THE TEMPERATURE BLANKET AND OTHER THINGS

It is getting cold here.  Our weather forecasters tell us that it is getting down to 30*F and on Monday down to 20*F.  It's a good time to be working on my blanket.

And here it is.  I'm up to date on it.

You can see it was hot in August with all the 80*F pinks and 90*F reds.  A couple of 70*F yellows snuck in there too.

September had one streak of 90*F weather at the beginning.  A rather long streak of about a week.  And then it was mostly 80*F pink and 70*F yellow with a few days of 60*F light green.

Now it's October.  The weather has turned much colder.  Oh how I miss the warm weather.  There is even some 50*F dark green rows now.

Here's a shot of September and October.  You can see how the temperatures went from 90* to 50*.

A few days ago Joe got a package in the mail.  He said it was for me.  When I opened it, it was a t-shirt that I had been looking at but never expected to get.

What a nice surprise!  I'm going to wear it on the first night of the Hallmark Christmas movies.  Joe knows me so well.

Yesterday Joe had an Elders meeting at church.  I went over to pick him up when they were finished.  When we got home, I had my hands full and was trying to unlock the front door.  The door opened and then swung back and hit my right hand.  It hurt terribly.  Almost immediately it swelled up and turned black and blue.

I put ice on it right away and the picture you see at the top is after some of the swelling went down.  The bottom picture is from today and you can see it is better.  I can type, I was sewing at Crafters today, and I can do just about anything so it is not broken.  The things I have difficulty with is turning doorknobs, jar lids and cutting things like vegetables when I have to use pressure.  I guess it will take a few days for things to get back to normal.  What is bad is that my left hand is pretty crippled with arthritis so I'm left with not much dexterity right now.  Joe is helping out with a lot of things.

And it's already the end of another week.  How did this happen?  We were saying that at church today.  Time just seems to be flying by.

Just Dorothea and I at Crafters today.  Rick, our Ministry Associate, was cutting the grass.  He and Joe came inside to sit down for a few minutes.  Rick offered us a piece of pumpkin bread that he had bought from the local bakery.  It was wonderful!  This is the bakery where I bought Joe's birthday cake and everything there is very good.  When I get paid I am going to go and buy a loaf of the bread for us.

Since I am having trouble with my hands we called out for pizza and chicken wings from Dominos for dinner.  We don't do this very often so it is a real treat for us.  It should be here very soon so I am going to get off of here and set the table.  I hope you all have a wonderful night.

Kathy