This has been a busy week. We didn’t leave the house on Monday but Tuesday morning we both had to have bloodwork so we left the house before 8 a.m. By the time we both got it all done, went by the grocery store, went to Sam’s, Vince suggested Chick Fil-A for lunch. I was hungry because we had fasted before the bloodwork. We ate, came home and then had to run to Joplin Tuesday afternoon to pick up something Vince had ordered and it was in.
Yesterday, we had to go back for more bloodwork. Nothing is wrong – it’s just a whole bunch of tests we’re having done. Over the two days, they took 23 tubes of blood from me. Vince doesn’t know how many they took from him.
Of course I was talking to the lady drawing my blood. She said she has rosemary growing inside but it’s too small to do anything with yet. I asked her if she likes bay leaves and she said yes so I took several cuttings from my bay leaf trees and brought her a bunch of leaves so she can try to get her own trees growing. I also took her a zipper bag full of rosemary. I asked her if she cross stitches or knits. She said no but she wants to learn to quilt. I had found a couple of my first book, Nine Patch Extravaganza, so I signed that and wrote her a little note, and found a couple of beginner-ish quilt books and took her all those, along with about a dozen fat quarters. It was nice that she was the one drawing my blood again so I was able to give it all to her and not leave it for her.
Later in the day Vince had to go to Lowe’s in Carthage. I needed some pots for some plants I’m going to try to grow in the new area Vince cleaned out. It’s rather shady and I’m hoping lettuce, cilantro, basil and things like that will grow better not getting full sun. So, I went with him and found some pots I can use.
Today, we have to get haircuts but we don’t have to be out of the house before 8 a.m.
Tomorrow Oscar goes goes to the vet for his annual and again .. not an early appointment.
Having somewhere to go four days in a row – it’s been a long time since that happened.
Stephani in N. TX says
A complete surprise this week, I went for scheduled blood work at my doctor’s office, and found masks are no longer required. No masks for patients or employees. I am careful about germs and Covid, don’t want any illness in my life if I can avoid it. The doctor’s office was the last place still masking up, after all they see plenty of sick people. But, I’m glad the masking is gone, at least until something else comes along.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
That’s how I feel. If they wanted to keep requiring masks, I understand it from their point of view but from my point of view, I’m glad to see that requirement gone.
Joyce says
If you bribe the vampire, I mean blood technician, does the needle stick hurt less? LOL You must have felt like a pincushion after 23 vials of blood. I would have been joking that they needed to refill me…
Dottie says
I bet she was THRILLED with all the goodies you gave her – that’s definitely a “pay it forward”!!
Teri says
That’s a lot of blood\ tests! Hope you are AOK! Super nice of you to gift your tech those items
judy.blog@gmail.com says
I’m good. Vince and I signed up for some kind of functional medicine study and this was all part of that. We both did it but I’m sure some of our tests were different.
Susan says
Whew, made me tired just reading all that! I thought I’d given a lot of blood, but 23 at once is a new total for me to hear!
judy.blog@gmail.com says
No. I had to give 12 tubes on Tuesday and 11 tubes on Wednesday. Not all at once.
Rebecca L says
-Still, I wonder how close it was to donating blood!
John had 9 vials drawn the other day, and the statement said it was $6,000! He only had to pay co-pay, and I’m sure the insurance didn’t pay full amount, but it sure makes us wonder what they’re doing to/with the blood!
Nelle Coursey says
I had blood tests last week and have to go back in June and have it tested again. There is something wrong with the kidneys. Something about not filtering the blood enough. My eGFR was 50 and that is low. My A/G Ratio was 2.4 which is high. Don’t know what is going on! But I am optimistic and think everything is ok, it was just a fluke.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
I hope you get better results. Let me know.
Sandra Hutchins says
Talk about coincident, I was just getting ready to ask you to refresh my mind about the title of your border book. But, maybe you can answer my question. Do you follow the Golden ratio when sewing borders? I have always just done what looked good and felt right, but then it occurred to me that I could be causing quilters in the know to maybe laugh at my borders! I thought that I had ordered your book back in the day, but I’ve moved a time or two since then. i hope this goes through, I’m having to use my husband’s email right now and I don’t know your email address. Since you authored a book on borders, I value your opinion. I’ve been quilting for over 50 years and have pretty much just made them like I wanted. I have won a few first place and viewer’s choice awards in minor shows, but we are never to old to learn and change.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
To some degree but not really. The book goes into detail but say I have top that, after the piecing is 40 x 49. I almost always used a pieced border somewhere in the borders and I almost always used multiple borders. Say I wanted to use a 5″ block in the pieced border. By the time I get to that border, the top has to be a multiple of 5. I usually have at least two borders, maybe three before I get to the pieced border so I would have to do the math. I would first figure out the side borders. Just for this example, my calculations would involve making the first border 1.5″, the second border 2″ and the third border 1.5″, then do the pieced border. By the time I was ready for the pieced border, I would have 1.5 + 2 + 1.5 so that would be 5″ on both sides so that would work – 5″ + 40″ + 5″ = 50″, a multiple of 5″. Then for the top and bottom, if I were using that same measurement, it would be 59″ so the easiest way to fix that is to add 1/4″ to probably border #2 OR #3. That way, borders would be 1.5″ + 2.25″ + 1.75″ = 5.5″. Add 5.5″ + 49″ + 5.5″ = 60″, also a multiple of 5″.
It may sound difficult but figure out what size the top without borders will be and figure out what size you want any pieced border to be and then go backwards to get the math. Of course, you’re not going to be doing mitered corners if you have the side borders being a bit different size from the top and bottom but that’s ok. With a pieced border, that one wouldn’t be mitered anyway.
Then, if I’ve used three borders before the pieced border, I generally would use three borders after the pieced border so, after a very long winded response to your question, I don’t always use the Golden Ratio because it simply doesn’t always work when trying to fit in a pieced border somewhere along the way. Hope that helps.
Sandra Hutchins says
Thank you so much and yes, your answer makes perfect sense. Also, I just ordered your book. It is available still on Amazon, ebay, and other sites. Some used, some new and still in shrinkwrap. The prices range from around four dollars to over a hundred dollars with shipping.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Great! I’m glad you were able to find it. I hope you enjoy it and find it helpful.