The good, the bad, and the ugly: my Xmas

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Maureen Wozniak 19 years ago

We have a history of getting terrible gifts from at least one family member, but not this year. In fact, all gifts were tasteful and appropriate (well, there are the wineglasses engraved with the name of the New York winery that sells this horrendously sweet wine called Red Cat that his family adores, but given the way we break glasses during the summer, these will be perfect for patio use). Not too much that was quilty for me, though. MSM gave me a hand quilting hoop, which I've been wanting for a while (haven't open the box to look at it yet) and even better, some money toward a new embroidery machine. David put some needle threaders in my stocking. And that's about it. The other gifts ran to clothes and books. But I do have my EQ6 upgrade downstairs waiting to be installed and played with. (Maybe today!)

We drove up to the Chicago 'burbs Saturday afternoon and stayed at the Hyatt in Lisle so we wouldn't have to drive all the way into Evanston in order to turn around and drive back to Lisle the next day (Xmas Eve) to go to my brothers. They had a pool, so Saturday before dinner we decided to have a short swim. BAD MISTAKE. The pool deck was unimaginably slippery. And I did slip, falling flat on my face. That night I had a bad headache and the whole left side of my face hurt. (however, the Brandy Alexander I had for dessert took the edge of nicely). Xmas Eve I woke up in pain, but get this, no bruise. I thought I came out pretty good.

Xmas Day we were mostly on our own in Evanston, so opened our stockings and hung out in our jammies until about noon when we had to get dressed. Some friends had invited us for Xmas dinner at their house. It was only at that point that I looked in the mirror. (Mistake or not? I haven't decided) and saw a very nicely developing shiner around my left eye. I feared it was going to spread, but on the 26th when we went to visit David's family and open gifts, nothing more was there. So I thought that would be the end of it.

Yesterday morning, I looked in the mirror again. Now my left check is nicely bruising. I haven't looked in the mirror yet this morning, but the pattern seems to be that something new shows up every two days.

By Friday when I meet my quilting buddies for lunch, I should be quite the sight. I've decided not to even try and cover it up with makeup. I don't think it would work, and it still really hurts to touch my face.

Maureen

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Patti 19 years ago

What bad luck, Maureen. I hope the multi-colour face fades away soon. Good thing you didn't break your nose. So, there is a positive >g< . In message , Maureen Wozniak writes

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Boca Jan 19 years ago

Maureen, I feel badly for you and know what it is like to walk around with a black and blue face! I had some thingies removed from my face with a lazer and you'd thought I went 10 rounds with George Foreman.

BTW, I grew up in Morton Grove, not far from Evanston and went to HS in Niles.

Hve you ever been out to Rosemont for the quilt festival?

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Jacqueline in KY 19 years ago

Maureen,

I am so sorry to hear about your fall, sounds like a nasty one for sure, but it could have been a lot worse, if you had broken something and that could have been anything from that type of fall. Do you think maybe you need to go to the ER somewhere and have an x-ray to make for sure nothing is broken? I have a friend this happened to and a few months later he developed problems and it was all related to a broken bone in his face that he didn't even know was broken. I would rather play it safe now than have problems later.

Just a suggestion,

Hope you feel lots better and no more coloring shows up today,

Jacqueline in KY

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Kate XXXXXX 19 years ago

Owowowowow! ((((((Maureen))))))

My dad used to appear regularly every year at the Christmas do's with a rugby-induced shiner... Eventually he stopped playing, and that Christmas my mum fell on some ice and crashed her face into her specs... SHE was the one at the Christmas do's with the shiner! She still giggles over some of the comments more than quarter of a century later.

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Carolyn McCarty 19 years ago

Ouch! Hurting for you in Tucson, and sending lots of healing thoughts and gentle hugs!

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Maureen Wozniak 19 years ago

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:58:00 -0600, Patti wrote (in article ):

No concussion either. So yes, that is a positive. And I don't have to go back to work until Jan. 2, and by then, surely, my face will start to fade.

Maureen

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Maureen Wozniak 19 years ago

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:51:14 -0600, Boca Jan wrote (in article ):

No, I haven't gone to the Rosemont show. It's usually right around the same time as Paducah, and my birthday present each year is a trip to Paducah with my Mom and friends.

Maureen

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Maureen Wozniak 19 years ago

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:04:40 -0600, Jacqueline in KY wrote (in article ):

I hadn't thought of that. If it doesn't get better soon, I might give my doctor a call. I didn't think much of it at first, because I tend to bruise really easily and I thought the bruising on my face was part of that.

Maureen

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Maureen Wozniak 19 years ago

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:54:35 -0600, Kate XXXXXX wrote (in article ):

LOL. David's nephew Aaron showed up with his arm in a sling after a fall on some icy steps. I'm sure we looked like we'd been going after each other.

Maureen

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Maureen Wozniak 19 years ago

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:51:51 -0600, Carolyn McCarty wrote (in article ):

Thanks for the thoughts and the hugs. I'm hoping its better by Jan. 2 when I need to go back to work.

Maureen

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