Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Twice in one day


Having managed to get one photo on I thought I would post another while the going is good.
Emily went to her first formal evening on Friday. Her High School held their Year 11 Prom at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon.
It was a very emotional occasion, not just for the students, as many of the parents had a tear in the corner of their eye as we waved them off in their Limo.
I really feel old now! Emily is at school today for the last day of statutory education. It seems like five minutes since she started primary school.

Third Time Lucky





Third time lucky?

I am trying to get a photo onto the blog. If This works it is a photo of Charlie (my younger daughter), and Molly (my mad Labrador).
Knitting is at a standstill today. My wrists can't take any more for a while. I completed scarf number 15 last night. Thats 15 in two months. Not as many as I would have liked, but not bad given that I have to work as well!

Monday, May 08, 2006




Back to work today as the pleurisy has now gone....Yipee!!!
Luckily it was a quiet day at the centre where I work so I was able to take it gently. Even so I was absolutely shattered by the time I came home.

Yesterday I went to a really emotional christening. My friend's daughter sadly died last year, shortly after giving birth to her second child(a much longed for little girl). Daisy was born prem at 28 weeks and for a while it was touch and go. Amazingly she is now a bonny little thing who is developing well. Since leaving Hospital Daisy and her brother Kyle have lived with their Grandparents.

On the knitting front I have been getting into the scarves and have now completed eleven different styles and colours. As soon as I can get a photo to load onto this blog I will post a picture of my multicolour scarves.

My Stash:
I vowed not to add anything to my stash during May, but alas I went to a local budget shop and picked up a few balls of fluffy stuff! (actually it was 28 balls) . They are for the charity scarves so I think that excuses it. The rest of my stash currently occupies three large whicker boxes under the coffee table, Four black sacks in the loft, two drawers under the bed and a few odd balls scattered around the house in carrier bags. Oh well...I will have to make a new stash resolution in June!!! And I will have to try and keep it.

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Rest..... Whats that?

Having been told by the doctor to rest, I thought it would be simple. Sit down, put my feet up and get the needles out!
No such luck.
Yesterday Emily managed to get hit on the back of the head by a badly placed football. The worst thing was that she was only chatting to mates during break time at school and was not even playing.
Emily is notorious at school for her continuous list of accidents. During her 5 years at high school she has broken her wrist twice, suffered concussion three times, cracked her coccyx and now has whiplash! Add to that viral meningitis and knee surgery, she has really made her mark!
Back to me... Guess who had to spend 3 1/2 hours in casualty while she had her neck xray done. At one point the doctors nearly offered me a bed due to the fact that I was getting breathless from coughing.

NATURE UPDATE
The nest is still safe. I really worry every time I see the Magpie approaching. Fortunately the parent birds are very observant and have seen it off.
They haven't finished building, but have started to decorate already. Today a piece of blue nylon rope has been added to the nest making it look very attractive.

I HATE STEROIDS
I've been on 30mg of prednisolone for 5 days and now feel like marshmallow man! My fingers are like puffed rice and I've had to take off my eternity ring. I would have taken off the wedding ring,but I couldn't get it off in time. Thus I sit here watching it dissappear into my folds of skin, knowing that if it gets any worse I will have to have it cut off......The ring not the finger ....hopefully!

Monday, May 01, 2006

spring fever!

Having thought the dreaded cough was improving I took myself off to Norfolk for a Physiotherapy course on the long term management of severe disablement in people with Multiple sclerosis.It was a very interesting course, but upon my return I suffered a setback(maybe caused by the driving followed by a birthday party for six kids, to celebrate charlie's 8th birthday). The wheezing and breathlessness were back accompanied by severe pain in the left side of the chest. I gave in and visited the gp.Result: Bronchitis, pleurisy and mild asthma. No wonder I felt so good!
Have now been stuck at home since Thursday without a computer as hubby took it on the boat to use it for navigation. (a chart and a pair of binoculars work just as well!!)Any way, I have completed three more scarves in jazzy yarn purchased in Norfolk. I managed to squeeze in a visit to both parents while I was there, plus a visit to one of my favourite wool shops. Well a girl has to have priorities doesn't she! I also saw my Grandmother which made it even more worthwhile.

I was hoping to go back to work in the morning, but as I am still breathless when I talk I don't think I can take my normal exercise classes for wheelchair users. Its a real bummer as I love my job.

NATURE NEWS
After a hectic weekend with my sister here, I am now sitting in my front room watching a nest being built by two very active song-thrushes. They have been continuously harrassed by a magpie, but have bravely seen it off all day. My video camera is trained on the nest so that I can get a closer view. Perhaps they will lay eggs soon and I can watch the babies.

My pond is absolutely full of tadpoles. I love going up the garden to watch them developing. What a great waste of time! Yesterday the water was so clear that I even saw a newt. My daughter Charlie can't work out why I call him MI. Well he is only small after all!!!

PARENT PANIC
My eldest daughter takes her GCSE exams in a few weeks, and I am feeling really old. I was reading on another blog about a mum whose son had just started school and I tried to leave a comment, but my laptop was so slow I kept getting cut-off mid stream. Anyway If you have a child just starting school, enjoy every moment, (even when they don't tell you anything), put your name down to help on school trips, join the pta, do anything to involve yourself in school life, as it will all be over in the blink of an eye. Ypu know the saying that school days are the best days of your life..... Well I think they're wrong... Your kids school days can be even better. It seems like five minutes since Emily started school and she leaves in June!!

Better go now as the Kids want to eat again. I really am getting hooked on blogging,although I spend more time reading other peoples than I do writing my own.
Can you believe I can no longer work out how to put photos on. The green dress was definately a fluke!