Oma Rules!

For Alexis

Are you amazed, Alexis? 

I had so much time that I even learned to post a picture!

Snow Day

I know that those of you who have lots of little children home for a snowday might think: lucky Oma, she can do whatever she wants to do. True, true, but now I've done it, and now I've had plenty of alone time.  Tomorrow I'm going out regardless how much snow there is!

Paintings

I thought I'd share some of my paintings with you.

 

 

 

If anyone has any advice on taking good pictures of paintings, please let me know!

And The Winner Is...

Just Jess!

Please e-mail me at [email protected] with your address so that I can send your wool out to you!

Congratulations to Just Jess and thanks to everyone who commented.  Also, thanks to Maya of Springtree Road, who handspun the yarn and sent many lovely folks this way!   I hope that you will all come back and visit.  I have to say that I am thrilled at the response to this giveaway, and I plan to do them every once and a while.

Thanks again!

Giveaway!

 

To celebrate the launch of Oma Rules! and the fact that my heart is still beating, I'm going to host a giveaway.  All you have to do is leave a comment below before 6PM EST on Friday, February 19th, and you will be entered in the drawing to win the two beautiful handspun yarns pictured above.  They were spun by Maya of Springtree Road and they are stunning!

Good luck!

 
 

Happy Heart Day

After a 24 hour visit to the hospital this past Thursday night, Alexis picked me up to take me home. She gave me a book that I had asked her to order for me, and said:  "Good thing you didn't die. I would have felt so bad when the book arrived in the mail today!"

Where could she possibly have gotten that sense of humor? 

Happy Valentine's Day!

What a difference a year makes....

 

 

On the evening of last years superbowl, I almost died.  

Not figuratively speaking.  Literally.  

I had had major surgery, and everything had gone very well, but not long after I woke up, I felt that something was not right.  I was excessively thirsty, and, over the course of the next day,  I got weaker and weaker.  I was assured that that was quite normal after a major surgery -- until the nurses couldn't measure my bloodpressure, and couldn't find a vein to put a needle in. 

Suddenly things became very hectic. Lots of nurses, doctors, technicians.  Racing through the hallways to take an xray.  The technician said, "Hold your breath,"  and I thought  that then I might not be able to start breathing again.  But I was very calm, and not afraid.  I could feel that my life was slipping away, and I felt mostly curious about what was happening.  A lovely young nurse stayed by my side, telling me everything would be alright.  I felt sorry for her. What a way to start your shift!  I was bleeding into my belly, they said. 

And then they brought me back.  No white lights or tunnels, just slipping away, and then coming back.  Julia had said to me just before the surgery that I should stay away from  any tunnels or blinding white lights, please!   

When I woke up, Alexis was sitting at the foot of my bed, knitting.  She smiled, and said hi.  What a beautiful sight!  Then Julia sailed into the room, bringing life and sunshine with her.  I had four blood transfusions.  Alexis said she was almost certain that some of the blood came from George Clooney. 

O.K., that's better.

Had I mentioned that I have two fabulous daughters?

Life is good!  But not always easy, is it?

Toothless But Thoughtful

Yesterday I played a board game with Willa and India (who was fashionably dressed in a pink belt--and nothing else). The objective was to collect as many chips as possible.  The kids were collecting chips rapidly, but it took me a good long while to earn three chips. I said, "Finally, I have three chips!"  Willa answered, "We each only have four."  I told her that India had at least five.  Willa smiled shyly, and said quietly, "Me, too."  Isn't it wonderful that there are thoughtful people like that in the world....even if at this point they have no front teeth, and are only in second grade?