Well, I was going to write about something I’m sure a few days ago but cannot remember what, I’ve been so busy getting ready for the studio tour this weekend. Well, I do know that I couldn’t resist picking up my camera and taking a pic of our cat sleeping on the ‘sheep’ mat I…
I had client revisit me today for another cardi. This lovely lady has brought me something to work with before (a houndstooth fabric) and this time it is a piece of jewelry (pictured). It’s a piece of art glass as a neck piece with the most iridescent colours of glass overlay. The pendant shimmers and…
What a hoot! While rifling thought the hall closet looking for a sweater for my Mum to wear I found a lovely green striped one I had made her ages ago. On it there was a pin of some sort, it was an old pin from the Festival of Canadian Fashion in which I participated…
Well, yesterday saw me leave the cancer centre after my last chemotherapy!!!! I still have to have one medication infused so I still have my port that’s the last chemo! A couple of days ago we went out to visit our friends who have and are still working on their new house in the country…
My very good painter friend Vera Donefer gave me as a gift a series of photo sessions with her son-in-law Rene Calderon (brother in law of Laura Donefer). We’ve done all hair, short hair just before it all fell out (one of which is on my web site home page) and the other day he…
Up early this morning to high tail it down to the hospital for my MUGA (MUltiple Gated Acquisition) scan, still feeling fortunate that I was home to take the call to grab what they had. While I waited for the radioisotopes to be mixed with, or whatever they have to do to, my blood another…
Well, the November meeting of our polymer claygroup in this end of Ontario was attended by just Georgia and me. However we got a lot done. I wanted to learn about Gera Scott Chandler’s ‘fabric’ claying as I might be able to use it on my buttons (which might lead to a whole new sweater…
Well, Sunday at the Run for the Cure was a great day, I ended up eating chicken breast for supper and started to feel good as I usually do heading into every third Monday – day four after chemo…..then Monday arrived and everything fell apart again. I felt I had had chemicals poured into me,…
Today was the nationwide Run for the Cure for Breast Cancer and what a great day for it here in Kingston Ontario. Hundreds turned out, the weather was great, tears were shed, laughter shared, money raised and fun had. My sister took me as I was three days out of chemo and a bit wobbly….
Today was my fourth chemo of eight… I’m half way through! I’m almost dreading the next four as they are a new drug Paclitaxel (for me) that can cause numbness in fingers and toes….. and I MUST knit, it’s my drug of choice!! Apparently Melissa Etheridge stopped hers as she was scared (justly so) it…