Good morning!
Busy week. Making up foods over several days that I can nuke, doing laundry (even blankets), and Keanna came on Tuesday to clean. Warm. The false spring has continued.
Was surprised to see an Arctic hare out nibbling away next to my patio!
Don't see them during the daytime very often.
Still basically white. The false spring hasn't convinced their bodies to turn brown again--lol!
I got a set of clear containers for all my various new cloth vs paper goods items. In the kitchen I have the cloth paper towels on the right and lighter colored cloth napkins on the left.
Back behind my chair in the folding table area...
...a container for the cloth hankies. Yes--now I do feel like my grandmothers who had flowered hankies in their bags--lol!
Lastly, in the studio...
...got a darker colored set of cloth paper towels to use when painting and such. I don't think they will stay on the table, but they will be closeby.
On Thursday Dagan took me to the dermatologist appointment. Skip the photo below if you don't want to see what he did, but the lump on my face...well, he said it looked like cancer to him so he didn't want to remove it until they knew what kind it was. He took a biopsy. Looks worse now, as you can see! I'll find out the results within a week or two. Regardless, they will cut it off...and he wanted this other guy to do it because he is the best at the more "sensitive cosmetic" removals and does them all the time. So--another silver lining? I will make sure I get the guy who does the better job with scars--lol! He took quite a chunk!
Next time I will sit on my hands. It hurt so sharply getting the Novocain shot that my hand jerked up automatically and bumped his hand and the needle right out of my face--lol! I've never done anything like that before. But at the dentist you have armrests to grip--lol!
Anyways, Keytruda has set off my system in weird ways. The other two lumps (forearm and top of head) were benign, so this one could be, too. But even if it is cancer they usually just remove it and that is that. No treatment or anything they said. With Keytruda your immune system can attack your good cells--as well as the cancer cells. Let's just say mine has been doing a bit of that. But--no cancer. Can't complain.
[Oh--FYI...having some quite old bandaids, I discovered that Johnson & Johnson still stuck very well but the Curads did not. Barely would stick at all. Fell right off. Tossed them all.]
Dagan told me that on Saturday they were having an IKEA Party with their friends, Chris and Robyn, and their two teenage boys, Payton and Isaac!
Before the IKEA Party Ian had a pottery class in the morning!
That is so cool! I always wanted to learn pottery.
Since I injured my wrist/arm I can't even knead bread anymore, so it will never happen. Leah made a variety of beautiful bowls several years ago. I use several of them in the studio.
I was impressed with what Ian made for his first time at the pottery wheel! Nice! For the kids the teachers will fire, glaze, and fire them again, I guess. All they will have to do is pick them up when they're ready. Be fun to see them finished!
After pottery class it was time for the IKEA Party. My garage before they packed up what they could...
...and after. Maybe close to half of it?
You can maybe imagine how excited I was to get these first three pictures texted from Leah!! OMG!! They had already put together one of the two hutches with the glass doors on top that go side-by-side in the living room!
And they were working on the small skinny shelf unit that will go in the studio.
It is the same as this unit I have in the studio here inside the door. They will sit side-by-side even though my current IKEA pieces in my studio that are coming with me are actually a more bluish color. The light is bad.
This is more the color. These other two live under my die-cutting table.
Here's an old sketch I made for the furniture placement. All of it was measured to make sure it would fit, but I didn't make the drawings of the actual furniture to size--lol! Way off! It will be a lot more crowded than this appears to be--lol! All this was just for the placement of what goes where. But it is finally happening!
And so it begins!
Later on Saturday Leah texted a few more pics!The two hutches with the glass doors are there and real!! (Can you hear me squealing with delight?!)
The greyish skinny set of drawers is together and in the studio!
I plan to use the blue one I already have for pens, inks, and pen stuff. Whoohoo! This grey one will be for stamps and other card making supplies.
And one of the hutches without the glass doors on top is already in the studio! Will sit side-by-side with another one. The shelves below in the hutches will hold the many satchels.
The satchels that will go below in the living room hutches will hold writing supplies...finished cards, bookcards, supplies for letters and journaling. The satchels that will go in the studio hutches will be for card making, bookmaking, and other craft supplies.
And one of the two wardrobes was put together, too!
Can you tell I am excited!!
They got all that done on Saturday!! Happy dancing in Fargo! :)
So here's what is now put together or that I already own and am taking with me. Whoohoo! Progress!!
Ian and Liam were upstairs playing Sorry and doing things to keep busy and stay out of the way a bit, you know? A little too young to be able to keep up with helping with the furniture.
They would have been more in the way...like Gramma--lol!
