Back from surgery and update

Well, I was discharged from the hospital a week ago today. Everything went pretty well. I had to stay in an extra day because I was pretty sick from the anesthesia. I think I slept about 20 hrs out of 24 hours post op. I just was having a hard time staing awake, then when I did wake up, I was very nauseous.
Of course, the day I was discharged was my birthday. Look at these gorgeous flowers DH gave me. There were a lot of lily buds in the arrangement, and every day for about 3 or 4 days a new lily would open up. It was just gorgeous.
This is one of my birthday presents from DH also. The main present is a begininng quilting class that starts the beginning of Sept for 4 weeks on Tuesdays. I've always wanted to learn how to quilt. This isn't the pattern I'll be making in the class, but I think it will be the second one. I got this table runner kit from the Fat Quarter Shop online. They have sooo many wonderful fabrics and quilt kits. Last but not least are my stitching updates. The big news........I finished the JCS magazine piece last night at 3 a.m. It was becoming a vendetta. I NEEDED to finish that piece. I think it turned out pretty well. It's not the kind of piece I would ever stitch for myself, but it turned out nice. The $$$ will be nice from it too. Now I can start stitching on what I want to stitch on.
This first picture is from LHN Neighborhood piece. I'm in the SAL on http://lhneighborhood.blogspot.com/ that Nicole started. It's not much of a start, but at least it's a start.

Here is my little update on Lo, How a Rose. I took this to the hospital with me, but think I only stitched a couple of letters.
This is CHS A Quaker Study. I stitched on this a little one day last week when I needed a break from the JCS piece.
Well, I guess that's it. I've signed up for a PIF with Deb, so I'm going to do another post about that though.

Have a great weekend.

PS: I forgot to post a little sidenote: Today is my grandpa's 90th birthday. He doesn't get on the computer or anything, but I just think it's impressive that he turned 90. He's still pretty healthy as a horse. Happy Birthday, Grandpa!!!!

It's been awhile, but lots of progress to show...

Hi to all! It's been awhile since my last post. Lots has happened since then, both stitching wise and personally.
The pictures in this post are from my finishes in the last month or so. The only thing not here is pictures of the project for JCS magazine. This first picture is from the Make A Wish exchange for Cathy B. She said that she wanted something from LHN, so this is what I chose. They are both pieces from Heart of America. I really had a great time making these.
This next piece is from the LHN RR that I'm in for the Worldwide RR board. This is Joan's piece. I took my square from Curly Q Ewe. I finished this today. Unfortunately, it's a couple of days late in mailing, but I think it was worth it.
These are my squares from F&S Round 7 for Annemiek. I hope she likes them. It is from the online magazine The Gift of Stitching.
This last one is from the Hooked on Exchanging Board. It's from the LHN exchange. This is from the LHN freebie of Summer House. I finished it as a floss tag. I hope my partner, Lily, likes it.
Now, the other reasons I have ben busy is work, kids, and lots of dr's appts. lately. I went to a new dr. about a month ago just to establish myself as a new patient. Well, ended up getting a nuclear med scan, ultrasound of my thyroid, this week I am having a fine needle aspiration biopsy of my goiter, and next week, I'm having surgery to remove my goiter and most of my thyroid. I'm really nervous about all of this since I've only ever been in the hospital to have kids.
Well, if you lasted this long, thanks so much. I'll be back soon with another post.