Life affirming

With the whole drama of anaphylaxis, fibro flares, and extreme pain and anxiety 

I was not in a good head space 

I was like these hanging pots 

All worn out and not dying, but not flourishing 

So I decided the pity party was over and headed off to the local Bunnings nursery Centre 

I got me some potting mix and new hanging pots 

And a variety of seedlings

And got to work 

The old pots are in the garden for now. The plants are not dead. So I’ll continually water them and then transplant them out into the garden 


But for now it’s all fresh and new again 

I specifically bought seedlings instead of more advanced plants, because I wanted to confirm that I’m here and I will be here 

For a long time

Seedlings take time to grow and flower, and my recovery will also

The sunshine was lovely on my sore body

The green soothing to my soul

And it’s always great therapy getting your hands dirty 

See ya xxx

Anaphylaxis strikes again

Well I spent most of the night here at the emergency department of our local hospital 

Went to bed around nine last night. All good 

Then that familiar tightening of the throat and the swelling of the area made me get up and decide to try taking

More antihistamine tablets. 

Didn’t work 

Soon I had to use the epipen again 

Woke hubby up 

And off to hospital we went 

Got there just after 10.30pm. 

The nurses were wonderful 

They could see I was about to have an anxiety attack and just kept talking to me calmly 

Giving me hugs and being wonderful human beings 

I had to have another shot of adrenaline when I got there and steroids intravenously 

And it was a watch and wait situation 

I sent hubby home to sleep. No sleep in the ER

By 3.30am I was given the all clear to go home 

They gave me prednisone and enough for two more days 

And let me ring hubby to come get me 

I was back in my bed at four this morning 

I’m exhausted, sore from all the adrenaline and the panic attack 

But I’m still here. 

That kind of excitement I don’t need thanks 

It’s only been six months since the last time. 

Way too soon

See ya. xxx

A busy day

I have spent all day clearing out wardrobes and moving all our clothes into the one room 

We ave so little storage space here, that my clothes were spread over two bedrooms and hubby’s were in the linen press!

But now we have moved into the first bedroom with the massive wardrobe we have all our things in once place 

And wow. We have lots lol don’t realise it when it’s spread around 

The only thing left to do is move the mattresses back onto the beds. 

I need help with that, so the boys will come here before they go home. 

Then I can make my bed and probably fall straight into it. 

I’m exhausted! 

But I did get lots done 

I have set up the guest bedroom but I do need to just give the wardrobe a once over and make sure it’s clean

Things got very dusty while the painting and carpeting was going on 

Only one room left 

The girls room. The cot will be set up and I’ll bring all their toys into it 

I want to get a double bed for it as well, but that’s for another day 

This redecorating sure is hard work 

No wonder it’s been well over 15 years since the last time I did it. 

It’s going to take me that long to recover again lol 

See ya xxx
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One step closer

 We have carpet 

So the only thing left now is the new blinds. 

I’ll slowly start to move things around and organise the rooms 

 We have decided to not move back into our room, as the other rooms have bigger wardrobes

We are going to take over wondersons old room, baby girls old room will be the guest bedroom and our old room will be for the grandchildren 

It will be like we moved house without all the stress

I’m so very happy with how they look 

The lighter colours really do make them look much bigger 

The end is in sight 

Thank goodness 

See ya xxx

Brianna’s baptism

Today we had Brianna’s baptism 

As I was busy being helper, I only got this one pic 

Here she is being held by my beautiful daughter Stephanie 

Her godfather is her dad’s uncle Rick 

She was so good. She didn’t cry at all 

He was so good at calming her. He is going to be a stellar godfather. 

It’s always a happy day when the family gets together.

May she always be blessed. 

See ya 

Molly

Tonight molly crossed the rainbow bridge 

I’m so very upset

Good bye my girl 

Thank you for all your love 

Spring has sprung

The clocks have changed and we are now in daylight savings time 

The weather man has predicted the next few days having warmer weather and sunshine 

I love to sit outside when it’s like that 

But after the long cold winter the outside isn’t very inviting 

So it was time for my bi annual window and house washing 

Gone are the days I can do it all myself and do the whole house in one day 

So being a Sunday hubby was home to help me move everything 

He used the blower to blow away all the leaves and most of the dust 

And I cleaned with my trusty broom, bucket and hose! 

It’s all been put back and it looks much cleaner and fresher 

So if you want me. I’ll probably be out the front enjoying the lovely weather 

Unless I’m out the back cleaning that! 

Might have to give myself a few days to rest first 

See ya xxx