Walmart is not emergency friendly

Today I had to make a trip to Walmart to have some prescriptions filled and to pick up some food items. Once a month I also use Wal Marts special care to have my infusion medicine filled and sent to me at a cost around $1700.00.  Today I decided to try and use a regular cart since I can't reach anything from a scooter and it's just too painful to get up and down for each item.

I started by leaving my new prescriptions at the Pharmacy. I then made my way across the store to the grocery department. Starting from the rear of the store I began filling my cart with items. By the time I reached the frozen department I was in a lot of pain. I decided to skip that department and just grab a few items from fresh foods.  By this time the pain had fully taken over. I was now feeling light headed and sick to my stomach. With Rheumatoid Arthritis, severe pain can hit and within minutes it can take you down to your knees. I needed to take a pain pill immediately. I don't know how I managed to check out but I do know there was no drinks at the check out and the ladies room was a good walk away in the wrong direction. I made my way to the Pharmacy. Now my head was pounding and I was seeing spots before my eyes.

No one was in line so I approached the counter. I was happy to see a sink in the rear of the Pharmacy. I only needed one mouth full of water to get this pain pill down and I would be able to start to recover within a few minutes if I just sat down on the bench in the Pharmacy.

An older man, maybe the Pharmacist, came to the counter. I told him I was very sick and needed a mouth full of water to take a pain pill. He told me he had no water. I told him if I didn't get some water I was going to pass out from the pain. Again he said we don't have any water. I said, "please, you have a sink". He ignored me and asked for my name. He pulled my medicine from the wall and told me to sign. I scribbled my name and he walked away.

I laid my body over my groceries and shuffled out the door where my son was waiting in the first handicapped parking spot. He saw I was in trouble and ran over to hold me up and move me to the car. I told him I needed a pain pill and had no drink. He ripped open a half gallon carton of juice. By the time he had unloaded the grocery cart I had stopped shaking and my color was coming back. Fifteen minutes later when we reached our driveway, I was feeling back to normal.

I reached my co pay so I didn't have to pay for the prescriptions but I'm sure they cost about $100. or maybe more. My groceries were $85.00 and I've already received my infusion delivery for the month for $1700.00. from Wal mart. I wonder if I would have allowed myself to fall to my knee's if then I might have been able to get a free mouth full of water?

I've already stopped buying food items grown in Mexico or China and am doing fine without them. It might be time to stop buying from Wal Mart. The Super Store idea is no longer Super in my opinion. When people no longer care about people it's time to find places to spend my money where they do care. It sure wasn't worth the savings to have to drag my sick body through what seems like miles of items I didn't want and then be treated to a lesson on how not to care when someone is having an emergency.

Crazy Quilt Block is finished

I'm glad to have my part of this block finished. I felt like I have been on a journey and back again..but everything does have a way of coming to an end. I'll be shipping it off to the next person to work on it next week.

The next block coming to me is gray. At first I was stumped as to what to do with it but so many idea's have come to me now. The owner said she likes Art Deco... that calls for a Peacock! I already have him started.

Monochromatic Crazy Quilt block round robin

Well the swap got off to a bad start. I got the only block with a problem. After talking to the block owner and the swap Mama we decided I could remove the stabilizer and grid stitches and replace it with muslin.

I did try to use the owners block as she sent it but it just wasn't possible to pull the thread and silk ribbon through the stiff stabilizer.

So I've re started the block again. My camera shows the light blue as white, but it is all blue except the gold on the 2 buttons. I still have seams to do and more silk ribbon.

FEED ME!

They are all mouth!

Not so Pretty..but

Hungry!

Baby Robins!

Today we have baby robins!

A little piece of spring

From my attic sewing room window I can see this old big beautiful Dogwood tree. It's just so pleasant to look up and see the flowers dancing in the breeze.

I am also living among many lilac trees. The smell fills the air so I decided to enjoy some in my old tin basin. I brought them inside and now the house smells as good as the garden.