i blame it on the cheese or weird dream #2

had the weirdest of dreams last night, first of all i dreamt that val came to stay to get away from everyone, then i was supposed to be going on holiday to paris with elizabeth but i wasn't sure if it was a real holiday or something i had dreamed, i was sitting on the top of the stairs trying to figure it while waiting for the taxi to arrive when i suddenly remembered it had to be a dream as i don't have a passport anymore and it was actually val and louise who were going to paris, then the action switched to the slip road at the top of the street where the nhs had set up a breakfast bar for all the people in the street, edith was there, dad found an interesting and rude shaped plant and i forgot to order leeks in cheese sauce for val!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm up early as i'm waiting for an email from sarahs cards so i can get a few bits and bobs as add ons for my january kit, and usually by the time i remember to look all the good stuff is gone, come on email, i've been up an hour already LOL

taking the tree down today too, it's time to get the house back to normal

it's still up

the tree that is though i did spend a couple of hours yesterday putting away all the ornaments, candles, xmas village etc and putting all the other stuff back out, it actually doesn't look too bad like this, with just the tree up and the lights at the window, maybe next year LOL.

dad tells me he is feeling better then could hardly breathe this afternoon, i thought it was another cough asphyxia coming on but he managed to get up whatever phlegm was stuck and was okay, i wish he would let me hire him a wheelchair for when we are in edinburgh, he is so not going to be able to manage the hills and the walking, anyway he reckons he is well enough to go out for a drink tonight, he says he'll only be a couple of hours.

chrissie from the rik rak ravers had her baby last night, a little boy named drake, she has posted some photo's and he is gorgeous, will have to make a card and send a gift

got my new cj done today, it doesn't need to be posted until the 30th january but with me going back to work after my holidays i thought i would do it while i had the time as time for scrapping will probably be replaced by sleeping and catching up on uks when i'm back

can i take the tree down yet?

well that's it all over for another year, xmas day was lovley, dad was a weeny bit better but hardly ate anything so i did all the lunch and all the dishes while he slept all day, suppose it's the best thing for him, just wish he could keep the snoring down to a dull roar LOL, i spent most of the day engrossed in my ds games, then started on the books on boxing day, we did really well, dad liked all of his presents especially his coin sorter and has had a few plays with it already, i have managed to complete my 7 wonders of the world game which must be a first as i have never managed to finish a game before, o thought i was doing well with the rome game to as i am building the parthenon but turns out i'm only on level 42 of 100 LOL

decided i'm going to take most of the xmas decorations down on monday and just leave the tree up until new year, then it won't be such of a mad rush, aslo wondering how to broach the subject with dad of maybe hiring a wheelchair for him while we are in edinburgh, don't think he'll go for the idea somehow

got lots of lovely stash to play with, including lovely stuff off jane who was my secret santa especially love the stamps and the inkpads, also got a lovely scarf off beatrice and a really pretty bracelet off val and some lovely stash off heather,

it's the seaton sluice crop today but not going, too much to do LOL

christmas eve

had a bad night last night, dad coughed all night and i lay awake listening out for him, he's still pretty bad today, his chest is rattling and he's coughing and sneezing something dreadful and he is obviously coughing stuff up as sometimes it gets stuck and then he can't breathe properly, am really worried after he had that cough asphyxia a couple of years ago, he's been dozing on and off on the sofa and i've just left him to it,

cooked the turkey today so it makes cooking xmas lunch a doddle tomorrow, i did it all by myself this year, and it looks lovely, didn't stuff it so it cooked really quickly and did all the checks to make sure it was cooked and i'm pretty sure it is, have started the stuffing and when that has cooled i'll put the sausage meat then i'm going to shape it into loaves LOL

must remember to stick a bottle of wine and a bottle of cava in the fridge for tonight and tomorrow

also did a bit of online shopping, sizzix were having a 75% off sale so i got 1 full alpha, 2x 9 die alpha's, a swirl and a label all for £39 WOW!!!

men!!!!!!

up early this morning, it was about five to eight when i got up so i'll be exhausted all day, went over for the turkey at 8:30 and we were home for 10 to 9!!!! dad's cough and breathing were dreadful so i mentioned about getting a doctors appointment, no he's okay it's just a tickly cough, tickly cough my arse, he was gasping for breath while he was tidying up after i'd cut his hair, anyway i managed to persuade him to go to the doctors and he got some antibiotics and has to take his inhaler through the spacer attachment, which he didn't have so i had to go to the chemist and get him one, he's asleep on the sofa at the mo but he can't settle because of his cough, fingers x'd we can get through xmas without me having to take him to hospital

i thought we had reached an agreement where he would tell me if he wasn't well after the time last summer when he ended up in hospital, but obviously not, men!!! grrrrr!!!

had a rather formal letter off chrissie today inviting me to a meeting with her and hr on the 12th january at 10:30 to discuss my phased return, she had written on the bottom that she hadn't meant it to sound so formal, i'll have to see if i can get the occ health advisor to come along to it too

craft day

it's craft day on qvc today and so far i haven't bought a thing (not counting the 2 we r memory keepers kits i bought yesterday) there hasn't been a lot of stuff on i like and some of the stuff is more expensive then what it was when i ordered it 3 weeks ago, also it hasn't helped that dad has either snored through it or muttered away the whole bloody time.

rang chrissie this morning and confirmed i will be back at work on the 12th january, she will get in touch with hr and occ health for me to arrange a phased return, so i've said i'll get a signing off note off the doctor for the 29th of december then take those four days as holiday then it only leaves me with 14 days holiday to take between mid january and march

my secret santa parcel arrived off rikrakravers today, i was naughty and looked the postcode up online so i know who it's off. i've put all the parcels into my stocking for xmas day and chrissie (uks) posted that she loved all of her pressies too

chuffed beyond words

was very very chuffed this afternoon when i turned on uk scrappers to find my sprouts lo had been chosen to go onto the homepage. i hadn't even seen it as i tend not to long at that page but one of the girls on the sarah's card thread mentioned it so i went to have a look. so i then went and told as many people as i could think of, it really made my day, though no dount i'll be getting smacked when the smack blog find out