June 18, 2021

Friday Night Photos

Well, I wish I had more/better photos for today, but unfortunately, I have very slim pickin's on my camera roll for this week! But I do love Friday Night Photos, so here goes...

Little Duck makes me laugh so much--he's SO cute and funny! And I baby him terribly ;) But this was new for him--I was sitting on the couch reading a book and he stretched out as long as he could and slept like that for a good 30 minutes. I wanted to move, but I didn't dare. He is officially the largest cat in our house now.


I really want to do a post about "A Day in the Life of Little Duckling"--because he has a very interesting routine. Anyway, the cats always lounge on my bed in the evenings and I couldn't help laughing when I saw Duck like this. Jerry said he looks like a cartoon cat, hahaha...



When I saw the picture of Jerry disc golfing last week, I could have sworn I saw the same photo before. I looked through some old photos and found almost the exact same picture, only from 2009. I told him that aside from his weight, his form looks a little better ;)



I spent ALL MORNING and half of the afternoon like this in the garage. It was thundering and lightning, and I loved every second of it (I love thunderstorms). I'm glad I put the screens on the garage doors.



And what was I doing in the garage? Well, a whole lot of THIS. I finally updated my recipes page! It now has all of my recipes on there, including all of the heritage ones. I updated photos, too, because some of the photos on older recipes were really bad. Not that I'm much better at photography now, but at least I don't use the flash anymore! So, if you've never looked at my Recipes page, please do--I spent forever working on it ;)



The pain in my hands has been really bad in the mornings, especially if my hands are the slightest bit cold. A few days ago, I found myself wanting to knit some fingerless mitts to keep my hands warm while allowing my fingers to be free--but ironically, my hands hurt too much to be able to knit!

So, I decided to get creative with my sewing machine and serger and an old t-shirt. I LOVE how they turned out! I even got to try out a new stitch on my serger--the flatlock stitch. It's probably hard to see well in the photos, but the stitch goes across the base of my fingers. I took a bunch of pictures as I was making these because I think I may put together a pictorial.


Speaking of painful hands, I bought some new "skinny" water bottles. My favorite water bottle (made by Bubba) was painful to hold because it was wide. So I looked for some skinny ones and ended up buying these on Amazon (affiliate link). I chose the blue color because it looked like it may match my kitchen. I was a little stunned when I took them out of the box, because the color match is IDENTICAL. You can see the cupboard below--look at the shade of blue!

Anyway, I really like the new water bottles. They are much more comfortable. And I love using the stainless steel straw! (They have multi-color packs of bottles, but every one of them has a pink bottle in it--and I really don't want a pink one.)


(By the way, I had my follow-up appointment with the rheumatologist on Wednesday. She gave me a tentative diagnosis, but wants to do a couple more tests--including an x-ray of my hands. She also prescribed a medication for rheumatoid arthritis and depending on how my body reacts to that, it should give her more info. I'll write more when I find out more.)

Have a great weekend!

6 comments:

  1. Katie, I’m glad you are starting to get some answers from the rheumatologist. I hope the medication helps.

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  2. I love your Friday night photos posts. Especially the cat photos. Little Duck sounds like such a sweet boy. The hand warmers look awesome. You are so creative. Have you ever thought of starting an etsy shop? I'm sure you'd get lots of business!

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  3. I've been crossing my fingers for an update on your rheumatologist appointment!
    Can't wait to hear about it!

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  4. Hope you get some good news from the rheumy! Duck is hilarious! You know he's stretched out like that so he can inch closer to Estelle without her catching on! 😹 I'm totally impressed by all you do on your blog -- heading over to the recipes section now!
    -Martine

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  5. I really love your garage! Those screens make it. And good work on the fingerless gloves. I bought a pair a friend had knitted and they are fabulous. Sending all the good vibes for the rheumatologist too.

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  6. If you have any pain in your hands from doing computer stuff, I highly recommend getting an ergonomic mouse. The one I have is slanted so that the buttons are on the side, which is SO MUCH more comfortable for my hands and wrists.

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