Monday, 5 September 2011
is there anyone there!
lve been silent for ages .l had an accident with a cup of tea and the builders computer! they dont mix well! so the computer and l have not been hanging out together, l had to leave it in a repair shop in Spain to await my return ....one day...
Today lm laying in bed with a guest computer,it turned up at the weekend which was lovely suprise,l do hope it will stay for a long while along with the son it belongs to ...... and that way l can read all my fav blogs and feel part of the blogging world again..At least be part of something...some sort of world...
lm spending LOTS of time in bed or on the sofa..the list of diagnoses growing with each trip to the Hospital!! l feel like a brownie or girl guide earning badges for her uniform each time they say you have****all these years when they didnt know what was the problem and l didnt have a defining label other thanME/CFS Endometrisis and Fowlers syndrome ( they did say l had MS for three years then they decided that l didnt have that , luckily, No bad thing) Now l have labels coming out my ears!! Hashimotos Thyroiditis...Lupus SLE....Sjogrens Syndrome ...Hughes Sydrome,and fibromyalgia oh and l forget the trigger fingers and thumbs!...all settling in to my body ,or taking it over with out bouncer or policeman or Army at my door to say settle down or sling your hook! l am not able to tollerate any medicines to halt the progression of anything or treat pain.Which is a bit of a bummer.l havent had any Thyroid meds for a year next month which is no fun,as my levels deplete, BUT sooo much better than taking them, as they made me worse..The ME/CFS sort of tirdeness, of days gone by seems a world away from this Lupus stuff, which is in a different leagueSort of upping the anti.. L used to pace myself on a daily basis ( did the pain clinic thing got the badge years a go) now l have to start pacing the week before a trip out and expect a week in bed after the event!!lm laying here today as l WENT OUT on Saturday evening..what a brazen hussy!l went to my daughters engagement Party.. (lovely night just floored since )
Sorry just having a pissed off Monday morning...grey out side ..NO bad thing as l cant go in the sunshine anymore! l just feel that as soon as l push a new door, craft wise something comes a long and says No you cant do that!so l start something new and then bang again a big NO NO..If l had a brain l would be dangerous! If l were a horse they would have shot me by now....! or maybe thats why l have trigger fingers!! SOMEONE trying to tell me something??
Sunday, 20 March 2011
BOGOF ....
l expected my first appointment to bring blood tests talk and examination ...but l was in at 9.30am out at 11am with two new labels for my suitcase of medical notes...A Lovely consultant ,kind ,caring ,sympathetic ,so knowledgeable where has he been all these years! ..l wished he specialized in Endocrine disorders as well..l have blogged about this on the other one! but l thought l would up date the world and all who read here that l now have ANOTHER COUPLE of reasons for feeling like .....t! or crap to be more polite!
l will get my head around this and l will be back xx
if l were that on the ball l would surround this post with beautiful butterflys the symbol of both Thyroid and Lupus illness but lm in bed feel ...t! and l couldn't be bothered even if l could scan cut paste and create wonderful blog posts like menopausalmusings...l do so love her blog posts !http://menopausalmusings.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Jelly belly babies..AND the Circus!.
Last week we went to see that big circus that has moved into the Royal Albert Hall...
Cirque Soleil "Totem"
On the way there the builder took me Via Marble Arch to get a sugar fix of Jelly babies!!
there so yummy!!! sorry the picture as usual doesn't do them or the wonderful colours justice!we had seen them on the television the evening before ..they are part of a sculpture month in London...l took the picture on the way home ( two fixes in one day!) as at 6.30pm getting out of the car at the sugar spot was a NO NO! but at 11.30pm the builder dropped me off, did a couple of laps of the Arch and then Picked me up! haven't been picked up in AGES! we headed off down Park Lane ( get me off of that sofa and the sky's the limit!) to see another sculpture of a Fiat 500 with a large hand holding it. inspired by the sculptors son holding a toy car. there was No chance of a picture here.( dont know either artists name l will google soon)
The "Totem" acts were great ...
Some new treats to delight..And Some old tricks made so much more interesting with luminous fabrics
and props....l OOooOHD and ARrrrHd throughout the whole show and ended up with a nervous tic!
l nodded off , (when the a man on rollerskates began swinging his partner around with the rope around her neck, like you do! ),just for a little while! well it was warm and dark and l had been on a 1hr car journey in the rush hour and l had walked from the car park! and l had got off of the SOFA at 3pm pre shower) the builder gave me a liitle push and that power nap had just fixed me fine!
When those petite little ladies on VERY high unicycles started throwing the pile of bowls from the top of each of their heads to one and another we GASPED! so perfectly timed so well rehearsed SO CLEVER! but how many people in the audience reeeeally wanted one to just pop off her bike!? NOT ME!
The best thing for me was the special effects ,projected on to the circular stage ..all different kinds of water from waves lapping on to the beach..trickling rivers, meandering streams,mud filled banks,and pools of Sharks and koi Carp, and the best thing EVER was the men swimming under the sea ( effect ) when they made it to the edge of the stage (at different points) and then REAL men popped up in the exact spot as the other (effect )men had disapeared ( bare with me here l was in AWE...)
ps l got these blog spots yesterday...l have tried to remove the html....but there still here !any ideas?
