Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Clear

I've been a bit quiet lately (unless you found a self-indulgent post from me in your reader last night which I made the mistake of publishing rather than putting it in drafts and deleting like I normally do when I need to vent! Sorry about that).

Real life

I've quite enjoyed the quiet, to be honest. The lack of screen time, not having to read unhappy things about unhappy people. Feeling no sense of obligation to anyone. Being completely in the moment, with my friends and family, my garden and my quilting.

Real life

The Hexy MF quilt is going great guns. Six flowers were completed in only a couple of days, and then it came to a standstill as we wait for a big order of papers to arrive from the US. I glue basted the first lot of hexagons - and after sewing them together I was convinced that my glue basting career was over. I just didn't like it.

But then I thread basted some hexies the other night and it actually hurt my arms for some reason, and I didn't find it as relaxing as I usually do. So I might just go back to glue basting a little longer.

Real life

I really should do a post someday on the tips and tricks I've learned through paper piecing. A lot of these tricks are applicable to other sewing too. Yeah - I will do that.

This morning - one year, one month and eight days after he saved my life - my surgeon told me that my biliary system and liver were back to normal, said I was obviously fit and healthy, and gave me the all-clear and discharged me from the outpatients' clinic. The relief and joy I feel is indescribable. The Mister is just chuffed that finally someone called me "normal".

Next week I am flying north to spend a week with a hundred of my best quilting buddies. I am so excited. On the first day of my holiday, I will be climbing this.

Castle Hill
(Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/soomaa/1998334260/)
 I haven't climbed it since I was a teenager. I may stitch a hexagon at the top to celebrate.

21 comments:

  1. I would bust out a tune of "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" but I am really a crap singer, so you can just have it as your ear worm for the rest of the day! Great news about your normality! Have a great time on your trip.

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    1. Oh I'm so doing that! Brilliant! (also thanks for the earworm - I've had worse! This was is quite pleasant.)

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  2. real life can be pretty intoxicating! enjoy the moment (s) and live life to the full.

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  3. You must be normal --- You make hexies.

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  4. I'm so excited for you!!! Stitch a hexy for me too when you make it up that hill.

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  5. Congratulations on you news. Enjoy the trip and the hexies.

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  6. YAY BLOOMIN' YAY for you, Normal!! You climb that (er, rather steep) incline and hexy away, I say!

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  7. I know that place! Wave to my brother will you? Glad you have had the 'normal' conversation w yr specialist.

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    1. It's my hometown! I haven't been back for 17 years. It was definitely time to go back and climb that hill.

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  8. Excellence all around! Glad you're finding a balance.

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  9. Oh that is really wonderful news. You go and climb that mountain girl! X

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  10. Yay for being well!! Go you! Have a great break away.

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  11. Great news for you, the climb will be a cinch!

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  12. Congratulations Michelle - that's great news.
    And good luck with that errr mountain!!

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  13. Great to hear you got the all clear. Hope you have a lovely holiday.

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  14. That's great news!!! whoop whoop!
    Hope you have a lovely time away and the sunshine stays out up this way.
    Have missed 'seeing' you on the net, glad you are okay.

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  15. Fabulous news, Michelle. Wonderful, healthful, hexi-filled, mountain-climbing ahead.... go YOU!

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  16. Thats fantastic news, enjoy your climb nothing like going home!

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  17. Hooray for being Normal, now you're off to do something extraordinary, Go You!

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  18. CONGRATS on being "normal". I imagine it's a huge weight off your mind and a massive achievement. I'm so very happy for you and the Hubs.

    The photos of your hexes look awesome. I'm so holding you to giving me a lesson! I could do with something to do with my hands when I have some down time.

    I'm so jealous of you heading north. I would give my left leg to be living back home right about now... oh the tropics...

    I hope you have a blast, you've earned it!

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