Coming out of the fog

Posted on | December 24, 2007 |

Thanks to all of you for your kind wishes about health. The treatments are every 4 weeks and I’m thankful that they continue to keep my vertigo at bay and to keep the hearing in my “good ear” at a very high functioning level most of the month. It’s worth it to be “grounded” in the house for a few days. The nausea, however, I could do without! But we’re getting a handle on it with medication and some good ol’ chamomile and peppermint teas.

I’ve spent the past week quietly in the studio. I’ve been working on one more gift. A doll for a friend. Usually, I wouldn’t show this image until it actually got to my friend, but since I missed the last day for delivery by Christmas, I figured she deserves a good look. This is for my friend, Tracey. This doll started out as someone completely different. When I saw what was coming out of her, I felt she needed to be angelic. I removed the legs that weren’t working for her and I added wings. I also added a halo for some rhinestones around the halo with some dry-brushed silver metallic paint for some bling. Tracey loves bling!

As I was making this, I realized that organizing my fabric stash. In particular, all the pieces of vintage kimono fabric from Katie’s Vintage Kimono fabrics and my scraps. So, I spent time sitting at my table and ironing them. It doesn’t really take a ton of energy, so that worked for me. I don’t tend to have a ton of energy to expend - even more so for the week of my treatment.

Speaking of the treatment, I’m not sure if I mentioned that the nurses loved their bags. Dave said that one actually completely changed her purse to the bag I made for her. She had told me she would, but it’s always nice to know that people appreciate things when you work so hard on them!

Yesterday, we had planned to attend the holiday party I made the wine gift bag for. Change of plans. At 7:30 am, I was pouring my first cup of coffee and I suddenly heard a yelp from my bedroom, followed by some cursing. I went in to see what was wrong. Dave had broken his left little toe.  The toe was in a strange position that was clearly not natural! So, we headed over to the Banner Good Samaritan Hospital’s Emergency Room to have his toe re-set. It was a complete fracture. They really had to manipulate the toe to get it back in alignment.

As our plans had been thwarted, we had a quiet day. Dave spent the day on the couch with his New York Times, the remote, and his foot elevated.  I sat nearby and we watched TV, talked, and read our newspapers. Different than planned, but not a bad way to spend the day together.

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