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Chapter 41. Intravenous Tie Dye
How's that for a weird title? First off, for the tie dye: I'd been debating about doing matching shirts. So much to do, so little time. This past weekend, my mom brought it up, so I figured if she would help, I'd go for it. We headed up to the Joann Fabric and Crafts. The girls had decided they wanted to by gypsies for halloween after spotting a cute costume in the Costume Express catalog. Why does it seem like they send us a new one every third day??? Anyway, the costumes were $30 each, which isn't at all bad considering the price of patterns and fabric these days. So my first instinct is to just order them and save the hassle. However, there were two snags. First of all, the girls didn't want to look exactly alike, and I agreed with this. I thought maybe I could take one of the sashes off of one of them and buy some different coordinating fabric to customize. The other problem was that the sizes ran 6-8 (perfect for Lucy), and 10-12. Hmmm, not sure which to get Jenna. She's tall but skinny. Sometimes she still wears an 8, sometimes a 10. I was worried that I would order the wrong size, and there wouldn't be time for returns.
So, we took a look at the patterns and were able to find one that would work perfectly. Jenna is a real stickler about things looking EXACTLY like the picture. We found some cool fabric to use for the sashes - and the best part was we were able to find some halloweeny fabric in oranges, greens and purples that would look gypsy-ish, yet go with the Disney halloween decorations at the park as well.
Then we headed to the craft area to check out the tie dye kits. They had one in particular that we really liked. The colors were turquoise, green, and indigo. And it looked more like a watercolor effect than tie dye. The initial plan was to stitch the mickey-head in the center and then tie dye them. But when I saw how you could make it look like watercolor, I didn't think that would work well with the stitch resist method. So I decided to do the color dyeing in one step, then the next day, go back and bleach out around a mickey-head template for a "reverse tie-dye" effect.
Here's how they turned out:
And a close up:
I admit, its pretty subtle. More so than I'd have liked. The mickey is almost hidden. But that's okay. The bad part is - I did mine first. Both on the dyeing step, and the next day on the bleaching step. I figured I'd work out the kinks on mine. So, mine looks ....kinda funny. I may have to redo it.
So what about the intravenous dye, you ask? Well, I think I already whined to yall about my hip situation right? Well, it's not getting better. In fact it started getting worse everyday beginning last Wednesday. By Saturday night, I could hardly sleep. Or move without pain. I woke up (for the umpteenth time) and had to go to the bathroom. I made it in there okay, but once finished, I could not get up! My back had literally frozen up. I had to call for Scott to come in and pull me up off the pot! You can laugh. Its okay, I forgive you
So Monday, I finally went in for the xray my doctor had ordered two weeks prior, then I went in to see her. She was very perplexed that the physical therapy hadn't worked. The only thing that the xray showed was that ummm, how do I put this delicately? I needed to be "cleaned out" as she put it. This was news to me - I felt fine in this regards and I knew it wasn't the cause of my hip pain, but she wanted me to take care of it anyway. She suggested a triple dose of Miralax. Then she sent me for a different xray that afternoon and scheduled me for an appointment with an orthopedic doctor for Tuesday morning and a CT scan for Wednesday.
The ortho didn't have much to say. I guess nothing was jumping out at him based on the exam and xray, and he said the CT should tell him more. He did prescribe me a stronger NSAID, though.
I did the CT yesterday. Had to drink 24 ounces of dye, and then have the dye shot in intravenously as well. Have you ever done that before? It is the weirdest feeling! Your whole body gets really warm. Um, especially down there. I felt like I'd peed my pants. I was really convinced that I had! And you feel like you're breathing out fire too. Bizarre, but it goes away pretty quickly.
So, I'm still waiting to hear the results. The good news is, my back is feeling somewhat better than this weekend. The hip is pretty much the same though. The bad new is, I finally took that triple dose of Miralax last night. Wow! Fun stuff. I afraid to stray to far from the house, so I may get more Dis time in today!
Click here for Chapter 42. In Two Weeks I'll Be....
