Ouch

Wed. I got the BIG treatment. I'm not on the neck stretching machine because this problem is muscles that need to be retrained, not bones. The goal is to loosen what's there and make them work correctly. She used TOOLS. Tools that looks like a stainless steel knife pushing those muscles around working out all the bad stuff. I'm still sore to the touch but you know...I think I'm a bit better. I've quit sewing. Boo Hoo. but I think it's best until this neck thing gets resolved. It's probably way to much time leaning over the table and the sewing machine. I did do a bit of raking and pulling weeds, planting panseys and that seemed to go better.

Today is Frank Hirshman's funeral. Frank was a wonderful man who contributed so much to so many people. Just a pillar in the church, trustee at Evansville Un. CEO of Indland Container grandfather to 7 grandaughters and I babysat for all seven, member of a Bible study that I joined and took up painting just a few years ago. He was good at that also. This will be a big funeral. The choir is singing at the service and there is a reception afterwards. It's a big day.

Tuesday again.

Lots happening still. I had a sewing blitz last Saturday and made 10 more baby bibs. Fun, fun. They look like spring is happening. Then on to yesterday's sewing story of making another bag for Marilyn. The lining is frog fabric/ It's cute but I messed for a while with color for the front of the bag. It started out as a pink flower but just didn't work with the green background. So...now it's two refreshing clean yellow flowers, interesting leaves and a little frog covered with french knots peeking out from behind the flower. I'm pleased and I think Marilyn will like it. It's coloring with fabric. The person getting the bag likes frogs! Special order for sure.

I'm on to PT for my neck. Goodness. I got a work out yesterday with great strong PT hands messing with my neck. I was sore for three hr. after we finished but that just tells me we have a long way to go with getting all the muscles working correctly again. I'm doing neck stretches three times a day. The PT lady said she is using tools next. My neck was stretched out of place to do that with the first treatment. I think this will be torcher until things turn around. I'm giving this my best shot for sure. I want to garden with less or better yet no pain this year.

The weather is warming up. I think it will reach 60 today. It's pansey time. I'll try a little digging today. Just a little. Time to burn the grass and I should do that this morning since there is a promise of wind later on today.

Good Morning

Well, it's early morning and I'm taking a break from the bed. Will try sleep again in a minute or so. Last week it was Morehouse College for Sunday breakfast. This past Sun. it was Greenville College for brunch. Such good music on another Sunday. I joked with Mark about...who is coming to breakfast next Sun. and he said Morman Tab. Choir. What a joke. I quite. After church Doris and I went to see the Pirates of Penzance at Clowes Hall. Talk about a crazy story. That one is crazy. Costumes were wonderful.

This week so far. Yesterday I went to church to finish cleaning up after the brunch thing. The clean up crew did a wonderful job but there are always things that don't get back to where they belong. I brought home six banners we are using for Easter that need new backing. I bought the material at Hancock and then started to sew. That's the best. The banners will once again be usable. Went to the grocery for a few things and then on to Sec. Presb. Church for a UMOJA meeting about raising money for highschool tuition for Kenya students. The Sec. annual carnival is going to happen once again. This meeting is sooooo energizing one reason is that it is run by kids entirely with behind the scenes super adult mentoring. The first Carnival cleared $8,000.00 for tuition for one year for 20 students. We've got to keep those kids in western Kenya in school. They are all orphans of HIV/Aids. I finished the day with a great meeting at Greenspace on invasive plants of Indiana. Very interesting. Oops...I forgot the first thing yesterday. I was off to get a cat scan of my neck. I've had a pain there for just about a year. I have a real problem of remembering to talk to the doc about stuff like this. I really thought that given time it would go away. Well, guess that's not the case. Must not be serious or I'd be dead at this point. It's just such an pain in the neck! I really think it's something that needs PT. Gardening is hard, sometimes sewing is a pain. I think my neck could do a better job holding my head up. So good to hopefully have some to work on now that I've had the scan. We did a bunch of other stuff that just didn't do much to correct the problem and now...there might be hope. Today, Tues...the calendar is empty and I can do more banner sewing. Yahoo. I might even finish them. But...back to bed. It's 3:45. Not time to start sewing.

Busy Bee

My life is crazy but I like it. Humm...sounds like Kate and John. (TV show for you folks that don't know that) Morehouse Glee Club breakfast was a success. What wonderful boys with wonderful voices. You all should hear them if they are in your neighborhood. Mannerly southern gentleman I would say. Then from 12 to 2 the artistic church members had an art show in Fellowship Hall. First one of it's kind in at least 50 years. Wonderful quilts, dolls, fabric art, calligraphy, gourds and paintings. What fun. I crashed when I got home at 3. One reason...change to daylight savings time. Up at 4...old time to get to church to get the egg casseroles going. Uck on the time change. It could have been another Sunday. We attended the Morehouse concert Sat. night and then did a Panera Run. Yesterday was a morning for Visual Arts preparation for Easter. 4 of us did a ton of work in 2 hrs. That's my attention span at this point. Then home and on to the Cottingham children after school. Their grandmother...good friend Sue... usually watches them but grandfather Frank is very sick with a heart valve surgery. I'll be there today and tomorrow with the girls. Girls are different then boys...I love my boys...enough said. We're getting North Notes in the mail this morning. Still knitting a hat a day. In some respects looking forward to empty on the calendar Friday. I could do some flowerbed work. A few are cleaned up but more to go.

Gosh...another Monday.

I'm wondering how many I have left? 70 year olds think about that. The Mondays are flying past quicker than I can catch them. It seems that the Russell brothers are getting back to their roots with snow in Atlanta and Dallas. That should give them a check on reality. Sunny and warm in the south it isn't. This week has been interesting. I continue to knit at least a hat a day. Some days it's two. I'm working on that yarn that arrived here from Atlanta. It is still a huge amount even after giving some to Regena and JB. I'm up to 30 hats at this point with enough yarn to make at least 300. The hats will go to Bread and Bowl community folks next fall and there should be plenty to spread other places.

Hospitality time at North yesterday was a ZOO. And...Doug (I didn't know this) decided to give blood at the health fair in the middle of the morning leaving the coffee pot job empty. I made so many pots of coffee keeping my nose to the job until I lost count of the number. Glad to see him back but the huge rush was over by the time he arrived. Good planning on his part. Morehouse College Glee Club from Atlanta will be singing Sat. night at church. That's always brings a huge crowd as well. Sunday morning they are singing at first service but will be eating breakfast before that which is my responsibililty of delivering. I'll be working Sat. on the egg casserole part. Should be fun but again extermely busy on Sun. Bells played this Sunday which meant another crazy morning with two of our hospitality workers in Hong Kong. I had a back up person that called at 6am Sunday morning with excuses. Made us short of people but we delivered just the same. We just ran a little faster on the gerbil wheel. This afternoon I'm off to the dentist to get a crown put on a broken tooth. 70 is a bummer.

This week I'll be getting stuff together to have a visual arts work day next Monday. Lent is here and Easter is right behind. So...it's Easter preparation next Monday. It's always something.

Sunday Church has been awesome. Great music and great sermons. I look forward to that every week. You can hear what happens in the service on the pod cast found at www.northchurchindy.com
That's it for another Monday March 2