My life in Pictures

Christmas came and went, we had a full house with our DS and his

partner, my dad and his wife + the usual residents of our house

Walli's first Christmas, the Christmas Tree was a great

source of entertainment for her

Henry loves Christmas.........

My crazy kids

I made Zucchini Pickles, Chilli Jam and Tomato Relish

they are divine

I've worked on my Confetti quilt

Some of what I worked on during 2016

Confetti just needs the borders quilted, I'm just going 

to crosshatch them, I must say I did enjoy the

hand quilting process

Steam Punk, I have approx 15 blocks left to make

then I can start sewing it together

The colours Ive used this year!

We've had cruise ships visiting

Mary Tolman progress being made

I changed the cream hexies out for  Kaffe Fassett

Silver Spots, it looks much better

Miss 15 says Henry looks like a loaf of bread

we went camping for a week, lots of progress made

on Mary Tolman

We fished

we read books, played cards, I stitched by LED Light

DH and Miss 15 packing up the trailer, I don't assist when

it comes to setting it up/packing it up. 

The resident alpaca's, one of these chased Miss 15 and I 

on our set up day, its a very stressful process

Mary Tolman 

I love this place

1st day of the 2017 school year, Yr 10 for 2 and year 8

for my littlest one

Ive taken a break from stitching and picked up 

my crochet again, this is my Attic 24 Hexagon blanket 

which will eventually live in Bertha our Vintage caravan

its passed the sleep test

Miss 13's Spice of Life blanket

from the driveway last week,

SOL progress, Im now 3/4 done

determination is his middle name

Im waiting for he post man to deliver this pattern

'Majestic Lanterns'

and these luscious yarns are also on their way

Bertha has a new permanent home, where we love to go

camping, dh has been working hard on getting her

ready for us to use, we taken out the double bed and

put a queensize bed in with storage underneath, he's fixed 

the small leaks, windows, fly screens, he's wired it up for 12vt.

We still need to get a new 12v/gas fridge, some lighting strips,

curtains and gather the supplies we need for a solid annex

but Bertha will be back in use by Easter. We can't wait

My crochet hexagon blanket will suit Bertha perfectly

UFO's & Hospitals

Mary Tolman progress has been happening, I almost have

the centre complete, I am still looking for the perfect centres though

We took the naughty puppy to the beach for a big walk on a 

gorgeous winters day

token dog in the ute photo

Miss Walli having a snuggle

then this happened! Background info is I was diagnosed with 

'indigestion' around 18 months ago, my 'indigestion' attacks

always happened in the middle of the night, always had me up at all hours

in absolute agony, occasionally I was violently ill from it.

Mid July I had an 'indigestion' attack that would not go away, after suffering for

10 days of constant pain I finally caved and went to the doctor, he sent me for a CAT scan

which showed a rather large gallstone, I was given a referral to see a surgeon and

made my appointment, the next day I was in even more pain, living on painkillers and 'indigestion' pills, eventually I asked Paul to take me to the hospital to get checked out as I couldn't get into my GP until late that afternoon and I wasn't able to eat or drink without becoming ill. After sitting at the hospital for 3 hours I left and came home to wait for my doctors appointment.

Well he promptly took one look at me, called the emergency room and informed them I was on my way, a very uncomfortable 45 minute drive and I was admitted for 3 days of antibiotics, pain control & fluids 

day 1 in the ER

day 2

the view from my hospital room (day 3)

another day another drip (day 4)

eventually after 6 days I was allowed home, after my veins

gave out and refused to co-operate. My offical diagnosis was

severe acute choloycystitis and biliary colic aka 

severe gallbladder infection & inflammation along with a 2.55cm

gallstone blocking the duct.

I started work again on my Mary Tolman once I was home

I was home in time to see these 2 girlies get academic awards

for semester 1, not that I could drive myself there, I was dropped off 

and collected 

Mary Tolman is growing

removing all those papers

The centre is joined (finally)

making more hexy diamonds for the corner sections

a corner filler

Appointment with a surgeon, I was hoping for good news

and I got a surgery date YIPPEE

I needed a break from hexagons so I pulled out my Steam Punk blocks to

make some more

the growing stack of blocks

and these are all the blocks I managed to get stitched

plus I pulled out my Confetti quilt to work on

it needed 2 borders and it would be done

sewing the borders on

Ta da

and the rejigged corners, but its not hanging enough on the sides

so I have somethings mind to make the sides hang down further

last Wednesday saw Paul and I head to Canberra, we stayed here

and watched tv in bed after dinner

because the following day was eviction day for my gallbladder

i finally got a coffee at 6:45pm Thursday it was delicious

that night was awful, my BP kept dropping, my O2 levels

did the same so I had to spend the night hooked up to oxygen 

to make it worse I was wide awake from 1:30am

I called into see my Friday sewing buddies, I hadn't seen them for

so long because of my health and came home with some delicious

fabrics, Tula Pinks Slow & Steady line, I'm thinking another EPP

project

and these were waiting for me at home, some new backgrounds for

Steam Punk

on Saturday I felt the urge to do some needle turn appliqué so 

I found Auntie Greens Garden, and got stitching, I have the side floral

borders and a wave border and this baby will be another finish

stitching with Henry

the final flower stems to stitch down

Tonight Ive prepped al the flowers and berries and I'll

start stitching them down tomorrow, day 4 of my 

under doctors orders to sit on the couch, relax and do nothing.

I am following his orders to the letter but I am looking forward to getting

back to my normal day to day life and my Friday sewing girls