She's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack :)

I've been on Humira now since June 22 (3 injections so far) ... I started to improve 48 hours after the first injections, and I'm continuing to improve. It's miraculous - it really is. Hopefully I don't grow a second head, get TB, die or get inappropriate numbness/tingling ;)

Now that I'm feeling better and can use my hands, I've gotten some sewing done - more zipper bags :D The denim for the top two bags was recycled from some jeans my oldest son wore out, and the bottom bag, with the puppy fabric, was given to a girlfriend's daughter last night - just because :D The top two bags will be mailed this weekend - I hope the recipient likes them :)

Taking a blogging break

I'm going to take a little break from blogging until my health improves a bit. At this point in time I'm not able to do much sewing, and I don't want to turn this into a psoriasis blog. I'm pinning my hopes on a new medication that holds a lot of promise, and if I get approved by the insurance company it will be a while before there's any improvement. When (I don't want to say "if"!) things get better or at least under control, and when I can get back to my sewing, I'll get back into blogging. I still read my favorite blogs, but typing is difficult so I rarely post comments. I'm typing this post with one hand because the other hand is soaking in medication, lol.

In the interim, since I dislike posts without photos, enjoy this bit of eye candy - I stole the picture from my sister's blog - this is her and her daughter's kitty Lucifleur ... I mean FLOWER!!! *whew* :D I love this picture because the colors in the photo are incredible, and the poppy project above Miss Fleur, was made by MOI :D

Birdy bags :D

I don't get a lot of sewing done now because my hands hurt too much, but I'm still totally enjoying making little zipper bags. Everybody on my gift list should know that they're getting zipper bags for Christmas, LOL. Here are a few more that I've finished recently - the owl fabric is from Joanns, and the flamingo fabric was a gift from a sweet friend Barb (check out her blog - she makes AMAZING stuff, and always uses such delicious fabric!)

Our newest family member ...

Chris got his very first car today - a 2007 Mazda 6 :) He just now pointed out that if he takes out the car in the middle of the night, we can't give him shit ;) When he was first licensed, we discovered that Chris had, several times, taken our car out at 2:00 a.m. to go on a coffee run with buddies. He was insured on our car, but didn't have our specific permission to take the car out for the middle of the night runs. He learned a valuable lesson when he lost the use of the car for a month - that was a very LONG month for him, lol!





Another new family member - our older son Nick's new "ballin" rims - he just got these put on yesterday, lol. Apparently "ballin" is good!

Not much going on here ...

I'm waiting for permission from hubby's insurance company to go on heavy duty psoriasis medication (injections) - at the moment there isn't a lot I can do because my hands and feet are in bad shape. Today I had a melt-down at the clothesline - I hope nobody was watching - I'm sure I looked ridiculous :D

Here's what's happening in our end of the world - our new car, my new clothesline (Mothers Day gift!), and my cabana project progress (sandwiched and pinned) for Week 8. We told DS2 he couldn't drive the new car so he went out and bought a 2007 Mazada 6 - he takes delivery tomorrow if it's ready - he's BEYOND excited! We only have room for 3 cars in our driveway/garage - we'll have 4 vehicles (hubby's work van, our car, DS1's truck and now DS2's car) so the guys will have to find somewhere on the street for him to park :D Not my problem - the guys can take care of that :D Hard to imagine my baby will be legal drinking age (19 in Ontario) next month - HOLY (*&)(*#@$)$#@(*$# !!!!!

Gifty bags :)

I haven't been doing very well lately so haven't gotten much of anything done. I did manage to get a few little gifts sewn - the two tropical bags and the two fairy bags are for some friends of mine, and the extra fairy bag and the prism owl bag will go in my gift or donation box for "later" :D

Even tho I haven't been very mobile, hubby and I did manage to do a bit of car shopping, and on Saturday our newest family member will be joining us :) I can't find a picture of our exact model and color on the web, but this is close :) It's a 2009 Dodge Challenger SXT (with a sunroof! IMAGINE!). We're trading in the Impala, and have told DS2 he can't drive the new car, so he has to get his own, LOL. So now he's out car shopping as well :)

When hubby is working ...

wife will sew :p A couple of zipper bags (about 6 x 7) - one for a gift, one to donate ... plus a tote bag (15 x 13 x 4) with matching zipper bags (about 6 x 7) - also to donate.