forms done !

finished and posted the disability applications and legal aid. feel like ive finished a dissertation. need to give some attention to some neglected daughters now !

new settee covers

new covers on the settee. new tip up chair on the left. all the elephants have names - annabel, barbara, catherine with a c, diedrie, edith, françoise, giselle, henriette, isabelle, jemima, katherine with a k, lucy, matilda, .... actually they tend to change periodically :-)

my new corner for sitting at the computer. note the pink dragonflies. shame i have to share the room with the laundry, cant be helped :-)

new office corner. all moved out of living room now, whew. notice the ever present ginger biscuit, she follows me every where.

yes this was a hamster cage but had things growing in it. we cleared the balcony and swept up all the dead leaves etc. then ginger biscuit found the nice box of soil and had a wonderful time digging. have had to sweep all over again and put the lid on for the mo.

the apricot tree that grew in the compost is doing it's thing. got 2 more trees growing in this years compost. will have to plant them out soon. "the things i sow, so rarely grow, i'm very disenchanted. but oh what luck,i have with stuff, i never even planted."

bits and bats

we cleared the plant pots on the balcony, got rid of the dead plants, swept and scrubbed. in the night ginger biscuit went and had a lovely dig. it's all over; and she walked it all round the flat on her paws. :-)

missed another family gathering in norfolk :-( but had a lovely phone call from cousin ray the day before :-)

still hot. at least the tourist board will be pleased. the supermarket was crawling with people. message to self must be organised enough to not need shopping on saturdays. 

finally found some ppl who do dog walking (at a price) but not got anyone free after all. perhaps i'll have to carry out my threat to make ginger into fur gloves - i'm joking, not in this heat  ...

not sewed for a few weeks. it was nice while it lasted and at least i'm in hopes that it will come back. to think it's only a few years ago i couldnt hold a pen to write. 

have nearly finished the disability application forms. what a slog. filling in legal aid forms to to get someone to represent us. did that a couple of years ago and the disability authorities just quietly lost our files ! no hearing date, solicitor cant do anything. 

my new tip up arm chair arrived and is settled in the sitting room. everyone sits in it. i really like that :-) and have got new covers for the settee - light cover so can be taken off to wash easily of course cos we have accidents. very pleased. will post photo another time. there that gives everyone something to look forward to doesnt it.

recent pics of us

recent pics of us

painting me

yesterday, was rather a silly billy. i suddenly couldnt stand how grotty the toilet walls any longer and painted them pink. and used a stencil and made some pink dragonflies. it looks nice but considering we had joanna's sw today - i was not in a fit state this morning! but the even silliest bit - i finished off the last bit AFTER i had taken my sleeping meds and not bobbed off - that's more bright pink dragonflies - so far so good, and using up the rest of the bright pink round the doorway. mess !! the girls took pics of me after i had been decorating - i got quite a lot of paint on me :-)) lol. one more for the biography

some good news

cable chain stitch. rusting hulk. i suppose grimsby docks have been cleared up now and no more dandelions growing in the pavement cracks.

Teaspoon Shisha. hadnt got any of those pretty little mirrors to try this technique on so my monty python side decided on a plastic teaspoon. palestrina stitch surround.

Bonnet stitch bijou.

flowers from the river bank. all the colours of the rainbow. lol - in background on right is the pot noodle cup i use as a mug all the time. it's big and i'm less likely to break it :-) on left pic  gorgeous japanese work birthday card from mum.

made by joanna. just noticed ermintrude cow from magic roundabout on the shelves. dont often look at her :-)

the state of play with my morning glories. it's a struggle to keep warding off the bugs - have to squish without mercy. on the right, downstairs, you can see where the neighbour is using my parking space now i've not got a car. we're number 19. and you can see the 2 big wheely bins. the one with a yellow lid is for recycling.

the good news is that for the first time since the home helps started in april 2009 we have a full timetable this month !!

and most of my fibro pain is gone. - that's since taking the new antibiotic.

and the sewing is proving useful to keep my mind busy - like doing puzzles - enjoying doing a new stitch each week, tho doing a whole project every week is really a bit too much for my eyes.

the nerve pain didnt go but am now managing to take a child's dose of the Lyrica - it's slow going. but it seems to be enough to deal with the worst of it so hope i can stick at that. the side effects take several weeks to wear off but it was worth persevering in the end. the dr prescribed it last autumn but couldnt take it cos the biggest side effect is to make me fuzzy and it's just too dangerous for the girls to not be around when they're having medical crises of various sorts. the extra help means i can chill out a little bit more.

the case conference didnt decide much that was useful but the simple fact that it happened at all means that the different agencies are now less opaque in their functioning as regards us.

we have been assured that our h/h hours will not be taken off us by the disability people after all.

and i've bought and armchair which tips up.

have got to do the disability forms with both the girls sw s aswell as mine. bit of a sweat to have to do so much explaining, but hope its an investment for the future. if anything happens to me they dont fit into any existing structure.

very grateful for our "networks"  - the chemists rang about something on our prescription.  it really helps that they know us and are so helpful. am valuing having the continuity of helpers. for 3 years some of them. we so need continuity and stability. also nurse came today for blood test (sugars) and updated us on the news and changes in their team while she was here. and even having the same man delivering our shopping. no time to chat, but he's a friendly and familiar face.

had lovely visit from simars last weds. feeling grotty. ogt the aah forms to fill in - projet de vie.