I didn't know what to title today's post !
I had thought that I changed my blogger settings to send me an email when someone leaves a comment. I guess it is not working properly. I am sorry that the comments to my last post took so long for me to notice that they were there.
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Briefly back to the hacking of Accuquilt dies... The best prices I have found on the dies were through the Quilting Warehouse. They also shipped them super fast. The Hexagon Die retails for about $35 and Quilting Warehouse sells it for around $24. I do want to mention again that cutting the edge off the dies was very easy. If I tire of them before I wear the die knifes out. I am sure I can sell them in the altered condition they are in.
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I did become a step-grandmother again and I am very excited about it. Out of respect for my step-daughter and expanding her family you won't see many posts on my blog about them.
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I had two doctors visits last week and I had blood drawn on Friday. It was time to check my thyroid levels, my cholesterol, and my blood sugar. I had the same tests ran 2 1/2 years ago and everything came back normal back then. This time around everything came back normal except for my thyroid counts. I have finally reached the point that my thyroid is not working properly (hypothyroidism). I knew it was going to happen at some point because thyroid problems run in my family. So I start taking 100mg of Synthroid everyday for the next 6 weeks and in 6 weeks I get my blood drawn again so that they can check my thyroid level again at that time. I may need an increase or decrease in mg amount of the Synthroid then.
I am praying that the Synthroid helps, as I am tired all the time. Hopefully I will be able to lose some weight also since my damn hormones have been out of whack.
This week I have to call and schedule my yearly mammogram.
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I was also on the hunt for some Arcadia (Moda) Charm Packs which are nearly impossible to find now. I am kicking myself for missing out on this fabric line when I could have bought at least a 1 yard of the favorite prints from this line. You can't even find yardage now. (trust me I have done deep searches for it). I posted a message on one of the Flickr groups I belong to and someone actually emailed me to tell me that she was in a quilt shop on Friday and saw 2 packs at the shop. The shop is in Texas. I called the shop Monday morning and scoop up by phone what they had left of the Arcadia Charm Packs.
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I worked on the STLMQG CO-OP some, but I am having a hard time getting back to it. Hopefully I can up and running very soon. I am just so busy with doctors appointments, my 70 year old mother, grandbabies, and getting the gardens ready for winter.
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Since I am an earthquake buff. (I get email notices of all 1.0 and higher earthquakes that are within 400 miles of me). I am starting to wonder why the media in the St. Louis area is not mentioning the increase of activity on the far southwestern end of the New Madrid fault line which sits just above Conway, AR and is closest to Guy, AR. There have been at least six quakes there in the last 7 or so days that have been around 3.0 and up to 4.0. There has also been an increase of quakes under 3.0 in the same area. Lately there has been 5 or so quakes a day down there and sometimes as many as 12 or more a day lately. I imagine that we will be seeing some soon that are closer to the northeastern end of fault. I know that the folks up in STL are not feeling these quakes right now, but I have been feeling them ever so slightly where I am at.
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