Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts

Monday, September 27, 2021

Catchup - Sept 24th-27th

Sept 24th

Yeah yeah yeah!!! I'm back at assembling my Canada 52 blocks 52 weeks quilt top! So it should be together for the Nov 30th deadline for the MPQ UFO Accountability project!  Then hopefully I'll get started on the reverse side quilt top blocks and top next year!!! This baby is going out to be quilted!



Sept 25th

Awesome salad, shrimp scampi and iced tea with Nestor at Transcona's Olive Garden!



Now back to sewing my Canada quilt top!

Hey another FIRST for me! Never have I seen both Griff n Wheels on the couch together! ❤ Usually one gets off when the other jumps up! 😁


Yeah! I'm tired but very happy that all blocks sewn into rows and all rows sewn into a just about finished top. I just need to decide on the borders, same as sashing or an inch wider? 🤔🤔🤔


Sept 26th

Beautiful morning! Sat outside with the dogs for a bit before meeting Sylvia for a wholesome senior's breakfast at Southdale Village Family Restaurant, will be back. Also got some fabric advice from Sylvia for my placemats, now going to cut out that project!

HE HE HE, before they ran from nonsafe place to safe place whenever I've vacuumed! Not today!!! They both jumped onto the couch at the same time! Gave me some chuckles that's for sure! But dang they sure shed. 😁


Sneak peak at fabrics cut for my placemats!


Sept 27th

WOW! I'm at Sylvia's finishing off my Canada quilt top and look what greeted me! And here's her MPQ Indigenous quilt project! I love seeing her creativity! Wonder what will be next? 


So the two Indigenous quilts will be dropped off today, YEAH!

Sylvia's 

Mine

Ohhhhhh I'm so excited! Yes I've finished My Canada Quilt top! This was started March 24th 2019 during the CQA "52blocks52weeks" quilt along by Jackie White. Hopefully I'll get the reverse side quilt top sewn together by year end and quilted early next year???  
Thank you Sylvia for the so enthusiastic must have photo after the last border was sewn on!  
#52blocks52weeks



Thursday, July 01, 2021

Canada Day

Well this heat wave is not to my liking, especially waking too warm and headachey! But nice that Sylvia had asked me over and to bring my nature blocks to rearrange and for lunch. On the way over I stopped to check out Pat n Randy's lovely yard! 

Love these purple and tiger lily blooms!!!!

Just gorgeous!!!

And his roses too!

All decked up for Canada Day but not celebrating!


Then last minute Sylvia texted that her smoke detector started beeping 7:30am and her caretaker is out, neither of us can reach the ceiling. So I suggested we pack a picnic, head out to St Vital Park, find some shade and crochet n visit. Lovely! 

She enjoyed the breeze from the open door.   Next time I'll take folding chairs n blanket so we can enjoy the breeze more so!

After a while we headed back, no caretaker yet, so we visited on the balcony in the shade away from the annoyance, before I headed home. 

Sylvia loves her flowers!

The chair Len made fits here so nicely!
But it's Sylvia's chair, I just wanted the picture. 

Hope she has relief soon, dang battery needs changing!

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Creative Finishing

 Dec 28th

Hmmmm this is the first I've seen of this, not sure if factual, but I don't think anything said is harmful but just might be helpful! Thank you Ricky! 

 This was shared on a Covid survivor group...have heard many of these before but it seems helpful: Not sure about the term “smashed lungs”, but the rest sounds legitimate HOW TO FIGHT COVID AT HOME

 No one ever talks about how to fight Covid at home. I came down with Covid in November. I went to the hospital, running a fever of 103, a rapid heart beat, and other common symptoms that come with Covid. While I was there they treated me for the high fever, dehydration and pneumonia. 

The doctor sent me home to fight Covid with two prescriptions - Azithromycin 250mg & Dexamethason 6mg. When the nurse came in to discharge me, I asked her, "What can I do to help fight this at home?" She said, “Sleep on your stomach at all times with Covid. If you can’t sleep on your stomach because of heath issues sleep on your side. Do not lay on your back no matter what because it smashes your lungs and that will allow fluid to set in. 

Set your clock every two hours while sleeping on your stomach, then get out of bed and walk for 15-30 min, no matter how tired or weak that you are. Also move your arms around frequently, it helps to open your lungs. Breathe in thru your nose, and out thru your mouth. This will help build up your lungs, plus help get rid of the Pneumonia or other fluid you may have. 

When sitting in a recliner, sit up straight - do not lay back in the recliner, again this will smash your lungs. While watching TV - get up and walk during every commercial. 

Eat at least 1 - 2 eggs a day, plus bananas, avocado and asparagus.These are good for Potassium. Drink Pedialyte, Gatorade Zero, Powerade Zero & Water with Electrolytes to prevent you from becoming dehydrated. Do not drink anything cold - have it at room temperature or warm it up. Water with lemon, and little honey, peppermint tea, apple cider are good suggestions for getting in fluids. No milk products, or pork. Vitamin’s D3, C, B, Zinc, Probiotic One-Day are good ideas. Tylenol for fever. Mucinex, or Mucinex DM for drainage, plus helps the cough. Pepcid helps for cramps in your legs. One baby aspirin everyday can help prevent getting a blood clot, which can occur from low activity. " 

Drink a smoothie of blueberries, strawberries, bananas, honey, tea and a spoon or two of peanut butter. 

We always hear of how Covid takes lives, but there isn't a lot of information out there regarding how to fight Covid. I hope this helps you or someone you know, just as it has helped me. 

