Ribbons on Etsy.com

This has been a busy month for me. I had to have some work done on my house and it made it hard to make my bows. I order to stay working I listed some printed ribbon on etsy and found that I love doing that. I will list more everyday and add some alligator clips also. It frees up my time to do some sewing. Lots of plans but it all takes time. I found that listing supplies frees me up to start other projects. Maybe I'm on to something.

Etsy.com is a beautiful site to visit. True artist, so many talented people. Much easier to list on Etsy than Ebay.

Visit me on etsy.com judithskloset

Be sure to check out the home page of etsy.com. All handmade items on etsy top quality.

I can always be reached at jdyladd@yahoo.com

EBAY LISTINGS FOR GAMBOREE LINES SIZE 5

Good morning all, thank you for your visit. Things are getting better here. They say that time heals all things. I don't know how much time its going to take but things are bearable now. It will be 4 months on the 12th of Aug. since my husband passed away and he is so missed.

I have started working again and I will get into high gear soon. I have listed some Gymboree lines on ebay and will list some Childrens Place at some point this week.

I also have my hairbows on Ebay again and some on Etsy.

Here are the links the the Ebay listings.

Have a great week, Judy

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230506388633&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230506073970&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

Here are some hairbows and perfect timing for School to start. Go to see sellers other items to see all the listings when you click on links to see all the sizes of hairbows.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230506076911&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

PLEASE BE A KIDNEY DONOR

DIABETES IS DANGEROUS AND THE OUTCOME DEVASTATING

Gary died on his 56th birthday. I appreciate all the emails that I have received from people that had a family member on dialysis. Such a heart breaking disease for the patient and the family.
I have received so much support and appreciated every email I have received. He passed away from a sudden heart attack on April 12th, 2010. He is so missed.


Gary was a sweet man. Always laughing and cutting up. He had type 2 diabetes it runs in his family. Grandmother, Aunts and Cousions but out of 5 children he was the only one to have it , go figure. He was a big eater and we always laughed at him because he loved watermelon. If He offered you a piece of watermelon he gave you half and he took half. He had a big appetite until he became so ill and could no longer eat enough to keep his body healthy.

Diabetes causes, blood clots, heart disease, kidney failure and anything else you can think of. Gary stopped working in Sept of 2008 with his kidneys failing and went on dialysis. A heart attack followed and he became so ill. On his 56th birthday he decided to go to the local garage to play dominoes with his friends and he never came home again. He died with a sudden heart attack. The events that followed were devastating. They tried there best to save him but it was not to be.

You cannot play around with diabetes. You always think that just one piece of pie or a small candy bar won't hurt. It does hurt, his Doctor explained it this way,when your sugar is high your blood is thick. Imagine your blood being like Karo syrup trying to pump through your heart and your brain. Every part of your body is affected by high sugar.

Taking care of your self is hard sometimes with so many things to entice us but its not worth it. Gary didn't look like the same man when he passed away. He could hardly put one foot in front of the other. He was hooked up to a dialysis machine every night for 10 hours and had to wear oxygen all the time. No fun for him and I know if he had a chance to redo all this he would take care of his diabetes. Its a sad sad disease that could be controlled by cutting carbs and the most important thing is to exercise in any way that you can.

Being a borderline diabetic I made sure that my sugar fell into line again and have it checked once a year. Don't let this stuff slip up on you.

Remember to sign up to be a organ donor.

God Bless you, Judy

Adding 3 New Born Crochet Beanie Hats with Daisy Flowers today.

These are so adorable and the big daisy is on a ribbon covered alligator pinch clip.

The daisy is removable and can be worn without beanie hat.

The headband is crochet and has a beautiful pink daisy with a pink and white

butterfly also set on a ribbon covered alligator pinch clip.

These can be found in my Etsy Store:

judithskloset.etsy.com

NEW SPRING TIME KORKER BOWS WITH HEADBANDS

Here they are first in a new line of hairbows for my customers. These have been fun to make. Took some time and a steady hand but the finished product was worth.

