Remember me?

Yeah, well. . . . . as it turns out I didn't fall of the edge of the world. Just had a worser-than-usual bout with my depression. You know, it was a perfect storm kinda thing too -- as my body is betraying me by succumbing to this chemical imbalance that is Depression, my life gets complicated and crazy adding to the imbalance and increasing the Depression! Sheesh!

So, all that matters is that I got to my Dr., spewed out honestly what was going on & where I was at with my symptoms, added what complications were currently in my life and VOILA! He changed my meds. The new combo is working very well, and I am pleased with it. I always expect winter to be a little worse due to the reduction in sunshine, but this went beyond that. I'm even a little hopeful that as the sunshine returns I might even feel great soon, wouldn't that be cool?

So as for life . . . . I have a quilt loaded on the frame, and have fielded 4 phone calls in the last 1 1/2 weeks -- yippee! I met with a customer Sunday and the other three are T-shirt quilts that should be ready to come in March and April. The quilt on the frame is a really ugly (I know, "There are no ugly quilts" but this thing is UGLY!) double wedding ring. It's from a garage sale I think and I got it through my dear MIL. The best part is, since it's mine, and it's ugly, there is like -- totally no pressure to "do a great job" LOL! Anything I add to this quilt will be a help. It's going okay, although a bulky seam tripped me up last night and I have to re-time when I get home today. Hopefully that will go smoothly.

Also tonight is a basketball game, Marci is cheering this year so I've been going to all the games. MAN! Basketball is way more violent than I even knew!!! We've had a girl get a broken arm by being stepped on during a game, a boy knocked completely out of bounds into the bleachers, and numerous scuffles for the ball that really look more like playground fights between 2nd graders than a basketball game! One of the guys here at work-church printed off a summery of the rules for me, since I'm clueless about how (and why!) the game is played. I'm really good at watching the center line and seeing if they get the ball across in the 10 seconds, and if they bring it back across (a big no-no). She only has a couple more games and then a big Cheer Day thing for all the elementary teams left, but she has really had a blast with this. I'm sure she'll try out again next year, and maybe even in Jr High.

Max . . . . . . . .uuuuuuuuggggggghhhhh! Still trying to get him to turn in homework and to care about school work and his life. I looked today and he had a 6 out of 50 on a homework worksheet. I'm guessing he only did one or two questions and turned it in. So, on one hand - you want to rail on him for not getting his homework done, but on the other hand, at least he turned it in - in the past he'd have skipped that step and had a big fat ZERO! Although, really, how much better is SIX than ZERO??

Ellen is still the quiet in the middle girl. I did clean her room just before Christmas. She had an overnight with a friend so I took her & dropped her off. When I got back home I went to her room and started in ----- 12 hours and 16 bags of trash later it was beautiful! It's stayed pretty good too, and I've hounded her each day. Friends went into a retirement home and asked us to take their long haired Siamese cat (he's soooooo gorgeous!!) so he is living in her room at the moment because he's too skittish to let outside. After 2 weeks we are opening her door at night when the dog is closed in my room and letting Smokey out to investigate the house. Other than these middle of the night treks, he lives under her bed and lets no one near him.

Tim turned 45 yesterday - wow, that sounds old when you put it like that! He went around the house singing made up "It's my Birthday" songs! It was funny. I thought it would stop after a few, but hours later he walked into the kitchen for something and started singing a new one, LOL!! It drove Ellen NUTS! The rest of us just laughed. Poor fella has been working 7 days a week for almost a month now. No end in sight either. His body is not happy - arthritis appreciates rest and gentleness -- not hard factory work all the time!

So, my bloggy blog - you are caught up and hopefully we'll chat more frequently. If you notice my extended absence - come find me this time!