Too many projects in progress
In my usual practice of trying to do too many things at once, I can't tell you how many projects I have going right now. Let's just say it's too many for me to keep track of, but I have simple mind. lol. My swap hat is almost finished, just a couple of rounds left.
I did start a scrap afghan using my acquired and leftover yarns. This thing is going to be huge! It's at least 5 feet wide and so far it's about 16" long. It's all double crocheted stripes. I started with my browns, I took the darkest shade and went to the lightest I have. After I finished the browns, I did sc stripes in the same order with the browns, then a dc row of cream. Now, I'm working with the reds. Next I'll do blues, then greens. I really don't know how long it will be, but it will be great for snuggling on the couch because it is as wide as the couch!
Today, J spent part of the afternoon fixing the toilet in our half-bath. The turn off valve had sprung a leak and needed replacing. In typical J fashion, once he removed the toilet he found the valve he had bought was the wrong size and he needed a new flange for the toilet drain. So, back to Lowe's. Now, the water in the whole house was turned off for this period of time. Not good with a family of 6. We all know that children get incredibly thirsty when water is not available and then they have to pee. Fun, fun. But I now have a toilet with a brand new seat, new inner workings and and no longer dribbles into the bowl from the tank between flushings. But, I did notice a slight pool of water on the floor after J left for a meeting at the church, so *hopefully* that can be easily fixed.
My ds has been sick. At Thanksgiving he was diagnosed with bronchitis. We took him back to the dr. at the end of Christmas break because he still had a cough, so he started his second round of antibiotics; a chest xray showed no pneumonia. Fast forward to today because he STILL has a cough and he's been given albuterol to see if it will work. If not better in 2 weeks he will see a specialist. Now, I have wondered if ds has a mild case of asthma, he gets winded when overly active and will then cough for a while; this has been going on for several years. There is family history of asthma on my side, so this very well could be. I'm just glad I breastfed my kids for so long to hold off development of problems like this (my younger brother had it so bad as a child that he had many late night ER visits--of course, Mom smoked back then and after she quit, so did the ER trips).
I did start a scrap afghan using my acquired and leftover yarns. This thing is going to be huge! It's at least 5 feet wide and so far it's about 16" long. It's all double crocheted stripes. I started with my browns, I took the darkest shade and went to the lightest I have. After I finished the browns, I did sc stripes in the same order with the browns, then a dc row of cream. Now, I'm working with the reds. Next I'll do blues, then greens. I really don't know how long it will be, but it will be great for snuggling on the couch because it is as wide as the couch!
Today, J spent part of the afternoon fixing the toilet in our half-bath. The turn off valve had sprung a leak and needed replacing. In typical J fashion, once he removed the toilet he found the valve he had bought was the wrong size and he needed a new flange for the toilet drain. So, back to Lowe's. Now, the water in the whole house was turned off for this period of time. Not good with a family of 6. We all know that children get incredibly thirsty when water is not available and then they have to pee. Fun, fun. But I now have a toilet with a brand new seat, new inner workings and and no longer dribbles into the bowl from the tank between flushings. But, I did notice a slight pool of water on the floor after J left for a meeting at the church, so *hopefully* that can be easily fixed.
My ds has been sick. At Thanksgiving he was diagnosed with bronchitis. We took him back to the dr. at the end of Christmas break because he still had a cough, so he started his second round of antibiotics; a chest xray showed no pneumonia. Fast forward to today because he STILL has a cough and he's been given albuterol to see if it will work. If not better in 2 weeks he will see a specialist. Now, I have wondered if ds has a mild case of asthma, he gets winded when overly active and will then cough for a while; this has been going on for several years. There is family history of asthma on my side, so this very well could be. I'm just glad I breastfed my kids for so long to hold off development of problems like this (my younger brother had it so bad as a child that he had many late night ER visits--of course, Mom smoked back then and after she quit, so did the ER trips).
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Sounds like a mild case of asthma. I have that too... but luckily only have to take meds when I get a cold, or exercise more than usual. My brother's was much worse, but has gotten better since he was a kid. The good thing is that it *is* possible to control it, and the meds aren't as horrible as they once were. (The meds my brother had to take as a kid messed him up pretty bad... they *never* use those meds on kids any more! Unfortunately, they didn't have anything else at the time. :P )
Thanks Andrea. He's doing well with the Albuterol and has figured out how to self-administer it. I brought it in to school today and the school nurse was impressed with how well he could do it already. Dh mentioned our thoughts to our family doc and he is willing to test ds.
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