So, this coming week I have Dr. Kessler for my annual Medicare checkup on Wednesday. Not so stressful--lol! Leah is taking me to this one. I might hear about whether the face lump is cancer or not--and get the slicing scheduled, if I am lucky. We are supposed to continue with the false spring. Allie is loving it! Have a great week! :)
16 comments:
That is such a typical March sky in the first photo. I love the Arctic hare, and I never knew they eventually turn brown.
I've said this before but I'll mention it again. I envy how organized you always are.
Skin cancer? I certainly hope not. I have a cyst on my arm that looks awful, but the doctor isn't worried about it. It's one thing after another, huh?
Making pottery sounds intriguing. I'm not sure I'd be very good at it - but it takes practice.
Your new abode is looking fantastic! It won't be very long before it's finally complete.
It's all go around you! Will you be moving soon?
Kudos to you for using cloth instead of paper towels. We did this a long time ago and I can assure you it works.
Wow, Rita, so much happening these days. I do hope that is not cancer, it looks awful! Thanks for the update on your move that seems almost imminent.
Sweety its not 'crowded' ... its 'cozy'...lol So glad to see things happening for you AND my goodness fingers, toes and eyeballs crossed for NOT cancer! Much love, hugs, deb
I am a fan of your furniture! If they throw another Ikea party you will be moving soon. Yippee!! I took pottery in Jr. High. I still have what I made. I don't think I've ever seen a hare.
Nice Ikea party! I hear we are in for a blizzard on Friday...:( I had lots of skin cancer after all the RA biologics...I hope I am done with that now, I see my dermatologist in April sometime. My dermatologist has me put vaseline on the sore areas for about a week to let them heal. Hope you have a good week.
Wow the rabbit is so big. Great photos of him. I do like those clear containers. Your place looks so nice and neat. Hoping the biopsy is benign. Oh the kids look like they had a lot of fun. The fam got a lot of work done. Nice photos. Take it easy over there.
My late father had skin cancer and was always getting sliced. His scars were barely noticeable though so having a high quality surgeon do the procedures was well worth it. Hope your results are negative in a positive way. That is a huge hare!
Good afternoon! You already know how excited I am about the Ikea party. Everything looks wonderful. I would be in the way, too. My old knees can't get down on the floor. That's a tender area where you had to get the shot. No wonder your hands flew up. The hare looks so pretty. Ian's pottery turned out very well. I've been using cloth napkins for quite some time now. You'll be glad you made the change. A roll of paper towels lasts me about 6 months because I so seldom use one. I use old cloth dish cloths and towels in place of paper towels. I also have raggedy old towels and wash cloths in one part of my linen closet that I use for cleaning. I just toss them in the washer with the other towels and re-use them until they fall apart. Hope you have a good week. I vote for another Ikea party.
Love,
Janie
The "Easter bunny" in front of your patio door is really fabulous.
The pottery course is a great thing, it's not so easy to turn clay evenly on the potter's wheel... it will be a joy when everything is finished.
The IKEA fun is really going well - I can well imagine how pleased you are.
Lots of love from Viola
Oh wow, that is exciting to see that all come together. An Ikea party sounds like fun. I would like to have one here. Would you believe I have never gotten anything from Ikea?
The pottery class loooks like it was fun. Looks like Ian is an expert already.
I hope you get your results soon so you can move forward. The waiting is always the hardest, isn't it? Thinking lovely thoughts for those. But such good news with the IKEA party. Wow -- they were amazing -- that's a lot for anyone. I'm really super impressed.
Hi Rita! Yes, lots of progress is being made! An Ikea party sounds fun. We have lots of Ikea pieces and love them, but they do take some time and effort to assemble. I hope you get good news (no cancer) about your face. We use white wash clothes instead of paper towels and have for some time. You will be glad you made the change. See you again next week. Have a good one!
Hello Rita, lovely that you’ve been getting nice weather and I love that Arctic hare you’ve had visiting. He’s a beauty! I like how you have stored your cloth towels and napkins, and your cloth hankies. I do the cloth towels and napkins, but need to do the hankies too so you’ve given me an idea. Never thought of using dark cloth paper towels for painting, such a great idea. That will save a few trees over the course of time. And taling about time, I hope the time goes quickly while you wait for your results and sounds like you’ve got a good guy for its removal. Oh yes, be sure to sit on your hands ;) Yikes! I learned something new about this Keytruda and thanks for all these details. Good to know your other lumps were benign. Cute photos of your grands. I did pottery classes once and theirs is a lot better looking than mine was ;) Isn’t that wonderful that your family got so many things put together? I’d be squealing right along with you. You have every right to be excited. They did a great job! Your sketch is excellent! Good luck on your medical checkup. That’s such a cute photo of Allie you ended up with. Sending you wishes for the best of everything my friend.
That's great progress on the IKEA furniture! Good to see that hare, they are just cute little buggers.
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