You would think I forgot about my blog

 Honest I haven't. I even have a few things to blog about. I have been thinking about a post, rattling it around in my brain but its never actually made it to fruition. Here it is and here I am so lets get at it shall we?

We had out scrapbooking weekend and it was such fun for the all the time I was there. Long story short on Sunday morning my feet shot out from under me and I fell in the bathroom. Not in the shower, I did not hurt myself but I could not get myself up. Four nice husky men took care of that. My bad knee ended up being twisted but that was in the "raise the old lady" shenanigans not the actual fall. By the time my dignity was restored I was too done in to go scrapbooking. I opted to stay home. My dear friends looked after my stuff for me.

Bless their little pointed heads

As I am having my upstairs bathroom redone, I am loosing some storage space, so I shopped the house and came up with three possible solutions. One cabinet is full of china, another full of photo albums and the third ( and the Winner) is full of odds and ends.

Its a metal cabinet that I plan to paint white. The sad thing is that this cabinet sits in front of the door of another cabinet. What can I say? Its my house and that is how I roll. First came the purge. That was amazingly easy.

Keep, toss, donate. In no time at all it was empty and the keep stuff was snuggled into the other cabinet. Not a lot of it, most of the stuff got tossed

The extra space in the laundry room is very welcome. I am happy to have some storage for the bathroom and not have to go out and buy something new. Shop the house, its good advice.

Winter is here, we had our first snow fall and it nicely waited until after Halloween. No kids on my street but other people had hobgobblins. 

Toodles Linda

Where has the time gone??

 I have been neglectful of my poor blog for some time now. I could try and explain it but who wants to hear all that clap trap. Lets just put the past in the past and move on with better intentions and determination. I'm all for that.

While I have come to think that 2022 is defiantly not my year, the end of September and a good part of October where rather lovely. Busy and The Carpenter came to work on my upstairs bathroom. We, (that is the royal We because I did little to nothing to contribute to the actual work), are removing the old tub that has seen better days and putting in a shower.

Going going gone!!!

A lot of heavy work and the tub was gone. Eventually there will be a new shower, vanity and toilet, plus flooring and panel board on the walls. Its going to be so nice to have it done. I am eternally grateful these two are willing to put in all this work for me.

The Carpenter also fixed a sag in the dining room floor so now I don't have to worry about  the house falling into the basement. While he puttered away doing his handyman stuff,  Busy and I replaced the drapes in the dining and living room. Again with the royal We.

These replace the chocolate brown ones that have been up for years. We organised the buffet and the hutch in the kitchen .

All of this was wonderful but I have to say the absolute best of the weekend was and early Thanksgiving dinner. Busy brought all the fixin's and cooked a delicious meal. I got to use my good china, crystal and silverware. We invited the No Cooks and Sweet Baboo to come and dine. 

It was just the best evening! Everyone enjoyed the food, the conversation flowed and it was just the best. I could not have been more pleased if I tried. It was excellent.

After they scooted home Best Friend came and stayed for a few days. Its been two years since we have seem each other so we had a lot of chatting to do. We had the No Cooks over for a pizza supper the night before she left. They are getting to think I'm going to feed them every week. 

This weekend is our annual scrapbooking weekend which is always loads of fun. I am nearly packed up and ready to go. Thank goodness I have help because I could never do this alone. Too many heavy containers.

There I think I have shared all I wanted to. Lets hope I get back into a regular routine.

Toodles, Linda

Yes its me finally

Yesterday when I woke up the windows were open and you could feel the promise of fall in the air. That distinctive nip that heralds the coming of cool weather, gorgeous colours and that special sunlight that means fall has come. It is without a doubt my favourite time of the year.

I reread my last post because its been a minute since I have tended to this blog. It sounded so positive and hopeful, would that life had fulfilled that promise. I have come to the conclusion that 2022 is not my year. Things started to go downhill at the end of 2021 and have continued since. Now it has been all bad, I have had some wonderful things happen to me but health wise and mentally this as not been the best of times. Each health setback has created several new problems to deal with and there fore down the rabbit hole I go.

Once I get a new family doctor we will have to discuss the dosage of my antidepressant. I feel its too low and really does nothing. It would have been wonderful if taking that little white pill each day had done the job I had hoped it would but that isn't happening, So for a while I let the rabbit hole have me but as of today I am crawling back to the light. Doing a few things today that I have been neglecting and hoping tomorrow to do a few more. I won't let the black moods win. I just refuse to do that.

Today I am starting in the kitchen. My old arch enemy. I have given myself the entire day to do the things I want to get done finished and I intend to force myself if necessary to do them,. So far I am pleased with what has been accomplished. Little acorns lead to mighty oaks. I am keeping that in mind as I plod ahead.

