Another Christmas quilt finished, this one is bigger, 30" x 38", made with a center panel and coordinated piecing for the border. It had been a long time since I had done much free motion so I just stippled the panel, trying to get back in the groove.
I got the panel and fabrics from a friend who had a fabric business. She has a similar quilt hanging in her entry way during the holidays, only hers has a gray palette instead of green. Whenever I see her quilt, I wish mine were finished. And now, it is.
I had my wellness visit at the doctor yesterday, so I stopped on the way home at the main Graeter's bakery for a blackberry chocolate chip donut. The flavor and chocolate chips are in the icing, not the actual donut. I go by the bakery on my way home and stopping there is my treat for taking myself to the doctor. I don't actually eat the entire donut, I just enjoy the treat. I always hope that the soup of the day will be meat free, but that didn't happen yesterday - chili and chicken and rice.
When I was growing up, doctor visits were rare. Does anyone remember those little envelopes that the nurse would fill with the appropriate pills? The crowded waiting room, walk-ins only? And the seriousness of a home visit? My sister had pneumonia a few times when she was little and the doctor came to the house.
And then, the canned orange juice for taking the pills, something that was only purchased during sickness. I tried a mouthfull a few years ago for some reason - it tasted just the same and to me it tasted like sulfa pills.
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I don't recall visits to the doctor as a child. I do remember the doctor coming to the house when I was entering my freshman year in high school and giving me shots-- I had a strep infection they worried would become scarlet fever I missed the entire first month of school. Who gets that now? I got strep infections two or three times a year at OU. I was always sick while in college. And always sprained ankles. so clumsy.
The only part of my wellness visit is getting weighed. My doctor has a "phobia" regarding anyone who is not stick thin.
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