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Your Word is "Peace"

You see life as precious, and you wish everyone was safe, happy, and taken care of. Social justice, human rights, and peace for all nations are all important to you. While you can't stop war, you try to be as calm and compassionate as possible in your everyday life. You promote harmony and cooperation. You're always willing to meet someone a little more than halfway.

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Becoming a sweater

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Originally uploaded by GirlWithNeedles

It's coming along nicely! I took this picture Wednesday afternoon. Since then I worked on it all night Friday and a little on Saturday night. I have about 6 cm left until I work the part where the ribbon goes is done. I love how it's turning out.

Just stuff

Just a few things to update those who might be interested about what's been going on.

• Thursday was my 2nd appointment with the Rheumatologist. She looked at the x-rays of my hands and was very happy with how they looked. Apparently there is no joint damaged yet. So, now we can start treatment. I'll be starting Methotrexate, a DMARD (disease-modifying antirheumatic drug) at the end of next week. Methotrexate is considered an aggressive treatment for RA, so I'm happy with her decision and the information she gave me. I'll go back to her in 7 weeks and we'll see how things are progressing. Until then I'll continue to take Prednasone and sometimes the Mobic (for pain mostly) along with the Methotrexate and folic acid.
  
• For someone who has never been good at taking lots of medicine for an extended period of time, on a schedule, this is going to be harder then it seems.
  
• My new sweater is coming along, have about 10 cm of the back done, need 30 before I start the next section. Right now I can work on it without a pattern, love that kind of pattern.
• Went yesterday with DF Melody to the local ANG meeting. I enjoyed myself. Even worked on the canvas piece I've had a few years. I managed to finish up 2 of the squares on it. I'll have to get a picture this week and post it. I thought I might start my FSU Santa canvas, but I didn't. I did get some wonderful help on ideas for stitches. I think it's going to look great. When I start I'll take pictures.
• Today's ReGenesis service was great! Or at least I thought it was. We had somewhere between 91 and 97 people in attendence. I'm so excited that the service is growing.
  
• The coming week looks busy. I'm wondering what I'll manage to do, and what I'll have to leave undone. Only time will tell.

Hope everyone had a great weekend and has a wonderful week. I promise some pictures of what I worked on yesterday and the framed "Little Green Acorns" later this week.

As much as I can right now

So, I've finished as much as I can on Traditional Elegance II. I am on hold until the Japan Thread arrives from Needlecraft Corner. (I completely forgot to link to Drema's site the last time I mentioned this, so here you go. If you stitch and you've never ordered from her, I highly recommend this shop. Everyone is always nice and helpful.) I know, you want to see some eye candy, so here you go...
I'm very happy with the way it looks now, so I can't wait to see what it looks like with the added sparkle.

I also worked on the Baby Surprise Jacket I'm making for one of my co-workers who's baby boy is due any day now. Didn't get a lot done on it, but at least I got a few more rows done.

Can't believe the weekend is over. Thursday is my next appointment with the rheumatologist. Hopefully this time we'll talk more about treatment protocols.

Saturday's are too short

Is it just me, or do Saturday's seem much shorter then other days of the week? Intellectually I realize that they aren't, but they do feel shorter. And I can't seem to get much done during them lately. I have big plans, but then I want to do silly things like sleep in, eat more for breakfast then a bowl of cereal, watch the ACC basketball tournament (or more specifically FSU play in the ACC basketball tournament), and the whole day is suddenly gone.

All in all though it was a good day. I did accomplish getting the lemon trees trimmed up, so hopefully they will produce more lemons next year. I was going to stitch and watch the basketball tournament, but I couldn't seem to do both, so I gave that up and just watched. I did get my last name put on the sampler before I gave up though, so that's something. It ended up being the only stitching I managed to do today however.

I was craving catfish, so I took mom & dad to Whitey's, my place of choice of catfish, for dinner. As always it was yummy. Ended up getting both catfish and some oysters. (Ok, color me extremely surprised that Whitey's has a website. But I guess I shouldn't be. I've grown up going to Whitey's. It's very different now then it was when I was a teenager. Much more "upscale", but still it's a fish camp and you can eat out on the porch any day of the year.)

I have hopes that tomorrow I'll manage to finish the sampler except for the parts that I'm waiting for the thread. (Oh and Ria, it's easy to sit and stitch. Kind of like sitting and knitting. Plus I'm never JUST stitching. I usually am watching TV, or listening to an audio book, or something else while I'm stitching. And for some strange reason I find it relaxing, at least most of the time. The movement of putting thread through the fabric can be zen-like. But then so can knitting, so hey.)

I was due a new start

Seriously, I was. Not a start that HAS to be finished, but one that I want to do for me. It all started on a trip to Barnes & Noble. Really I shouldn't be allowed in there by myself, although I don't really have friends who can oversee me, or themselves for that matter. So, on my trip I managed to score several knitting magazines (and a book of course). Amongst the magazines is one I've never purchase. It's from the UK and it had the most adorable items in it, including this one...

Empire Line Top

The first think you'll notice, especially if you know me well, is the color of the yarn I chose. Although it kind of looks purple, it's more rose colored. I will admit that the yarn co. calls it "Orchid" so maybe it is kind of purple. Anyway, it's lovely. AslanTrends Glaciar del Cielo . So soft too. I love how wonderful it is to work with and that it's cotton so I can wear it almost all year long here. I'm actually changing the size a little, since I'm afraid it wouldn't fit unless I did. Just went up 1 size from the largest size listed. Would be wonderful to have this finished to wear on the cruise at the end of next month, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Also got these lovelies for a purse in the latest Debbie Bliss magazine.
I might even start it this weekend. We'll see how things go. I really need to get the baby present I'm working on finished before the baby is born and is too big to wear what I'm making!

Almost but not quite

Traditional Elegance II
Originally uploaded by GirlWithNeedles

So, it's almost finished. I have to finish my name and the row at the bottom that matches row 1 then add in the gold thread I'm waiting on from Drema. Depending on how I'm feeling this weekend and if my thread gets here, I might get this one finished. I'm not sure why I picked this one up, but it's gone really quickly since I started working on it again.

Sorry for the major hit and miss with the blog lately. I got sick last week and mainly just slept for a few days. Didn't begin to feel half way decent until Monday at least. Finally went in to the office today (Thursday) after not being in since last Tuesday. That's sick. I hope none of my friends gets whatever this has been.

So, stay tuned. I might actually even blog for a change.