and a cut on my left hand pinky finger appears to have become infected instead of healing. Blast it's a nuisance loosing your lymph nodes, they would normally filter any infection and aid the healing process.
I've just finished eating my third ice-block trying to freeze my tongue, heck it is so sore.
Anyway, enough of that, I really just wanted to let you all know how wonderful it is to have my Elna XQ2 back.
It is working like a dream, it is so much quieter and doesn't get hot like it had been. It's obvious now, that it must have been faulty from day one, but being my first embroidery machine, I didn't know that the noise and the heat along the top of the machine wasn't normal!
Now I do!.
How wonderful it is to just set up the design and start embroidering. No worries about tension, breaking threads, running out of bobbin, or having to thread the machine and needle, it does it all and the stitch out is so beautiful.
Yes, I used it for the 'Fight like a Girl' design and before that I embroidered a towel with the Cute Alphabets Rose Alpha "D" for MIL (Dulcie) for Mother's day.
I actually feel more confident using it now, because I know how good it really is and compared to "Thumper" it is whisper quiet.
At the moment though I am embroidering 6 FSL Christmas bells on "Thumper" in the medium, 200 x 360 (8" x 14") hoop.
I started doing these when I first got the Diamond, they were going to be to put on the front of Christmas cards, but then I was diagnosed with bc and everything else took second place to surgeries, etc.
Anyway, having my Elna back is a shot in the arm, though it is really difficult getting around my sewing area on crutches and it takes three times as long to gather up threads and materials.
By the time i get everything organised I need to go back to bed and have a rest. LOL!!!!
Still it's wonderful just sitting out here at the machines and knowing I'll soon be back on top of everything and hopefully once I am well again, I will be able to get organised and uncluttered and have more energy to do the things I love.
I can hardly wait.
I hope everyone is having a great day, morning, evening, or whatever.
I'll be off to bed as soon as Ray gets home from work and we locate where I put my little bag with the house phone and my mobile in it. I've been searching for it for hours and have no idea where I left it. I'd call my mobile but the other house extension says the phone is in use?????
Told you all I'm mrs Durr!!!! LOL!
Hugs n roses n love to all, M
I have used it on conjunctivitis as well successfully - 6 drops in a cup of warm water and lots of cotton balls, using a new ball each wipe bathe the eye stroking downwards across the lashes onto the cheekbone till eye is cleansed of gunk.
Could try a drop on a cotton bud on the ulcer too. Tastes awful though! Or a couple of drops in a glass of water as a mouth wash - and spit it out!. Excellent antiseptic - dreadful taste!!!!!!
