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Blog[November 3,2007] Wow!Okay, here are the quilts that I made for Patrick and Dave:
The quilt for Dave is done, just didn't take a pic of it when I finished it. They and their wives are thrilled with them. Makes me happy. Look at what I will be receiving soon. He showed up for the date with just one of these, but these are all for me! They are the biggest roses that I have ever seen!
Beautiful pink! Might have to hang onto this guy. [October 18,2007] What was I saying about walls?Men drive me nuts. And they say women are fickle. LOL Well I am working on a couple of baby quilts for Patrick (a friend not my nephew) and Dave (a friend not a brother). I will post pics within a few days. [July 08,2007] Last of the walls...I have met someone that has just completed me as a person. Should I keep this short and sweet or should I go on. I'll keep this as is. [June 20,2007] The last of the Cheney'sMy Aunt Penny died on my birthday, peacefully. Just like my dad died on my mom's birthday. These are two dates that will stay transfixed in my mother's mind and mine. Apparently the quilt I sent to her was the one thing that she cherished the most. I had no idea that it meant that much to her. I'll be getting that back along with some mementos of the Cheney family. Wow, the entire brother/sister family of our Cheney fathers and mothers are gone. Moment of silence....... [January 23,2007] Got the Tix!My daughter, her friend and I will be going to the Wailin Jennys show. Just have to book a hotel room. Can't wait! Should be a good time. [December 17,2006] Must see show...for me at leastWailin Jennys Friday, April 20th at 8:00 Adults $17 Seniors/Students $15 MPR Members $2 discount Paramount Theater 913 West St. Germain Street St. Cloud, MN 56301 Website - http://www.paramountarts.org/index.html [November 18,2006] A clue as to what sort of surgery I had....http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2248.htm [November 8, 2006] Since I told my mom...I may as well tell my readers. I just might have to spend some time in the hospital this weekend and have a few weeks of recovering. If all goes bad and I am in the hospital (Waconia), feel free to stop by. I'm sure I'll be out by Monday...maybe Tuesday. I'm not upset by any of this since I've already had this surgery before. But I am more informed this time. So I'm not crying all that much. [October 12, 2006] The giving season (well, close enough)A couple of weekends ago, I was watching a marathon of some show...Wife Swap on ABC Family maybe. Oh stop laughing. I was bloated and irritable. Anyhoo, they kept showing these ads for WorldVision.org and there was one where I was almost on the verge of tears. I asked my daughter, "Could they make these ads any more sad?". Well, yes, they can...and they did. So, let me introduce you to the little girl I am sponsoring, Mercy from Kenya.
I can't wait until we start to exchange letters. I just might have to save up for a trip to Kenya. [October 7, 2006] Wow! Time to update.....Okay, so I tried Match.com and found a lot of lovazoid freaks looking for commitment right away and willing to move from as far away as the UK. No thank you. I did meet one cool dude who has some commitment issues, so I'm just letting that go however it wants to. So now onto yahoo.personals.com... Much more potential here. A singer, a tall, cute guy and a couple maybes. I went to CD Warehouse today and picked up Barenaked Ladies, Lit, The Killers, Kid Rock, The Cardigans, Death Cab for Cutie and Badly Drawn Boy. I'm still on the lookout for Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. I'm currently listening to songs that I had downloaded when Diet Mountain Dew had a promotion with ITunes and I have to find a CD by Gabriela Anders. I recently received my 5 year anniversary gift from my job and I bought a new vacuum with it! I haven't done anything quilty in months! I need to cut this fabulous fabric that I bought and just do it. There are so many colors outside and winter is coming, which means Christmas isn't far away. Need to get the projects done by then. Promise to update more. [July 17, 2006] Okay, so I'm 40...what now? Let me tell ya.....My Hubby left a couple of weeks ago. But I think it's a good thing. We still love each other but, we really can't live together. He had stopped by and was talking about his roommate and, DH being who is, wanted to make a cake at 10pm. He does what he wants and no one can tell him no or tell him what to do. He told his roommate "I didn't move out to live with you to be told what to do". I love him and hope he finds happiness. More things later. I'm tired. [June 9, 2006] Only 9 more days until I'm 40....yeah Baby!Ok. So I'm wondering...what is the correct term to use if you are an Aunt to the second power and how do you say this is my niece/nephew to the second power? I know I keep using Great Nephew and Great Niece, but isn't there some term I can use, like grandparents can use grandchildren? Do I refer to them as greatchildren? Apparently not because Microsoft gave me the much hated