I put in a flower bed along the south side of my house last summer and put one along the west side of the house this summer. I got some plants while in Wichita in June and got the area worked up the the plants in the ground. As I was walking across the yard looking at other plantings, I stepped in a hole in the yard that I had never seen before. I fell to the ground on hands and knees with my foot still in the hole. I got up and continued to work in the yard another hour or so before going into the house to sit and cool off under the ceiling fan. When I tried to get up to take a shower, I could hardly put any weight of that right foot. By evening I got the crutches from Mom & Dad. A few days later I went to the clinic to have it checked and was told there was no obvious fracture on the x-ray and to wear the walking boot and use the crutches. If I was not better in 2 weeks I should come back and then they'd find out what is really going on. I do not want to mess with 9 month of a hurt ankle as I did 2 years ago. I wore the boot and used the crutches for another week and a half before trying it without. I decided to go to the chiropractor then. He said it was out of place and did a couple pulls, twists and pops and sent me on my way and to come back in 4 days. At that time he said it was only slightly out of place, put it back in with one pull and taped the arch and ankle. That was 4 days ago and I hardly have a limp when I walk. I even got the mulch down in the new flower bed yesterday.
While using the crutches, I used a messenger bag to carry stuff around since I did not have extra hands. My cell phone was in there all the time because I usually do not have pockets. I was picking up dishes and cups to take to the kitchen and put a mug in the bag thinking it was empty. It fell over in the bag as I was moving and there was some melted ice water in it. My phone got wet. I immediately took the battery out and dried everything out and placed it all in rice.. This it supposed to be the cure all for wet cell phones and I know it has worked on a phone that took a bath with one of my nieces. Mine just got wet, not dunked or soaked. The rice did not work on my phone. The battery still works in Mom's phone but the screen and keyboard are dead in mine. UGG! Rather than buy a new phone, I just had my old one with an external antenna reactivated. It does not matter what phone I have I still have dropped calls, week signal and can not answer calls in the bedroom.
The foot accident was on Friday (July 8) and the cell phone accident was the following Monday (July 11). On Thursday (July 14) I laid on the couch to put my foot up for a while and fell asleep. When I woke up a couple hours later, I opened my eyes to see a 3 foot long snake crawling across the middle of my living room floor. I called Mom and she found Dad in the shed and I had kept a watch on the snake to see where it would go. They both came in to help, one with a hoe and the other with a shovel. He had crawled behind the recliner along the north wall. Mom opened the door and Dad chased him that way and finally out the door. He took off towards the road but turned around and headed back to the house. Bull snakes are good to have around because of they eat other rodents but you get in my house and you are fair game. If he had kept going he would be alive but once he headed back to the house, Dad decided he would not have the chance to get back in. Thank you Mom & Dad for coming to my rescue once again. That week was some week and I would rather not repeat another one like that. Foot accident, cell phone accident, and snake in the house.
Since coming home from Wichita I have finished the applique borders on the Year in the Garden quilt. Now it is ready for machine quilting also.
On the way to Wichita I found some fabric that would work in my bathroom for curtains. I bought enough to make a valance for the bathroom window because I also wanted to hang a pull shade on it. After purchasing this fabric and making the curtain while in Wichita, I decided to make a matching shower curtain. Karen & I stopped in Newton to buy more fabric. Yesterday I painted the trim boards around the bathroom window, installed the pull shade and the valance. I put up the shower curtain. Today I made a hanging bag from the extra fabric. The bathroom looks so much brighter with having the shade up and the forest green shower curtain down. Now to clean the room.
I have been helping the ladies group at church with a quilting project. We were given enough fabric for two quilts. I took the amounts of each color we were given and figured out several patterns we could make from it. We have had two sewing nights at church and are to have the quilt tops done by September 17 when we will all gather in Garden City to quilt them. I have been asked to teach a binding class so I think I will machine quilt ours before going there. I'm excited to get these done. I then will work on Eilene Murphy's quilt. I have been enjoying the sewing projects.
