Migraine Update

I had a cluster of 7 migraines

(Feb. 17, 20, 26, Mar. 1, 5, 6, 7)

A week has passed since my last migraine!

So, I thought I would try and post the record

I started of the food I was eating.

I was hoping to identify any food triggers

and I should have started the record earlier

but I didn't think of it or feel well enough.

I used to just stop eating anything except water and rice

until the migraines stopped.

This time I tried to wait them out and

finally went to eating only fresh foods.

Such a grey old ugly photo!

But it will enlarge if you click on it.

I was also trying out the zoom on my camera

but I don't like the results.

If I do this again, I will have to turn the

brightness all the way up on the screen

and see if that helps.

On a lighter note here are some links of some horses.

Kristine sent me this photo here

when she was in Australia.

And I found this photo

yesterday here.

Smiles

Country Mouse

This little mouse found itself trapped

at the bottom of a feed barrel.

It was nice and fat but not very happy.

Usually, the mouse could have climbed out

up the side of the feed sack

but the sack no longer reached to the top

of the barrel.

I really like this photo widget

Photo Drop

Well, I like the look you can get with

the push pin and colors

but I don't like that it

won't enlarge when you click on it.

Click here for more info.

This widget is for the Mac.

Smiles

Sunset House - San Francisco

Google maps is pretty great!

I've been looking for things that are easy to post

while I recuperate and I found

this photo capture I had made of a house

where I lived when I was around 10 years old.

I remember Truman was president when I lived there.

This house is only 2 short ends of city blocks

from the ocean.

I went to sleep every night listening

to the waves break against the beach and

to the foghorns of ships as they

passed in and out of the bay.

I loved to go to the beach after storms

and pick up stuff that had been washed ashore.

Shells, polished rocks, shark teeth,

sometimes I would even find bits of jade.

Smiles

Bathroom DIY V

This is the first thing that I built in the bathroom.

I hadn't planned to put up the bead board

so I had not done any measuring.

If I had, the top of this would have met the top of the bead board.

I probably could have bought one of these at Target

for about what it cost me to make this

but I was having fun.

I did make it all out of scrap wood.

I like building stuff.

Smiles

Good Morning!

I love how the morning sun lightens the tops of the trees.

Hopefully, I will get outside today.

Maybe, even some more photos later.

Smiles

Bathroom DIY IV

I really didn't do much here

except for curtains, the short cabinet, and rounded the corners.

I did put down a new vinyl floor.

It didn't snow last night. Ha!

I got away without having a migraine last night

which is neat and scary.

Neat because I don't have the pain
and scary because I'm so afraid of getting another one.

My eyes are still funny. Phooey.

Smiles

Bathroom DIY III

I didn't need to paint these shelves

but I bolted them securely to the wall.

I hung a lantern to put candles in when the power goes out.

Kristine gave me the picture for one of my birthdays

and the hat was Kathleen's when we lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

It looks like a Santa Cruz hat.

I am still recovering.

Kristine said it is supposed to snow tonight.

Amazing.

Smiles

Bathroom DIY II

Here is the next section of the bathroom.

I tiled the counter top,

glassed the cupboard doors and painted.

The bathroom is small, but compact.

Lots of stuff in there.

But it is bright and shiny.

My next step in combating my migraines

is to eliminate prepared foods.

This may also work as a reducing diet. :)

Something is triggering the migraines

and I just need to get rid of the trigger or wait it out.

I don't want to have to go back on medication.

Smiles

Bathroom DIY

I looked around for something easy to post.

First, the weather today.

Next some photos of the diy stuff I did in the bathroom.

I moved a kitchen cabinet into the space

that held the washer and dryer.

Then replaced them with a stackable

front loader washer and dryer.

And hung a shower curtain in front.

It is my wish that the migraines will go away

because I really don't want to have to go to the doctor

and have to take medicine.

And besides the posts are getting boring.

We had pizza last night and I had another migraine.

Don't know if it has anything to do with what I eat or not?

Smiles

Garden

This is a winter photo of my little garden.

I built the entrance out of scrap lumber

and a gate I found.

I have to go rest my poor head.

Another migraine.

Smiles

Chicken Beaks

This is another attempt at putting

beaks on the chickens.

The first time I think I had too many layers of fabric

and the seams split when I tried to turn

the chicken right side out.

I had another migraine last night

and I am getting really tired of having them back.

I've had them come in clusters before

and I looking forward to them going away.

Smiles

Blue Sky

There was snow, hail and rain today and last night.

But we have a break in the weather!

The blue sky and white clouds

are lit up by the setting sun.

Morgan had a trip to the groomer yesterday.

I haven't decided if she likes smelling of shampoo,

but I do know she wants to run around outside

and roll in the leaves.

Kristine had to pull two ticks off of her head yesterday

after she came home from the groomer.

Don't know if she got them here or there?

There is a water filled pad under the brown cushion.

In the hot, hot, summer days

we remove the cushion and

Morgan lays on the water pad,

which wicks away heat from her body.

She used to lay on the tile entry,

but when it gets so hot that the tile is warm

then she heads for the water pad.

Smiles

Treadle Book

This is the beginning of my book of information about my

New Home Treadle Sewing Machine.

Marion sent me files that I printed out of

The New Home Sewing Machine Manual.

I can't read the pages very well

so I transcribed the pages

and will print them out and keep them

in this book along with the manual.

Marion has some wonderful photos of her treadles

on her blog here and has been very generous

and helpful with sending me the manual

and information about restoring my treadle.

A very sweet lady.

It is still raining and snowing on the other end of town.

I have started another list of the foods I am eating every day

to see if I can come up with a food trigger that is causing

the migraines to occur.

Smiles

Lid Chickens

This is the start of a Chicken Lid Pot Holder

that I began working on a few days ago.

I tried out putting colored beaks

on the chickens, but that didn't work out

and I had to take them off.

I would like to blame all my sewing problems

on my migraines.

It is raining and wind storming again.

The tops of the trees whip about in the rain and wind,

 then there is a calm for a few minutes

and they stand still as we wait for another storm blast to arrive.

The trees are so tall that the "weather," except for the rain,

happens up in the tree tops,

while down on the ground there is scarcely any wind. 

I hope the power doesn't go out.

There is a good chance of a tree going down

with all the wind bending the trees about.

Tonight I watched

Indiana Jones and the Legend of the Crystal Skull

on my Mac. It was OK, but not as good as the first three.

Smiles