I have had alot of time and have been knitting like crazy, made 1 knitting bag in a hot pink and a black and brown stripped large bag to felt and made the handles by braiding alot of strands together and then braiding 3 pieces together so it's thick and several inches wide.  Could not find a handle that I liked so I improvised. My friend Nina has had her 5th round of chemo this Monday and Tuesday and each one gets worse and has been feeling pretty lousey since.  She has her last one June 11th & 12th and then 1 shot a day for 7 days and then I will be packing to leave for home around June 28th or sometime around that date.
Have been doing the TAST 2012 weekly and have trouble posting because the air card is very slow and is hard to upload pictures.  When I get home I will have my great Internet service so will have no problems.
The weather has turned warm and it's in the mid 90s right now and no rain, the crops are in but there has been no rain and they are behind about 7 1/2 inchess so that is alot of rain shortage and everyone is hoping for rain to help the crops grow.
Had a wonderful Mother's Day my children sent bouquets of flowers and homemade cookies and books.  My friend Nina's son cooked for us for Mother's Day and it was delicious, so we had a wonderful day.

Today 4/10/12 my friend Nina goes in for her fourth chemo. Today is a 12 hour day and tomorrow a 4 hour day, there are two more months scheduled for chemo unless the Dr. changes it towards the end and feels she should have a few more. It is beautiful and sunny and about 65 degrees here in Illinois and the birds are singing and the trees have gotten their leaves. Easter was good Nina's son did the cooking and the food was delicious. Looking forward to today's stem stitch I will think about it today and get started stitching. Everyone have a great day.

Just posted TAST 12 on my blog after finishing the stitches, I loved this stich and I know I will be using it often. We had a big storm pass by with a Tornado not too far away, but it's all passed by now so all ok. Ran some errands with my friend and bought some sandals, did not bring any with me when I left home and it's been in the 80s so it has been warm.

I have finally caught up with all of the TAST stitches, except todays. I finished the last two this morning and took pictures of all my work and now I will post them and add them to the TAST pages. My friend has had 3 months of chemo and is doing so much better, she is regaining her strength and received some great news in St. Louis at the Medical Center, her Pet Scan was so much better did not show but a few spots of cancer and that is like a miracle. She at this point is scheduled for 3 more months of chemo and at the last one the Doctor will decide if he wants to do a few more. It was good news for the soul so all the treatments are well worth it. So,now I can do TAST weekly and stay caught up to date.

The hospital is about 60 miles round trip and we have been there almost every day for two weeks. So the miles are adding up. We also go Saturday and Sunday for an injection to help her platelets. It's really rough having cancer especially if you have no one to take you when you are so weak and shakey. But we will get her through this and with God's help a cure.

My friend had her second round of chemo and felt a little better today, we even watched a movie. Weather is real good today sunny and about 45 deg. Have not done much sewing having to go daily for lab, injections and chemo x 2 days.

It's snowing, the softest falling snow flakes and it is just beautiful. Had a good night rest and no lab and do not have to go anywhere today so will just enjoy the day and finish my sewing so I can catch up with everyone. I hated getting behind but it could not be helped I will finish today and then will wait for Tuesday.