2 Weeks till Christmas . . .

and I am almost ready! It has been very difficult but I think I almost have holiday preparations all done. Tree decorated, house decorated, cards done, shopping done, gifts almost all wrapped. Still have baking to do but I'm not doing too much this year.

I have been feeling really, really horrible the past few months. I knew something else was wrong with me and so they started testing me for everything under the sun. After dozens of tests I was just diagnosed this week with Fibromyalgia. Now I have 3 overlapping autoimmune diseases. UGH! More medication, more pain, but I will deal with it on my own like always.

Next week can't come soon enough!!! Jenn is coming home on Monday afternoon!! She is writing exams right now and has her last one on Monday morning so she should be home by 3:00 Monday afternoon!!! WooHoo!! Her first semester has gone very well, I'm very proud of her. She is now 1/8 of her way to her University degree, lol.

Dermatomyositis really sucks!

I was hoping to be in remission by now. I'm not. I was hoping to have most of this horrible disease behind me by know. It isn't. Everyday is a struggle.

I will be finding out next week if I am developing lung disease that often goes along with this disease or whether my muscles are still weakening and causing my breathing problems.

I will find out in a few more weeks whether all my ovarian cysts are gone or whether one has developed into a pre-cancerous lesion that often goes along with this disease.

I'm sick of taking steroids and all the wonderful side effects and want off them!!

OK, enough complaining. I'm off to stitch and hopefully take away my worries.

I can't wait until tomorrow. I know, I know, I shouldn't be excited about this sort of thing, but my most favourite video game franchise of all time is releasing a new game tomorrow!!! I will be at Gamestop waiting for them to open the doors to pick up my copy, then hope no rush jobs come in right away tomorrow so I can get a couple hours in.

Stitching!! I can't seem to find enough time for it . . .

Myself and some friends started up a "Stitch & Bitch" group. We get together once a week and stitch, knit, mend or whatever. Sometimes we just do alot of bitching and no stitching at all. Other than the few hours set aside for that each week, I can't seem to find much time to do anymore stitching and I really wish I could. I have found a whole new "relaxation" and sense of calm from stitching. Here's what I am working on.

Mirabilia's Midsummer's Night Fairy
























and Chatelaine's Watergarden

I know, it's been forever . . .

It's been a long, tough winter. This is what is left of our snow, hopefully not to return again this year!



















On a good note, I actually started stitching again!! I decided that 2.5 years looking at the same project was too much, so I pulled out something that I had wanted to stitch years ago. It gave me the push I needed to start again. It feels good . . . relaxing! Here's what I have done so far.
























Health-wise with me, it sucks. I now have been thru many heart tests, I have unexplained PAC's and PVC's, I now am being treated for anemia and the investigation is starting to find out if I have Celiac disease also, which often goes hand in hand with Dermatomyositis, speaking of Dermatomyositis, I'm still struggling, still not in remission. I have an appointment coming up with an ENT for ear issues I'm dealing with also. Again that time of year has come again that I have all my cancer scans approaching, not looking forward to them. Needless to say our trip to England this spring had been postponed, hopefully just until August. Life sucks sometimes!!