It's been ages!

 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.

How time flies!

Wow! I can't believe that tomorrow is the last day of November.  How time flies when your having fun they say!  I will start this post with announcing that the shot I received on the 16th was a success.  It's not a permanent fix but it has given me a lot of relief.  The orthopedic surgeon did say I have a herniated disc.  I will see him on Tuesday to see where we go from here.  I am praying that some adjustments and PT will help me cope with my situation.  So I have been resting and enjoying a bit of stitching since we got back from East Texas.   I finished up the November stitches on the Linen and Threads SAL.  I decided to include the fly. A little wrinkled but completed!

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I also made some progress on my spring cross stitch project!  I am feeling more comfortable with my cross stitch with all the practice I have done this year.  When I started stitching in January I felt like I took out as many stitches as I stitched!

  

But my focus this week will be getting my Santa's finished!  I did get the interfacing applied to the Santas and the backing fabric.  Then I sewed the back seam, so now I just need to sew the front and backs together with the hanger .  It shouldn't take too long, then the stuffing will begin.  The addition of the bow and maybe a jingle bell and they  should be  ready to enjoy this Christmas!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. There is always so much to be thankful for!  At our house we enjoyed a lemon meringue pie made with a couple of lemons off our tree. We really enjoyed watching it grow and form fruit.  Of course, enjoying the pie was wonderful too!