Yarn!

Picked up my latest yarn order today and am very excited! I've bought the yarn and picked out the pattern already for the shawl I plan to knit for this year's A Christmas to Cure Cancer Silent Auction. I must have it completed by Thanksgiving...yeah, I'm starting early this year. Last year I went through about 5 different yarns and 4 different patterns before I got the right combination.

On the health front, Monday was my first day back to work after my sinus surgery. I was out for two weeks to have the surgery and recovery. It will take a couple of months to heal completely, but I think that it's going very well so far. I'm hoping to start my allergy shot therapy next week. I still hate needles, but I have to get my allergies under control, so I'm just going to have to get over that phobia.

To Breathe Again

Had surgery on my sinuses today; it went well and there were no complications. Took me longer to come out of the anesthesia than they estimated, but that has happened to me before so I wasn't worried. Looking forward to being able to breathe normally again...hopefully in about 2 weeks.

I have had a sinus infection since mid-November 2009. After 4 rounds of strong antibiotics improved my condition, but did not fully heal me, I went to see an ENT (ears, nose, throat) doctor. The surgery should have cleared my sinus passageways sufficiently enough to resolve and hopefully prevent this situation again.

I did start a new shawl while waiting for my appointment. It will be a simple lace shawl just for me. It's a pretty variegated sock yarn (Lion Sock-Ease - my first time to use) with shades of pink and some purple & light green accents. It makes me think of Spring.

Need to recharge batteries so I can start posting photos again.