Lots of changes

Hi folks, sorry I've been gone so long. Hopefully life will settle again and I can get into a new routine which allows time for my blog.

You may remember my husband and I moved in with my Mum just before Christmas. We came here to support her after she was diagnosed with Leukaemia. Sadly we lost Mum on 13th March. She passed here in her home, it was very quick. I was with her to the very end. We cremated her on March 22nd, during a snowstorm that threatened to bring the whole island to a halt. (Some villages are still snowed in but I believe all the power has been restored) I shall miss my Mum.

Losing Mum wasn't the only big change. I also quit my job. I should have done it 2-3 years ago, but circumstances back then were financially different. I wasn't enjoying the work anymore and after nursing my Mum I really didn't want to go back into a caring role just yet. So I'm on the lookout for something completely different. I think perhaps I'll look for a seasonal post, many places take on staff just for the summer. We hope/plan to be in NZ by Christmas.

One for baby

Not the best of images, I'm sorry. I tried several times to get a good picture of this one, but they all seem to end up wishy washy. This pretty blanket is for my Grandbaby, who is due in June.

I've already started a colourful ripple, it's in another post here somewhere.

I haven't done any sewing, except to sew in the woolly ends of rows! I've been enjoying my crochet too much. 

Mums doing ok, bumbling along. She is looking tired and has had some time off work. I'm really not sure if she should or will be going back in next week. She plans to, but we'll see about that! 

Break time over, I'm off to make her a little lunch then I'm sure I can find something to do later.

Lou xx

DSCF4063, a photo by TonysMRs on Flickr.

Whats with Blogger?

I really don't need this!  I pop in to make a quick post, only to find that Blogger won't upload my images from the puter. I have to send them somewhere else first. Huff Puff! Then, I find I've managed to send two images to two blog posts! I don't have time to figure out what I did wrong, so will just manage with what I have. What you see here is my latest creation. A lovely super multi coloured ripple blanket. I t has quite a long way to go. I plan to keep this one for me. A great snuggle blanket for on the sofa.

The other frustrating thing about posting via Flickr is that I can't use my signature either!! Think I may have to set my husband on this and see if he can figure it out for me. Right I'm off to the second image, to blather about that for a while. 

Still can't upload images?

 Whats going on with Blogger? I am still unable to upload images directly from my lap top. I had to send this one to Flickr in order to share it here. Anyway, that aside, this is what I did on Monday while I was at the hospital with mum. Doesn't look like much at the moment I know, but it will be a baby cardigan.

This Monday was much easier for me.  Going to the hospital with mum seems to be the answer. As well as my crochet, I also took along a pile of foody magazines and we looked at the recipes, making the other patients drool and marking any we thought I might try out. We'll be taking a cake with us next week! I decided.

Time for work. 

A better day

This has taken some doing I can tell you! For some reason I was unable to upload photos from the computer, I've been all over the internet trying to ensure you have an image! Anyway, I'm here now. Thank you for your supportive messages in response to my last post, they are just what I needed. I've arranged to have a few Mondays off work, we'll see how things go. Next Monday I'll be going with Mum when she has her appointment at blood clinic. Hopefully not only will she have her usual test, they will also do a type match and give her a transfusion. That takes up quite a bit of the day and really does nothing for her mood. I plan to take along some crochet and a pile of my foody magazines. We both enjoy looking through them and Mum can mark all the recipes she would like me to have a go at. She really enjoys that. Sometimes they are a hit and sometimes a miss, but we never know until we try. :-)

Onto the troublesome image. Nothing terribly special, just an update of my latest crochet project. I think one more round of colours and I'll call this one quits. Maybe I'll have it ready to take with me on Monday, I can add borders while mum gets her blood!

We have a busy weekend ahead of us. It's mums birthday on Friday, so we're off out for dinner. Then on Saturday my sister and her family will be joining us at home for another birthday dinner. (Having just had a major op, she is excused from joining us on Friday), Sunday, mum is having lunch with a friend, while I'm at work, then on Sunday evening another friend will be joining us for a Chinese banquet, which we will be doing take away style. Phew!  Maybe I won't have the blanket ready for it's borders!

Hmm, problem with doing the image thing this way is I don't have my siggie sewing machine. I do hope they sort out what ever the issue is very soon.