The birth of a quilt.

Our quilting group has decided to do another round robin challenge. Each member makes a center medallion block and then it gets passed from one member to the next to have a border put on it. So this is my block, I started out with the Mariner's Compass, and decided it looked to plain, so I added the pinwheel blocks all around. I have told the others that I do not want to see it untill it is finished and I included a scrapbook, because I want them to have pics taken and included in the scrapbook with some journaling about how they felt working on my quilt.

I am really looking forward to getting my quilt back!

pics

2 of one of the chicken houses on our road, and 1 of the house a coworker of mine moved out of the night before the second tornado came through and moved the house 15 feet clear of its foundation. The trailer, a neighbor was inside when the first tornado came through and knocked the back end off of its blocks. Now, there is what I call the merry band of nieghbors have come out to her place and moved the trailer out of the way and are building her a new house. They have told her it will be done on 2/22. I'll post pics of the new house another day.

Corrie Ten Boom

The tornados reminded me of her, and how she was thankful for fleas. Read the book, it is amazing. It is called The Hiding Place.

If in the midst of a concentration camp, during the halocost she can be thankful for fleas, then I can be thankful for tornados.

Love you all, annabanana

Tornados

I have learned to REALLY dislike tornados. After having 2 within 5 miles of my home in the last 3 weeks, I really do not like them.

The first one came within 1/4 mile of us, it destroyed several homes, a 100+ year old church and more chicken houses than you can shake a stick at.

The second one was about 5 miles away, it was on the ground for 100 miles, cutting a 3/4 mile wide path of destruction. I am amazed at the destruction and saddened by the loss of life caused by both of these tornados

I see the devastation every day from both of these storms as I drive home from Morrilton, and I am amazed and I am thankful.

These tornados reinforced my belief that I am blessed. It all could have been so much worse.

So, I am trying to look at tornados as a blessing.

I'll add pictures another day, to give you all an idea of what I mean.

I'm puny this month...

I have been fighting off a sinus infection for about a month now and finally on Saturday night gave up the fight. I've been miserable ever since. As if that were not enough, on Sunday morning at about 5 am I think I miscarried. I am not certain as I had no idea I might have been pg.

Anyway that is how my month is going. How is Y'all's?

Love ya, annabanana

Another Mama update....

This morning we are going to Saint Vincent North to have an epidural steroid injection done. She can have up to 3 of these in a year, and if after the end of the third one she is no better, then we will be talking surgery. I think that we are just delaying the inevitable, because the steroids won't fix the problem, merely cover the pain for a short time.

BTW my phone died about 2 weeks ago, so y'all please e mail me your numbers, so I can get them in my new phone. Thanks

Mama

Mama's back has been bothering her for about a month now and I got tired of waiting for her neurologist to fit her in so I took her to see our family practitioner on Friday. After an L S x-ray, it was determined that she has a vertebra out of place, and that is causing pain down her left thigh. We then went to Conway that afternoon and she had an MRI.

On Tuesday we learned that her back is seriously jacked up. She is scheduled to see a Neurosurgeon on Tuesday the 18th at 2 pm for a consultation. We will find out then what our options are, if any.

Doc says that this was probabily caused by the 10 falls that she has had this year, I'm sure that the 2 she had this weekend did not help matters any. Her fall on Saturday night resulted in a black right eye that makes her look like she went half a round with Jermaine Taylor.

She is now using a rolling walker to help her get around.

I'll update more after the appointment on Tuesday, but we could really use your prayers.

Love you all, annabanana