My latest adventure....

On Thursday morning November 10th my dear friend Kiki and I headed out for our annual stitching retreat at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Everything started out wonderfully. We even got an earlier start than we hoped. We loaded up the car on Wednesday night and had everything ready to go. We left about 8:15 am and stopped at Bojangles for breakfast. Then we were on our way. When we reached I-26 traffic was light and we felt great. A few miles down the road we heard and felt something--a tire blew out-- and the car begun to spin out. Prayers were offered and we hung on. We barely missed an 18 wheeler as we spun and I could barely breathe. We finally came to a stop when we hit the guard cables in the median. It took a moment to realize that we had come to a stop. My heart was pounding and I was disoriented. Several cars had stopped and come to assist us. Kiki said she was okay but I was hurting. 911 was called and paramedics and hp were dispatched. When the paramedics arrived they checked me out and wanted to take me to the hospital but I felt that I was only battered and bruised so I refused. When the highway patrol officer arrived he called for a wrecker and helped get us the help we needed. The car had somehow manage to stay upended and not flipped but the chair and lift had folded back underneath the car frame. The chair was in about a thousand pieces many of which are still along the highway and the lift is pushing up through the back seat of the car. I do not really know how all this happened but it is a mess!

My son was called and he came and got everything out of the car and took Kiki to get her car. His small pickup would not carry all three of us. So I waited at the wrecker service for her to return for me. I used that time to calm down and restore my blood pressure to a somewhat normal level. It has been many years since I was involved in any kind of accident and I hope it never happens again! I was so frightened and upset but I thank God that we were relatively unhurt and that no one else was injured. I don't think I could have handled it if anyone else had been seriously hurt or worse! Material things can be replaced but life cannot.

My car, my power chair and car lift were, of course, totaled and at the moment I do not know what I will be doing for transportation. But I know that God will provide. Jason is going to take me tomorrow to get photos of the car and chair and I will share them with you then. I will also share the rest of the story.....

Until next time....

Happy Birthday to Me!

Today is my birthday. It has been very quiet and uneventful but I did receive many good wishes in birthday cards, emails, and phone calls. My son is taking me out o dinner and I will be celebrating with my stitching group next weekend when we go on our annual retreat to Myrtle Beach.

I have managed to get some stitching done in the last couple of weeks. Here is my Zentangle through part 17. Only one more part left on this one.














And here is my Odds and Ends through part 5. I am having so much fun with this one. I am truly using *Odds and Ends* for this one.


















Both of these are through the German Sticklounge group on Yahoo.

I am now trying to finish up a Christmas Stocking and will share that later. Till next time...