Hooray !!!!

Woke up this morning and actually felt better, first time in 5 weeks I can say that I feel OKAY !!!! So to celebrate this remarkable feeling I've baked some bread made cauliflower cheese for tea and re arranged some dust. Thought I'd better make the most of it just in case LOL.

Hand is still bothersome but showing signs of a little feeling slowly coming back.

I had a lovely relaxing day yesterday scrapping with Dawn. Dogs were extremely good and I actually felt myself relaxing.

Did this layout of me Ben and Vikki sharing a funny moment at the Boxing Day bash at my parents house.



close up



So now I'm going to look at photo's and spend some time getting ready for Otley crop tomorrow.

Hospital AGAIN !

Yesterday saw us back at the hospital but this time it was my 4/6 month post op knee review. We were lucky and hit the x ray department just right and didn't have to wait hours, then on to see the surgeon Miss Marx who was as pleased as me with the way the op and following months has gone. So after a few minutes chatting and showing her the movement I have she decided that I needn't go back anymore hooray !!!!

Well not for the knee anyway. I originally had an appointment to see Miss marx as my big toe needs to be fussed but as my knee collapsed just prior to that appointment we abandoned the toe op and went for the urgent knee replacement, so now it's back to plan A and the op is booked for May! day surgery but followed by 6 weeks of being in plaster. I'm beginning to feel I'll never be free of hospitals and operations again.

The wretched hand is showing tiny signs of improvement, the pills definitely take the edge of the pain and today I not only managed to hold the hairbrush but also peeled some spuds LOL.

Scrapping is still proving difficult although i have done a layout but not happy with it at all. That's what you get for going to crop unprepared. For some reason I always do layouts that I end up disliking at crop, maybe I spend to much time yapping and then think OMG I'd better stick something down...

Anyway I wanted to record Eric had to do all the baking at Christmas this year as I'd had the hand op just a few days before so here it is...



Hoping to produce something better tomorrow when I scrap with Dawn.

I scrapped

Finally after what seems forever I've managed to do a layout. Started it Wednesday and finished it off Thursday when Dawn came over to resume our normal Thursday scrap days. Think I may have driven her nuts keep asking, can you hold this, can you open this LOL.

I scrap lifted it from Jane my team leader on UKS. Jane used a kit from a Sarah Davies here. My papers were from a kit from Papermaze December crop and a few scraps thrown in. I had made a Christmas card for Eric using 3 small trees grouped together and half had the idea already and it fitted the photo of taking Ben to see the Christmas lights being switched on perfectly.



I have my first published layout in Scrapbook Inspirations this month, chuffed am I. I made this layout to record Mum and Dad enjoying the first dance at their 50th wedding anniversary party to their tune of Unchained Melody.




Going to Bramford crop tomorrow, nothing prepared YET but it will be great to actually go out, tablets are taking the edge off the pain but leave me feeling spaced out LOL so guess I won't get much done other than chatting. I haven't managed to make my usual contribution of malteser tray bake but think maybe this is a good thing as most of us will be on diets LOL..

So cold

I anyone as fed up as me with this ongoing cold snap! We still have snow laying from Monday.

Jim ended up at the vets last night as his bites have become infected but he looks much happier this morning with some antibiotics and painkilling jabs...

A few more Christmas presents I made, to share with you. All done on canvass. I got the idea from Wendy who is on the design team for Papermaze, mine are much more basic than hers lol..

The very beautiful Miss Flo O'Sausage



Milo Herbie and Skye



and the very handsome Cooper



A few other projects I made were wrapped and sent off without photographing first d'oh

Going to attempt to scrap with Dawn tomorrow, no idea if I will be able to as my hand is completley numb so had better prep something very basic LOL...

Back to normailty

So I guess today is the day most people have gone back to work and the children back to school, Christmas is officially done and dusted for another year.

Ben has started nursery today and will be going 5 mornings a week and will be wearing proper pants as Vikki made a real effort over Christmas to get the little chap out of nappies. Ben wasn't very keen but seems to have got the hang of it now thanks to Vikki's patience and lots of stickers lol.... .

Jim and Ranger had a major bust up yesterday, one minute they were playing nicely and the next blood and fur were flying. They were in the garden being closely supervised by Eric and i was watching out of the window and yet neither of us saw what sparked it off. Jim has a torn ear and Ranger has grazes all down his leg where Eric yet again had to do a flying rugby tackle... and poor Eric has a nasty bump to his head where he hit the concrete to go with his poorly hand that got bitten by Ranger a few days before Christmas when he was trying to stop another scuffle. Ranger is a sweetheart most of the time but does seem to have a knack for being in the middle of trouble. he looks so sorry afterwards..

I'm still feeling rotten with my hand but trying to ignore it and do a few bits around the house. Need to sort some bits out for crop Saturday, not sure how I'll do but i can sit and chatter if nothing else.

So I can finally share some of the Christmas presents I made.

These are acrylic frames which I bought from Ang at Bramford crop after seeing one she made and added my own touches to.

Vikki and Ben






And this one was for a friend of her dog Dylan



also done several canvas's which I show next time.

Update on hand

short update on ongoing misery ...

went to hospital yesterday. surgeon very pleased with op and said the nerve was very badly damaged and the pain i have now is as a result of the damage and not still being trapped. Apparently it can take months to repair.....so guess i just have to get used to the numbness and pain which i might add is bloody awful and gets worse when the hand is cold so i walk round even indoors with a mit on lol...

so no magic wand....

HAPPY NEW YEAR

So much to say and share but it will have to wait until my wrist/hand is a TAD better TYPING is difficult and tedious so I'll just wish you all a very

HAPPY NEW YEAR

ps back to hospital Friday and that surgeon had better have a magic wand up his shirt sleeve or I'll explode.