red squiggly underline. My brothers are not that much older than me (8 - 13 years older) and their kids aren't that much younger than me. So it just seems strange that there hasn't been a name invented for this. Hrm....I'll have to think about this. [June 5, 2006] Only 13 more days until I'm 40....yeah Baby!Why am I so happy about it? I have no idea. But it does start the next journey of my life. For the first time since I was about 16, I want presents....nothing spendy, just from the heart. Hand made cards, F4s of fabric that you know I love, poems written by you, pictures of my family...I just want to rejoice in life, family and friends. And Toby.............email me once in a while, or at least on June 18th. K, that's it for now. Until my Birthday. I hope to have something wonderful happen. We'll see. [April 29, 2006] I love Dear JaneJane A. Sickle made this incredible quilt..well finished it in 1863. Her life is what it is...very normal...nothing extraordinary... but because she created this quilt, she left a legacy ... a legacy that many quilters, new and old, hold in high honor. Visit this site to see the beauty and learn about her Dear Jane. Yes, I'm a Janiac now..Frappr I am BigRed. [April 25, 2006] I love everybodyThere are times when people do things that make me so happy (whether they are connected to me or not), and I just want to smile and agree to what they did. Today was one of those days. Just want to spread the love or feeling or belief around. I know that this isn't that much of a post, but come on. It's a post. [April 19, 2006] I think I may have...Closed a door that I didn't want closed. Time will tell. [April 17, 2006] Jeez...Why even have a blog, Kelly? You never post!Okay. It's like this. This really isn't a real blog. I have to have FrontPage on whatever computer I'm on, open the page, copy and paste the previous post and write over it. Cut me some slack. Quilting Update:
Tassie (my niece) had her third child - David Terrance! Can't wait to get a picture of him! [January 6, 2006] Updates...I've joined a BOM at my LQS a few months ago. This is a big step for me in my journey of social anxiety. I even have started to talk to a "stranger danger", Liz, who joined QATW. It's pretty cool. I'm taking bigger steps then before. I went to lunch with a friend of mine today in a strange part of town for me, and I was okay. I had even forgotten to take my medication until I got there. The whole lunch experience was grand! I miss working with him, I miss the team that we had formed. We hugged when we left and I was okay with it. I feel like I'm making so many strides in my recovery lately. For people that don't have Social Anxiety, you have no idea how cool this post is. Quilting - I made a quilt for my great niece Brooklyn - oh, she is so cute! I wish my niece lived closer so that I could baby sit for her. She has another baby due in May, 2006. Brooklyn and David (the new baby) will be a year apart. David's quilt will be in bright primary colors. [August 31, 2005] Updates...Well, I didn't "ghetto" my house. I bought a portable air conditioner. Portable my @$$. It's about 3 feet high and 80 pounds! But, it has kept us cool when it reached over 90°. So, that's a good thing. Decided to keep this website more focused on quilting and my disorders. Seems there are a lot of people out there that have these things in common with me and would like to see or read more about them. Quilting - I'm currently working on a bunch of stuff, but my main focus is on a quilt for the United Way Fund drive at work. The block is called Odds and Ends. I used a beautiful paisley print (blue and yellow) with marble yellow and navy blue. I'll post a pic in the Quilting section soon. The top is done, need to sandwich, quilt and bind. I have until the middle of September...Hey...THAT'S ONLY 2 WEEKS AWAY! Holy Shnikes! I better get going! I made a wall hanging for my office (Carpenter's Wheel - have I mentioned how much I love this block?). Anyhoo, did a dreadful job quilting it (the backing is puckered like an entry in Worst Quilt Ever, but the front is so gorgeous. Made it in batiks (blue and gold). I'll post a pic of this later too. My mom's memory quilt is in the works...well...it's all cut out! Social Anxiety and Panic Disorder - Well, EffexorXR did work for awhile until it really started to do a number on my intestines. The pain was really getting awful, so went to Paxilcr.com and lo and behold - it's back on the market!!! I was jumping for joy all over the place! Called my dr and I'm now back on it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So what if I have to watch my blood pressure. At least my body feels good! And my mind. I missed a party that I really wanted to attend because I wasn't feeling good (mentally or physically). Wish I found out it was back about a week earlier. Side note - Check out this MPR radio station 89.3 the Current. My faith in good radio has been restored. Mary Lucia - you rock! Welcome back to the Twin Cities. You're my hero. [June 26, 2005] It's 88 degrees in my house...at 7 o'clock at night. And it's very