Keeping Busy

The past couple weeks have been more like a roller coaster for me lately. A very close family member has been in and out of ICU, the hospital, and sent to a rehabilitation center. He was very, very sick, with a huge list of problems that they had tried to fix. Wednesday morning, he went back to the hospital, we were told there was nothing else they could do. He was put on what they call "comfort care", and had a drip of morphine. Wednesday night, or very early Thursday morning, we got a call from the hospital saying that he had passed. Since then, it has been a whirlwind of family visits, cremation planning, paperwork and cleaning house.

With that, it was really needed that I got my Amy Butler fabric in the mail shortly after. I had ordered it from a seller on Etsy a couple days before he had passed away, as a early birthday gift to myself. I am really gald that I ordered it now, because with the horrible turn of events, a couple sewing projects is what I really need at this time. I find that its always easier to really keep busy with projects while I'm stressed and dealing with something.

Anyway. The fabric is beautiful, I've been wanting it ever since I seen it, so I'm really excited that I finally got a couple pieces. What is even more awesome - is that a package came from my fiancé on Friday that contained my birthday gift. A shiny, new orange yoga mat. It's so perfect because now, I can use my new Amy Butler fabric to make a yoga bag for it. I had intended to make me a little handbag to carry around my iPod, cell phone and lip balm, but now I have 2 projects that I can do. And hey, I can now make my yoga mat bag, and have a matching purse to go with it.