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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Your grandma

I've become your grandma.
I just sit around and do needlecraft all day.
Since getting the flu, I've had a chance to finally finish a cross stitch sampler I've been working on for 9 months (I only work on it while on plane flights, and that wasn't getting it done, so I finished the pesky border while sick).

And I made a little sweater for a certain brand new family member - I got a new nephew this weekend but I can't go meet him because I'm a germ-face (this makes three nephews age three and under - God bless their mom).
The blue stripe = boy, right?

Of course I haven't been running anyway, but with the flu I've been downright sedentary. I got the sickness on Wednesday, and luckily I had a pharmacist covering my store on Thursday so I could go to an all-day meeting. The meeting was canceled due to weather, and I got to stay home sick! But it was back to work on Friday - sick as a dog. I didn't feel like I could exercise until Saturday, when I did a very light, very short yoga download class. This was a gigantic mistake. I mean, the flu will really knock you down. Just a few minutes of activity had me back in bed. And I am still so weak!
But I did go to the gym yesterday and did easy elliptical just to get some blood flowing. It went ok, so I will head back today for bike or elliptical. And yes, I'm cleaning my germies off the machines :)

Hopefully all this forced rest will heal my hamstring fast! Already there is no bruising in the area, so that's a good sign. Next time I post I'll probably have a quilt to show you, haha.


5 comments:

  1. My grandma just created three afghans in the time it took you to write this post. You need to step it up...and get better.

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  2. Take it easy! I hope you are back to 100% soon!

    I used to cross stitch all the time when I was in HS/college. I made precious moments cross stitch patterns. Talk about being a grandma. ;) Now my grandma hobby is knitting and I love it!

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  3. Rest, rest, rest!! Hope you feel better soon.

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  4. This is so awesome because I really am a grandfather, and today I was shouting at some kids to get off my lawn. Nice work gram's!

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  5. I have my old ways too. In PJ's by 8pm on a Friday, yelling at the neighborhood kids to get off my lawn, but no knitting or needlework. I crosstitched briefly as a kid. Nothing big, obviously. Hope the funk clears up soon if it hasn't already and here's to functioning lower-bodies for both of us already!

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