Knitting Passion

The scarf was a big hit with one of the younger women at the party the other night. I was kind of hoping a teen would get it so was well pleased when she seemed to enjoy it.

After all was said and done (we do the pick a gift, someone else might take it and you pick again type exchange) she began trying it on different ways. We all had to laugh when she got to THIS pose:

She wrapped it around her head with the ends sticking straight up - well, it WOULD keep her ears warm while skiing at Alyeska, I guess.

She finally put the ends behind her neck with the flat side on top of her head. Like I said, it was just fun watching her.

So, I am finishing up the last homemade Christmas gift. It should come off the needles tonight and then I will wrap up the last of the gifts. I had planned ahead and wrapped everything before I went into the hospital - just to have it all out of the way so I could be on the mend in peace, if you know what I mean.

And, yes, still mending quite well. I am going to see my regular doc this morning - the surgeon took me off my blood pressure meds while I was in the hospital because my bp was so low - in fact, it went so low one time they almost had to intervene in the opposite direction.

Anyway - when I saw the surgeon yesterday he told me I could probably start taking the pills again, but my pressure was “normal” all last night and this morning again so I want to run that by the regular doc.

Besides, I am thinking that he could use a good dose of Christmas miracle. He needs to know just what he started when he sent me for a hernia consult.

Trusting that all of you are looking forward to good times with family, good food and great fun over the next couple of weeks. Be sure to eat some goodies for me. I’m trying to cut back and be good.

Did you know that obesity is one of the leading factors in kidney cancer? Yeah, me, either. Blood pressure is another contributing factor.

Of course, there is also the tetrachlor . . . drycleaning fluids, too. And, I had a good dose of that back in the early 80s when I was working for a drycleaner whose machine was on the blink. So, I guess it could be any of the above, or a combination of all three.

Whatever it is, I am thankful and praising God that it was discovered before it metastisized.