sultry. It's like being in a sauna all day long. I thought a person could only be in a sauna for 20 minutes before it becomes dangerous. That's it. I'm going ghetto with my house. What I mean by that is...we have windows that slide side to side, not up and down. So we'll pick up a couple cheep air conditioners, get them in the windows, put some plywood on top of them to secure them and we can feel some coolness. We did it with my daughters room (because it faces the back yard) and we can do with the other rooms. Good god, this is awful. I feel like I'm melting. I'm trying to do all the housework and I'm ready to just pass out....just one more load of clothes....the dishes are washed....I haven't quilted in FOREVER....F the vacuuming. At least I got the bathrooms cleaned early this morning before this onslaught of heat and humidity. I'm going to sit on the couch and have a pity fit. [June 18, 2005] It's my Birthday!!!!I'm 39 today! Woo Hoo for me! Next year is the big Four-OH! And I don't care. I look and feel 10 years younger than that. I'm happy to be getting to this part of my life. For some reason when I turned 30, I was absolutely depressed about it. I felt like that until I turned 36. 36 is a good number. So is 16. 40 is great number. And I think after I turn 40, each year after that will just be a segment, meaning when I'm 41, I'll really be 40.1 and so on. At least until I hit 60. god, I hope I retire at 65 (But Bush is going to F retirement up for all of us). [June 12, 2005] To love me, is to Janome...Yes! I own a beautiful Janome!
It came with a walking foot no less!!!!!!!!
And I can try my talents with twin needles!!!!!
Never used twin needles in my life, but...HOLY CRAP! I'm excited about this machine! So whisper quiet and beautiful! I'm just about bursting out with glee! I love my Janome. I went to a place (that I will not name) and they offered me $50 for my Singer Quantum. They showed me a couple of Elna's that were alright but just not what I wanted (for their price). Then they showed me a Babylock (which had a tag that stated it was on sale for $279) and offered it to me for $299 with trade in. When that happened I knew that they were just screwing me. I'm glad I went to Sears....because I couldn't be more giddier!!!!!! Oh, by the way, Effexor XR rocks! Thank you. PS. My sewing room is all painted and beautiful and I hope to have pics up soon (it's the biggest room in the house - woohoo!). [April 25, 2005] PaxilCR on hold, continued....Alright already!!! I can not take Paxil. I am so tired and so not filled with life. Plus my face itches to no end. And a multitude of other things. Got in touch with my doc today and he prescribed something new - Effexor XR, 75mg. We'll see how things go this next week. Jeez, I hope it goes better than this past week. This is horrible.
[April 20, 2005] PaxilCR on holdWhat? Why? When I stopped into the pharmacy to refill by scrib, they told me that they no longer make CR. For now..... WHAT!!!!!!!!!! The pharmacist gave me 2 pills of the 37.5mg of the true Paxil to hold me over until my doctor would renew my prescription. Damn. I went through so many horrors with this that I don't even want to talk about.... Well, maybe I do. I was so pissed about everything. I couldn't sleep very well, I didn't want to talk to people. I didn't want anything. I wanted to just not be. Holy Crap! I wanted to start arguments with people. My new scirb is for 20mg. My Doc is right. Rambo, if you still stop by to see my site, I can't believe you were on 60mg. No wonder you couldn't work. [April 07, 2005] Old AgeSo, my baby girl - the munchkin- decided all on her own, that she doesn't have to call me right after coming home from school every day. Okay... But we do have an agreement that if she is somewhere else after school, she would call. I am happy with that. The time to admit to myself that my kids don't always have to rely on me is upon me. Jeez, what is going to fill my day? [March 26, 2005] Aaahh, vacation....Hubby and I had planned on going to the Bill Clinton Library in Little Rock, AR, but unfortunately, hubby ran out of vacation time. But this is 5 days of no phone calls from work *heaven*. During my time off, the cable guy finally fixed our internet service (we hope), I rearranged the living room and dining room (giving us more room to move around in), updated the kitty cat quilt pattern page and I still have 2 1/2 more days to go. I love to get things done and relax at the same time. Tomorrow is Easter and I look forward to the big meal that's planned. Food is good. [January 9, 2005] New year, New layout
The SAD and PD is sort of under control. The past few months at work were really hard on me though. I'm starting to have the nagging feeling of pressure around my neck and chest and the "I don't want to leave the house ever" feeling. But I'll get it under control again. Just a matter of time. I was able to sew quite a bit in the last couple of weeks and that helps a bunch. Check out the new and improved quilting page. It's awesome if I do say myself. TTFN
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