In Memoriam...

to the brave men and women and their families who served and gave their lives and those that are protecting us today,I Thank You with all my heart. I am proud to be an American!!!!!
With sadness I must tell you that John was taken to the hospital early yesterday morning and is in Intensive Care. Yes it is pneumonia AGAIN. I KNOW that this time it's a direct result of this moving. It has been WAY too hard on the both of us,as I'm able to do less and less. BUT we are STILL very thankful and happy to be in this house. It's just that we can't really relax and enjoy it with the other house still hanging over our heads. Yes it's been a month and we're still not completely moved out. WHY??? No help. In my last post I told you that John had found an ad in the newspaper for a guy to do it that he wanted me to call. I really didn't want to,but I had no other answers. Well it started out good,but I'm sorry to say that he ripped me off,no actually he stole from me several hundred $$'s worth of stuff that he was "honestly",so he said,going to pay me for. I called him Friday nite,asked him how he could go to sleep at nite knowing he ripped me off. He hung up on me. Guess we were an easy hit,2 desperate sick old people. Well,it's not me who will pay for this in the long run. I will stay the trusting honest person that I am.
After the ambulance left I called our son Mike and he went to the ER as I had no way there or back. I can't be on my feet much anymore without my wheelchair and right now there's no way to get it in the van. I had other phone calls to make and I guess I crashed,I just couldn't stop crying. I decided to call one of the Firemen who's been a Dear Friend for decades. Of course he had no clue of what we've been going through. I knew that there would be Firemen who would help,but I wouldn't say anything to John because I knew he would say no,darn pride. Well it's all in my hands now and I'm taking over. Ron told me that he has a trailer and that he would come over and get me to go to the other house. Because it's a Holiday the guys would have plans,but he knew that he'd be able to get at least 6 guys on Tuesday that would be happoy to help. But once we got there,he was very surprised,because he said there's not all that much here there's no reason it couldn't be done. I said I know,but it's a matter of hands & legs there to do it. He called me @ 7:30 this a.m. and he was already at the other house,but he couldn't get in. Mary Jo has the key and apparently she accidently locked the door from the garage into the house when we left there last nite. I had given Ron the garage door opener,so he was able to at least work in the garage and then he'll go back there after Church. My kids say that they don't know what they're doing today. Mike seems to be very mad at me cause he doesn't understand why I'm worried about the house.He doesn't understand how we feel with this other house hanging over our heads. Before the ambulance took John I asked him what he wanted me to do,and he said keep working.I'm keeping it a secret from him that I've called in reinforcements. I KNOW in my heart that the best thing I can do for him is to get this done and when he comes home,be able to tell him IT'S DONE and I've sent the keys back!!!!
I hope you all have a GREAT start to summer this Holiday week-end and I apologize for babbling on!!!!!
Sherry.....OUT

GUESS WHAT?????

I'm not 30 and healthy!!!! DUH!!!!
My body rudely reminded me of that for this past week by letting me know that I was doing way more than I should have been. I ignored all the near falls and just kept going,not a good idea. So out came the wheelchair. Also in my happiness and excitement about the house,I forgot that Spring is my worst time of year. We've had rain and thunderstorms everyday that affect my brain tumor. The barometric pressure changes and causes pain and pressure in my head. But I'm making progress,I was able to take a shower yesterday!!! I can't just sit here and do nothing,so I've been hooking up a storm!!!! Not on my big rug though. It's gotten pretty heavy,a little too much to deal with right now,so it's been lots of small rugs for selling.
The other house STILL isn't empty yet!!! John found an ad in the paper for a guy to clear out houses for barter or negotiating,so I called him. He's been workin' on it and I've been giving him lots of things. Including my much loved vintage 70" round drop leaf table with 6 chairs and a matching bench. I think when he's done he's going to owe me money!!! I don't know how much is left since I haven't been able to go over there in a week. John goes,but he really can't do much with only 1 hand free because of carrying the oxygen bottle in the other hand. I'll be so glad when that place is empty and we can be done with it!!! The garage here is getting pretty full of stuff,so this "sicky" stuff has to stop so that I can start going through it all and put it away!!!
Hopefully my next post will be pictures of all the things I've been hooking,while I can't do anything else!!! But the pieces all need to be steamed and that involves standing which hasn't been happening.
Oh,one more thing!!! The other morning when I got up,John said,after you pour your coffee go look out the front door. When I looked there was 2 ramps that had been put there. One for me to get out the front door and one to get off the porch!!!! These areas are step downs,only a few inches tall,but too much for my electric wheelchair to get down. But NOW I can!!!!! They were made and placed there by one of the guys who works here and we didn't even see him do it!!!! I thank God everyday that we were able to move here!!!!
Hoping TODAY is a better day!!!!
Sherry....OUT

