Granddaughter Time

Allessa and my son Robert and his girlfriend Leeann spent some time with us Sunday. Good day~! I found out that Allessa doesn't like dollies the way I do....I STILL love dolls!

Have a blessed day all~It's a rainy yucky Monday in Northern California.

Earrings~Heliador and Copper...yum!

My babies...my first pair of earrings I've made since April 2009. Created patiently, bit by bit, 5 minutes here and there, carefully in order to protect my wrists. I love them!
They sat at home for a while, as I enjoyed the fruits of creativity, the first in so very long. And today they went to Studio 41 Gallery in Benicia. Lovely day~~

My wrists are so-slowly improving. The pain flared up for a while, but now seems to be subsiding---knock on my wooden head! :-D And now I must be patient and do my best to rest them to allow them to heal completely. I'm not very patient. Really. My physical therapist Linda theorized that patience is the lesson I'm to learn from this experience...rats! C'mon, God, why can't You just assign a book on Patience and give me a multiple-choice quiz? lol!

So may you have a blessed rest of your week, all my blog friends. And pray for me to gain patience! Thank you so much! Also, keep praying for our world, especially the people of Haiti. I have such trivial things to complain about when compared to their tragedy. May God and His people give them comfort and aid. Amen~

Yay 2010~~! Got great hopes for you!

Hello all of my dear blog friends. Here are the body parts that made my 2009 so challenging. I tore ligaments in my right wrist, had them fixed up surgically and then decided to get tendonitis in both wrists...all since March 2009. So I've dealt with some changes this year!
I began doing yoga at home. I LOVE IT!!! I feel so much more limber and "younger"~~thank you Diane Cook for recommending this amazing discipline to me and encouraging me way back when~
This is what my bench looks like. I haven't even attempted any jewelry since April...I don't need to tell you how very much I miss it...
The last piece I worked on in April....I'm gonna finish this piece this month!! My physical therapist said that I should try to work on jewelry for 5 minutes per day. Yesss!!!

Acupuncture and physical therapy have been helpful, and I've also cut out white sugar and am eating more anti inflammatory foods: ginger, tumeric, deep green salads, blueberries and green tea, among others. It's been a slowwww process, but I'm feeling better day by day~

My favorite song during this time is "While I'm Waiting" sung by John Waller.

I'm waiting on You Lord. I'm hopeful. I will serve You while I'm waiting.

And I've been reading many of your blogs, seeing you on Facebook and thinking of you~~I pray 2010 is a year of joy for all of us! Bless you my friends. Joy to you all~~~

Scottish Games and guys in kilts

OK, naughtiness alert! Just back from the annual Scottish Games in Pleasanton. And of course there are many guys in my favorite outfit~~~KILTS!

Here's my favorite guy in the world. My DH. Great legs, eh? He's wearing a Utilikilt, which is a great working man's kilt. Usually made of khaki or Carhardt material. And I'm being just a bit naughty here.

Here's my DH and my BIL. More leg photo ops for this intrepid blogger. I just LOVE guys in kilts. And bagpipe music is sooo stirring. Love love love it~

See, even my SIL and my DD are in on the silliness. He got his first kilt. And she got to be naughty. We love our guys. And we love the Scottish Games every year.

Have a blessed Labor Day~ May you have a peaceful day off, or if you must work, may it go smoothly.

Oregon Fun

Sitting next to me are some awesome young people! My mom and I just spent 5 days in Bend, Oregon with my sis, her husband, my niece and nephew. We had the BEST time!!! My brother-in-law and niece drove 8 hours to Vallejo, then the next day drove us back 8 hours to Bend. Wow. And then my sis spoiled us!
Here's my sis...isn't she lovely? And she made us feel soooo pampered. We're at Tumelo Falls near Bend, OR.
My Sister, my nephew and me trying to make the same funny sneering face...I couldn't do as well as they could. Must practice at home every day!
Five days later, my DH picked us up at Shasta City. My sis, Mom and I left Bend at 5:00 AM. We met my DH and ate at the Black Bear Diner...yummy granola pancakes~~~oh yeah. Then home again. What a great visit!!!

No cast!!! Alright!!!!

Yippee!!! Yahoo!!! I don't have to wear a cast!!!! I saw the physician's assistant today for my post op appointment. They cut out the stitches (oweee. wah!) bandaged me up and put a wrist brace on me....and tomorrow I can get my wrist wet! Which translates into not needing my DH to wash me in the shower. Whoopeee dooodle deee!!!

So here is an amazing photo of my happy hand. Yes, there is cat hair on the brace already. And I've only been home a short time. That's just the way it is around here. Cat hair. Dog hair. You can find those tape-roll hair removal wands in several rooms. And they really don't always do the job. So we have lots of hair on our clothes and would not be suited for a fashion shoot. ever.

That brown stuff on my hand below my thumb? Betadine, the disinfectant that they used for the wrist surgery. It was under the original bandage and I can now reach it and clean it~~~yay~

Anyway, I'm will continue to rest and stretch and the swelling will go down so it can heal. I can't wait to make jewelry again! And I miss my coworkers. Moving forward. Looking good! Thank you God~~You are so good to me~~

How sweet!

My sweet work friends chipped in and sent me these flowers~~aren't they beeeaaauuuutiful?