Delighting in the Good Stuff

Thank God!! and Thanks to my village......Alive and well here in the Carolinas...trauma behind me.

Thank  you my friends for all your kindness and support.  Seems like Grandma O'Quilts has come sailing through another storm, or two.  So grateful. 

 It was 5 hours under anesthesia with two surgeries finished. Something with the anesthesia kept me in  the hospital overnight...I assume that is what is making me a bit lightheaded now when I get  up. Hard to walk with abdominal cuts...but for sure....all  is good...all is better than good. No more treatment needed said the doctors.  Everything went on time, like clockwork! So happy it is over. At least recovery is not bringing fear with it. !!!  My daughter goes back to the west coast today.  Safe travel..pls God. My sister back to work.  As life goes on.

Oh, to be forty and oh, to be seventy five and alive!!

Here: my Good Vibes quilting group  enjoying quilts and friends at the yearly quilt festival in Sister's, Oregon.

There is nothing I like better than hanging with family and friends,  sewing and chatting...such a comfy feeling.

Emily worked on my Mother's Day gift while she was here, helping me with the surgery ...Voila...so beautiful. I can carry it while using a cane...

Sally's great sense of humor to cheer my  pain away.

Jelly beans

Family treat, my view from the door.

Mary Lou, my new cousin in Washington state shows off her canned cherries...WOW...Am I ever impressed.  She grows potatoes too and flowers........

Honestly, it is an absolute miracle to have two different doctors doing two different robotic surgeries together, all done, in one day...I am amazed.

Since I have the energy to post,  here is more:

Flowers made by my friend Shoshana in Israel..xo

Cards of faith and prayer from my doctor's children.

Prayers and love and cards and flowers...

I am one lucky Grandma O'Quilts

Stitch Has His Day of Infamy...and More....

My grands at the beach in Florida  having so much fun.

Here at home, Lynsey's tomato plant is waiting.

It has taken 2 days for my flooring to be put in.  OMG..the dust..the mess. 

 But, the floor is in. Done is a great word. 

 I am getting used to manufactured wood...He said it was within the budget...of my insurance...After two months, I probably would have let them put down grass.

Had a lovely lunch. Someone went to Paducah and brought me home treats from the sale bin...

LOVE....Did I mention how fabric soothes my soul??

Under the ongoing mess from the flood, I found the barn star my daughter had had made for me in Portland, for Christmas...So lovely!! .

Today was uplifting....the above flowers from Linda as friends come, once again to save me.

She brought her man, who gifted us two new doors for the screened in porch.  He installed them and painted them...Amazing Grace...I am grateful...Bye-bye Mosquitos!! Thank God for Gary!!

Linda swept the porch.

A picture below of the new living room floor and the yellow paint.

This is my mother's gift to me....the hutch to hold the family china...Instead, it held my fabric stash.

I am now fixing up my entire house to suit the folks who live here. (two kids and one old grandma) Fabric will go back inside as soon as it is brought back from storage.

At first I hated the new floor...but since Done was such a wonderful word, I agreed to it.

Now, I am feeling quite pleased.

Our Aoife showing off her bathing skills at the homestead in Ireland.

And now...once again....Grandma O'Quilts goes south.

Yesterday was Stitch's day for infamy.  I was outside petting him and trying to remove a wad of gum from his fur when he bit me.  Siri told me that a cat bite was dangerous and I should be seeing a doctor within 8 hours of the bite....The tooth hit a hand artery and the blood spurted....I am protecting you from the nasty picture!!!  Urgent care, Tetanus shot, two antibiotics, and and x-ray to see if any pieces of the cat's tooth broke off in my hand....The bite was that bad.  I even cannot go to the pool next week...Sigh.

Stitch is five years old. He has never bitten anyone before.

Guess no one else has ever tried to pull gum off of him.

Grandma will not try that again.

Today, animal control showed up at the door.  I am supposed to quarantine Stitch for 10 days to check for Rabies even though he has had  his shots.

Maybe I am being tested for something?????  Enough testing already!!

My sewing machine and computer are set up again...TBTG and friends..

Friendship, sewing machine and a cinnamon scone..

What else would a person need??