What A Difference A Few Hours Make

Hello Everyone,

Hollis and I are back from our wonderful, relaxing, indulging

weekend in Nags Head, North Carolina.  The weather was

more than we could have hoped for.  Absolutely no humidity,

almost cloudless skies, and the most perfect ocean breezes.

I didn't even lug my umbrella and chairs to the beach.

The hotel provided them at a reasonable cost, so I

took advantage of that little luxury.  I must tell you that we
even had the famous "Duck Donuts" that we were told we
must have.  Oh, my gosh, were they good.  Thanks everyone
for telling me about them.
I have a few pictures to share.

lst night from our balcony

Hollis getting her feet wet

Me getting my feet wet.  

On our balcony

A beautiful morning

A late night sweet attack = room service!!

We came back to Richmond on Monday morning.

We were dreading awful traffic, but it really

wasn't too bad.  The trip down was a breeze.

No backups anywhere.  When we got home

we did some shopping for a baby shower

we were hosting for my nephew and his wife on 

Sunday and for some gifts for our dear friend Ethel's

80th birthday party.  We were feeling very good

about all we had accomplished and were about

one mile from Hollis' house and look at what 

happened to us.  

We are both very lucky.  The car hit us on my side,

but at the front of the car.  We also had damage to
the rear of the car.  I really do not understand how
that happened, but it did.

He did not stop for a stop sign.  I saw him coming

and he was probably going at least 30mph and

  obviously had no intention of stopping.  I screamed 

at Hollis and we were immediately hit and

shoved through the intersection into the oncoming

lanes.  We were so fortunate that no one was coming.

The air bags opened.  I actually thought the car

was on fire because of the smoke-like substance
in the car.  We got pretty banged up, but nothing life
threatening.  The airbags really hurt Hollis' chest
which was pretty scary and very painful.

It will take a while for the aches and pains to go

away, but we are so lucky.  A split second later

and he would have hit at the door and who knows what
kind of shape I would be in now.

 I hope the injuries to my shoulders are not long

lasting.  Believe it or not, I can still stitch, but working on
the computer has proved to be problematic along with
other duties that I must perform.

  I go to the doctor again on Tuesday.  I
 guess I will find out then what is really wrong with
my shoulders and what can be done about it.
We fear that our car was totaled.  I am
 really upset about that because it was paid for and I
planned to keep it for a few more years.
The other thing that I am upset about is that I had made
the decision to be a vendor at Norforgotten Farm's
Gathering next weekend and now I cannot be there.  
I was so looking forward to it.  I cannot drive and even if
I could my SUV is out of commission, I cannot finish all the
items I wanted to take, and I cannot set up my display
with two worthless shoulders.
Oh, well, maybe next year!!  
I will be putting  some of the things I had planned to take
there on the Blog and my Etsy site as soon as I can.
Many of you have asked when my new things will
be ready.  I am a little behind now, but hope to
show finished models in a few days.
I have emails and orders waiting and I am sorry.

Thank you for your patience.


Many Happy Stitches,
Sandra