Stumbling back toward my normal routine

I'm still pink and itchy, so I went back to the doctor's today.  He said I looked like a classic case of drug allergy but his money was on the antibiotic, not the ibuprofen.  Apparently it's pretty common to take most of a course of antibiotics before one gets sensitized to them and breaks out.  If this is the case, it's A-OK by me because I suspect it will be a lot easier to avoid taking clindamycin for the rest of my life than it would be to avoid ibuprofen.  Meanwhile, I get to try out a short course of prednisone to see if it cools down my spots [two hours later: Looks like it's working already!].

I'm so spoiled.  I get the occasional cold and a round of the flu every few years but, mostly, I'm not used to having to go to the doctor or take medications. 

And I was right: My dog has infected anal glands.  She's never had anal gland problems before, but why not cram in a few new ailments in her waning years, right?  Good grief.  Luckily, she's a greedy little pig and is great at taking pills disguised in food.

On a lighter note, I spent yesterday sewing pillowcases.  Mom gives novelty pillowcases as gifts, but there was a backlog of them hogging the sewing area, so I stayed home to work on them for her.  One set in particular (pix later) I decided needed colored bias trim stripes.  We had some of the colors, but didn't have bright purple or a good pink, and the light blue was very discolored and dirty.  I tried washing it but it didn't help (I threw it out.  We inherited it from my grandmother; if it wouldn't wash clean, I wasn't going to fret too much if it wasn't usable).  So, I set out for Wal-Mart.

Half-way to Wal-Mart, I got a wild hare and detoured 10 miles to Hancock Fabrics.  Not only was Hancock's having a sale, but I discovered they now have little key-tag cards like the grocery stores and auto-parts places have.  I don't know what you get for getting your card scanned, but it's Hancock Fabrics, so it can't be bad, right?

I got the trim I needed, some buttons, a yard of orange fabric to make one more pillowcase, and these, which were inexpensive and aren't entirely retro but reminded me of 1930's and 1940's florals, respectively:

Logantex Nana's Quilts flowers on (they say "green", I say "blue"; we'll compromise with "teal"):

Spring Creative Group tossed floral on beige: