Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understandings.  In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths.

This has been a very stressful week for me and I have repeated my favorite verse hundreds of times each day. 

My mom who has been battling pneumonia for the past 10 days and is finally doing better.  She sounded so much better last night.  Maybe we can get her out of the house this weekend for some fresh air......or at least to see the outside again.

My brother who had a third heart attack Saturday is home at my house and is doing better.  His heart cath was not good so we are now on medical management.  His three bypass grafts have reoccluded, his stents have occluded and there is no additional surgery or interventions that can be done.  At age 55 he has a terrible heart.  So most of this week has been spent taking care of him and trying to find a way to provide $600 per month of medications for him.  If he can be compliant with his meds, not smoke and keeps moving he may get a few more years.  

My precious uncle Don who is battling kidney cancer is not doing well and may only have a few days left here with us.  He is one of the most godly men that I know and he has always been a special inspiration to me in my life.  God grant him a special journey.  Well done my good and faithful servent!

Next my sweet husband is having dental surgery tomorrow so we will be a little goofy when my bee girls come tomorrow night.  Boy do I need some stress relief.  Roger is such a rock to me in these times.  Isn't it amazing how God places special people in your life to help you through tough times.

Enough of the stressful stuff.....let's find some time to do some quilting.  Thank you Lord for the ability to take the small pieces of our life and blend them together into a beautiful memory of every special moment.  Quilting is good for the soul.

Many blessings,

Shelia 

Rolling Along

I've stolen a few minutes today to do some piecing.  Stress reduction.  I've watched some TV with Roger, who made me some popcorn....yum...yum. 

 I've completed some of the blocks of each type.  The pieced pink and brown ones with the red/neutral half-square triangles and some of the recut string pieced blocks.  Think it will be pretty.

Happy quilting everyone.
Shelia

Another Busy Week

This week has definately been a busy one.  Working mostly, but I was able to get to see some of my bee girls on Friday night.  WE HAD A BLAST!  I got to try out my new baby, my featherweight.  She sews so sweet.  The girls gave me lots of tips and tricks to using the featherweight.
I worked in the ER on Saturday and when I got home got a call that my brother was having chest pain at work.  He has had a heart attack already and open heart surgery.  I  was able to go with the transport with him to the hospital.  We got home around 2 a.m. this morning........and if you recall my non sleeping good stuff this meant that I had been up almost 24 hours by this point.  He is doing better, no heart attack, his labs were good and EKG were good.  He was admitted for observation and will do a heart cath tomorrow to check his grafts.  Hopefully everything there will be o.k.  Trying to get mom well from pneumonia and keep her at home, thankfully dad is there to keep a watch on her for me.
I am blessed with a great group of clinical coordinators that I work with and Lori and Tamara are switching their schedules around so I can be off tomorrow to be with Paul during his cath.  Whew....thanks Lord for the patience lesson......sure wish I would learn that lesson so I could stop getting so many projects in that area.  Keep us in your prayers.
I think I am going to lock myself in my sewing room for a couple of hours today and see if I can sew some stress into a quilt top.  Thank you Lord for that ability.
My kitties don't see to be very bothered by all the coming and going at all hours.  They just ruffle the covers and settle in for another long nap.....what a life!

Peep Withdrawal

I am really having Peep withdrawal right now.  I haven't been able to be with my bee peeps in over a month.  Our guild meeting was also cancelled due to the snow and ice.   I NEED PEEP TIME!!  I am working this Friday due to the events with Shriner's Hospital this week but hopefully we can get the whole bee group together next Friday at my house.

Roger is scheduled for dental surgery next Friday afternoon so I will be home taking care of my honey and hopefully doing some sewing.  Sounds like a great day for peep time.

The children yesterday at Shriner's were so excited to see all of the ladies and their beautiful crowns.  It is so rewarding to see how our hard work makes them light up!

I'm back off to the children's hopsital again today for another wonderful helping of blessings from these children.  I hope you have a great day quilting.
Shelia
P.S.  Remember the finished block?  Well looking at the diagram I realized that I sewed the half square triangle rows.....yes those tiny little buggers....on the wrong way.  I should have put the neutral side of the triangles toward the inside of the block......so now I'm ripping the outside rows off and resewing them.  Sure glad that I noticed it on the first block.

Shriner's Hospital for Children

Today I am at the Shriner's Hospital for Children Greenville, SC unit.  As a member of the national Shriner's ladies organization we are thrilled to have a hospital in our town.  Today we have dignitaries from all over the United States and Canada here to visit our hospitla.
Hope you have a great day quilting,
Shelia

First Completed Block

Here is the first completed block for the Roll Roll Cotton Boll quilt mystery. 

 The first picture is of the block on my design wall and the second picture is close up view.  Seeing the block from far off and up close gives you such a different perspective of the blocks.

Each block has 61 pieces!  Now I have 29 more of these blocks  to piece.  Better keep rolling.

Shelia