Busy Busy
Things are going well. My daughter has the chickenpox but they don’t seem to be bothering her much. I am hoping the youngest gets them and then I am done as my oldest had them a number of years ago.
I dug over the 5 raised beds in the front of the house and added some worm compost the worms had been creating over the winter. The kids did worm rescuing as I added it to the beds. I planted some seeds in 3 of the beds: dyer’s chamomile, weld, dill (it matched the height), yellow bedstraw, nettle, woad, and marigold. It won’t be the most beautiful garden if any of these grow but it will make nice dye colours with the exception of the nettle and dill. We still get frost in May so I will have to see how things go. If not, then I go and buy bedding plants in the middle of June like I do every year. I have 2 beds left to plant and then I have to figure out a garden in the backyard. We have a really short season up here but extra daylight which makes gardening up here different than anywhere else I have lived.
BENIGN!
I found out what they removed almost two weeks ago was not malignant. I am so relieved and have to say the wait was beginning to get to me. Of course I realized I am way behind on my gardening so yet again I think I will just get bedding plants and save the seeds for next year. Our last frost is usually the beginning of June and we had snow a couple of days ago but I think plants is still the way to go.
Life is bloody amazing!
Yarn I Plied Today
I was busy today and plied some more yarn on my wheel. It is 3 plies of Corriedale wool.
Etsy Shop Update
I listed 3 more items in my Etsy shop.
First are the 4 Finn/alpaca/silk batts. I dyed these with natural dyes.
Next is the muga silk/Corriedale wool yarn.
Finally, the Corriedale wool/llama yarn.
Some Yarn
I finished some Corriedale singles today:
I plied them with another single of Corriedale in a similar colourway and the undyed muga silk into this 3 ply:
I just have to get it wound off, measured, and set the twist and then I will list it.
Etsy Shop Update
I did a bunch of carding today on my drum carder. I am going to try listing the batts on my Etsy store as I haven’t had many views on my Artfire shop. They are two sets of batts that are somewhat similiar in colour but not quite the same colour.
This is a set of 4 batts of Finn/alpaca/tussah silk that weigh approximately 94 g total.
This is a set of 5 batts of Finn/alpaca/tussah silk that weigh approximately 114 g.
I have another set that need another pass through the drum carder and some more fibre to card up. I hope to get that listed tomorrow.
Still Not Sure But Looking Hopeful
So the thing was on my sigmoid colon I found out. Yeah, I am sure you wanted to know that…lol. Still no news on whether it is cancer or not but I was told no news is often good news as they usually get back quickly if it is cancer. I feel better and am starting to go about things as if it is benign. The thing is gone and I do feel better if still tired from the surgery still. The sluggishness is gone though.
I have to say I am feeling so positive. Some “trolls” had been getting me down but all this has made me realize that people like that are just like a tumour actually. You need to get rid of them/it and move on. I am not perfect. My body has 3 more scars after this week. I have been cranky all winter not knowing what was wrong with my health. I have to say I have found out who my real friends are and there are more of them than I thought. My kids have been amazing. My son vacuumed yesterday and my youngest has been helping me too. My daughter has been feeding the cats to help out. Even just the little things like my oldest running baths for his siblings without me even asking has been such a great help. He had a great birthday as he got all the presents he wanted.
Life is amazing. It really is.
Being Thankful
I am still sore and still worried but I am feeling better which is a good thing. My 3 year old told me today that he had been scared when I had the surgery and that he had hoped that his kisses and cuddles would have been enough so I wouldn’t have to have it. Of course he doesn’t understand I am waiting for the test results and I got a little emotional trying to say something that was neutral so in the end I said I was always his mother and that I will love him forever. He was happy with that. I have the best kids. I am really hoping for benign but even if it is malignant many people make it through and live a long life.
I did a tiny bit of spinning today. I couldn’t do too much but I really missed spinning. I have been looking longingly at my combs but that is too much for me right now. Maybe next week. I really should wash more fleece tomorrow. I am just doing small batches anyways as I am trying to keeps the locks intact for combing. At least I will be doing something.
Another Day Almost Done
I am almost through today. It is my son’s birthday and I got a little emotional remembering his birth 9 years ago. I was still feeling rough but thanks to Betty Crocker he had a cake and he also got all the presents he wanted. I have to order his present as I ended up in the ER instead of shopping for one but he understands. I have some half done socks I am crocheting for him that I hope to finish this week.
As I had to stay awake to take care of my 3 year old today I downloaded the most recent Studios magazine. I am back to dreaming of a studio. My living room has this great northern light coming into it that I really like so I think that as I naturally gravitate to the living room for my spinning I need to work with that. I am still too sore to do anything but I will work on it slowly. A lady in town was saying she even does her own drywall and renos and I feel that if she can do that then I can put up a whole pile of shelving. This waiting for the results has made me realize that it is ridiculous to have this much stash. There is a term called SABLE which is stash acquisition beyond life expectancy. I actually don’t want to be SABLE despite any jokes I make. Life can turn on a dime though and having so much stuff can make it difficult to remain flexible with life choices. I sort of feel that tools like spinning wheels and so forth are reasonable to keep for a lifetime but fibre is always being produced and there really is no need to have so much of it.
My mom was amazed by my spinning and for the first time I realized that I am a spinner/spinster. It is what I do along with being a woman and a mother. I have never had a career so have never really had a career title and this is as close as I have ever come to having one. I rather like it.
Good News Bad News
I had surgery on Friday and the good news I do not have endometriosis anymore because they couldn’t find any this time. The bad news is they found a mesenteric nodule which the surgeon says was about the size of his thumb. They are sending it away to be tested to see if it is benign or malignant. At least the problem has been found so that is good. I am not recovering as well as I had hoped and I am getting around slowly. I had to head back to the ER on Friday night and the doctor said I had waited too long to come in so I am trying to not let that happen again. I am back at home and my mom left this morning to head back to where she lives.
It is just one day at a time right now until I feel better. I can’t treadle very well at the moment so it is just crocheting and support spindles for a while.