 Copy and paste please.

OMGG I learnt something today or maybe relearnt what I'd forgotten! Thank you Georgia for these awesome tutorials! They are my go to when coming across something I'm not sure of! Now onto finishing this snowflake!

Split Chain

And now that I finished tatting a snowflake I got busy stuffing the cut strips of poly batting into the window joins. Stopped the drafts real quick, but its still colder near the old windows! The thermal curtain liners help both summer and winter! If we get -30C for too long I'll cover them with plastic then I'll be nice and toasty! If we have a so so winter I'll be OK! Hopefully it'll be the last winter here!


Dec 29th

Here's two days of fun between watching the Junior hockey championships and saved Christmas movies! 

 Also I can't forget the virtual Canadian Rockies show on tonight too! Something I would like to do but not sure what to expect, have gone by car before! 

 Thanks Laura for the query about the timeframe! 

 Ooopsie, I tatted the white snowflake and the button tree yesterday. Then the previously tatted button ornaments from the last week I starched all yesterday! Sorry!

My chair lamp display, three in back were gifts in an exchange, the three in front are my latest works. 

All starched.

Starry Snowflake by Linda S Davies 2014.
Will be a present soon. 

My own button ornaments display so far  -  25 patterns by Diane Cademartori, Lace-lovin' Librarian.  Tree top is my new ornament from Dryden's The Flower Forest,  probably last one now since my sister has moved here.  Various crochet cottons with metallic thread and purple one of Lizbeth size 20 colour 325 metallic. 

Christmas Tree on a Button by Jane Eborall 2013, used Lizbeth size 20 colour 181.

My own of iridescent crochet cotton of Stacked Flower Ornament by Jennifer E Ryan of Crochet World Dec 2020.  My own creation for the star!!!



Not sure if I posted this from Dec 19th - was asked for a pendant, curious to see it as such!  Another of Diane's button ornaments of Altin Basak Renkli Dantel Ipligi 50 number 3005.

Latest BEEF!!!!

OOOOHHHHHH I'm TOTALLY ANNOYED with these FREE online events that REQUIRE my CC information! I DON'T TRUST YOU NOT USING IT, I don't care how honest your company is, even for a minimal verification charge! This is FALSE advertising and TOTALLY ANNOYING!!!!!

Canadian Rockies Virtually

Wednesday, July 01, 2020

Happy Canada Day!

June 29th

WOW!!!!


Finally 10 pm and cool enough to sit outside! No lights on so hopefully no bugs etc?  Lasted 10 minutes then dogs wanted in, still too warm for them!

June 30th

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!! 

This plaque is not mine nor do I remember where I found this image, sorry! BUT I think it definitely speaks eloquently for us!!! The following Canada quilt blocks are a few I've chosen to honour Canada Day from my one day to finish "52 blocks in 52 weeks" quilt?








Well not sure where this hit but it was one big sharp crack on the TV before it blacked out and said lost satellite press source, did so, nothing changed so I shut it off!  Then the rain lightning and thunder started.  Hmmmmmm hope it lets up so the dogs can go out!  Also glad my car is protected if it hails!



Ohhhhh I'd love to try this out!!!


July 1st

Oh oh me and TVs don't mix well, but honest none of us did anything to the remote or TV.  Well the picture is back but no sound.  Glad I've my Tablet with my own music, Stingray Jukebox Oldies app downloaded plus SHAW TV via WIFI that I'm using.  Plus while sewing I've my audio books on my phone to listen to, dogs have no choice, at least it's sound!

I'm a happy camper sewing with my Canadian maple leaf made up of the provinces names t-shirt on!!!  So HAPPY CANADA DAY to friends and family!!!

Sunday, May 03, 2020

Catchup - Start of May

April 27th mishap!

Today I'm paying for pushing it.  Not sure if too much cutting or sewing and not eating regularly!  Woke very dizzy, ate a banana first and forced cereal down.  Tried to sew but still did not feel good so back to bed for a noon nap, feel lots better now.  Gotta slow down I guess!  ...  Well didn't finish pressing all the pleats and casings.   Oh well there's tomorrow.  At least I'm feeling better and going to crash early now!

May 1st

Well Thursday was delivering masks, walk with Edna, checking for elastics and groceries day!  Then since I'm ZIPPO on finding any elastics for masks, I worked on mask "buddies" my hair stylist asked for her nursing clients.  So I pulled out some of the leftover pieces from my mask cuttings and sewed these up.  But dang it I don't seem to find more than a couple dozen of 3/4 and 1 inch buttons, might be a short lived endeavour, once I use up the baggie given to me!


Ahhhh I'm missing this Aurora retreat this weekend!


May 2nd

UPDATE: caught on repreat news!!!!

OMGG I truly don't believe the stupidity of some people protesting in Ontario!  "FAKE PANDEMIC"

I was soooo shocked I was too slow on taking that woman's picture!!!!!  Sorry but as I read that my initial thought was that person have the worst Covid-19 infection and worst result!

HOW BLOODY STUPID!!!!


OK here's my new mask with Linda's ponytail elastic masks example.  Works for me as is but not with my matching mask buddy - that's too tight facewise.  I love my mismatched single buttons, kinda goes with the tones in the fabric and my hair!   😉





I'm feeling OK, but decided to take an hour's break, feet up, and play a few games!  Mental therapy???  🙃🙂🙃

May 3rd

WOW!!!



Well with determination this past four days I've brought my BP and BS back to close to normal levels and along with that dropped three pounds from last week!  OK now to stay on this path to better health!  🙏🤗😷