I decided to do more tidbits. Not much new to say on the home front and less on the stitching front. I'm not getting much sleep since hubby is not sleeping well. I'll be glad when the stitches come out! Meanwhile here's few things to celebrate today - August 6
1782 - General George Washington establishes the Badge of Military Merit, known today as the Purple Heart, to honor soldiers' meritorious actions in times of war.
( a small way to honor our wounded warriors)
1986 - Timothy Dalton became the fourth actor to be named "James Bond."
( an acceptable Bond but not my favorite - Sean Connery ranks #1 with Pierce Bronsan very close behind)
1996 - The fantasy epic A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin is released.
( I love the HBO version)
Birthdays
Lucy Ball – 1911
Andy Warhol – 1928
Alfred Tenneyson – 1809
Edith Roosevelt - 1861
(One of my favorite people. She had great ideas, not all worked, but she still tried to improve other people's situations when time got tough and let them keep their self respect)
ENjoy your day!
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Tidbits of the Day - August 4th
August 4 - 1966 - A ban of the broadcast of any and all Beatles records on most U.S. radio stations went into effect. The ban was in response to John Lennon stating that the band was now more popular than Jesus Christ.
1735 - Freedom of the press was established with an acquittal of John Peter Zenger. The writer of the New York Weekly Journal had been charged with seditious libel by the royal governor of New York. The jury said that "the truth is not libelous."
1958 - The first potato flake plant was completed in Grand Forks, ND.
Birthdays - Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 - Poet
Helen Thomas 1920 - Journalist
Roger Clemens 1962 - Baseball player
Jeff Gordon 1971
August 4 - 1966 - A ban of the broadcast of any and all Beatles records on most U.S. radio stations went into effect. The ban was in response to John Lennon stating that the band was now more popular than Jesus Christ.
1735 - Freedom of the press was established with an acquittal of John Peter Zenger. The writer of the New York Weekly Journal had been charged with seditious libel by the royal governor of New York. The jury said that "the truth is not libelous."
1958 - The first potato flake plant was completed in Grand Forks, ND.
Birthdays - Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 - Poet
Helen Thomas 1920 - Journalist
Roger Clemens 1962 - Baseball player
Jeff Gordon 1971
Saturday, August 3, 2013
The tidbit for the day
August 3: National Watermelon Day.
Not one of myfavorite foods but enjoyable when it's really hot outside. However my mom LOVED it. Enjoy yor day.
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August 3: National Watermelon Day.
Not one of myfavorite foods but enjoyable when it's really hot outside. However my mom LOVED it. Enjoy yor day.
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Yesterday the saga of the unhealthy shoulder took a new turn.
THe sga began in June when we were supposed to be on vacation. My husband fell flat on his back. He thinks that perhaps his knee gave out (which has happened before). Anyhow there he wa flat on his back on a tile floor. And he continued with the pain for a couple of days thinking it was just bruised. THen finally he thought he would find a chiropracter, which we did who sent him to an ortho doc who did x-rays and find that hubby tore his rotor cuff. Finally he decides we will go home early so he can get follow up treatment at home.
We see our ortho guy at home and get the MRI and wait for results, and wait. THen the bad news, hubby really, really tore his rotor cuff. They can't see the end of the tendon either. So now it came down to scdeduling surgery.
Surgery was yesterday. First thing the ortho guy said afterwards was that the tear was even worse than the MRI showed, hubby completelytore the tendon, ortho guy had a hard time getting the tendon and stitching it and it was very close to being impossible. NO wonder the surgery took longer than expected. Now hubby is home and on lots of pain meds for the upcoming week.
So now the long road to recovery begins. Stay tuned. I will return to stitching posts.
THe sga began in June when we were supposed to be on vacation. My husband fell flat on his back. He thinks that perhaps his knee gave out (which has happened before). Anyhow there he wa flat on his back on a tile floor. And he continued with the pain for a couple of days thinking it was just bruised. THen finally he thought he would find a chiropracter, which we did who sent him to an ortho doc who did x-rays and find that hubby tore his rotor cuff. Finally he decides we will go home early so he can get follow up treatment at home.
We see our ortho guy at home and get the MRI and wait for results, and wait. THen the bad news, hubby really, really tore his rotor cuff. They can't see the end of the tendon either. So now it came down to scdeduling surgery.
Surgery was yesterday. First thing the ortho guy said afterwards was that the tear was even worse than the MRI showed, hubby completelytore the tendon, ortho guy had a hard time getting the tendon and stitching it and it was very close to being impossible. NO wonder the surgery took longer than expected. Now hubby is home and on lots of pain meds for the upcoming week.
So now the long road to recovery begins. Stay tuned. I will return to stitching posts.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
You just never know how the weather will be one year to another. This time last year, the weather folks had declared a drought and we were on water rationing. It made for a long, hot summer. Now it seems like we can't get it to stop raining.
Last week it rained and rained, then stopped a couple of days but of course we weren't here for the dry time. We went to Tennessee to see the new grandson - where it rained and rained!
And now today more rain, accompanied by thunderstorms. Definitely a day to stay in and stitch or read. I finished a book this morning so now it's time to go stitch.
Last week it rained and rained, then stopped a couple of days but of course we weren't here for the dry time. We went to Tennessee to see the new grandson - where it rained and rained!
And now today more rain, accompanied by thunderstorms. Definitely a day to stay in and stitch or read. I finished a book this morning so now it's time to go stitch.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Happy 4th of July !!!!!!!!!!!!!
To one and all:
HAPPY 4th of JULY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I get a bit excited over our country's birthday! Happy 4th! Be Safe!
HAPPY 4th of JULY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I get a bit excited over our country's birthday! Happy 4th! Be Safe!
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
the mailbox
It started out to be a simple job - prop up the mailbox which was leaning worse than the Tower of Pisa. Trying to shim it did not work, it actually made it lean more. Getting hubby invovled made it even more complicated.
We ended up at the hardware store looking at various options. None of which were appealing. Between my back problem and hubby's torn rotor cuff, digging was not much of an option. Nor was using the drill to cut off poart of hte old post and then figure out if it would be tall enough and drill a spike into it, etc, etc. The option we chose was to buy a new rubbermaid/plactic mailbox with wood post and spike.
The old post came out really easy -it seems that most of the wood underground had rotted away and there was this short spike left. No wonder it leaned. PUtting in the new one was somewhat easy - hammer the spike into the short post, hammer whole thing into ground, put plastic post over that. Then the hard part began. We actually read the directions. For once, we shouldn't have read them. The directions were awful. We undid things and did it ourselves which functioned much better and worked!
As a result we now have this: (and it prompted our neighbor to prop up their mailbox too.
We ended up at the hardware store looking at various options. None of which were appealing. Between my back problem and hubby's torn rotor cuff, digging was not much of an option. Nor was using the drill to cut off poart of hte old post and then figure out if it would be tall enough and drill a spike into it, etc, etc. The option we chose was to buy a new rubbermaid/plactic mailbox with wood post and spike.
The old post came out really easy -it seems that most of the wood underground had rotted away and there was this short spike left. No wonder it leaned. PUtting in the new one was somewhat easy - hammer the spike into the short post, hammer whole thing into ground, put plastic post over that. Then the hard part began. We actually read the directions. For once, we shouldn't have read them. The directions were awful. We undid things and did it ourselves which functioned much better and worked!
As a result we now have this: (and it prompted our neighbor to prop up their mailbox too.
The brown one in the front is ours. The wood is attached to the one in the background.
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