Oh, so sorry. Poor fingers! Poor YOU! Glad you could sleep. Ask your pharmacist for a Probiotic. Most will do. Better than yogurt, and yes, Kefir is better than yogurt, too. It's simple to just swallow the antibiotic, then the probiotic a bit later. This keeps me from 'the runs'.

My earliest US ancestor came from Wales to the Virginia Colony on the SW side of Chesapeake Bay in ca 1735. From there, with the Dodson(s), they removed ca 1750 to what is now Pittsylvania Co, VA. My ancestor established a 420 acre plantation. I suppose his reason for coming to the colonies was agricultural, and a chance to acquire land. My Franklin ancestor (of my Dad's Mother) came to the colonies for a very different reason. He lived in Acton, England and saw his father hanged for being a Presbyterian. He made up his mind that Acton was not the place for him and left for the colonies hoping to establish a life for himself and wife and children. They were literally penniless upon arrival. They arrived in Boston in the 1700s. He first tried making a living with candle making and found that was not adequate. During the Rev. war, a British Officer brought a wounded conscript Scotsman, Hugh McCoy, to the house of my Franklins (who were now in New Jersey) to recuperate. Hugh McCoy did recover, caught the eye of his benefactor's daughter, and refused to sign up again when his term expired. Daughter and Hugh marries and Hugh now stays in contact with his new family. (This is the only Scot that I can verify in my line.) Near the end of the Revolutionary War, my Franklins, and Hugh McCoy, removed to Burke Co, NC using land warrants from the French and Indian Was and the Revolutionary War to buy land in N.C. After 6 children were birthed, Hugh supposed that he had some property coming to him in Scot,and. He takes passage on a ship. He and the ship is never heard from again. It is supposed the ship was lost at sea. These Franklins move through Boone Gap into Kentucky and thence onward to settle in Franklin Co. TN. One of Hugh's children married a John Brown. It is this couple who came to Illinois in 1828 when the southern portion of Illinois opened for settlement. They produced my Grandmother.

It took almost a year and three different ovens installed before we got a working oven. No repairmen would work on the oven due to its weight or their lack of knowledge. Within 2 months, I figured out why the lower electric oven was burning everything on the top while the middle was uncooked. No matter which rack I used, cakes or bread or anything burned on the top, but wasn't completely cooked on the inside. Sometimes the bottom was burned too. Emails to A.R. started again, but I gave up after no response. So the electric oven came from the factory unusable in 2013. Now it is 2017, and I am having trouble with the gas oven again. After the oven has ignited and has been on for a while, it starts making huffing or whooshing noises that continue for 5-25 minutes. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't. I found a video on YouTube with the same issue. From 0:56 to the end of the video really shows the problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4ygoiLDaBI So I obviously gave up trying to get A.R. to fix the electric oven. Now since the gas oven is having problems and the electric oven burns everything because the top element doesn't shut off after it has preheated, I have no working oven. So now, I am back to finding a repairman again. I called A.R. today and they gave me the same companies that could not work on it the last time. I have kept all emails and names so I know who could not work on it the last time. After 4 years, they are doing the same old thing. This is a $7,000.00 lesson to learn. I am curious to know about any other A.R. owners updates. I also would like to know if they have heard the whooshing noises from their gas ovens and how they were fixed (which parts, etc.) and what was done about the electric ovens upper element and how they were fixed. Thanks, Peke

I had a 'shoot-a-bunny' moment, Donna, when I read your comment, because I'd already begun piecing the top together. THANK YOU for suggesting a second-glance. I was able to correct a couple of spots. After closer inspection, one 16-patch is already pieced. I'm taking the 'galloping horses can't see it' approach on that side. Happy Sewing & Quilting, y'all!