Well, we are well and truly into the new year now and even though I have said to myself everyday 'today I will write my blog' I haven't! So I lost January somewhere and then this morning I realised I was about to misplace February as well. I have been determinedly unwell over Christmas and the weeks following. On Friday morning I was having a shower, tipped back my head to wash of the conditioner and went over backwards. My head hit the tiles with a crack and my bum slammed into the taps on it's way to the bottom of the bath. Not elegant in the least, but that's Menieres for you! I felt off it for the rest of the day and then had a really big Menieres attack in the early hours of Saturday morning and I'm still wobbly.
Jessie acquired a new puppy last week, a six week old Lhasa Apso-Shih Tzu cross boy. She's calling him Sir Didymus, as Labyrinth is one of her favourite films, Rugby (who is still going) at thirteen has taken to him really well. I had them out this morning letting them play together, when I moved my head too quick and ended up with vertigo, cue two very puzzled dogs. But they have taken to each other well, the pup keeps chewing Rugby's paws and Rugby barks every time Mussy (for short) is put in his box because he wants to play.
So the family has been added to and I've started an online mixed media class called Lifebook. It's brilliant value for money and you get new videos and projects to do every week. You can find the details on willowing.ning.com. I was going to start some new sewing projects this week, I think it's the 'spring rising in my bones' feeling that's reinvigorated my desire to sew. Unfortunately I'll have to wait for the dizziness to pass before I start cutting out, can you imagine the state of the lines if I did it now. But each day I get a little better, so I'll just have to be patient. I couldn't even read yesterday because the words were moving about so much and today I can type. Although you have no idea of how many corrections I will have to make when I've finished. I get the letters in the wrong order or put down a different word to the one I actually meant. The other day I tried asking my husband Paul how he was feeling from the antibiotics he is on and instead asked him how his teabags were! At least my illness provides entertainment.
So this is just a catch up to let you now I still intend to keep blogging. Carolyn has so much stock in her shop now she's running out of space again. She keeps telling me 'oh I've just got loads of lovely lace in' or 'you should see this new fabric' I swear she's just doing it to torture her poor sister. So I have to get better so I can visit her at Make Me Fabrics on South Elmsall Market.
I have a whole book full of ideas for things I want to make, I just need to stop procrastinating and do it. How many things do we put of for a 'better day' or we'll do it when we have lost weight, look better or feel better. So today I have stopped putting things off, I've written this blog, sorted out the insurance for a damaged mobile( been doing that for a while as well) and contacted Laura Ashley over a shabby chic globe I bought for Jessie that apparently has woodworm. Of course I now have the rest of the week to fill with things from my to do list. Like the tulips I never got around to planting, that are now in a bag in the coal house and starting to sprout. I think bulbs are the gardeners equivalent of salad bags or the fruit in the bottom drawer of the fridge. You buy them with good intentions but they usually get left till it's too late.
Well I'm off to take my good intentions and find something else to do that I have been putting off (diet not included) while I have the energy to do it. I'll be back soon,
Love Louise xx
