Stitching and the Week in Review

 I have a stitching finish. The sandpipers are from the Crossed Wing Collection. They are always so much fun to stitch. After all that creating for Valerie's name, the following just a pattern was sheer pleasure.

I like the frame color and wood, but wish I had gone with a little wider selection. I am not bummed though. I think it turned out well. I have hung it, but will wait to show until I am sure it stays where I hung it. I am 90% sure it will. 

I immediately started a dolphin like the whale I stitched here. Oddly ---as crazy as it might look, these are so much fun to stitch.... seriously almost addictive...very hard to put down. I plan to finish it the same way as the whale. There is one more of these patterns that I downloaded. It is a seahorse. I am not sure if I will stitch or not, but they are fun. You must stitch in small squares, but all that madness does have patterns. Swirls and so forth.

I shared I take a morning walk around the yard each day. I captured this early one morning this week.

Everything is greening up so pretty and there are about to be lots of daylilies blooming. I can't wait. We finally got much needed rain this week. All but Monday has provided showers, but in true spring fashion they are mostly crazy. Not just showers, but downpours with occasional winds.

I am still getting lots of roses. The heat should arrive next week and they will be a little less prolific in the high heat of summer. For now, I will enjoy them.

 

Monday was my calm day and knowing that rain was in the forecast for the week, I slipped off to the beach and got my first start on the tan. I do not care about the tan. It is a bonus to just loving the beauty of the beach. It was another gorgeous day. I took my chair this time.

I also ordered me a new beach chair for Mother's Day. I am going to be sitting in style this summer. Still no schedule for my toe surgery. It may be fall before that happens which will be ok too. Surprisingly I am very calm about it all. Nothing like big things going on to keep things in perspective. 

Jeff started his PT this week. Monday was mostly assessment. She firmly told him the knee that he has been going to the doctor for since 2017 needed to be seen about. It is making the back worse and she strongly suggested it was time to replace it. He didn't take that news well. One day at a time.

The PT is intensive for 4 days a week. It is not strenuous to the average person, but I would say it is intensive for him. Sometimes I just look and think how could someone so athletic could be where he is? It doesn't do much good to dwell there.  We made him a notebook of the exercises he will be doing for life or as long as he can AND I did them with him on Wednesday, the day he didn't go. 

We sold our Jeep 2 months ago. I didn't mention it, but he made the decision to let it go. It was a 1995 YJ Jeep which they only made for a couple of years back then. It was known to Jeep watchers/lovers because of the square headlights on the model. I always joked it was his midlife crisis car (not a bad choice though). It was a favorite for the dogs. You may remember we had to spell J-e-e-p for our Golden Retriever, Lemony because she loved riding in it so much. 

Anyway, Jeff has made him a great little workout place the garage with the absence of the Jeep and a place to sit and listen to his newfound like of audio books. They help with the bike rides. 

I did his exercises with him out there Wednesday. Mostly they are just big movements. Trying to keep the body from choosing smaller movements, but I actually think they are good for any of us that are aging. Balance too of which he has not a lot of.

He does them again the same day as his therapy too. The idea is morning and afternoon.

Lindsay had to go to a conference this past week in Orlando, so naturally Palmer got sick. I kept him home 2 days and made a few trips out to help get Tucker on the bus and all. Never a bad trip as I get to see the bay and the Gulf. 

At one point he was feeling better so I took him for ice cream. We have an amazing local ice cream shop now. It has been a huge hit here in town which is great because it means it will survive.

He is starting to look like a big boy!

Jeff and I had a party to attend so I will share a picture someone took of us. Not too bad of us. I am not photogenic at all.

Paul Allen and Katie are in Auburn this weekend for a baseball game. Miles go to see Aubie up close.

Looks like he enjoyed it. 

We have officially turned Katie into an Auburn fan. She was a Florida State fan, but didn't attend there so we have sold on her on Auburn. 

She sent the one of Valerie and said, "Let the indoctrination begin."

My heart just melted. She is so adorable. 

Mom's senior living place had a tea party for the mothers yesterday so I scooted over to go with her.

Enjoying the beauty of May and soaking up the goodness in each day.