Today was an exhilarating day. I got up, showered, got dressed and made it out of the house by 830 this morning! I felt good, I felt ready to get on with the day. I was dropping hubby off at work and driving over to Judithmary's house. She is the Queen of our Red Hat Chapter, The Ladies of the Red and Purple Cloth. She just had a procedure to put in a pace maker in on Thursday and she wanted to come over. She had called me on Sunday, my oops, I forgot to call her on Saturday, and told me that she had a gout attack right after the surgery. Hubby has gout and talked to Judithmary. He recommended that she drink lots and lots of cherry juice, it will help flush the crystals out of the joint. So when I arrived today, imagine my surprise that Judithmary answered the door herself, and was walking around quite well. She said to give hubby a hug because the cherry juice really worked and she was able to get around without much problem. We walked into her craft room and she showed me the bulky yarns she had gotten, red and purple yarn. She wanted me to see if I could make a shawl out of the purple and trim it in the red bulky yarn. I told her to get another 4 skeins of the purple and I would take the two she had and get started. I have a general design in my mind for the shawl, and I am going to practice it on some practice yarn, scrap yarn first to make sure I can do what I am thinking. She wants it holey, loose and airy. The holey and loose are capable but the airy can't be done with chunky yarn. I will do my best.
She really was feeling good, the implantation of the pacemaker was giving her extra energy and she was fighting at the bit to go to the store, the arts and craft store, Hobby Lobby. She wanted to get some stuff for the dolls she has been turning into Red Hat Dolls. We whisked away in her SUV, and landed in Hobby Lobby. While she was shopping, we went down one isle that had floral bouquets with rhinestone buttons on them, just what I was looking at on the button shelf. Buying the rhinestone buttons individually would be $3.99 each, where as I could buy a purple daisy floral bouquet with 5 flowers, each having a rhinestone button in the center, for $8.50. Sold! I should have looked for a second one, but I am going back tomorrow and will see if I can find another one marked down, I need the buttons. I also need flower wire and styrofoam balls to use to make the pinecone bouquet I am making for my daughter. The styrofoam balls are to put the fabric flowers on and hold them up. The wire will go through the button, down through the fabric flowers, through the styrofoam ball and down into the stem of the bouquet. I have to get the ribbon and some twine.
Well, Judithmary shopped until her foot started throbbing then we went home and I headed off to the Chapel Hills Mall to go buy a rosary and the cheat sheets that tell me how to use it. I found the store, All Things Catholic, and went in looking for rosaries. They had a range of prices from $6 all the way up to decorative ones for over $100. I got one of the $6, figuring it would serve me now and I could use it as a pattern and make one for myself out of the beads I have at home. I would need to buy the crucifixes at the hobby store.
After my purchase, I headed over to hubby's work, so we could exchange the car. He offered to buy me lunch but I am trying to start sticking to a budget and eat at home, so that is what I did when we got there. I spent the rest of the afternoon upstairs with the dogs and exploring things Hubby got home around 6 and though we were going to have the stacked chicken enchiladas, he wanted to make a pizza instead, so he did. I ate it but it didn't taste very good to me, a lot of foods do that now. This new medication I have been on for about 4 months has really changed the way everything tastes and I am having a hard time finding food that tastes good anymore.
I am so happy! I have been given absolution for all my past and am starting anew. Yeah!
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