Back at Work

I knew it would be a difficult day, but I didn't expect to be so tired and sore.

Yesterday I bought 8 litres of ceiling paint. It was on special, and I feel like I got a very good deal. The sale continues until April, however once all stock is gone - it's over. I noticed that they only had a few buckets of paint left, and I needed one more. But the second one needed to be colour matched, and the bucket of paint tinted. Today I went in with my colour sample, and got it sorted. I also bought some filling compound to address the various jobs around the house.




Some of the other things that I was working on while off work were the vintage jumper, a jigsaw puzzle, and the yo-yo quilt.

As you can see the sleeves have been finished on the jumper. I need to sew the pieces together, and complete the band around the neck.


Mum and I made great progress on this jigsaw puzzle.

Mum also helped me colour match the yo-yos. They will be joined into 9-patches later.

I had thought I might spend the evening watching TV and working on some hand crafts. Nothing really inspires me, and I am so tired. So it will likely be an early night tonight. So far I haven't been able to sleep through the night - I'm hoping that tonight will be different :)

Missing Mum

I mentioned in an earlier post that I was about to have surgery, well on Wednesday the 17th it was done. In my mind, I thought that I would recover much more quickly than I did. Even today I feel really washed out and tired. Might have something to do with doing the edges on my lawn. (Don't worry Mum, I didn't mow the lawn as well).

There have been many people who have been supportive during my recovery, and I am thankful to them all. From my craft groups, church home group, to friends - everyone has been wonderful. But I would like to say a super special thanks to my Mum!!!

My Mum is a very busy lady. She works full time, maintains her home, and has an active social life. I was so incredibly blessed that she came down the day before my surgery. That's in itself is a mission - as I am over 6 hours away by car.

Mum did so much for me; like taking me to and from the hospital, driving me around to places like the Doctors and pharmacy, doing the grocery shopping (several times), all the cooking and cleaning, making cups of tea, and bringing me glasses of water, making sure I had my medicine, helping me walk, helping me out of the chair, and heaps more.

My Mum left on Friday, and at 40 I'm not ashamed to say that I really miss my Mum. I don't miss her because of what she did for me, which by the way I HUGELY appreciated. I don't really want to admit this - but I really wasn't capable of looking after myself. I miss my Mum's company, I miss being close to her, and my life is a little bit empty when she isn't around. I love my Mum :)

Vintage knitting update

Well it turns out that the mistake I thought I made wasn't one. The front and the back of the original garment was inconsistent. I have made other mistakes, but I figure no one else will know... Except for you :)


I've finished the front. So glad that the "tricky" part of knitting is over. You wouldn't believe how time consuming it is using more than one colour. My personal preference has always been to use one colour of yarn, and be challenged through a pattern or stitch complexity.


Just starting on the sleeves.


There will not be a lot of progress on my crafts for the next few weeks, as I am scheduled to have some surgery (my gallbladder will be removed), and don't expect to be up and about for some time. This is because I don't respond too well to anaesthetic.

Thanks Mum for coming down to look after me. I don't know what I'd do without you. Love you heaps.