WORDS of WISDOM FROM SHERRY aka:The Queen

When life gives you a cast, choose the HOT PINK and polish your toe nails!!!!

 

So as I showed you in my last post,I was wearing a boot again,like I wore for 2 months when I broke my left foot,not long after John died. The Dr. said that it would never heel and it hasn't because of my MS. So as I told you when I posted the boot on my right foot,it's not broken,it's worse than broken, everything's torn up in the foot and it's the foot that I've had lymphedema in for years. So the foot's not healing (I'm realistic I don't expect it to) and the Dr.'s been bringing up putting a cast on. Well 1 week ago yesterday I agreed. I admitted to the Dr. that I was nt being a good girl keeping the boot on.  So why the 3 fat rubber bands holding the shoe on?? When I got home last Monday after getting the cast on,that shoe thingy kept flappin' in the front like a duck's foot!! SoI got the idea to take it off and stretch one of those hospital slipper socks over the cast. I don't go anyplace or even really go outside,so it worked,till it wore out. So Saturday I decided to put the "shoe" on. Well I didn't even get the velcro strap through the plastic buckle & it broke!!! I thought geeze this thing prolly costs a fortune and it's a piece of crap. Yup here's the tag,Made In China. So I asked Marcia to go to the orthopedic place to get me a new one yesterday. Well when she came here to bring my meds,she didn't have the shoe. They told her that they could give her a new one,but that they'd have to charge me again for it, UNLESS she brought the old one back. So she'll be bringing me the new one today. Since Marcia was here yesterday,I aked her if she could please run the sweeper for me since Meshe keeps finding things to tear up all ove the place and I try to pick up all the little pieces of "stuff"but there's too much and I'm afraid that she'll choke on something. With my colon the way that it is I haven't been able to push the sweeper since I got out of the hospital over 3 1/2 years ago. John used to do it. Plus I'm not real steady on my feet even without the cast,hence the cast lol!!! Also since Marcia was here,I thought it would be a good time to take a shower!! I've just been gettin' neked & soapin' up at the sink. Can't get the cast wet,so attached a big garbage bag on it. I won't go into details about this shower other than to say that I WON'T be taking any more showers whilst the cast is on!!! I see the Dr. Thursday. Maybe he'll take the cast off,but he's told me since the 1st time I saw him,that when we can get it healed I'll need to wear a brace.

 

Wish I had some Hot Pink nail polish!!!!

 

Sherry...OUT

UPDATE DAY ON PRIMITIVE HANDMADES MERCANTILE!!!

 

My OOAK Hit or Miss Crow & Stars Pillow

 

All stuffed with wool snippets

 

Shades of Blue Candle Mat/Rug 

 

I hope you'll all take a few minutes,click the Primitive Handmades Mercantile banner over there on your right,and enjoy all the wonderful Made In America handmades by the PHM artists!!!!

 

It's a wonder that I got these things finished with Meshe's ahem "help"!!

She loves to jump up in my chair weather I'm in it or not!! Since the 2nd day that she came to live with her new mommy,she decided that MY chair is now HER chair. The other nite she was sitting on the rolled arm of my chair watching YouTube videos of other yorkies!!! I told her, I bet those yorkies KNOW where they're SUPPOSED to pee & poop!!!

 

Sherry & Meshe.....OUT

NEWLY HOOKED RUGS FOR SALE

 

I've been busy,as usual lol!!!

 

Since you know that I love doing Hit or Miss rugs the bestest,here's a new style that I've come up with. It's approx. 12" X 17".

I used an antiquey looking blue plaid wool to crochet the edge of this rug.

 

$125.00 + Shipping

Contact Me: jstoff@windstream.net

 

This rug REALLY looks olde!!!

Looks great on this rickety olde bench of mine!!

The pattern is by Lori Brechlin, Notforgotten Farm.

It's designed to fit the hookers footstool from Lori & Peter's wonderful "Old As Dirt Wood Primitives"

Lori paints them in your choice of primitive colors!!

If your interested in the hookers footstool Lori has them in her Etsy Shop

click here

 

My rendition of Lori's pattern is approx. 7" X 15"

$85.00 + Shipping  SOLD THANK YOU!!!

Contact Me: jstoff@windstream.net

 

This rug gets Meshe's paw of approval!!!

 

This rug has been waiting 6 years for me to hook it!!!

