Thoughts for today

For all my fellow sufferers 

Pass the antihistamines round

See ya xxx

Making memories

Today we decorated my trees 

I had put them up over the weekend and Diane came over to help me put the lights up 

Then she had to go 

But it was all good. As I had melody to help 

And what a great little helper she was 

Here she is helping Diane with the lights. Making sure they don’t get tangled up 

Trixie was quality control lol 

And here melody is out some baubles on the tree. She loved it as you can see by the huge smile on her face 

There was plenty of time to play too 

These two love each other so much. 

It’s just wonderful to see them together 

And here are the finished trees 

Not as good as Diane 

But I’m sure they pass

And I’ll get better. Plus I’ll add to the stash so I won’t have as many gaps 



So I’ve made a huge dent in the decorating 

One week until my medical procedure 

So at this rate I’ll be up to date and I’ll be able to recuperate

Amongst all my festive do dahs lol 

See ya xxx 

That time of year

A friend who works at a nursery brought me lots of seedlings that were past selling stage but perfect for me 

So I spent the morning planting the out and giving  them A good drink 

I’m having a minor procedure on the 6th of November

So I need to get a jump on this years Christmas decorations 

I’ve put the trees up and finished the garland around the sliding door into my craft room





I’ll slowly get it done before I go into hospital 

It’s only a day procedure but I’ll be recovering for quite a few weeks 

But more on that later 

For now I’m having a rest 

I’m pooped 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend 

See ya xxx

Cooking and cleaning

I’ve been doing my experimentation in the kitchen 

I had heaps of cauliflower and broccoli cooked 

And I had a packet of bacon 

And lots of eggs 

So I got some of the vegetables and mashed then. 

Added salt and pepper 

Shredded cheese 

Eggs and almond meal 

Then I got the bacon 

Chopped it 

Added eggs 

Salt and pepper 

Shredded cheese 

And almond meal 

I thought I’d make a couple of slices 

To freeze and eat 

I’ve tried the vegetable one and it tasted great. I’m sure hubby will love the bacon one 

The bacon and egg is the rectangular pan 

And the veggie one  is the oval pan 

I’ll freeze some and have it when I don’t feel like cooking 

Using up leftovers in your fridge and not wasting food 

That’s good to be good 

I also finished cleaning out back 

I scrubbed the round table and now it’s dry we will use a 

Terracotta sealer on it. 

Concrete pants have been swept and left over dirt hosed off 

It’s looking much better out there 

Just one more area to do and I can enjoy the great outdoors again 

If I survive that is lol 

See ya xxx

A glorious day

And productive too 

The day started very foggy but it soon turned into a beautiful sunny day 

Sheets on the line 

And I got stuck in 

The back gardens had suffered. 

They were all overgrown with weeds and there were dead plants everywhere 

With a little, lots!  Of help from terry I upended the bigger pots and cleaned them out 

If any potting mix could be saved. But mostly it was all old and needed to go 

Full of weeds that had matted and it was just too hard to clear them out 

We weeded and pruned and pulled out all the plants that could be saved 

And got myself a clean slate 

Once that was cleaned up off I went to bunings with hubby 

I got six bags of potting mix

Lots of punnets of seedlings 

And home again to begin 

This was one I saved. I emptied the pot. Saved the plant and repotted 

I rejuvenated the soil in these and planted them with cuttings I had taken last year. 

Well not the middle one. I bought that one. It was white. I don’t have any white 

Pig face type plants. 

But the ones on either side I grew over winter. 

Seedlings were planted in these pots after removing the dead plants and most of the potting mix. I mixed in new 

Potting mix and planted them out 

This was the worst. I’m actually sorry I didn’t take a before shot. 

Then you would see just how much work was done here 

But it’s looking much better now. 

Tubs were topped up with more potting mix 

Plants were saved if they had to come out to get the weeds out 

Yup. It was that bad, and replanted 

All finished pots then got a cover of mulch to help keep them from drying out over summer 

And well watered in. 

The next couple of days it’s going to be warm but then we will get another lot of cold and rainy days 

Which is fine. They will all need the water 

I still have many pots I need to fill and plant out 

But I’ve run out of potting mix 

And I’m pooped 

I’ll leave that for tomorrow 

I’ll get another dose of vitamin D 

It was lovely to be outside and busy 

Hope you can get to spend a little while outside too 

See ya xxx

Faking it till I feel it

It’s supposed to be spring, right? 

Well it hasn’t felt very springlike and I’ve been hiding inside 

But the garden needed attention 

So Hubby started a few weeks ago with the weeding and I’ve been cutting the overgrowth back 

I usually plant annuals in the front pots. But Yesterday I cut back the pig face and I just shoved some cutting into the pots. 

I’m hoping the grow lush over the pots and make a spectacular display 

Today I visited bunnings and continued the theme of succulents and have planted the hanging 

Pots with a variety 

The summers are getting extremely hot now. And as the front of my house faces west

This area gets burning hot! 

