Fabulous Flu Friday

I have been home from work yesterday and today. Went to the Dr. yesterday and I tested positive for Influenza A . It's a lovely thing, I must say. What can I do about it? Nothing. Stay home. Treat the symptoms. Be miserable. When the "drugs" are working and my fever is down, I have been trying to get some things accomplished. Laundry. Knitting. Realized how dusty my bedside table was and cleaned it.

Yesterday, I washed all of my bedding in an effort to at least rid the bed of the flu germs that were already there. I replaced the quilt that was there with this one. This quilt was made for my husband and I as a wedding gift.

The name of the quilt is "Rosie" and it was made by Loretta. Loretta is the daughter of my neighbor from my whole childhood, Marie. Marie has always been a seamstress and a quilter and made some fabulous quilts and clothing. She also did tatting and other needlepoint crafts.

Marie is now pretty old and has dementia/Alzheimer's and Loretta lives with her and cares for her. She doesn't do any more crafting really. Loretta took the time, though, to make a quilt for my next younger brother when he married and then for my husband and I when we married. It's a wonderful gift that will always be treasured.

Snowdrop Lace Dishcloth

Yep, another dishcloth. What can I say? I love to give dishcloths as gifts, so I am trying to build up my stash of completed cloths. This one turned out nicely. I've never really knit any type of lace design, but I think I did okay. Of course, I like my personal dishcloths to be a little more sturdy so this one is definitely destined to be a gift.

I Did Not Realize....

(This is a photo of a hibiscus bloom on a hibicus tree we had outside this summer. The blooms are gorgeous, although not nearly this colorful since we had to bring it inside.)

it had been so long since I have made a post. I was really trying to post something at least once a week, if not more. I guess that's not going so well.

I have been doing some crafting...I am knitting another dishcloth, using this pattern (ravelry link), although I have not had as much time to devote to it as I might like.

I keep thinking about other crafts that I need to be working on...gifts I need to complete soon, and then gifts I would like to give for Christmas. My goal is to give each member of my family something handmade as part of their gift. I'm realizing that I'm going to have to get my rear in gear if that is going to happen. I am already working on a blanket for my niece. Of course, I haven't done much work on it since this last photo I took...and I'm not really crushing on the giant granny square, but not sure I want to start over on something else at this point, either. *sigh*

Another thing that I am attempting to do is use what I have in my stash and not buy too much else to complete these Christmas gift projects. This is a bit harder to do than I anticipated! I definitely want to make some hats and so I am going to have to purchase some circular needles in sizes that I don't have in order to do this...oh and some larger dpn's, too... it seems like the list keeps growing.

In other news, I am super busy at work. I never seem to have much time to slow down and even breathe. Children seem to be climbing out of the woodwork this year. I simply can not handle any more students on my list and since I am the only person doing my job for my cooperative, I'm not real sure what's going to happen with that. I could give you more info, but worry that it would just bore you, so I won't. I will say that crummy, rainy weather makes for miserable itinerant teachers. Oh, and never mind the thought of catching H1N1 from some school I go to... there is already a confirmed case at one of my schools. Can you imagine how often I am washing my hands and then desperately trying to remember to not touch my face, either? And I do the 30 second counting thing each time I wash.


It's all good.