Nests

I finished off some Wildlife Rescue Nests and got them in the mail to a rehab person in Michigan.

The double stranded nests are getting harder on my bad thumb so this is the last shipment for a bit. They have to be crocheted tightly.  Never fear I have plenty of other charity projects to work on.

I created my own wasp nest crochet pattern.  The pattern on the Internet was really large.  I started at the bottom with a magic circle and worked my way up adding stitches when ever I felt like it.  As you can see I am incapable of doing two nests exactly alike.  I had no beige yarn so I chose this dirty green color from my stash.

They are filled with plastic grocery bags.
I used Mod Podge to help protect them a bit...I figured that way they will last  two years instead of just one.

I hung them over the sink to dry...anchored by drinking glasses and a Loon.

Here they are all dry...I can still add a clear spray sealer to them...I found some in Far Guys stash....but I am not sure it is needed.

We will hang them up and see what happens.  One is going out at the Sauna and the other under the back deck (the scene of last years painful encounter.)

We had an exciting Monday...Far Guy tried to cut his finger off and I tried to faint.  I am absolutely worthless when he is bleeding and in pain...being an former EMT I am not bothered by anyone else bleeding or with gaping  wounds...just my husband.  He thought he might need stitches...instead we used steri strips to seal it up.

I am not feeling much better after the Shingrix Shot last Friday...one day at a time...I had another four hour nap.

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More about May

May was  a month!

Hey Mikey had a birthday!  He is three now!  The terrible twos are behind him now.

He has his Mamas eyes!  Maddie reports he is working on his colors and numbers...he keeps saying he is four not three...

Jonas the Foreign Exchange Student from Belgium headed home.  I took one last photo of him in his new boots.  I said "You will have to wear them on the plane because they take up lots of room in the suitcase."  He has been living with Jen, Andy and Adam the past nine months.

Jonas

Far Guys big sister had one of those milestone birthdays. 

This photo was taken 69 years ago when she was 6 years old...you can do the math.  She is still doing chemo treatments for breast cancer.  The first chemo treatments were real hard on her, the last treatments seem a bit easier on her....not that they are easy just less hard. She has about a month of treatments left and then they will figure out what they are going to do next.

I had the second Shingrix shot on Friday. Cross something off my healthcare list!
I am not as ill as I was with the first one. I have swelling about the size of a softball.   However I did clear my busy schedule for some down time over the weekend.  So far four hour naps are the normal.  I am a good napper.
The shot Nurse was awesome.  I explained Far Guys situation that he is high risk.  So they scheduled me as the first patient in the morning.   I touched nothing except my shoes to the floor...I was taken in almost immediately and ushered out the back door to avoid the waiting room where there was one person.  My regular Doctor works a few days a week out of a very small satellite clinic so  I usually go there to see her...it is a farther drive...but doable. 

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Tired

I am feeling very tired since early Friday morning.  On Thursday I had my first Recombinant Zoster Vaccine  or Shingrix.  I have been on the waiting list for some time as the vaccine is in short supply.

I was awake for six hours on Friday and slept the day and night away.  I was awake for eight hours on Saturday.  In a few more days I will be back to normal. Extreme fatigue and nausea are the symptoms I experienced.  Far Guy says I am pretty boring when I am sleeping and had to check to make sure I was breathing a few times.

I hate being so sleepy...but I would hate getting Shingles even worse. 

This is a two part vaccine and in 2 -6 months I will get the second part. I will have to schedule it when I can sleep the weekend away!

Far Guy finished with his series of the vaccine back in December he suffered no side effects at all....although he said his arm hurt for a few days.

  I have managed to do a few loads of laundry between sleeps but everything else will have to wait.

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