Monday, 31 January 2011
Save our Forests..
Save our Forests
Hi everyone, please read an excerpt below from a message sent by the Save Our Forests campaign which arrived today:
This Wednesday there is a crunch vote in Parliament. MPs will vote on a motion demanding a rethink of plans to sell our national forests. The fact this vote is happening shows that MPs have noticed our campaign.
Right now, the petition is nearly 330,000 strong, and every name counts. So we’re setting a bold new target of half a million people by 5pm on Tuesday in time for Wednesday’s hugely important vote.
http://www.38degrees.org.uk/save-our-forests
Thankyou to lesley for making me aware of what will be happening....l hope this is helpful to you as well...
May the best house win!
Saturday, 15 January 2011
window shopping
l gladly went to John lewis Oxford street..to take back the broken ipod..
who wouldn't volunteer??an afternoon ALONE at the shops...
l thought ,do what you can with what energy you have, so decided that once out of the tube station l would pop into Liberty..well you would wouldn't you?
l had the camera but not a scrap of paper and pen. so wasn't able to write down who produced these
beautiful trays....BUT now l can...they are produced by ibride found here http://madeindesign.co.uk/
sorry for the light flash on some of them ...
Monday, 25 October 2010
Olive Green
Saturday, 11 September 2010
New camera
SO l will be able to blog with pictures again soon.....
l am still in Spain,,the weather is still lovely and much cooler...
l am not feeling great but it is lovely to have the blue sky and sun on your back
better than the weather they are having back home in London...
As a family we haven't ever gone in for competitions on the TV or magazines, ..we would never win! and l couldn't win an argument! BUT last week my daughter felt compelled
to ring in to a radio station whilst waiting in her car, for her boyfriend at the train station..(bored!).
AND she got through .AND they chose her line 9.AND she guessed the correct title of the music..
AND SHE WON!!!!!!!!! A HOLIDAY TO BARBADOS!! it was amazing...
all she kept telling me when she phoned was that she had spoken to a spice girl!(she loved them when she was little!) Emma Bunton (baby spice) was presenting the show...l am so pleased for her, she finished her Uni course and graduated in July and has worked all summer to get some money behind her ,as she started her new PGCE course last week....now , as the holiday is for a family of four, can she and her brother become children again!? making me the responsible PARENT!!and able to take them with ME to Barbados!! ha ha!
SO our new philosophy is you've got to be in it to win it!! so try!
Saturday, 22 May 2010
Hello there..,
Saturday, 16 January 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR
WHAT it will take to get me on a roll with everything else?!
I DON'T KNOW!
l was on my daily tour of my favorite blogs.....
when l popped into http://friedaquilter.blogspot.com/ .a VERY talented lady ,
l saw her work in a magazine a couple of years ago and arrived at her blog after a bit of a google...
Today she has a link to Tristan Robin Blakeman , he like Freida is a gifted art quilter. He has a love of all things sparkley! and also makes little theatres..well as she mentioned he has a GIVE AWAY l popped by!what a beautiful blog...lm going back after finishing this post to check out the mosaic blog he talked about AND to enter the draw ...WELL a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do!!
you can find him here http://tristanrobin.blogspot.com/
as you can see all those dormant months have not improved my layout skills
and what l had got the hang of l have have forgotten, so back to the board..
thay say you can only improve with practice........
l just read a book on journaling inspiration which suggests you should start
WHERE YOU ARE..so here goes! bare with me x
Sunday, 20 September 2009
The LOST summer!!
" Thank you "to those who emailed to ask where l was
and enquire about the puppies.l had a emergency dash
back from Spain with my
oh so special son..leaving the builder there with his tools
and the puppies..and was ill ALL summer..
two big operations and a very bad bout
of swine flu in between ops ( don't be fooled by the press
it can be very bad)tamiflu and the worst sore throat and temperature
I've ever had!
12 weeks in bed on high dose morphine bad dreams hallucinations
not able to sleep...
BUT the bright side!
l lost LOADS of weight ,which unlike weight watchers, Rosemary Conley
slimming world and numerous cabbage diets DIDN'T COST A PENNY!!
RESULT!
l Spent most evenings watching LOST ..a series l hadn't got into,when my two
watched it first time around.Series 1-4 that's a a lot of DVD watching!
l cant wait until series 5 come out before Christmas!
but really got into it whist laying on my bed watching with my oh so
patient, caring son ..
Funny, l now know well Before l touch 70 ,which of my two
children is more likely to put a pillow over my head!!
the builder came home when the puppies where weaned
and was here for the major op..and has been his normal
supportive caring kind self..l'm so lucky .......
The upshot is l can now walk again!!l wont go into
the bad side pain etc...BUT to be able to walk to the toilet
get in the shower and last week SIT in the bath!well there is No
stopping me!!.
Thank you for keeping me entertained whilst reading all so many
of your blogs ..some wonderful work going on out there!
l will update on the puppies soon.......
Again as you can see lve mucked up the layout but hey
so pleased to be back here posting !so be patient eh?
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Maternity leave over.
