Latest Creations

I have been busy creating lately! I FINALLY made LeaAnn her Christmas present from last year. She's not getting anything this year :)! It is a crochet hook case that I created myself, no pattern. I'm quite proud if I do say so myself!




Tonight I didn't get to sew. I had to bake. I of course made cupcakes.... Red Velvet cupcakes.


I have also been busy making a sock monkey quilt. All I have to do is bind it. I will have pictures up soon of it. I am going to keep it because a couple of the embroidered squares are messed up. But it is still really cute.

I wish I could just quit my job and just create all the time! That would be the life!

Finally!

I finally figured out how to download designs from the internet to my embroidery program in my computer! I have only had the thing since July. I haven't tried putting it on my machine and actually stitching it yet but hopefully I will get a chance to tomorrow night. I was thinking, if I was 15 years younger I would have figured it out in 5 minutes. I sat down 2 nights in a row trying to figure it out. I guess the important thing is I did it. Hopefully I will have a picture of something I have stitched out soon.

What's wrong with this picture??

This is so funny and yet so sad. I am not sure if I am more worried about the woman or the reporter that probably unwittingly put this picture with her story. Did Stephanie Klein-Davis want to make a statement with this picture? I doubt it, but she did. What do you think?

Speaking of jackhammers..... I think there is one in my head right now. This is a crazy week! I talked to about 40 parents tonight about how we are going to teach their kids about sex. Wednesday I have my formal observation, the kids are insane just trying to survive till Winter Break. I am not sure if I am more excited than they are about it!!

Doctor's, needles, and collapsing veins, OH MY!

I REALLY don't enjoy going to the doctor. In fact I rarely ever go unless I am really sick. A sore throat for me usually means a trip to the doctor but that's it.
I have been tired, and sleepy, since May. I figure something has to be wrong. I think the scariest thing about going to the doctor is possibly finding out that something really is wrong. I had to figure this out though. So, I went to Dr. Nguyen, a Vietnamese lady that Ellyn had recommended. She was great! She wanted to do some blood work. That always strikes fear in me. Not because of the needle. I can handle the needle. It is because they can never find a vein and when they do it usually collapses . I am never just stuck once. To make a long story short....They stuck me about 5 times. 3 of them left bruises from where the vein collapsed. I spent about an hour with the doctor and the nurse with the rubber band around different parts of each arm them slapping trying to get a vein to pop up. NOTHING! I had to go to a lab to get it done. My lab experience is a whole story in itself and I had rather not detail it because I get so angry when I think about it. BUT.... when I finally did get to the lab, the lady stuck me ONE TIME!!!
Now for the real reason I started writing this in the first place. Dr. Nguyen called me with my results yesterday. Blood sugar - normal, Iron - normal, B-12 - normal, thyroid - normal. the only comment she had was that my cholesterol was 186 which she said wasn't bad, just a little higher than she would like to see it. My bad cholesterol was 116 and they like for it to be under 100. She didn't think medication was needed at all at this point. If you know how much cheese I eat you may be in shock that it was so low. My sister was :). With all that good news there is still one problem. Why am I so tired and sleepy all the time. Another thing she mentioned before was sleep apnea. Basically it means I am waking up through the night, not enough for me to notice, and never getting into a deep sleep. When she gave me my results she recommended that I go to the sleep center so they can do some tests.
I'm glad I finally went. It is nice to know what isn't wrong. When is the last time you went to the doctor for a good check up?