This summer, when I was wholly focused on wedding dress obsessing (and BE GRATEFUL that I didn't share the full extent of the insanity that went on in my sewing room including how I nearly ripped the whole dress apart the day before we were to leave for St. Lucia and the wedding...), the blog took a bit of a back seat in my life. Now that normal life has returned, I'm hoping to post more and share more.
A blog face lift is coming also, partly brought on by Geocities' going away next month. I've used Geocities for image hosting and now my header and graphics must find new digs. What do other bloggers do for image hosting? I have a couple ideas but I'd like to hear some others. As they say, discuss...
And so, life.
Tuesday morning I visited my allergist for my monthly injections--dealing with simple hay fever. Immediately after the shots, I was hit with an anaphylactic reaction of major proportions. The doctor pumped me full of epinephrine, antihistamines, and prednisone. When all the shaking, swelling, and itching had died down, I felt OK and was sent on my way. But it was scary and has left me with some major concerns about the allergy therapy that has allowed me to enjoy summer for the last twenty five years.
Last evening was my Seams night--always great to see my girls, and quite the gabfest it was, with the weddings of two of our daughters in the past month (one more to go this coming weekend). I sewed strip sets for Double Ninepatches. Not as much progress as I'd have liked, but at least this quilt is moving along at last.
One more note: Kasia and I have been friends since we were co-workers back in the mid-90s at The Quilt Shop Which Will Remain Nameless. Don't feel sorry for her having only one name--it's by design, as you might imagine. Kasia had been a dedicated garment sewer and teacher but her world has gradually been overtaken by art quilts. She most loves to work with the healing and evocative imagery of the mandala. She calls her quilts LoveLights; they are truly alive and lit from within. Kasia now has a blog. Please stop by and say hi.
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Allergy shots are actually what made my allergies worse. I was seeing an allergist about 22 years ago and he overdosed me on my shots. I was having horrid reactions but they were not immediate so he discounted them. Eventually I had some other issues that sent me to the ER 6 weeks in a row. It took a while and several specialists to figure out that it was a severe reaction that I was having. I stopped the shots but the hypersensitivity I developed was permanent. In other words, be very careful about those shots.
The double nine patches have some lovely fabrics in them. I guess you won't be having allergy shots any more,that must have been a bit scary. Glad you're ok now.
Waa? I had no idea, Anaphylactic reactions are very scary. I'm glad you feel so much better now. We had a horrible scare with my son last winter. He has anaphylactic reactions to peanuts. We got a phone call from a hospital in Vancouver. We jumped on a plane, expecting the worst, just writing this makes me feel terrible. He was in ICU hooked up to IV's, heart rate monitor, doctors and nurses hovering. While we stood next to him he started breathing on his own . He is doing fine now, super aware of what he is putting in his mouth and keeping his epipen closer to him but not, unfortunately in his pocket. They need to come up with something smaller.
Had no idea re: reaction or I'd have talked about it at Seams. Glad all went well...at least you weren't driving the car this time! Nice shout out for Kasia...she deserves it...
I have a PRO flickr account and I keep all my blog headers and other blog mainstay pictures there, including all my progress bars for the current projects but I keep them PRIVATE. It allows you to share the picture with everyone or keep it private... which I like. No need for others to see 15 versions of one header with different writings or dimensions, or any reason for them to save them and re-use them. It works pretty well for me too, and not expensive at all.
Sorry about the allergy shot reactions. I always see those people sitting and waiting for time until they can go and I guess it's a very good thing to have them do it! Glad you are feeling better!
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