Well it's been ages since I have done a blog post! The holidays are long over and I am not sure where the time has gone. I do know that I spend part of my day doing the PT stretches for my back and with the inflammation med the apain is bearable. The epidural injection lasted about 2.5 months which did give me time to strengthen my core muscles. I have some good and some bad days but realized taking the medicine and not forgetting to take it makes a big difference. I finished my spring cross stitch piece and decided to hang it!
I really love this set of seasonal stitcheries by Little House Needleworks! Aren't these bunnies so cute!
The following week we got the artic blast that came all the way down here in Texas. I really can't complain as although we were out of power for 12 hours straight when it was 2 degrees at night, at least our pipes didn't freeze and cause damage. The line to our icemaker in our refrigerator froze but we were able to thaw it out with an electric heater and our house is new enough that we have pex lines which does much better than copper lines. All those quilts I have made over the years really were put to use. It got down to about 52 in the house so by wearing hats and gloves and staying under the quilts we didn't freeze. The coldest morning was -2 on a Friday by the next Friday we reached a high of 82 such crazy weather. I know a lot of you endure these kinds of temps every year but the infrastructure here just isn't designed to handle it. But we endured and now its time to move forward.
I have had a slow start on the summer cross stitch project, but I have started. I also need to pull out my Linen and Threads 2020 SAL and add some little motifs instead of the initials that the original designed used. I bought a book of tiny motifs that I hope will work. I am look really looking forward to enjoying some stitching time each day. Getting out of the habit has not been good.
