WHEN IN DOUBT...STITCH AND MAKE A MEATLOAF

So there I was, minding my own business, when I got the bleepity bleep bleep FLU!

My tummy was a complete mess all week, and I thought maybe it was just a Crohn's flare, but the last three days I got it with all of the classic "put a sheet on the couch, break out the TV tray and ginger ale" symptoms, and finally admitted that I needed to quit pretending like I felt good.

Friday was the worst, Saturday was a little better, and today I am actually able to sit upright without turning green and looking for an escape hatch. I have a low grade temp and sound like James Earl Jones when I try to talk, but hopefully I am on the tail end of it.

I did manage to make a good old fashioned meatloaf and a couple of salads for later, so if hungry I'll have something really tasty to look forward to. My salad is tomato, cucumber, onion, and feta, but since JB doesn't care for cucumbers, I made a second one with tomato and fresh little marinated mozzarella balls. We've also got a ton of different deli salads, too, in case he prefers to go the sandwich route.

Believe it or not, I have stitched a fair bit this weekend...thanks to Flosstube. I feel like it's been forever since I watched, so seeing WiP parades and updates really inspired me to get needle and thread in hand. I played with the PS alphabet a minute, but decided to pick up Summer at Cherry Hill again and maybe push on through to a finish before picking up Fall things.

Before I leave you this afternoon, I have a question for you.

One of my dear friends recently asked me if I would be willing to share a few pieces of my finished stitching with he and his wife in exchange for a contribution to my kidney fund. I have to be honest...it never occurred to me that anybody would be interested in something I had stitched, but given the volume if things I have languishing in a box under the bed, I might be missing the mark.

I need to grow that fund a bit, especially now that a few of my post-transplant meds have changed and will be considerably more than first anticipated. But would auctioning off already stitched pieces (unframed and unfinished into pillows, etc) be something you'd be interested in?

Please let me know your thoughts. As always...my ONLY concern is not offending a family of friends that has already been so incredibly generous to me. I owe you all so much, and hope someday I might be able to return the generosity, but I sure could use a little influx into that fund.

Happy Sunday, Dearies! I hope your weekend has been swell and that you are stitching all the things! Come tell me all about it!