Well, where did February go?!!
I can't believe March is already here!
It seems like I've spent much of the last few weeks.....being sick.... :(
I had tried after my last post to contact a dr.'s office to get an appointment......
I have to REALLY be sick and have tried all I know to do before I'll go to a doctor.....
Well, the lady that answered the phone said, "The Dr. isn't seeing "new" patients until March 4th".......Wah? That's like a week away from when I called! "What about his brother"? I asked, "Isn't he a pretty good Dr. too?" At which she replies, "He's out of town for three weeks".....
Oh my goodness! I thought....this is ridiculous!
Anyhow.....I made the appt. still trying to figure out what I could do sooner........my other alternatives were to go to the ER and sit, sit and sit some more..... in a tiny room.....breathing everyone else's air.......and just waiting to see what other germs I might be able to pick while I was there, or drive 40 miles.......one way......(uphill....barefoot...in the snow...lol!).....to a medical care type clinic to repeat a similar scenario to the ER one....OR try to locate another DR........OR just keep taking the meds, keep praying and just try to tough it out......
Well, I opted to do the latter......it sure hasn't been easy.....
I have had a TERRIBLE cough for days.....my head was staying plugged most of the time....it hurt so bad behind my eyes it's painful to shift them and look around......
At night I would wake up (did this three nights in a row....not lastnight though PTL!) absolutely freezing and shaking all over.....I would be so restless I could not go back to sleep so I'd go take the hottest shower I could stand.....then off I'd go to the recliner......the nightly routine.....and fall asleep for a couple of hours to wake up sweating........
About the third night of this happening I was seriously beginning to question if I had something else going on......causing my body temp. to go haywire.....I checked my temp. at one point and it was 97.3 and I was perspiring!???
DH said as congested as I've been both head and chest.....he felt I was just trying to "sweat out" all that sickness......but if I thought I needed to do something else we'd do it......
I said I did't feel sick to my stomache, didn't feel dizzy or hurt anywhere......just felt "poopy".......
Anyhow......DD had a big archery meet early yesterday morning and I wasn't up to getting out in the rain/sleet to go with them.....so DH took her....he had also taken her bowling Friday afternoon with a group of kids and then the group wanted to go out for pizza afterwards.....
My DH has been great with helping out with all the places DD had to be this weekend..... :)
Go DH!! You rock!!
Since I was homebound...........I thought I'd
try to do a little picking up in the house.....I managed to make our bed, washed the dishes that were in the sink & did a couple loads of laundry.......after that my energy was pretty much zapped again......
Then, I got a phone call from a couple of ladies wanting to come to the shop later in the afternoon to look at some furniture....although part of me was thrilled to have customers.....the other part was whimpering....because I still felt lousy and knew the shop needed a good bit of tidying up and some new things I've added hadn't been priced yet.....so, I had DD drag the vacuum over and I ran it through the shop, added a berry garland here and there, my DH lit a Blueberry Cheesecake candle & helped me hang a few more prints & DD swept the leaves and debris off the front porch and helped me turn all the little lights on.......my family is such a blessing!
After that, I decided it would be in my best interest to rest awhile so I managed to take a lil' nap for over an hour and a half.....then I got up...fixed my hair and put some presentable clothes on and went over to the shop.....I felt much better after that nap!
Well, the customers came and after much discussion between themselves and looking through my binder with furniture ideas......she started looking at this piece (below)......
It has a lid that lifts there where the basket and crock print are......
She didn't buy this piece but, we really believe she wants one built like this with some modifications......DH has to sit down with all the dimensions and extras and get her a price figured.....she was extremely excited that something started to come together about what she wanted....her's is going to be done in an aged white-washed look.....with and additional shelf located about 10 1/2" below those three drawers.....she collects the Willowtree figures.....
It will go in a "cubby" area in her kitchen.....where a freezer was.....so she wanted something
with storage too....the area under the lid that lifts up is going to be used for extra table linens and such.....the space underneath w/shelf.....would be great for tall pitchers, extra dish sets, serving platters and such that you wouldn't use everyday........
This is the second custom piece we are building since this one......the first is the one that has to be finished by the end of this week.......it's wider and much deeper than this piece and has 17" doors at the bottom.....it will be the same color (custom mixed....by me...in a Folger's Coffee Can :)) as the one below..........
It's pretty windy and cold out, I thought I should give it one more day of staying home.......been here since TUESDAY!!!!!
I thank the Lord I do finally feel like I'm getting better......lost about 6lbs. in the process.....(much more needed to go)I don't recommend doing it this way though......
I just haven't felt like eating....
It's not near as enjoyable when you can't taste it!
Thanks for listening to me babble on and on......and most of all thank you for your prayers and kind words...... :)

Oh, one more thing....see how I tried (I said tried....) to somewhat duplicate what I saw in the print, in the grouping atop the cannery cabinet? I did it in about five minutes (under pressure and time constraints) :) (below)

Have a lovely day!
Backwoodsprim