I spent most of the weekend in a sleepy-haze, but pain free thankfully. This last set of migraines really did a number on me… I am feeling much better today though.
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Saturday at Urgent Care
Last night I was still sick with a migraine. The pain woke me up about every two hours, and this morning my head still hurt bad. James took one look at me, and said that’s it, and we were off to Urgent Care.
I should have gone earlier. I ended up with a shot in each hip, and a migraine plan if this happens again. I instantly felt better, and I could move my eyes again. Twenty minutes after the shots, and the pain had finally broken. I crashed out about an hour later.
I slept for most of the day, but my headache (migraine, cluster headache) is gone for today. Thank goodness…
Compound Headaches and Throw-away days
This week’s compound headache started on Monday… It is still with me today. Sometimes it is just a stress headache, sometimes it turns into a migraine, and this week it is a five-day compound headache.
So when I’ve got those, my days become unproductive throw-away days. I try to rest when I can, and take it easy on the house upkeep. Compound headaches are no fun, and unfortunately nothing that usually helps the migraines, helps this evil headache.
I’ll just wait, and hopefully feel back to normal next Monday…
Crocheting Dishcloths
At the city-wide yard sale I picked up a random bag of yarn. There were a few colors of cotton, and I didn’t know just what to do with them.
One rainy afternoon an idea hit me. They were the right amounts to crochet into dishcloths.
I didn’t have a pattern, so I started a foundation row till I liked the length (75 counts).
I used a simple double-crochet right through the middle of each stitch. It is easy to crochet, and the repeat stitch makes a flat cloth.
I alternated colors, and made pretty stripes.
This little project was wrapped up in a flash. I still had more yarn to work with, so I made another one.
This time I made a foundation row of one hundred stitches. I think I like this length a little bit better.
I had pink, maroon, and red cotton to work with. I also had some multi-hued pinks and reds to use too.
This dishcloth ended up a being ombre stripes. I love it!
This week I’ve started working on a third one, and I’m already thinking of making many more. I think these would make nice teacher gifts, or maybe even handmade Christmas gifts for family.
Time to get some more yarn!
Visiting Redbud
Friday we were up early, and on the way to run a few places. A local feed store was selling chickens, geese, and ducklings. I took the kids over to check them out. They were really cute, but we didn’t come home with any.
We had one more stop to make, and we headed out towards Redbud Nurseries. I was looking for a few plants for the indoors, and the outdoors too.
I absolutely love Redbud Nurseries. The kids were happy to visit there too.
Dylan loved the shaded hillside filled with large ferns, and shady plants. Agnes enjoyed the greenhouses filled with petunias and butterflies to chase.
Thade spotted a plant that he absolutely loved.
While we were running around Redbud, Thade was busy taking pictures. He took some pretty fantastic photos too.
This photo was my very favorite…
I think we’ve got a budding photographer on our hands. I’ll be handing over the camera over to him whenever we are out and about.
We filled up a wagon full of flowers and plants. While we were checking out, the kids got to pick out ice-pops to cool off. They were thrilled.
I had filled a few pots with new plants for the backyard. We had to move them to the front porch last night. Miss Mia thought they were a cool pup-bed for her…
I hope the little Amethyst plants can bounce back after the puppy squishing.
We started a little rock garden in the front yard with pretty blooms for the butterflies. We also have a few new houseplants to tend too.
I just need to get a few photos of them…