Toodles Linda

Taking a Moment

I woke up this morning at 7 15. I have been waking anywhere between 6:30 and 8:15 lately. I took some time to sit in my chair and watch the dust motes dance in the early morning sunshine and just be grateful. Grateful for how my life is getting back to what it was. My days and nights have corrected themselves. I may not do a hell of a lot but I am doing more than I was. There is still a lot left to correct but I have started down the road and for that I am grateful. Hence the moment this morning to just be thankful instead of bitter. 

Right now the laundry is chugging away in the washing machine, the kitchen is tidy and the chores are done in the rest of the house to make it presentable. More gratitude. If my four fingers and two thumbs would regain all of their feeling I would be doing a total happy dance. I really struggle with not being able to quilt. Even typing is a chore but I'm doing it.

I have some plans to hit some long time goals in the month of August. I will share them as I hit them until then I will keep silent.

Toodles Linda

 

Random Bits

I think I have my sleep pattern back on track. I actually sleep at night and am awake for the majority of the day. I cannot tell you how happy that makes me. To be back sleeping, with ease, in my bed is a total joy. One I have struggled with for months.

The weeds in the yard are still winning the battle but I am actually working on them. I can't do a lot at one time but I feel like getting out there. Big change for me. I just wish I was more steady on my feet. Don't want to fall over in the flower bed again .

 

Daisies and bees in my front yard.

I finally moved some stuff out of my car so getting my walker in there will be easier. This does not sound like much but I am happy to say I am doing these things for myself and not relying on kindness of others. 

I had an ultra sound on my heart this week, So I get to worry about the results of that now. Will be interesting to see if I actually hear the results as I currently have no family doctor in town.

My carpel tunnel is acting up since I got home from the hospital so I cannot quilt. This is not making me happy. I am wearing my brace in the hopes that fixes it. It did last time. 

The Hostess stopped in the other day, bringing coffee and we chatted on the veranda. She is back living in town , I am so happy she managed to sell her house and make the move she so wanted.

I finally applied for the disability tax credit. Wouldn't it be a treat if I got approved and got some extra money? 

The place where we have out scrapbooking weekend closed its doors this spring. Panic! Terror! Sadness! Good news is that after some scrambling around we found another venue. Big sigh of relief.

I celebrated my recent weight loss with treating myself to three new shirts!!

Ok bored you long enough, now I am off to see if I can find a new microwave oven. My 16 year old one has called it a day. The nerve of it to give up so soon

Toodles,  Linda

Remember Me??

 Its been a minute since I posted here. June was not a stellar month for me that is for sure. Managed to land myself back in the hospital for 15 days. I was glad that they admitted me. I wanted to be in, be on intervenes antibiotics and get myself back on track. I has a great round of cellulitis and I was so swollen from the waist down it was unreal. 57 lbs of fluid to be honest. Its all gone, so is the cellulitis and I am hoping to get some of my energy back. I really want all of this behind me.

I came home to a jungle of weeds in the garden. I have actually got out there and did some work on it. I has hoped to do more but the mosquitos are so bad this year.

Still looks like drunken goats have been having a banquet but its better than it was. I have more pictures but my phone is far from me and I am too lazy to get up and get it. Another time.

So I'm back home, back to going out with the No Cook Ladies , working on getting stronger, setting goals and moving slowly forward., I hope. I plan to get back to regular blogging and hope to have more to say next time.

Toodles Linda

I'm Still Here

 I have been absent but I am still here. These last few months have not been the best but even I am tired of going on about it so, big girl pants firmly in place and lets look for the positive.

I finally got a flimsy sandwiched up and ready to quilt. First one this year and its already the end of MAY. I am shocked and appalled. Never mind its all ready to go and I will be back in my happy place soon enough. This one is a donation quilt. I have another donation flimsy ready and then two for me sitting in the project box. I still need to put the boarder on the Christmas quilt. I am joined up to do a fall quilt a long but so far all I have done on it is print out the patterns each week. I have not actually started construction.

I have been working away at knitting toques and scarves from, my excess yarn stash. I like to make them. then donate to the local Safe and Warm Shelter plus a charitable organization that helps people in need. Like all my projects this year I have had a slow start but I'm starting to hit my stride. Three hats and three scarves finished so far, Scarf number four on the needles.

The Banker is heading off on vacation next week and Teddy Bear has family coming to visit. I will need to fend for myself in the coming days. I may tackle my goal sooner than later.  I have been trying to talk myself into making a shopping trip to Shoppers Drug Mart, This may be the final push that I need to actually go. I'm going to be taking myself to No Cook this Friday. The Banker usually picks me up but she has another social commitment that night. 

This weekend I have a young fellow coming to clean up my yard. He is trying to earn enough to buy virtual reality glasses as his parents told him he has to earn the money on his own, The Banker will be with him to help supervise. I was going to have to hire someone to do it so I am very happy to help the young man out.

That is about it for news from me. 

Toodles Linda