Big News and a Finish

I finished the Shepherd's Bush Scissor Fob twice. I did a fob for my scissors and a fob for my mom. When I was home and my mom saw the finished Trilogy Heart fob, she did her best to talk me out of it, LOL. She then told me she needed not a couple, not a few, but "LOTS" of fobs for her house :-). Her birthday is in May, I thought it would be fun to send her box with a dozen or so fobs in it. I think if I did one a week or so, most of them would only take a day to stitch and finish, I will have "LOTS" by the time her birthday comes around.

I am happy I have a bit more time on my hands, the fall time frame for our trip suits me a bit better. I have lots more time to prepare for Megan’s graduation, we will have so many visitors for that. And honestly, I am still a bit off of my game with everything that happened with my dad. Speaking of which he went to see the ENT this week, the doctor said it could take several months for his voice to come back. The nerve endings are irritated or damaged. Otherwise he’s doing great! All in all I feel very blessed and I am so thankful for how things have worked out. I said an extra prayer in church this morning :-). Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Belated Valentine Gift

I made this fob as a gift for a Valentine's exchange. I was a tiny bit late getting it mailed but it's finally arrived at it's destination. It's from the Trilogy Cardiology chart. I love this series of designs, they make great fobs.

My DH and I are going to see Breach and then we are having lunch at the Japanese Steak House, yummy! In between I am working on PIF pieces and exchanges. Hope you have all had a nice weekend.

Wonderful Mail Surprise

The day I left to go to my parents I received the most unexpected surprise from my friend Jacque. It's a gorgeous hanging piece, I just love it! It came at the absolute perfect time, I was calling back and forth with my parents and making flight arrangements. It made me smile which I definitely needed :-).

I got home last week, I am back in a routine, such as that is, LOL. My DH has had some very encouraging interviews and hopefully he will choose a position in the next couple of weeks and then he retires, we go to Europe and our DD graduates from high school maybe life will settle down a bit after all that, LOL.

My Dad is doing great, he gets better each day and is feeling very good. His voice is still not back but you can hear tiny improvements. He will see an ENT next week, but his cardiologist said it may take a bit of time since the vocal cords are bruised. I am so thankful he is doing so well and things are getting back to normal for my parents.

I am working on Round Robins, PIFs and exchanges right now. I want to get all those things finished up and mailed this week, well except for the exchanges. I do want those things packed up and ready to go on the appropriate dates :-). I am a bit off the 10-25-50 challenge right now, actually I am rethinking the whole thing, LOL. More on that later...

Have a great weekend! It's a long one for us, my DH is off Monday for the President's day holiday :-). We are planning on seeing a movie, going out to lunch and just generally relaxing.

A Finish and an Update

I've been madly stitching on BBD Bluebird's Message the last couple of days, my mom has a space all picked out for it on her 'wall' :-). I wanted to have it finished before I go home so I am pleased it's done. My dad is doing very well and other than his voice still being gone, he is feeling better every day. I will fly home tomorrow afternoon just in time for the weekend. My family has told me they are ready for me to be home, I think things are a tiny bit crazy there, LOL. The next big thing on the horizon is my DH's retirement from the Air Force in March, then we have a trip to Europe planned, my DD's graduation from high school in May and somewhere in there my DH will start a new position. Generally, life is going to be crazy until the summer time. I am sure stitching will be my sanity. I've decided not to set any goals for February except to do at least one PIF piece and get started on two exchanges for the USEBB group. I am going to stitch on whatever I please other than those few things.

Dad is Home!

We brought my Dad home today! He's doing very well and couldn't wait to get back in his own house. He was dressed and ready to go within 15 minutes of us arriving at the hospital this morning. He actually feels very good since they got all the tubes out of him. Only tiny problem is he's lost his voice, they think his vocal cords are bruised from being intubated for the surgery. Hopefully with a bit of rest and a little time it will come back on it's own. Thank you all again for your thoughts, prayers and emails, they've meant so much. It's been such a blessing for us. I will be heading home on Friday, I think by then my parents should be at the point they can manage without me and my DH and kids have told me they are anxious to have me home :-). I think they've realized how much I do to keep all their lives running smoothly, LOL. This is a cute picture of my parents from last year, they took a trip to Europe.

I have managed to get a bit of stitching done, it's very theraputic when you are sitting in hospitals all day. First I finished up a Valentine exchange piece. Sadly that is going to be late arriving at it's destination :-(. Now I am working on BBD Bluebird's Message. It's very cute and will be staying here when I go home. My mom has assured me there's a spot for it on her wall :-).

Surgery is Over

My dad had a quadruple bypass this morning, he had 8 blockages in 4 arteries. He did very well, the heart started beating as soon as they took him off the pump which is apparently is a very good thing. Today is sort of a lost day for him, probably a blessing :-). He will not be conscious until tomorrow. The doctor let us see him, my mom was very sweet, fixed his hair for him and held his hand. He will be in ICU for the rest of his hospital stay, we hope we can bring him home in 4 or 5 days if he does well. We are home now so my mom can get some rest and we will call every hour or so to check and see how he is doing! Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!