Middle DD didn't get blood work done after all, so we can't be sure it's her thyroid. She has begun taking a supplement from her work that many folks come in and pick up to help with thyroid problems. So, we'll see. Hopefully it will help.
But in other thyroid news, mine was crazy last October, and since it has been about 6 months since I began taking medication, I thought I'd just get my levels checked last week and see how I was doing. Well, in a couple of words: not well. Last year my reading was way (way, way, way, WAY) too high - 174.4 when it shouldn't be over 4.2. Now, it's way low - .007, when it shouldn't be under .4. My doctor lowered my Synthroid and we hope to see improvement.
Once I heard the reading, I realized that I have been droopy - taking naps a couple times a week, not getting things accomplished at work like I should, and letting housework slide. Plus my fingertips have been cracked badly the last couple of months. I never even thought about my thyroid being out of whack again - but these are all symptoms from last fall. I did go back and have them draw a full blood workup to see if there are other things being affected as well. Last fall, my kidneys and cholesterol were whacko - so it isn't crazy to think that there could be organs and systems being affected by this low number. I"m hoping it will give me some idea of what to watch for, symptom-wise, when the levels drop. One thing I"m wondering about is joint inflammation. I've had a lot more pain in my hands, feet, and shoulders. I actually had an MRI last week, before we had the blood work results, to look at one shoulder that has been in giving me trouble. It doesn't hurt all the time, but when I get it in a bad position, oh boy! The pain can make me cry!! And sleeping is difficult because lying down seems to put it in a bad position. The pain started about 8 - 10 weeks ago, and has gotten progressively worse. I called today but the results of the MRI weren't in. I wish they'd hurry, so I can get started fixing it and feeling better! I'm hoping it will only need cortizone shots or therapy - not surgery. MIL had the surgery and it didn't look a bit fun! She even said she wouldn't wish it on her worst enemy (which would be me, LOL) because it was the worst pain she had ever experienced - not what I want to do!
In good news, youngest DD heard back that she won a scholarship she applied for. It was for education majors, and she applied through our Heritage Fund. They oversee about 40 or 50 scholarships through the community. The great part was, she only had to fill out one application to be considered for all that she qualified for. There are still 2 that she will pursue this week, and one due next week. Hopefully we will hear back soon on the one through the church, and the one for students going into special needs work. And of course, if the IRS letter ever arrives stating she didn't file taxes in 2015, we can forward that to the college and maybe finally hear about a financial aid package!
Monday, April 17, 2017
Monday, April 10, 2017
Busy, but not necessarily accomplishing anything :(
The quilt show news has been ok. No ribbons or wins to report, but nice judging comments from MQX East - they appreciated the quilting on Charm Stars (didn't mention the zillions of colors), but my piecing needs work. Actually, I think the quilt might have been pretty square and piecing lines straight, before I got it onto the longarm - me thinks I might have stretched it a little in the quilting process :( Bummer! Middle DD helped me block it though before it shipped out, and the outer edges were square and straight for this show! But, yeah, those long piecing lines left a little to be desired.
The Wedding quilt is home from Lancaster, and I was bummed to learn there are no judging comments from this show ....... so I guess, unless I think I'm going to win something, there's not much reward in entering and paying all that shipping (plus entrance fees!)
Polly Pocket is cooling her heels with AQS, waiting for Paducah. She hung in the Daytona Show, but I'm guessing there will be no judging comments from there since that show is owned by AQS, the same folks who own Lancaster. I have heard that there are comments from Paducah, so we have that to look forward to. She is beginning to show her age, with some snapped threads, so I'm not really expecting much. Seeing her picture online because someone attending liked her will be satisfaction enough.
Currently there is a customer quilt on the frame getting feathers and echoing. It is a vintage top with a medallion of vines and leaves surrounded by a green border, then a border of the vine and leaves, then green, & then vine on the outside. I was feathering the green, and echoing the vines . . . all was well, until the medallion. The applique is too close together for echoing. This was discovered mid-February. Unfortunately I haven't been able to reach the customer, and she wasn't at quilt guild in March to ask. So I've been stalled at the center waiting to get her OK to do something different in that area. She was at guild this month, and as I suspected, when I explained the issue, she said my idea to stipple/meander in there was just fine "Do whatever you think best!" But Murphy's Law: If I had gone ahead and meandered she would have said "No" and I'd have had a lot of ripping out to do, LOL.
Once that one is done I have 3 T-shirt quilts to do - one for my niece who is graduating from Butler University this May, and two for my (spoiled ;) ) youngest DD who graduates from High School this May. She actually has 3 T-shirt quilts to be done. She had enough shirts for a Jr. High one, and enough for a High School one, but she had enough extra (and special) that she'll get another one that is sort of a mash-up of grade school, Jr. High, and High School. Now, that last one will not get done for graduation - no body has that much time between now and the first week of June!! I'm going to get the last of the niece's shirts this week from my sister, and hopefully can get started laying out the design this weekend. Over the years, when my sister would hand-me-down her daughter's clothes, I would set aside a shirt here and there that I thought would be good in a t-shirt quilt. Plus I picked up a few from Goodwill just in case. Her quilt will be a birthday gift, and for graduation we are giving her a hope chest. I can't wait to see her face over each of those gifts, as they are pretty special.
