AI Family Affair Part II

I sort of feel like I'm on the outside looking into this family and would like to be more a part of it! Maybe sharing a bit of me will help you begin to know me. I'm single (divorced for looooong time) and have three grown kids who are all married and living in Seattle. I have 7 grandkids who are wonderful - of course! I get up there (about 150 miles) several times a year to see them. Would love to move closer but could not get a house as nice as I have here because of the prices up there. Also, I'm still working at a business I've had for 25+ years - clinical social worker, do a lot of evaluations for incapacitated persons who need a guardian to help them - usually elderly folks, sometimes DD kids who turn 18, sometimes someone who has been in an accident or has a serious illness that leaves them unable to make decisions. It's a business I can do even with RA at least for now. Lots of paperwork and court appearances. I love it! I was diagnosed with RA in May or June of 2008. Xrays taken last week show only mild changes in my hands and feet and blood work looks good. I'm getting back into sewing - stopped for a while because I just was not motivated. Am just about finished with a small lap quilt for my daughter-in-law as a comfort to her because her mom died in June and she is still having a hard time. Just have a few hearts to hand quilt on some of the blocks and it will be done. I'm already planning my next project - a wall hanging quilt for some very good friends who have become like family as they have helped so much since I got sick. We just got back from the Oregon coast where we had a wonderful sunny, warm weekend on the beach - not the usual weather for the Oregon coast at this time of year. It was 90 down there yesterday! We walked on the beach, had fresh crab for dinner Friday night, eggs benedict and champagne for Sunday breakfast, and plenty of good junk food for noshing! Took several walks on the beach just to make sure we didn't gain too much weight with all the eating and drinking! I really enjoy reading the posts on this forum and am beginning to get to know who is dealing with what - although there are so many of you, that is a bit difficult without going back to review old posts. Being my own boss gives me time to read posts in the morning when I'm resisting working! I hope this helps you begin to know who I am and what I enjoy. We all share the RA and it's related problems. It's fun to also share some of our personal lives with each other.   Take care.

I love the idea of this thread.

It's great to hear what everyone is doing, what a good idea for a thread.

This is a great thread!  I love to hear how everyone is doing, especially the ones who are beating this dreaded disease, if only for one day. 

Phats

Originally posted by Spelunker In another thread I mentioned that while I was no longer using the wheel to throw pots, etc., that I was doing some hand-building. This is a wedding vase that was burnished after drying with a silver spoon and fired in a pile of garden and yard debris along with some pecan and mesquite chips that I had been hoarding for just such an exercise. The iridescent qualities of the burnished surface fired in organic material is difficult to capture, but I am well pleased with the outcome of the first clay project in far too long.