Its the little things in life...

I’ve had a very excellent day so far today and its all thanks to a 3½" x 1½" pink toy.

As I now have much more time to myself I have to think very hard for excuses as to why I haven’t done any boooooring housework. I realised today that I’d used them all up and I’d have to give in and get stuck in. Then I spotted my Christmas present which everybody but me had had a go of, mainly because I’d not got round to having a fiddle with it as yet.

One of the men had kindly put a Suzie playlist on it so I stuck the phones in my ears and dragged the hoover out.
Well…..! How brilliant are these little blighters eh!I had a good old boogie with Robbie while hovering, The Eagles saw the dusting at a leisurely pace and I kind of reggae mopped to UB40.

Onto the exercise bike and I was back at the Snow Patrol concert…..magic
There’s a very real danger I could become domesticated.

Hang on…..who invented the ipod, was it a man? Is this some clever move to make women clean their houses.

Bob The Builder

They were dragging their feet, as insurance companies do so I told them the garage was inching towards the house and would very soon be in my kitchen....cue...much action today. I had three large vehicles here in no time and five men, all rugged and a bit dirty. Had to get my supervisor head on though, you know the one its the customer from hell routine, well they were jumping on the roof and squashing things that weren't flat yet. Their biggest challenge was to capture the adopted kitten, they took 8 poloroid photo's (didnt think they still existed) of the broken garage and she was in every single shot. She joined them while they bounced on the roof to collapse the last bit, she hung off their belts and pockets and chewed their laces while they bashed the brickwork. In the end the man in charge bundled her under his arm and asked me to please shove her in a cupboard or something for their safety. I made them a brew and we chewed the fat about the windy day, they had only had one other incident like ours, it was on Angelsey and theirs ended up in a field. Good bunch, coming back tomorrow, so I nipped out there tonight and moved everything that is still not flat before it is.

Know any good builder's?

My garage is very broken!



I was sitting quietly reading my book, the wind gusted and it fell down about 3 ft away from me.....just like that, scared the hell outa me. I rang hubby at work to tell him and he laughed, in fact I've never ever heard my very conservative hubby laugh so heartily in all his life. I hung up, couldnt see the funny side of it at that point, most people I've told have laughed.....IT WAS SCARY....NOT FUNNY!!!









He he he...........

Cats and hats 2

The kitten from hell who's owners were very wise to lose it is on borrowed time here, I love cats, I've always been a cat lover but this devil incarnate is really pushing the boundries. Is it possible for cats to have hyperactivity? Hell no, its not just a cat with neverending energy, its plain wicked and a scrounger. I feed it the very best 'As good as it looks' Felix which cost's an arm and a leg, grateful.....is she heck as like! She prefers rubber or aneeeeeething thats lying on the worktops, be it a spud, a saline neb top or dried erb's. It smashed every single gold bauble on the christmas tree and ate the legs of the chicken I purchased in Notts at 'Hawkins bazaare'. My two older cats now live in mortal terror and have to carefully plan their route to food bowl and quick escape.

She has to be everywhere, all the time and I was soooo tempted to seal the bag when packing away my christmas dec's!

She's going on ebay tomorrow.

Update on Chris, his lung function is now 90% and chest x-ray is clear except for an area of fluid on the bottom right hand side of his chest wall where they had a bit of a job getting the old lung out, the doc says it can take up to 12 months for that to disperse. Chris can't feel it and it certainly hasn't affected his lung function, so he's not worrying about it. His weight continues to improve so the peg/button is coming out early in Feb. If he hadn't had a slight cold he could have knocked off more meds and nebs but just to be on the safe side they stay in case the cold gets on his chest. His re-hab is going great, the physio say's its no use doing any more walking on the treadmill as he's up to normal now, so onto power walking, jogging and weights.

His turn for silly hat, pic taken early morning.....scary.

Fantastic News

I'm so pleased to write tonight that Emily has had her call and is in theatre right now. My thoughts and prayers go to her, all her family and friends and to the family who made the gift of a new life possible. Words can't describe how grateful we all are for Chris's new start and we wish Emily all the very best for a speedy recovery and a brand new life.

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Number 5 and update.

I consulted my 1-10 list of things to do before I die this weekend and decided I'd do No.5, mainly because the weather is foul and 1-4 would be much nicer done in the sun. This one was going to be easy peasy, my list isn't meant to be difficult, but some are a wee bit challenging and others are just there because I've been meaning to do them for years, like No.5.

5) For goodness sake broaden your literary knowledge!

In other words read something I wouldn't normally choose. My list is colour coded and green is intellectual by the way. So, I was sitting on the wicker couch in the kitchen (me and John live in the kitchen) mumbling about whether to go to the 'Try before you buy and sit dead comfy while you do shop' to select a suitable book when John produced one and said "this is a good book, I think you'll enjoy it"

I managed to stick with it through the hunting of the river cows (hippo's) skipping the most gory bits, I completely ignored the crocodile bit and thought it looked promising. However, the reason why the orator became a eunuch was to prove too much and I flung it. Its fiction dear....fiction, well call it what you like but I want to read a nice book not one that gives me palpitations and an overwhelming desire to hunt down the Pharaoh and.......tell him off. So its off to Borders tomorrow, not to buy a romantic novel though or I'll not be able to knock No 5 off the list.



Mike had his appt with the cf consultant, he had a lung function test, chest x-ray, and they took bloods for genetic testing, it felt a bit strange going through the motions with No 1 son, the nurse came out and called me in (momentary panic) after 15 minutes because the consultant knows me well and decided it would be easier if he explained everything to me too, saves Mike the 20 questions which he wouldn't remember the answer to. He doesn't think Mike has cf but because he has lowish lung function and taking into account the family history he's sending him for a more in depth lung function test, a lung scan and something they now do at Alder Hey instead of a sweat test which involves cream in the nose and electrodes.



Chris is continuing to enjoy his new life and had an amazing Christmas and New Year, its absolutely brilliant to see and I'm still a bit lost for words sometimes, he's due back at clinic on Friday so will update in more detail after that.

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