How's that for a weird title? First off, for the tie dye: I'd been debating about doing matching shirts. So much to do, so little time. This past weekend, my mom brought it up, so I figured if she would help, I'd go for it. We headed up to the Joann Fabric and Crafts. The girls had decided they wanted to by gypsies for halloween after spotting a cute costume in the Costume Express catalog. Why does it seem like they send us a new one every third day??? Anyway, the costumes were $30 each, which isn't at all bad considering the price of patterns and fabric these days. So my first instinct is to just order them and save the hassle. However, there were two snags. First of all, the girls didn't want to look exactly alike, and I agreed with this. I thought maybe I could take one of the sashes off of one of them and buy some different coordinating fabric to customize. The other problem was that the sizes ran 6-8 (perfect for Lucy), and 10-12. Hmmm, not sure which to get Jenna. She's tall but skinny. Sometimes she still wears an 8, sometimes a 10. I was worried that I would order the wrong size, and there wouldn't be time for returns.
So, we took a look at the patterns and were able to find one that would work perfectly. Jenna is a real stickler about things looking EXACTLY like the picture. We found some cool fabric to use for the sashes - and the best part was we were able to find some halloweeny fabric in oranges, greens and purples that would look gypsy-ish, yet go with the Disney halloween decorations at the park as well.
Then we headed to the craft area to check out the tie dye kits. They had one in particular that we really liked. The colors were turquoise, green, and indigo. And it looked more like a watercolor effect than tie dye. The initial plan was to stitch the mickey-head in the center and then tie dye them. But when I saw how you could make it look like watercolor, I didn't think that would work well with the stitch resist method. So I decided to do the color dyeing in one step, then the next day, go back and bleach out around a mickey-head template for a "reverse tie-dye" effect.
Here's how they turned out:
And a close up:
I admit, its pretty subtle. More so than I'd have liked. The mickey is almost hidden. But that's okay. The bad part is - I did mine first. Both on the dyeing step, and the next day on the bleaching step. I figured I'd work out the kinks on mine. So, mine looks ....kinda funny. I may have to redo it.
So what about the intravenous dye, you ask? Well, I think I already whined to yall about my hip situation right? Well, it's not getting better. In fact it started getting worse everyday beginning last Wednesday. By Saturday night, I could hardly sleep. Or move without pain. I woke up (for the umpteenth time) and had to go to the bathroom. I made it in there okay, but once finished, I could not get up! My back had literally frozen up. I had to call for Scott to come in and pull me up off the pot! You can laugh. Its okay, I forgive you
So Monday, I finally went in for the xray my doctor had ordered two weeks prior, then I went in to see her. She was very perplexed that the physical therapy hadn't worked. The only thing that the xray showed was that ummm, how do I put this delicately? I needed to be "cleaned out" as she put it. This was news to me - I felt fine in this regards and I knew it wasn't the cause of my hip pain, but she wanted me to take care of it anyway. She suggested a triple dose of Miralax. Then she sent me for a different xray that afternoon and scheduled me for an appointment with an orthopedic doctor for Tuesday morning and a CT scan for Wednesday.
The ortho didn't have much to say. I guess nothing was jumping out at him based on the exam and xray, and he said the CT should tell him more. He did prescribe me a stronger NSAID, though.
I did the CT yesterday. Had to drink 24 ounces of dye, and then have the dye shot in intravenously as well. Have you ever done that before? It is the weirdest feeling! Your whole body gets really warm. Um, especially down there. I felt like I'd peed my pants. I was really convinced that I had! And you feel like you're breathing out fire too. Bizarre, but it goes away pretty quickly.
So, I'm still waiting to hear the results. The good news is, my back is feeling somewhat better than this weekend. The hip is pretty much the same though. The bad new is, I finally took that triple dose of Miralax last night. Wow! Fun stuff. I afraid to stray to far from the house, so I may get more Dis time in today!
Click here for Chapter 42. In Two Weeks I'll Be....
Glad to have you here!
He said he felt bad for not warning her.
You could always outline the mickey head, silver would look good with those colors. A thought anyways...I would definitely like to see the Halloween outfits you make, if you do not mind sharing. 
for two weeks! So exciting--the trip will be here before you know it. 