Here she is back..panic over!We woke this morning to find that Loba had GONE!
The puppies were making a lot of noise and wriggling together for warmth and comfort..
we waited....Had she abandoned them for good?how would we feed them?the builder had been online for information!and was going into town for bottles etc...
I've only ever had weaned puppies at six weeks and over so NOT A CLUE!So all the worse case scenarios were flashing through my mind..
Monday, 11 May 2009
Loba the lodger..
change colour.The evening was the first, since we arrived ,where we we able
sit out and enjoy the balmy evening weather, listening to the sounds of the night ,l love it
Juan their owner .Loba has been a regular visitor to our building site since
our first visit.She was in love with Jasper our Dalmatian(Jasper went to sleep
in December,l still can't talk about that)and would arrive each evening after
a full days work ,for her dinner, bed and board!l wont go in to detail but they
don't have the same regard or feelings for their animals here.Its something
l really struggle with...
Anyway when we arrived here we noted that Loba was AGAIN pregnant ( we have offered to take her to the vet, but they all say its unnatural and you shouldn't play with nature)..
So to cut to the chase.. Loba still comes for dinner ( she knows where her bread is buttered,very clever is this one)she is never here when we wake up as she leaves for her early shift!
with these little sweeties! there are six of them ....
(they are cousins of Juan the goat man) we wanted to give her as much time with her babies..
Well its now Monday evening.Our neighbors came this evening to ask if we had seen Loba..
We said yes she is under the caravan with her babies!
and please could they tell Juan she is OK there for as long as she wants to stay!( or as long as he leaves her there!)The neighbors said the puppies were fat! l said to the builder "funny that! a puppy thrives when the mother is well fed" and the mother looks really well to! l dont think l need to leave the plot this week l have enough shopping and stuff ,so l shall have to stay around!
l'm becoming really good at catching ticks off of Loba..bloody horrible little things ...
l HOPE IT DOESN'T ALL END IN TEARS!!
Saturday, 2 May 2009
Just a note..
Hola! as you might have noticed l
have added a stat counter to the left..
People are popping by from all over the world!
l'm intrigued!please can l ask?
could you leave a comment ,just "hello" would do,then l could take a look at your blog..
Thanks to http://dogdaisychains.blogspot.com
for blogging about this as l would never have known about this clever tool!
thank you to all who pop by.x
Friday, 1 May 2009
Biker birds
Just as one family of Barbi birds move out ,a new lot of biker birds move in.
l Don't now how rough they are ,l cant see any tattoos! but l can hear them
twittering ,No loud heavy music! which is a result.There's been a lot of action
going on, in and out of the horse box.They have managed to nest in between
the fabric and the polystyrene lining.Very cosy! l will be watching for chicks..
the horse box
haven't got horses ,definatley not horsey!more gypsyish as home at the mo
is two small caravans.So those who thought l was living the high life in
some white villa WRONG!just towed the horse boxes from London to Malaga
with tools and building materials.( and my sewing machine which still hasn't
seen the sun yet!)though l have managed to read all my sew hip magazines!
back to the birds.....
Se Aquiler /Se Vende'
so this BBQ nest is for rent or sale now! l posted pictures of the chicks before but l didn't want to disturb those babes just for a picture of their bed!l think it could do with some clean sheets and a bit of blow through...These dancing chicks live down the hill..they were having a dance on the table.
Strange to have a holiday on the correct date May 1st rather than the
closest Monday to it! everything closes here even the DIY stores.
have a lovely bank holiday weekend hope the weather is good..
ENJOY...x
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Easter parade
on Good Friday,but made it into town for Easter Sunday.
The service, probably not what some church goers would expect,
it was like being in Victoria Station on a Monday morning!
People were in and out of the three large doors,mums dropping band members off,band members practicing their tunes and warming up.A group of small children running after a dog who peed up a pew!groups hanging around at the back having a chat...
the owner of the computer went for a coffeeas we were half an hour early for the service.
l said hurry up as you don't walk in if the service
has already started ..(ha ha)
After the service the band struck up..
The sound came up through my feet and filled
my body it was so moving...the boys lifted the
really heavy statue and proceeded
to carry it around the town ..stopping for short breaks.
MUCH needed as Alora is on two hills
and has many small sharp turnings in the roads..
the priest rings a bell to stop and start the procession.
the silver base was very ornate and heavier than the statue..the flowers smelt beautiful.
The balconies had banners and posters hanging on them...Monday, 27 April 2009
Hola!


Tuesday, 7 April 2009
All packed up and ready to roll!
going to catch the ferry from Portsmouth
l will be posting from somewhere hotter than here ( l hope!)
not always lucky with the weather.
Towing a horse box with NO horse! but overloaded with
building materials PLUS my sewing machine and boxes of sewing ,Paper cutting,felting ,mosaic ,beads and crocheting..
"will l make or do anything with this lot in the 10 weeks lm away"? we will have to see!!
Hopefully will have set up by the weekend ...Have a good Easter everyone xx
Sunday, 5 April 2009
Here there and everywhere...
SO here is an update...
We went to Borough market one Saturday morning its so colourful with lots of
tasty food....












