good day. I am understandably tired (it is only 0546 hrs) but other than that I am doing pretty good.

I started a batik strippy last night out of 6 fat quarters that someone gave me and it is going to look good (I hope). Just got the pieces cut out last night and will sew them all together this morning after I wake up again. I can just about make a king size strippy in one day so it own't take me long at all to make this one. I have 24 22" long strips to sew and that won't take long at all. I hope to get some pictures posted soon. Even a picture of me up.

Only reason I am up at the moment is 'cause I have a 15 year old son that has to go to school. As soon as he leaves I will be able to crawl back in the bed. I wasn't gonna take my morning meds yet since I plan on going back to bed but I might have to if I keep hurting this much. Son is supposed to leave in about 10 minuets so I am gonna try and hold off. If I can hold off then I'll have the dosage to work when I get up. I am short on some of my pain meds so I have to stretch them out as I can. That isn't always easy. I need to have a talk with the doc and see what we can do about something stronger.

Son is gone so I am outa here. Be back laterz.

It's a blah day

I have been up and I have been down today. I have been too cold and I have been too hot. Right now I am too cold. I have felt bad and I have felt worse. Right now I am somewhere in between. I have been unable to really concentrate on anything that I've started. It doesn't help that I suffer from depression and have been in a downslump for the last several days.

Quilting has been my outlet for the last couple of years since I started. If I can get myself into quilting on something then I can usually get through the slump and downness and start clawing my way back up again. It doesn't always work. Am having trouble with pain today and I worry about writing this and posting it where people can see but I look at it simply. Simply put: if by reading about my pain and troubles can help someone get through their's then I'll count it worth it.

I am gonna go downstairs and catch up on some of my tv watching. I am several hours behind and want to try and get caught up. That may not work and I may have to retreat back to my sewing room but only time will tell. Before I go down though I am gonna put some long pants on to warm up my legs.

I did manage to get some triangles cut today without too much trouble. Maybe if I start working with them it will get better. I really like the one color I have.

Can't/won't talk much about it cause it is gonna be part of my contest quilt and I don't want ANYONE to know what it is gonna look like until it is done. I let people know what the last one was gonna look like and when it came time to start seweing the pieces together I just couldn't make it work right. So this time I am gonna keep it a secret. I am not even gonna tell my long armer until he gets it what it looks like. I know, I know, I am being silly about it but it is my very first contest quilt and I want it to be just right.

First Entry on 17 Sep 2010

Well, I have done it. Here is my blog. I don't have any pics ready to post at the moment but I will get some up. I hope I get some readers and I hope i can keep 'em coming back to here to read. I am gonna use this as a place to put pics of my quilts as I work on them and when they are done.

I might even use this to bitch and moan about various things in my life ... such as how much pain I am in at the moment.

Time will tell.