Having recently been asked to tell 4 things about myself that no one on my blog knows about me, here goes:
- I like to quilt while either listening to really, really mellow music or watching DVDs of stuff getting blown up. My favorite CDs are by artists like Loreena McKennitt, Sarah Brightman, and Annie Lennox and my favorite DVDs to quilt to are Transformers, Armageddon, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended edition, of course).
- My full time job is being the head Cook for the East Montpelier Elementary School. I make breakfast and lunch every day for about 140 kids (250 in the school) and am actively trying to incorporate organic and local foods into the meals program. It has been really interesting turning the school around from a pre-cooked and ready made meals program to a homemade, from scratch meals program.
- I am allergic to sulfites. This means that I can’t drink alcohol. So if you are ever in need of a designated driver, I’m your gal. (I am also allergic to nitrates, nitrites, MSG, cats, dust and cockroaches. Eeeew.)
- And finally, I was originally a history major in college and switched to business my Junior year. I was able to make this switch fairly easily since I was probably the only history major who took, and passed, Human Anatomy and Physiology.
There, four little fun facts about me. 
A huge fan of the traditional double wedding ring quilt, I have wanted to make one for a long time now. I finally get to play with this pattern in my newest quilt. The rings are this great hydrangea fabric in shades of blue, violet and periwinkle with the background in a lovely batik purple. For the cornerstones, I will be bringing out the blue with a funky underwater print that really pops. The cornerstones are so small, you really don’t even see what the pattern is – let alone that it is this seaweed-y design!
I have yet to come up with a great name for it beyond Violet Double Wedding Ring – boooring! Any ideas?
Why is it whenever a Doctor tells you something is going to hurt, they make it sound like a walk in the park? “Oh, we’ll remove your tonsils, you’ll have a sore throat for a couple of days, then you will start to feel better.”
If only.
I had to have mine out yesterday and on that lovely scale of theirs for pain, with 10 being the worst, I am about a 9 whenever I have the misfortune to swallow. And with all of the inflamation and my tongue about the size of a deflated football, I drool – A LOT. Think 6 month old baby in need of a bib. So this means a lot of swallowing.
My husband calls the Doctor, tells him I am at a 9, and he blithely replies “That’s normal. Give it another day and we will see about stronger meds then.”
Oh wait – is that a duck I hear or my inner voice going “Quack”?
UPDATE: 4-10-08
Thank you everyone for your kind thoughts and prayers. I am doing sooo much better now. I took myself off of the pain medication, Tylenol with codeine, and got rid of all of my nausea, dizziness, and depression. Now I am strictly on ibuprofen and find that I may even do a bit of sewing this afternoon! Woo-hoo!
In May, I will be teaching another class at Maplewood Quilts using my own technique developed in the Turtle Tracks Quilt. In preparing for this class, I made a sample for the shop to display and I am very pleased with how it came out. Inside, I am jumping up and down since this quilt (eventually) will me all MINE. How many of us who craft can honestly say you have sewn something for yourself and not given it away?
Tammie, the shop owner, wants to keep the quilt on display and take it to the different shows she will be vending at to drum up interest for the class and possibly another one this fall depending upon demand. How cool is that?!
Here are some photos of the quilt and one in progress shot. I did not get any really good shots as it needed to get out the door as soon as it was done. In fact, the binding is merely basted on – not properly sewn at all! I only had about 1 week to get it done. I am amazed it even got as far as it did!