So succulents have a much better chance of serving these days 

Fingers crossed 

And as I’m getting more decrepit as I age. I’ve decided agains garden beds 

I’m just going to plant this area out with bushes 

Hubby will have to wiper snip for a little while but I’m hoping as the bushes grow they will block put the sun 

Enough to stop the weeds 

I’ll slowly add bushes over the next 12 months or so. That way I’ll hopefully have something flowering at every stage of the year 

And the rose garden 

Those wonderful roses came back again! 

Maybe I can call myself a gardener now. I haven’t killed them in well over ten years lol 

Some are not that old. But there originals are still there. 

Now. Maybe Mother Nature will get the hint and start the spring process happening 

Still have more pots to revitalise 

But I’ve made a huge dent 

See ya xxx

Brain glitches, and strange rashes

Hello all 

I know you all think I’m very clever with my crochet but I’m here to tell you I’m really not 

The above pic is a big doily I’m making for my mother’s Christmas present 

It’s ok. She’s not on the net lol 

Anyway I was happily crocheting along. Thinking how easy is this pattern, until I had to start to decrease 

One of the triangles wouldn’t work no matter what I did 

So I looked down, down, down, till I found the problem 

See the hook? 

I had put an extra stitch there. 

So it all had to be pulled out! 

The bottom pic is where I finished off

I was not happy but it needed to be done! 

Also the other present I have made wouldn’t sit flat at the ends 

I used a thicker ply and it was fine till the last three rows with all its chains 

So I ripped out those and re did them adding extra stitches. 

It’s now much nicer. 

I had decided to clean up around the dogs couch area outside and as there couch was looking a little worse 

For wear, I had purchased a cover 

I cleanup up all the leaves and took their mat out to dust off and put on the new cover 

Hubby helped and we got it done 

As you know. When your busy you don’t notice things. But afterwards, while ripping out my work I kept itching my arm 

A huge red welt had come up and was slowing getting bigger 

Now as you know. I’m not good with reactions so I immediately took antihistamines 

As it was starting to itch up my arm and little red dots had begun to appear 

My Facebook family advised remedies and I took it all onboard 

This morning it looks much better. And I still don’t know if it was a bite of some kind 

Or me touching a plant that I’ve reacted too 

As I did do some planting earlier in the day 

But I will keep an eye on it, and hopefully by tomorrow at the latest it will be gone 

So you see 

I’m not clever at all 

And I’m kinda accident prone too lol 

Don’t you feel better now you know how silly I am! 

Your welcome lol 

Have a lovely day 

See ya xxx

Bathurst weekend

It’s Bathurst weekend and the eight hour race has begun 

Hubby and I went swimming this morning and then did a quick grocery shop before getting home in time for the big start

Don’t ask hubby to do anything for the rest of the day! 

Me. Well I finished my butterfly square blankets yesterday and they have turned out 

Nicely I think 

I had one square left so I’ll just add rows to it until it’s a nice size for a baby blanket I think 

I’ll use up the odds and ends of my carron cakes 

I think it looks ok 

I have some ideas for my next projects but as I’m going to give them away as Christmas presents I won’t be able to show you 

But for now 

I’m just relaxing, watching the race with hubby and feeling much much better than I have in weeks 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend 

See ya xxx

A painful few weeks

Three weeks ago. I threw my back out bringing in firewood 

And as usual. I never do things by half and was in excruciating pain. 

I babied it and slowly stretch it as much as I could 

And finally just as it was getting to a point that I could bear it 

I got a bout of gastro 

If you have ever had a sore back. You know bending is pretty hard 

So having to Bend over and throw up is painful enough 

But when you run out of stuff in your tummy. The dry retching is even worse! 

Not to mention, the running to the loo for the other delightful symptom of tummy bugs! 

Enough to said about that. 

Anyway. The gastro has pass, but the back is still pretty painful 

I have an ouchie massage appointment tomorrow, hopefully it will be fix then 

Hopefully I’ll be on the road to wellness again after that 

The biggest problem of the last three weeks is the mental side effects 

Not being able to sleep, makes you tired and cranky anyway 

But add the pain, and the gastro and you feel totally washed out 

I hadn’t be able to leave the house for well over a week 

So no swimming, no walking and not interaction with friends 

Not a good combination for mental health issues 

Depression and anxiety have been at record levels and the little voices in our head 

That tells us all the bad things like 

Your lazy, fat unlovable was absolutely screaming at me 

The only silver lining was the fact that I finished all the 198 squares I needed to make the two blankets 

And I’ve even finished stitching one whole blanket. 

Once the second one is stitched I’ll crochet the boarders 

Once again. I didn’t swim this morning. 

But I did make it to coffee with the girls 

Baby steps 

And as the weather slowly gets nicer I might even be able to go outside and get me some free 

Vitamin D 

But for now. I’m going to sit inside, listen to my audiobook and start stitching the second blanket 

Hope all is well in your world 

See ya xxx