welcome distractions . . .

Backposted (because how ever many years from now I'd regret not having posted these pictures along with their stories)!

While Todd was in the hospital, James and his crew were on Spring break.  Lots of fun photos came from out west . . .

They had such a great time!  I love those smiles!  :)

And Jocelyn is always faithful (sickness or no) to keep me in entertaining Ezra pics:

My dear little dolly; he's really enjoying food play!!! ♥

:)

the unexpected . . .

Backposted (because how ever many years from now I'd regret not having posted these pictures along with their stories)!

Never in my wildest dreams would I have expected that covid would have wreaked the havoc in my previously healthy-as-a-horse husband as it did.  We were worried about me, because of all the co-morbidities I have.  But after the second weekend, Todd's O2 just plummeted and we headed to the ER.  It wasn't long before they determined he had covid pneumonia and he was admitted.  

Unfortunately, at some point early on in his hospital stay, he also caught bacterial pneumonia, which the doctors didn't catch for a number of days, so it went untreated, so he continued to spiral downward. It was a really scary two weeks in the hospital. I pretty much stayed with him for the entire time, so it makes sense that I "homed" it up:

Anything to take the drearyness away!  The grands did their part too . . .

Sweet 'get well' cards for their Pawpaw. The nurses were all impressed with their artistic abilities. So was I!

I had grabbed some EPP to keep my hands busy for a bit.

It wasn't enough . . . days in a hospital room are LONG days. My sweet stitcher friends (my SAS girls) put together a bag of handstitching projects.  Bliss! I got right to work.

Joc came by to visit a couple of times. We met downstairs in the cafeteria, or outside.  She brought baby lovings for me . . .

Sweet little round-headed baby boy!

:)

taking a turn . . .

Backposted (because how ever many years from now I'd regret not having posted these pictures along with their stories)!

Well.  The week started out just fine.  We woke up one day to a lovely blanket of snow.  I love March snows!  Remember, just the weekend before, we were out on the boat!

But, as is typical of March snows (not March ice storms, mind you), twelve hours later, it was back to Spring! And three days later . . .

By the end of the week, I was feeling poorly.  By Saturday morning I was feeling bad enough that, for the very first time, I took a covid test . . .

It didn't even take sixty seconds for the "positive" to show up.  Ah Bach. Talk about a turn for the worse.

Thankfully, I didn't feel terrible.  One day with a fever and bad headache, and then I was just tired.  I spent a bunch of time out on the deck (covered and with the heater on) . . .

And enjoyed the wildlife show . . .

By Monday, as hard as he'd tried to stay away, Todd had also succumbed. By Wednesday, I was really feeling fine, so I nursed Todd and took advantage of being home and worked on (and completed) my March UFO challenge project, which was to piece the T-block quilt (minus the border) that I'd tentatively named Oriental Tea Garden.

Yay!  I also worked on finishing the hand-quilting the silver spiderweb on my Halloween Hexi table topper . . .

This was actually May or June's UFO challenge project, but I've got the time, so I went ahead and finished it up! 

I did end up missing some big things. Ellie did her presentation on the fabled Babylon Hanging Gardens:

I was supposed to receive a Quilt of Valor at a presentation on Thursday, and our guild's quilt show, which is always spectacular, was over the weekend.

Luckily, I've got good friends who sent me some photos!

I can't believe I'm saying this ... but I'm ready to go back to work next week.  <grin>

:)