I'M HERE!!!!!!

Actually I think we died about 4 days ago but we just don't have the energy left to lay down and give up the ghost!!!!

What's wrinkled,black and blue all over and can be blown down by the gentle breeze of a ceiling fan?????? ME!!!!!!!

Oh SO many things to tell,but I don't have the energy to type it all LOL!!!!
Believe it or not I have been hooking too through all this moving. I can only be on my feet for so long un packing and then I have to get in my chair. I can't just sit here and do nothing so I've been hooking hit or miss mat rugs with mug rugs to match. One set is all hooked and I'm working on a 2nd set.

John hasn't been doing so well even with his oxygen cranked up all the way he just can't do anything. The workmen here have been unbelievably kind to us!!! They just can't seem to do enough for us!!!!
BUT we really really need help!!! Our kids worked their butts off last week-end and Monday too when we moved in,but they do have their jobs to go to. This week-end they'll be working their butts off again!!!! There's SO much stuff at the other house that the movers couldn't move. I wish that we could just be done with that other house this week-end,but if I can't find some more help,I don't know.
Today I'm gonna ask one of the jack of all trades, workmen out here if I can hire him to do some stuff,like putting up curtain rods,putting my porch set together,that was delivered Monday in a great big box,and help John finish putting his computer desk together,etc. I'm trying to keep John from doing ANYTHING since he's not doing well and there's a lot of pneumonia going around.
Here's also an update picture on my rug,that I took I don't know either a week or 2 ago.
I do have to tell you all though that I LOVE LOVE LOVE my new house and after MANY very tough years,a hole in my heart has been filled!!!!!
Sherry.....OUT

MINE MINE MINE!!!!!!!

We got the house We got the House!!!!! Doin' the HAPPY DANCE here,we'll from my chair LOL!!!!!! The owner,Bud and his accountant are THE nicest guys!!! In fact Bud seemed surprised that we didn't know that he had already accepted our offer.
He said to me,When do you want to move in??? I said TODAY and he said OK!!! He started saying,give her the key,but the Realtor came in at the end and said no they don't do things that way,we have to wait till the date on the paper to get the key. Bud's the boss,but he hired the Realtor to sell his houses. So Bud told me,that's OK his assistant is there everyday,she'll let you in when ever you want. Bud also told his people to give me whatever I want!!!! AND he is!!!! So they'll be working on all the extras I want next week!!!!!
Bud also made me The Mayor of Northborough!!!!! I'm making John my Safety service Director. He'll have to make sure people follow the rules,like not letting their garbage cans sit out. They don't have any rules yet about storm doors and I want one so Bud said that whatever I want will be the standard for all the other houses.
So not only am I The Queen, I am now The Mayor of Northborough LOL!!!!!!!!! SO COOL!!! This is going to be VERY hard to pack up and move,John and I are only good on our feet for about 4 minutes LOL!!!! I think we're going to have movers move all the big stuff on May 2nd and then work on the other stuff with the kids and get a sale set up too!!!
It's been several years of a long hard path that's finally led to HOME!!!!
Thank You ALL so much for all your prayers and well wishes!!!!

