I've got the throat!

I'm sick again. No, I swear it's not an attention thing. I loathe being sick. Even more so since having children. It's just awful when you have kids and even worse when they are sick at the same time! But they aren't sick, just me. I have strep throat. I almost threw-up on the lady taking the swab of my throat. I swatted her hand away after gaging and then apologized for acting like a child and breathing on her:) So she stuck the swab thingy in my mouth again and I gagged again but didn't smack her hand away. "I've got the throat" is what Emily calls it. She also said "my sore throat is pinching my stomach". What?I have a really hard time just sitting and watching TV. I have to be doing something else at the same time. This is where embroidery comes in. I save it for those times when I'm made to sit (trapped. like the car or the hospital, etc.). I was only able to copy the design and then embroider a little. I just have no energy and (yes I'm a complainer) it just hurts sooo much! I am better today though. Thank God for anitbiotics!
*embroidery pattern from wee wonderfuls*

Here is the copying process. With the light box on..
(but you don't have to have a light box. Before I had one I used to tape it to the window and trace. I use a water soluble pen and white muslin or Kona Cotton)

and when it's turned off. Very exciting stuff! I took photos because I wanted to do a post on the store blog about embroidering and how easy it is. And how fun you can make it. I took one of Emily's monster drawings and had her copy it to fabric, asked her what colors she thought the monster should be and now just need to embroider it. I'll put it in an embroidery hoop and hang it afterwards.

And then there is this.... I found this blog because of the photo shop actions this person has and I saw the name Ava and had to click on the little tab on the blog. Oh my God. I cannot stop thinking about this family and there little girl named Ava. You have to see her blog and all the beautiful photos she takes. I mean they are GORGEOUS! She sells actions and they are soo cool! Here are some pictures of Emily last year redone with a couple of them.

*I used Dandelion and little buttercup actions*

And then today Oprah had on the show the family whose daughter (Madeleine) was taken in Portugal while they were on vacation. I just cannot imagine what these people are going through. I can't imagine living after something like that. Sorry to be a downer:) I just happen to see these two things close together and being sick...