Another Project, and Other Stuff

My kids might recognize the jungle print from long ago, when it once hung on the wall, on a stretcher, as wall art. But maybe it was too long ago even for that.

Now it is place mats, which I backed with Green Earth fabric for my ecologically minded grandchildren and their parents. This was yesterday's project. I quilted the mats using my sewing machine and a walking foot. Then I finished the edges using my new serger. For the table mat, I even used the serger for the piecing. I'm making progress in mastering my new toy.

This morning I had another new experience. I had an electrocardiogram.

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At my physical last week my new doc said ,"You have a heart murmur", to which I responded, "Yes, I've had it since childhood".

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But it has been only in the last year or so that it apparently has been noticeable again to the docs. Does that mean it's more pronounced? So the doc referred me to cardiology, and today I went downtown for the test.

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When I was finished, I said to the technician, "Well, I guess you heard the murmur, and I guess nothing's a big problem right now." She said, "That's exactly right. If it wasn't, you wouldn't be leaving the hospital."

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So I'll wait for results. I came back home and went out for a hill climb walk.

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This afternoon I boxed up the place mats to ship to Colorado and went off to the post office. Good grief! There were three Spanish speaking young people who appeared to be shipping their worldly goods to some foreign country. Box after box had to be weighed, registered, and the Priority Mail paperwork filled out. The final tab was in the hundreds of dollars, paid in cash, of course. Then it seemed like everyone else in line had some exotic issue that took time, until finally, about 30 minutes later, it was my turn. I took about two minutes.

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Why am I always the fast one? Why is everyone else's business so complicated?

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Lastly, I'm already really tired of the analysis of the President's speech last night. I'll start out by saying I thought it was a good speech, and that he challenged all concerned to get on to the business of governing. But apparently it was way too polite and non-specific for the progressives, and just all the wrong policies for the Republicans, who in rebuttal still have no alternative solutions to offer.

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So the beat goes on. And on. And on. We're all frustrated.

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But I still have hope.