Well here it is almost two in the morning. This surgery has messed up my sleep patterns somewhat, come to think of it they weren't that great to start with. When I planned activities while sitting around, I set up smocking, crocheting, reading Harry Potter books and a bunch of other things. After I got home from the hospital, nothing seemed to occupy me for too long. Then I started on the Harry Potter book, can I just say I'm hooked. I just finished #5 a few minutes ago. Let me explain with the last 100 pages to go I could hardly read through the tears. Now I'm not so sure I want to go see the movie that was recently released. I'm starting #6 in the morning and will probably read all day it makes the time go by and I don't miss all the other things I used to do: Sew, shop, see people, walk and whatever I wanted.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Christmas in July
Is it every too early to start decorating for Christmas? I had a stack of HO,HO,HO door knob hangers with bells on them sitting in my sewing room. They fell off the shelf and were sitting on the floor. Since I'm not supposed to pick things up they sat on the floor. Leave it to my grand daughter to take care of them (she occasionally tells me my house is messy). GUILTY!
Well her mom pointed out the fact my house was in early stages of Christmas decoration. Every door knob in my house dons a HO,HO,HO door knob decoration. Then I remember the angel is still in the tree in the front yard. If I don't turn on that light switch you can't see her, the leaves are out. (Whew)
Hey by time I can do something about it, it is almost time to start decorating for the holiday season.
Life through the eyes of a child--life is always interesting! I love my grandchildren.
Well her mom pointed out the fact my house was in early stages of Christmas decoration. Every door knob in my house dons a HO,HO,HO door knob decoration. Then I remember the angel is still in the tree in the front yard. If I don't turn on that light switch you can't see her, the leaves are out. (Whew)
Hey by time I can do something about it, it is almost time to start decorating for the holiday season.
Life through the eyes of a child--life is always interesting! I love my grandchildren.
Life is a process
I thought I would try to make another entry. I've been watching my daughter's blogs; music, pictures, all kinds of pretty formats and layouts. Boy I've got a long way to go and a lot to learn. Gotta get it done before the busy season kicks in.
When my friend gets home I'm going to start playing with the embroidery software and my computerized sewing machine. Boy, my daughters made fun of me when I brought that one home. They said you don't even know how to use the computer how are you going to sew on a machine that runs by computer. It's a process and one that is aiding computer use.
Everything is a process, life is about learning and growing, they never said we had to get it right. You learn just as much if not more from a good failure as you do from success. The fact is that you try and try and try again.
The thing I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around right now is....when you walk into the hospital feeling fine and knowing what is going to happen, then 3 days later leave feeling less than A-OK with a life changing list of things you can and can't do. The mind is willing but getting the body to cooperate is another story.
When my friend gets home I'm going to start playing with the embroidery software and my computerized sewing machine. Boy, my daughters made fun of me when I brought that one home. They said you don't even know how to use the computer how are you going to sew on a machine that runs by computer. It's a process and one that is aiding computer use.
Everything is a process, life is about learning and growing, they never said we had to get it right. You learn just as much if not more from a good failure as you do from success. The fact is that you try and try and try again.
The thing I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around right now is....when you walk into the hospital feeling fine and knowing what is going to happen, then 3 days later leave feeling less than A-OK with a life changing list of things you can and can't do. The mind is willing but getting the body to cooperate is another story.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Embryo blogger!
One of my daughters suggested I start a blog. I laughed. You see I bought the first computer for this house when my four daughters were still in school and lived at home. I realized they would need computer proficiency the way things were going. I was never allowed to get near the monster in the corner. The few moments I did well.....let's just say the girls mocked me. First I didn't know where to go or how to start and my typing skills learned in high school on a manual typewriter. You ask what is that? That is something you have to pound the keys on really hard to get the key to strike the paper listen for the ding to push the return arm on the left and return the carriage. Sounds like the dark ages! Well that is where I got my typing skills the dark ages. Pounding keys hard and watching for the end of a sentence to hit the return. The popular electrics had this feature but you still had to listen for the ding to hit it so you didn't type off of the page requiring - yes- a "start over". Do overs today consist resting your finger on the backspace. And mistakes, well you didn 't want those because, correction fluids and tapes well, let's just say I don't think they exist any more.
Now I'm trying to keep the same font and color I started with it keeps changing on me.
My favorite color is pink and I tried typing in pink but that even makes me sick and it is hard to read. With my recent surgery, I've been forced to checking out and trying to overcome the "dark ages".
And for the title....only 24 hours in a day....well, what works for Jack Bauer and his crew I find I want more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One of my daughters suggested I start a blog. I laughed. You see I bought the first computer for this house when my four daughters were still in school and lived at home. I realized they would need computer proficiency the way things were going. I was never allowed to get near the monster in the corner. The few moments I did well.....let's just say the girls mocked me. First I didn't know where to go or how to start and my typing skills learned in high school on a manual typewriter. You ask what is that? That is something you have to pound the keys on really hard to get the key to strike the paper listen for the ding to push the return arm on the left and return the carriage. Sounds like the dark ages! Well that is where I got my typing skills the dark ages. Pounding keys hard and watching for the end of a sentence to hit the return. The popular electrics had this feature but you still had to listen for the ding to hit it so you didn't type off of the page requiring - yes- a "start over". Do overs today consist resting your finger on the backspace. And mistakes, well you didn 't want those because, correction fluids and tapes well, let's just say I don't think they exist any more.
Now I'm trying to keep the same font and color I started with it keeps changing on me.
My favorite color is pink and I tried typing in pink but that even makes me sick and it is hard to read. With my recent surgery, I've been forced to checking out and trying to overcome the "dark ages".
And for the title....only 24 hours in a day....well, what works for Jack Bauer and his crew I find I want more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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