January 27, 2008

I got myself and my things situated once I got to my room and went to sleep at 2am. I was awake at 5am and the tingling started shortly afterwards. No bloodwork could be drawn until a central line was placed, but the surgeon didn't show up until 10am. They couldn't even give me any calcium until the bloodwork was done, in fear of giving me too much (stupid rule, considering the circumstances!).

When Uncle Wes stopped by, he brought a package that arrived in yesterday's mail. Sue V from SIQ & ESC sent me a bunch of goodies. It's a combined prize, birthday, and wish list present!

There were 5 charts, 4 pieces of linen, and 14 skeins of GAST hand-dyed floss. One chart is in a tiny clear box, with the cutest little snowman button. She even got me the hand-dyed Colorscapes by PictureThisPlus.com! It's a gorgeous light blue with opalescents all through it. The color is called Crystal Aerial and it's 28ct Lugana. Absolutely stunning, Sue!

She also included Little House Needleworks' Dear Diary Charts 1, 2, & 3, and Cherry Pick'n by Plum Pudding Needleart. Included with them were lambswool & antique white linen to stich them on, plus some lilac linen that I'm going to use for a chart that I just bought the charm for.

I'm definitley going to have a couple months' worth of stitching LHN charts in 2009, so it's looking like my theme for 2009 will be Designer of the Month (in 2-4 month blocks). I'm going to have to re-name you my Super Stash Fairy too! Thank you so much! I can't tell you how much I love everything you chose!

Once everything settled down, I was actually able to do a little more work on Deflty Wrought.