the blessings keep adding up…

3 Positives:
Lab work done
cards finished and ready for the envelopes
new project in the works

Our Journey Notes:
T says he’s getting a little bit of vision back in his left eye. He was able to make out some lettering shapes AND… It’s more than just shadows. Blessings? You bet!

Got into the lab early yesterday – and the blood draw results are rolling in this morning. Results sure look better than the ones in December (no red flags- at this point), just not sure if any trigger a dx or a direction to move towards at this point. Now the wait begins again for the “team” to review the results and where to go from here. I wonder which office I’ll hear back from first? PCP or Orthopedics?

see the magic in the simple things

3 Positives:
talked with both dr offices yesterday
15 cards assembled, only 5 more to go with this set
chef salad for dinner last night – yumm!

Our Journey Notes:
FINALLY: Phone call from the surgeon’s office. No lesions on the brain. That was the good news. However, there is still concern regarding the cervical spine issues found earlier where there are lesions, stenosis and pinching of the spinal cord. That’s not going away. Blood work ordered. Talked to PCP – same response. But he also ordered bloodwork — so it’s off to the lab at the clinic to get that donethis mo rning since I do have to go in fasting for one of the tests. Hopefully they’ll have things read and ready for a next step by tomorrow, though I’m not holding my breath with the surgeon’s office.

a fresh start begins now.

3 Positives:
got a couple of errands done yesterday morning – and made it out of HL on the cheap! 🙂
fresh veggies and fruit from the farm stand
ministering cards for September are now a project in progress

Our Journey Notes:
Another follow up message to the orthopedic surgeon’s office. Left a message for the PA and the dr. asking one of them to call as a follow up to last week’s message through the health app. Let’s just say, nothing in response as of end of day yesterday. Fingers crossed I’ll hear something today. The waiting has not been fun and definitely not what I anticipated with this office especially since someone read the report a week ago.

3 Tags of Summer – Tag #3

Another Pinterest inspiration. I found an icon for the bubble topped cup online. With all the hotter than hot weather we’ve been having and we’re back in the triple digits again, I thought this would be a fun way to end the challenge this year.

I used acetate for front and back, so the “cup” is clear and can be seen from both sides. The seed beads are from Michaels and at the time of this writing were 40% off (all jewelry stuff). I’m thinking I should have used more beads and made the bubble top a separate section, but due to some time constraints, kept it simple for this version.

I used a couple of buttons from the stash and some banner shapes for additional interest.

AC white textured cardstock
red marker; blue ink
Bearly Art Glue
buttons
seed beads (red matte)

Have an awesome day!

find a happy moment today

3 Positives:
last two essential cards for the month are done
plans to have some studio time today — using some new dies that have arrived this month
CD player is getting a workout. It’s been fun to listen to a few of the older CDs I have in my library. They set a good tone for the day.

Our Journey Notes:
Today is T’s last day of eye drops. He’s pretty excited about that. He spent yesterday in the classroom, but he’s still kind of unsure of how many kids were working as his right eye is still pretty blurry. I looked at his patient notes from Wednesday’s visit and let’s hope there’s some help with a new lens for that eye soon. The shunt is working in the left eye and the bleb is functioning with no scar tissue in the right.

No call or message from the dr’s office yet. It will be 5 days since someone in the office looked at the report. I’d really like to be able to check this off and get started on next steps in this journey whatever it is. The waiting isn’t helping my stress levels at this point.

3 Summer Tags – Tag #2

Pinterest inspiration as well. I did change it up a bit and used several different techniques and media. The tag is from the SCAL library (Tags and Banners folder)

The base, flowers and sentiment piece are sketch pad paper. Leaves, flower centers and ladybug are cut using Encore and Bazzill cardstock

I used some pan pastels and watercolor ink refill for the tag base after stamping with a honeycomb background stamp. The flowers also have pan pastel and some ink splatter.

The sentiment was generated in SCAL and then foiled using the Foil Quill. I added some cheesecloth on top of the tag (you can’t see it) for a base to build on.

I really like how this one turned out. Texture, color and depth.

Sketch pad paper (9×12 sheet)
SCAL
Anenome files from Dreaming Tree
Ladybug file from Creative Fabrica (I did alter the file – adding a stitched line and changed the hearts into circles.
Leaves from a FSJ’s die set, I did use some tweezers to add some dimension and then inked the leaves.

an oldie – but a goodie

3 Positives:
proposal for the roof replacement signed
finished up the last piece for an ongoing challenge on FB
got out the tatting again – the start was a little rough, but I see some progress.

Our Journey Notes:
T’s appointment was a banner one! Both eyes have desired IOP! He can go off the eye drops after tomorrow. He was just a little excited when walking out of the exam area of the office. He also said he could see shapes again in the left eye. Not color, but shapes and that made his day and was an answer to prayers.

Still no call about MRI — so I sent a message through the app. Maybe a call today? We’ll have to see.