Speaking of college, we made a trip to Muncie to check out Ball State University for the youngest. She's been accepted and with enough financial aid will go there this fall. She plans to study education with a concentration in Deaf Education. The campus was lovely and the people were very friendly. I'm starting to get excited for her. It took us forever to get home, we were lost for a couple of hours! Our directions started in a location across campus from where we had to park, and we just never found the streets that we needed. Our third stop for directions was the winning one! He said we were actually very close to finding Highway 3, and I said that I think we'd been very close to it all evening - probably circling around it, but just not finding it :) And it's important to note that the FitBit registered 16,558 steps for the day -- mind you, we were in the car for just over 6 hours of it! That's a whole lot of steps!!
DS has taken a new job at the same factory as DH. It came with an almost 50% raise - so he is over the moon. He said that it is a nice change to be able to go out with friends for a movie or laser tag now and then. He has a friend who may relocate here later this year, so that will be fun for him.
Middle DD is working at the health food store, and though she doesn't love it, she does a good job and I still think it is a great fit for her. We are headed to the doctor tomorrow to see if maybe her thyroid is not functioning as it should. It would explain a lot of her symptoms. But she's terrified of needles, so the blood work will be tricky. Wish us luck :)
The Wedding quilt is home from Lancaster, and I was bummed to learn there are no judging comments from this show ....... so I guess, unless I think I'm going to win something, there's not much reward in entering and paying all that shipping (plus entrance fees!)
Polly Pocket is cooling her heels with AQS, waiting for Paducah. She hung in the Daytona Show, but I'm guessing there will be no judging comments from there since that show is owned by AQS, the same folks who own Lancaster. I have heard that there are comments from Paducah, so we have that to look forward to. She is beginning to show her age, with some snapped threads, so I'm not really expecting much. Seeing her picture online because someone attending liked her will be satisfaction enough.
Currently there is a customer quilt on the frame getting feathers and echoing. It is a vintage top with a medallion of vines and leaves surrounded by a green border, then a border of the vine and leaves, then green, & then vine on the outside. I was feathering the green, and echoing the vines . . . all was well, until the medallion. The applique is too close together for echoing. This was discovered mid-February. Unfortunately I haven't been able to reach the customer, and she wasn't at quilt guild in March to ask. So I've been stalled at the center waiting to get her OK to do something different in that area. She was at guild this month, and as I suspected, when I explained the issue, she said my idea to stipple/meander in there was just fine "Do whatever you think best!" But Murphy's Law: If I had gone ahead and meandered she would have said "No" and I'd have had a lot of ripping out to do, LOL.
Once that one is done I have 3 T-shirt quilts to do - one for my niece who is graduating from Butler University this May, and two for my (spoiled ;) ) youngest DD who graduates from High School this May. She actually has 3 T-shirt quilts to be done. She had enough shirts for a Jr. High one, and enough for a High School one, but she had enough extra (and special) that she'll get another one that is sort of a mash-up of grade school, Jr. High, and High School. Now, that last one will not get done for graduation - no body has that much time between now and the first week of June!! I'm going to get the last of the niece's shirts this week from my sister, and hopefully can get started laying out the design this weekend. Over the years, when my sister would hand-me-down her daughter's clothes, I would set aside a shirt here and there that I thought would be good in a t-shirt quilt. Plus I picked up a few from Goodwill just in case. Her quilt will be a birthday gift, and for graduation we are giving her a hope chest. I can't wait to see her face over each of those gifts, as they are pretty special.
Speaking of college, we made a trip to Muncie to check out Ball State University for the youngest. She's been accepted and with enough financial aid will go there this fall. She plans to study education with a concentration in Deaf Education. The campus was lovely and the people were very friendly. I'm starting to get excited for her. It took us forever to get home, we were lost for a couple of hours! Our directions started in a location across campus from where we had to park, and we just never found the streets that we needed. Our third stop for directions was the winning one! He said we were actually very close to finding Highway 3, and I said that I think we'd been very close to it all evening - probably circling around it, but just not finding it :) And it's important to note that the FitBit registered 16,558 steps for the day -- mind you, we were in the car for just over 6 hours of it! That's a whole lot of steps!!
DS has taken a new job at the same factory as DH. It came with an almost 50% raise - so he is over the moon. He said that it is a nice change to be able to go out with friends for a movie or laser tag now and then. He has a friend who may relocate here later this year, so that will be fun for him.
Middle DD is working at the health food store, and though she doesn't love it, she does a good job and I still think it is a great fit for her. We are headed to the doctor tomorrow to see if maybe her thyroid is not functioning as it should. It would explain a lot of her symptoms. But she's terrified of needles, so the blood work will be tricky. Wish us luck :)
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