Also here's some new "Stuff" that I made this week and listed on ebay.
Sherry.....OUT

MR. FRITZ #2

GOOD MORNING!!!
Fi nally got the other Mr. Fritz finished!! He's been on the waiting list for awhile,but now he's done in all his glory and listed on ebay!!!
The rug,hooked from one of Robin's,(Bird in the Hand Primitives)wonderful doodle E-pattern booklets,that you may have seen,since she so kindly showed both of my rugs on her blog.
THE HOUSE: Turns out that we have one more hoop to jump through. The investor (owner) of the development and his accountant want to meet us in person. The owner may or may not be there,because he winters in Florida.We call them Snow Birds here.
Anyhoo we have to wait till Tuesday,because the accountant is very busy since taxes are due Monday. Last Tuesday I did 2 hours of negotiating for the things I wanted on the owner's offer to us. Everything that I wanted was changed on the original papers,including an extra $900 that had been added to the purchase price. That's where I started because I had 2 papers of proof. I may not understand perfectly all the fancy legal words and the where as's and where fors,but I'm a pretty good talker and negotiator. I swear if they took out all the legal fancy words babble these 16 pages of the contract could probably be brought down to 4 or 5 pages. So Wed. we had to go back to the realtor's office to sign the corrected papers in front of a Notary. Then John got the bank check for our down payment and the Realtor came and picked it up. I didn't think we here anything Thursday,because the Realtors,a husband and wife team,take Thursday off. So when I got up Friday morning my heart was just pounding,NOT good for me!!!! So he called in the morning and said that they've "basically" accepted the offer but they want to have this meeting. He said,think of it as a job interview. Oh JOY!!!! I said,can we start packing?? He said,well I didn't say that. LOL He NEVER gives me an inch!!!! But in the papers the owner had put down that we would take possession May 1st. That's pretty close!!!!
This house was supposed to be mine almost 6 years ago and it's been standing there empty,since it was built waiting for me. The reason there's been so much hoop jumping to get it is because it's a land contract due to our bankruptcy we have to wait 2 years to get a mortgage,which will be this Fall.The last several years have been a tough road to hoe as you may have read on my previous older posts. BUT I've never lost my optimism and never will. This house will finally be a life for us!!!!
So wish us luck and prayers would be most appreciated!!!!!!
Thanks for stopping by and you know I'll let you all know as soon as I know!!!!
Sherry.....OUT

"Little Red Pony"

Soon as I saw this free doodle from Robin of Bird In The Hand Primitives,I could hardly wait to adapt it to a hooked rug. Thank You Robin!!!
I had another rug to finish 1st before I could get to this one.
I wish wool colors would show up better in my pictures. I used a really drab brown on the background that has very thin lines of navy and it just doesn't show up as olde looking as it does in person.
I was happy with it when I took it off the frame. I think it looks really primitive and antiquey. I had to name it "Little Red Pony" rug.
I had also bought Robin's little doodle pattern booklet and I've adapted one of those doodles too,that I'm hooking now.
I have listed "Little Red Pony" on ebay.
Thanks for stopping by!!!!
Sherry....OUT

"Peter & Peep"

Good Sunday Morning Everyone!!!
I just finished hooking this rug yesterday. Got it steamed and listed on ebay.
It's a needle punch pattern by Brenda Gervais of With thy Needle & Thread,that I adapted to hook and add some Sherry touches to it.
After I listed the rug on ebay,I couldn't decide what to work on. God knows there's a ton of stuff here that needs finishing!!! It's easiest for me to sit in my chair with my legs up,so I decided to pull the floor frame over to my chair and work on my BIG rug till bedtime. In fact, once I post this I think I'll work on it a little more. Not time for another picture yet though!!!
Thanks for stopping by and please come back soon!!!!
Sherry....OUT