That’s how I feel–as though I’ve been hit by a truck or been in a football scrimmage without training or gear, aching badly all over my body, shaky, and weak. I should be black and blue everywhere, but the only change in my appearance is the puffy dark swelling under my eyes.
Yesterday, feeling worse rather [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Hit by a truck
Posted in CFS on September 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This is better
Posted in Stitching on September 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It is really hard to get a good photograph of this little piece. This was taken with flash and it is a little closer to the actual appearance. The gold and the colors show better here.
Stars for her crown
Posted in CFS, Stitching, TAST on September 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Stars for her crown
Originally uploaded by jowynnjohns
This will be a card for Marge, who has been caring for her 83-year-old beloved companion for eight years. Although he is now bedridden in the Care Center, she continues to take care of him every day.
Over painted Lutradur, lacking a sewing machine, I glued scrim, laces, [...]
Recovering
Posted in CFS on September 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’m getting better, still aching all over, but other symptoms have abated somewhat and I got to sleep at 10:15 last night–an accomplishment! I’ve been resting four hours a day instead of my usual three hours. The worst thing about PEM is that it keeps me from doing what I want to be doing–stitching. Still, [...]
Stitched study
Posted in Stitching, TAST, beads on September 24, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Scanned sampler
Originally uploaded by jowynnjohns
Meanwhile, here’s something to look at– a stitched study to use three TAST stitches–cable chain, shisha, rice, and boss (a variation of rice). I finished it shortly before my son and his family arrived. It also incorporates the clay beads I made when granddaughter Rachel and I spent an [...]
Payback time
Posted in CFS on September 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
PEM–post-exertional malaise has set in. The visit with my son and family was wonderful: I’ll write about that later. But now I’m paying for it.
I rested more on Thursday before they arrived at 5:30 p.m. and was with them until 10:00 p.m., but couldn’t get to sleep until 1:00 a.m. Stayed in bed and rested [...]
Swiss chard
Posted in food on September 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Just a quick post in response to Allie’s in Stitches most recent post. Allie showed us her fall planting this morning. I’d never heard of ornamental chard. We are among the people who love to eat Swiss chard. After I complained to our housekeeper Ann about not being able to get chard at the local [...]
Time out
Posted in Personal, family on September 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »
For the next few days, I will not be blogging. My son Geoff, his wife Carol, and 14-year-old daughter Zoe will be arriving tomorrow to spend the weekend. They live in Seattle and we haven’t seen them in three years. To be able to spend as much time as possible with them, I’ll be resting [...]
Allie’s floral mandala
Posted in art on September 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By all means, don’t miss seeing Allie’s floral mandala. It is spectacular!
Dorothy’s card
Posted in CFS, Dorothy, Personal, Stitching on September 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Although Dorothy and I have never met, we’ve been corresponding for ten years, ever since she placed a personal ad in The CFIDS Chronicle seeking a pen pal. At that time she had been very sick for almost two years and had just gotten a diagnosis of CFS (aka CFIDS–Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome). [...]
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