just stuff

Gosh it's been ages, I really must get into the habit.

Well it's been a mad couple of weeks what with Yule and Xmas.  The knitting needles were smoking hot finishing hubby's mad Xmas jumper, a tank top in bright royal blue with a comedy santa head on the front and HO HO HO! in bright colours on the back.  He wore it to work on Xmas eve and Xmas day and everyone loved it.

Discovered that 2 parcels had been overlooked in the posting, will have to get them into the post in the next few days, or at least I would if money hadn't went out of the account that shouldn't have :(.

Xmas day was nice, too much food, too many presents but all nice, my hubby is excellent at choosing things for me.  The icing on the cake was the new camera.  I'm hoping it will get me out and about.  I want to try and learn to use it properly instead of on auto all the time.

Got some new yarn in the post today, got a couple of projects I want to work on, a Koala bear and a Panda bear hat.  I bought myself a book of Animal Hat patterns just before Xmas there are 15 different animal hats in it.  I already knitted a lion for me and love it.  Think I might be doing a lot of knitting this coming year.  One of my friends found out on Xmas eve that she is pregnant again and has asked if I will knit for her.  She has 2 boys already but all their clothes were bought as she didn't know I knitted and she loves hand knitted baby things.  Already done a pair of bootees and a pair of mittens with some wool I had in the house.

On that note I'm off to start on one of these hats.  Hopefully I'll be able to sell them on Ebay and get a bit of money.

My poor hubby

I knew I would forget I had this.

Today I am feeling mostly frustrated and mostly with my hubby. I hate seeing him in so much pain, he can't walk properly, he can hardly bend to get his clothing over his foot as he can't bend the knee yet he still perseveres with doing everything for himself and for me no matter how hard I try to stop him. He now has 20 mg morphine patches and still no relief for the pain. When he tries to weight bear on the knee you can hear the bone on bone crunch. He really desperately needs to go and have the knee replacement op and our doctor has told him that he only has to say the word and she will refer him. It has to be his decision and I know why he won't go, it's because he is terrified of dying under anaesthetic. He is worn out with the constant pain, the remedy is there but he is far to scared to get it sorted. I have researched and told him that he could ask for it to be done with a spinal block but he is just not having any of it. :( Please if you are reading this and have him on facebook or see him day to day, help me to persuade him. Apart from any other reason, with Katrina back in care the chance of kinship caring for her is back on the agenda but with him being so limited in movement with this knee it will affect our chances. x

tantrums and dummy spitting.

Honestly there is no pleasing some people.  I have been a member of a group on Facebook for a while and this group run competitions.  The last few comps have been guess a number but they never say what the options were.  I posted after the last winner was drawn and said that it might be an idea to put a ball park figure on the comp.   This apparently caused a riot (none of which I have seen) and the owner of the group kicked off at me huge style and banned me from the group.  I have apologied publicly on the group twice but apparently the owner in her words didn't like the comment.

Hey ho their loss.

heating

we have a heating mystery.  We don't normally use the hot water becasue we don't have a bath in our house just a wet room which has an electric shower.  Our electric appliances that need water take in cold water and heat it up.  As I had to do a huge load of floor washing and washing down paintwork I put the system on.  Low and behold the flipping thing has gone mad, it's heating the radiators as well and I can' cool them down.  Phoned the housing people and they are coming to investigate on Monday. 

Well it looks like Mocha is fighting fit today which is more than can be said about me.  Today I have a nasty cough, runny nose, sore throat,  head that feels like it will explode at every cough and feel generally crap.  First cold of the winter me thinks.

Mocha has happily munched the rice mixture but turned his nose up at his own food, mind you with roast chicken on the menu you can't really blame him.  I know what I would rather have lol.

Anyway today will be mostly hot fluids and dozing when I can.  Hubby is at home till about 1.30 so I will be fine to snuggle down till then, after that it's hope that Mocha will sleep for a bit to let me snuggle.

I am not a good patient so bring on the drugs.  I think we have some cold remedy stuff somewhere.

puppy update

Further news on the puppy he obviously isn't properly ill as he has just eaten a bowl of rice with boiled eggs and chicken chopped through it and is now bouncing round the house in his usual "its nearly bed time" way.  He always has a mad half hour about now and it is normal service from him.  phew!!

poorly puppy

oh dear this is not good, puppy has been vomiting and has loose bowels.  I know it can't be the nasty awful thing as he is properly immunised, he wants to eat so that's a good sign.  He is a terrible chewer so he might have chewed on something that might have caused the upset.  Think he will be on the rice, boiled egg and chicken diet for a couple of days.  Which reminds me must buy some eggs. 

thoughts

I wonder why I have such an suspcious nature.  I have a new friend on Facebook but am questioning why they would friend me.  The person is a youngish male from Pakistan who insists on calling me good mother. I've noticed that I often question people's motives for befriending me.  No faith in human nature I suppose, maybe thats why I surround myself with animals.

Man came to see the messy ceiling today, he has decided it has to be replaced.  I will apparently have to empty my bedroom, but no one can suggest where we are supposed to empty it to.  Also discovered that the insulation they keep on about doing is that the wet insulation is to be removed and replaced.  Why did no one tell us that? all they kept saying was the loft was to be insulated.  Some folk.  It is so true that what was drummed into us in uni, communication is crutial and correct communication even more so.

naughty dogs

getting really frustrated by the behaviour of our oldest dog.  She has turned quite nasty towards our middle dog, attacking him when hubby comes home.  She has done this before and it stopped but the last couple of days she has had him and positively tried to kill.  I would blame the introduction of the puppy but he has been living here for 7 weeks now.  Hope it all sorts itself out soon as the middle dog is looking nearly as depressed as me. :(

The other day I heard from DSS that my application to be moved over into the support group had been knocked back.  The lady who phoned me encouraged me to appeal so I contacted the psychiatrist secretary to get his notes on me sent over to me.  They arrived the day and based on them I don't stand a chance.  He has gotten stuff wrong on his report including saying that I moved here when I was 11 when in fact I moved here 11 years ago.  Apparently I show signs of being depressed and also he told me to stop those pills as they were making me drowsy, no he didn't.  He said to persevere with them.  I'll send the forms in but won't hold my breath :(

the start

ok so nothing much happened today except I set up this blogger thing.  I've tried these before and always forget to update so this may well be the only entry ever.  We will see.