Sentimental Stitches

No, not my back, although mine is a little sore from sleeping in odd positions trying to keep Clutch comfortable. We visited the vet yesterday morning. They took x-rays and I learned how to do the feel for heat technique to find an injury. Seems our little guy twisted his back and is suffering from a pinched nerve. More than a few $$$ later we had our temperature taken, received a shot in the neck, a prescription for a muscle relaxer and pain medication. I'm keeping a watchful eye on him to make sure he dosn't hurt himself further. If we're not better in a couple of weeks we'll visit a chiropractor for dogs. Who knew such a person existed?
Needless to say, I'm a little stressed.

By request from Lexie and Kristi, here are our blocks for the 25th and 26th. Gosh, the month is almost over. Off to take care of the Midgets next.

March Block 25

March Block 26

What started out as a wonderful weekend is snowballing into a series of worries and frustrations. I can’t seem to get the laptop to talk nicely with the wireless network in the house. That really puts a big glitch in posting the motifs, answering emails and filling the orders for retired patterns. The pattern for the 23rd took me 3 hours to complete. Did you notice how light the lines were? The printer ran out of ink. Rob’s desktop is hooked directly to the cable line but doesn’t have the programs on it we need for scanning and writing the pdf files.
My meeting this morning finished on time. I was supposed to drive back to Traverse City after that and planned to straighten out all the computer stuff tonight but was asked to stay another night to attend a care conference in the morning for my Mom who has Alzheimer’s. I was able to arrange for Liz to cover my hours at the shop but now Clutch and I will be driving back into another snowstorm. Arg!!! To top it all off, Clutch was out doing his nightly bunny chase around the back yard and something happened when he came in running up the stairs because we heard him yelp and he’s been kind of out of it ever since. I gave him a baby aspirin but if he’s not better by morning I’ll be taking him to the doctor before or after the meeting for my Mom.
By the way, the care conference is because my Mom was pounding her chest on Friday. The nurse couldn’t tell whether it was her heart or indigestion so she gave her both Mylanta and Nitroglycerin. One of them must have worked because she’s better.
I know I won’t get tomorrow’s pattern posted before evening but here’s a little one for today.

March Block 24

There weren't too many Easter egg hunts in Grand Rapids today. Snow still covers the ground but our spirits are renewed with the celebration of Jesus' resurrection.

For me, this day like Palm Sunday was always filled with music. We'd attend Easter services at our own church and it was my chance to sit in the pews and listen to my Dad sing without playing the piano for him. He sang the same song every Easter and he'd been singing it everywhere for weeks. You'd think he'd tire of it but I don't believe he ever did. I'll never forget one evening after a service we'd attended at another church, a lady came up to me and said, "your father could make the angels cry when he sings". I'd never thought of it in quite that way but as I grew older I realized she was right. He believed with all his heart what he was singing and when you heard him, you couldn't help but believe him too. It's so sad to think of all the songs we recorded him singing over the years, we never recorded this one. It's okay............I can play it on the piano and I hear his voice. Just like the angels, I cry.