You will find them on ebay by judiths_closet. A link to ebay on the right hand side of my blog.

These precious bows sell for only $5.49 each with 2.50 shipping.

PICTURES OF DIALYSIS SUPPLIES

I thought I had a big pretty bedroom. The room is about 16X22. A large queen bed and a antique dresser and chest with room for 2 old trunks in the room. One wall of book shelves for pictures and special things. You would think that would be enough room for dialysis supplies but it isn't. Supplies are in other rooms also. The old trunks are gone and Gary has a hospital bed right under all those shelves. I don't think you can see it in the pictures. His small supplies are stored on the shelves. Tons of them, mask, gloves, alcohol pads, iodine prep pads, 4X4s, sponges, 4 boxes syringes, antibacterial soaps and jels, paper towels for our hands, can't use towels because of germs. Just lots of stuff all over the house. The problem is our floors. In our bedroom alone here in this picture are 80 boxes that weigh 25 pounds each. That is 2000 lbs witch equals a ton on my wood floors. They were against a inside wall till I became worried about the bracing under the house. So I waited till the end of the month when his supplies are at the lowest and moved all of them against a outside wall. We are going to have to repair the bracing under the house now. We had a man come out yesterday to look and sure enough he thinks we have problems underneath. He will be back this week to see what it will take to brace the floors up and repair what has been done. When you live on Social Security these kind of things scare you to death.

Some people are able to store supplies in a garage that has heating and cooling. For myself I am not strong enough to bring those boxes into the house they are heavy, don't have a heated garage anyway.lol

So just a picture or two of some of the supplies you have on PD dialysis.

Everyone have a great day, Judy

HOME PD DIALYSIS: NOT ALWAYS EASY

I'm making embroidered hair bows today. A stressful day around here. Most of the time home dialysis goes OK. I start hooking bags to the machine around 7:PM every evening. Lots of things to do right before such as injections and weighing and filling out charts. I choose the solutions by his weight. If his weight is to high we use a stronger solution. We have 1.5, 2.5 and 4.25. Giving too much can make him take off too much and make him ill. We usually use the 2.5 and it works fine. We never want to go through a overload again. He had one in Oct. of last year and he nearly died. When a dialysis patient has too much fluid it fills up the lungs and damages the heart. It makes the heart weaker and larger every time it happens and a trip to the hospital on life flight.
After getting his dialysis machine ready it would not work. After calling tech support I was told to re thread the machine. We have 4 bags of fluid on the machine each about 12 pounds so its a little bit of work and time. It took me 1-1/2 hours to get him on last night. You would think that was enough bad luck till he woke up this morning. I was having a wonderful time having my coffee at 6 AM this morning all by myself emailing a Friend in the UK when I had to do his stats and unhook him. When he told me he was weak and could not stand up very well I took his blood pressure and his heart rate was very high. I about fell apart, and here I thought I was doing so good. I made the calls to his nurses and found that I probably had taken too much fluid off. Although just to fair to me that was not our fault. You really never know when that might happen. We go by dry weight. His dry weight is 106 KG and anything over that is extra fluid that needs to be taken off as well as the poisons.

It is such a sobering responsibility to take care of someone that has renal failure.
If a renal patient is on Hemo or PD they still have the same problems.

1. Albumin (protein) needs to be between 3.8 to 4.5 so he drinks protein drinks to keep it up.

2. Potassium needs to be 3.5 to 5.5. Too much K can stop your heart and kill you just that quick.

3. Phosphorus needs to be 3.5-5.5 it can weaken your bones and cause hardening of your arteries and body tissues.

4. Calcium needs to be 8-9.5. You must take your phosphorus binders before each meal.

The list goes on.

If you are a diabetic you can avoid these things by keeping your sugar under control.

I receive lots of email from people with a family member on dialysis. I appreciate each and everyone of them.

My friend in the UK is a living Kidney Donner. Her kidney will go to a anonymous receiver. How wonderful is that.

Stocking up my shop on etsy.com Judy