Woo hoo! My nephew is coming home from the hospital

One of my nephews, Jacob, is 7. He has an extremely rare disease called Familial Recurrent Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. He started exhibiting symptoms on Wednesday of last week. He's coming home from the hospital today. It's a true miracle.

Jacob got swine flu from somewhere. Any bacterial or viral infection will start the HUS. If the infection is bacterial, his body will fight it off. If it is a viral infection, he can be in the hospital for weeks.

Jacob is the happiest child, very loving, and very mischievous. He ate a big breakfast this morning, then sat on the hospital bed and pushed every button he could find.

Our family rejoices and thanks our Heavenly Father for his mercy in helping Jacob recover.

If you want to read more about HUS, here is the link. Hemolytic-uremic syndrome.

The most amazing stitching

I just added a link to a stitching blog: Love to stitch. Just scroll through what she has stitched. Wow. My inspiration.

Here's what caught my eye.

Cellphones and bathrooms

OK, when did it become acceptable to talk on the cellphone while in the bathroom? The last couple of weeks, there have been several women in the bathroom at work who are talking on their cellphone while in the bathroom. In the stall. The rest of us in other stalls. Nothing is private any more.

Funny story though. We had a conference call a few months ago. The salespeople were in town, and most called in from their hotel rooms for the night's call. All of a sudden, the toilet flushed. Hello!!! Lay down the phone, take care of Mother Nature, and get back on the call. No one ever confessed though.

OK, rant over.

Changes, changes, changes

I was on vacation last week. Spent time being a slug. :)

Today I went back to work. I found out: (a - one more person off my team (I am now a team lead of one other person than me. LOL) (b - The boss I would crawl over broken glass for is leaving at the end of this week. :(

Very unhappy day. All of us were on a pity party. Tomorrow we need to get back to work.

The other change is that I changed the background of this blog. Love shabby stuff.

Going to bed now....

Susan Boyle - Semi-final

Susan Boyle - starts at 1:30 into the video

Wow.
(For whatever reason, I can't link to just the song from You've Got Talent.)

Picture of Snail Mail

This is a fun pattern to stitch and I think it turned out cute. I was worried about the colors, but it all came together. Back to Luck.

Finish

Woo hoo! I finished a project. It is a small project, done on white perforated paper. It is a freebie from Lizzie Kate called "Snail Mail." It turned out really cute. I am going to Wonder Under some fabric on the back and attach a ribbon at the top. It is for the receptionist at work. No one knows where to put outgoing mail, so I thought this would be fun for her.

Because it was a freebie, I can't find the picture on the web. I will drag out my camera and take a picture of it to show off. I'm so proud of myself. :)

Jane Austen fan

I am a big Jane Austen fan. I own 3 versions of Pride and Prejudice (the movie, mini-series, and movie), 2 versions of Persuasion, 2 versions of Sense and Sensibility, and 2 versions of Emma. And other related books, movies, spoons, stitching, etc. I was kinda looking around and found a Jane Austen action figure. I must have this. But not for awhile.


I was watching the BBC Pride and Prejudice several years ago with my sister. Lizzie and Mr Darcy were strolling on the grounds of Pemberley. We both thought what lovely lives we would have had we lived back then. However, we probably would have been the chambermaids, not Lizzie strolling with Mr Darcy. Hate it when reality strikes.

Here is what Amazon.com says about the Jane Austen action figure:

This 5-inch tall Jane Austen action figure is made of hard vinyl and comes with a mini 'Pride & Prejudice' and a writing desk with a removable quill pen. Despite a rather sheltered life, Jane Austen was able to capture the subtleties of human interaction so perfectly that her novels continue to be immensely popular. Born: December 16, 1775 - Stevenson, England Occupation: Novelist Died: July 18, 1817 - Winchester, England Weapon of Choice: Character Study Accomplishments: Six major novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Emma, Mansfield Park and Persuasion. Interesting Fact: Over 40 sequels to Pride and Prejudice have been written by other authors. Jane Austen, an enduring and much-loved English author, wrote novels which reflected universal and timeless truths about humanity. She wrote about the times and people she knew without using popular plot devices such as kidnappings and class struggles used by other authors of the period. Her light irony and humor earned her a devoted and consistent following. To this day, readers appreciate the way she captured the tranquility of a more leisurely era, combining cleverness and morality with poignant depictions of English country living. She died and was buried in Winchester Cathedral in 1818 with the inscription: 'She opened her mouth with wisdom and in her tongue is the law of kindness.'

I really like the inscription "She opened her mouth with wisdom and in her tongue is the law of kindness." I'd like to be remembered like that.

Graduate!!!

My nephew graduated last weekend in graphic arts, with a minor in Japanese. He is with his wife, who has 2 more years to go in pharmacy school. You made it!!!

Cute great-nephew

As I promised, another picture of my family. This is my nephew, who is almost a year old (11 months.) Such a cutie and so laid back. He is making a picture for his mom for Mother's Day.