Absence of Sewing

So, it's been quite a few months since I've posted anything on the blog--or sewn much of anything, for that matter. That's been for both good and bad reasons. Let's start with the bad.

Stupid Freaking Back Pain

So, I have scoliosis, always have since middle school. Not really a big deal. But when you add two slightly herniated discs into the mix of a very curved spine, you get some annoying pain, and that's an understatement. In 2010 I went on a skiing trip and was on a really fast part of a hill. I got scared and the only way to stop was to fall. Unfortunately, I fell really hard on my left shoulder, and was stupid enough to do it three runs of the same hill in a row. I sobbed on the mountain, it hurt so bad--and that has only now, almost three years later, come back to haunt me. Around May, I started getting this awful, knife-stabby pain in between my left shoulder blade and my spine that only increased right after I moved to NJ. The skirt in the previous post was made during an off-week for pain, but this back pain basically ruined my entire summer. I was at the doctor and/or acupuncture and/or physical therapy LITERALLY ALMOST EVERY DAY, I kid you not. I got a steroid injection in August, and currently I'm day 2 in recovery from a procedure called a rhizotomy, which hopefully will be a more permanent solution. My back pain is so unpredictable, but luckily I have two pending project posts that I will put up as soon as I am completely healed (and the hems are done on the bottoms ;) ).

And, now for the good...

Waldo the Bun!

Meet Waldo, our sweet baby! We adopted him in September from the Warwick Valley Humane Society in New York after convincing our landlord to change his mind about his "No Pets" policy. Let me tell you, there could not have been a better bun for us! He is quirky, funny, and ridiculously cute. He is litterbox trained (yes, you can do that with rabbits) and has free run of the house when we are home. When we're not at home, he has his lovely condo to retreat to:

It's changed a lot since this first picture was taken, but I have my love and his carpenter brother to thank for all of the awesomeness. The rest is just storage cubes tied together with zipties. I definitely feel a lot less guilty leaving him because he gets to retreat here instead of a much-too-small, store-bought cage.

He is perfectly behaved most of the time, but bunnyproofing is an ongoing process, hence the halt in sewing as well. The sewing room has now become the bunny room. Now I must sew in the dining room, which is fine, but Mr. Cord Chewer has to be detained. I would feel WAY too bad closing his cage all day, so the other day--my first time sewing since we adopted him-- I just gated off my area of the dining room. He didn't like it, but he got over it after a little bit and went on his merry way.

The Set-Up

 

 "Hey, this isn't supposed to be here!"

 

So, alas, there be the reasons for my lack of sewing. Stay tuned, though-- I'll have a full report from my high- school-level sewers, a 1970 drop-waist dress, and (finally) the final result of this pattern.

For now, enjoy some cuteness, and again, stay tuned!

Hi

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He's very tall when he stretches out!

 

And, lucky me, he's super snuggly!