It's a design by Megan Holloway (Womack) from her wonderful book of doodle drawings, Mothers & Flowers 2007

 

This one is called "Gentle Morning"

It's approx. 9" X 14"

 

$110.00 + Shipping

Contact Me: jstoff@windstream.net

 

Yes that is my foot and I'm wearing a boot on it AH GAIN!!!

It's the right foot this time. Some of you may remember seeing this same kind of boot on my left foot,when I broke it about 3 weeks after John died. Well this time it's my right foot. UNFORTUNATELY it is NOT broken,it's worse. The ligaments,muscles & nerves are torn and it hurts SO much worse than when I broke the left foot. Dr. says it would have been better if it was broke. Last week we talked about the boot. It's so heavy & really hurts my foot. If they put a cast on it it would be heavier & then I'd have to put plastic on it to take a shower. Well THAT would be another accident waiting to happen since I'm alone ('cept fo my Meshe). How'd I do this one?? Well trying to stand up,lost balance, tried to grab the arm of my chair to keep from falling, but my arm hit my lap top & it fell on my foot. I was more concerned about my puter cause my other one broke & my friend kindly put the new one on her credit card and I had just paid in full 4 days before this happened. I get my check up on my foot tomorrow. The Dr. had told me that we need to get it healed with the boot and then they will probably use a brace on it. It's not healing though and probably won't since they told me the broken left foot wouldn't heal due to my MS and it hasn't

I'm dangerous huh lol!!!

 

Meshe loves to try to pull the velcro straps off the boot!!!

 

Sherry & Meshe.....OUT

HEEEEEERRRREEESSS MESHE!!!!

 

What Mom??

 

Oh Mom don't ya know a Lady never tells her weight!!!

 

I DO love my Hello Kitty TuTu especially when I dance in circles chasing my tail!!!!

 

If you live with The Queen you MUST have a princess dress!!!

 

Cute aren't I!!!!

 

I'm sure Mom will be showing more pictures of me!!!

 

 

MESHE......OUT

APRIL PRIMITIVE HANDMADES MERCANTILE UPDATE

 

Good Morning!!!

3rd Friday of the month and that means update day at

PRIMITIVE HANDMADES MERCANTILE

 

I have listed 2 of my original window sill rugs.

My window sill rugs can fit in antwhere in your home, but I think these particular ones would look really neat above a front or back door. Where everybody would get the message of these rugs.

Hope you'll take a few minutes break and go check on the new stuff from the artists!!!

Just click on the link of the PHM banner over there on your right!!!

 

Lots going on here,but none of it good and way more than my one finger typing could keep up with to tell you.

I will say though,that it's 4 weeks today since I lost my Sissy and I've yet to stop crying everyday,seeing her out of the corner of my eye running by, or hearing her.

 

Sherry.....OUT

NEW RUGS OF THE FRAME

 

This Hit or Miss Rug was inspired by a design in the book:

 

COMFORT ZONE By: Maggie Bonanomi

 

It's a large rug at approx. 21" X 26"

Would look great on the floor in front of a favorite chair or as wall art.

 

This Primitive Americana Style rug is my newest design.

 

At 11"there's so many places to display it. A chair a stool,a bench or

 

hanging on anold cupboard door or wall!!!

 

Thank You ALL again for your VERY kind words about my Sissy. I still keep looking for her. Being all alone sucks.

 

Sherry....OUT

MY LITTLE SISSY

 

is gone.

 

Early Friday morning I held her in my arms wrapped in John's favorite sweater while the Vet put her to sleep. She was my whole life. She's all I had. From the nite John died and she tried to tell me she's been glued to me and I've been glued to her. I never even pee'd without her right there with me while we talked or I'd tickle her,she liked that. We took our afternoon nap together and she slept with me every nite. She even went to 2 craft shows last Fall. Marcia took us to the Simple Goods show and Lauren,Rugs and Pugs took us to the Spirit of Friends show. Lori Rippey had sent me Zoe's puppy pouch that you wear on your chest,since Zoe had quickly outgrown it. For Sissy even a puppy pouch was a little too big but she'd keep her little head out and enjoyed the shows. Even though I was in my wheelchair I couldn't get around to look too well cause EVERYBODY wanted to see Sissy.

She was my whole life and now I'm totally alone. Tiny as she was she filled this house and now it just feals so empty just as I do.