WOYWW.....

Hello folks.  It's been so lovely to see all the wonderful photos of the crop from last Saturday....it really did look like a lot of fun was had by all and I really do wish I'd managed to go this year. [Life just gets in the way at times doesn't it?].  In fact it was just as well I didn't plan to go this year because on Friday I had my routine diabetic eye screening check and this is what I ended up like!!!!

Ouch!!  I ended up needing a visit to A and E on Friday evening, having a very painful night all Friday night and having to see a Dr in the acute eye clinic on Saturday morning.  I think it was something to do with a blocked tear duct or something but I paced the floor with pain all day Saturday so if I'd planned to join in the fun at the crop it would all have been spoilt......thankfully my eye is now improving daily and the pain has now gone.

So what's on my desk this week?

This is my industrial sewing machine!

This is the little chair in my sewing room!!

This is the stair gate between my sewing room and where my new sewing room will be [when it's been built!].

And what you can see draped in every area of my life at the mo are b***** curtains!!.....and you all know what I think of curtains don't you?

I had to make two smaller pairs of curtains from a large pair so, with a bit of help with that much older sister of mine [that now lives just 5 mins away :-) :-) :-) ] they are well one their way to being done now :-)

What's rather more interesting is....I've now finished the quilted book cover using the poppy fabrics and I love it.

Also there's a new tissue box and the plans for my next project  on my desk today.

So there you go.  That's all from me for today.  My darling other half has a few days holiday this week so we will be having a fun day with the twins today and my bloggy visits will have to be done either later in the day or tomorrow but if you leave me a little hello message to say you've called in I will be over at yours as soon as I'm able.

Hugs,

Annie x

Don't forget to send me your details via email to wipso@toucansurf.com if you would like to swap ATCs with me next week....I've still got a few spare ones :-)

Slow but sure....

The swelling is now settling down on my eye and I could actually see through it first thing this morning....it's not so good now cos it has ointment in it :-( The soreness has nearly all gone now thankfully so I guess the antibiotics are doing their job. Doubt I could still see well enough to do my sewing but it's not stopped me crocheting :-) I normally say to Twiglet...."I can shorten trousers with my eyes closed"....well, I actually nearly can :-) :-) The bit I struggled with is the unpicking first so that's why I've needed Twiglet [We make a brilliant team]. Crocheting and Knitting is what I normally do while watching telly so I don't need both eyes for that normally. :-)

Thanks again to all you caring bloggers. I'm certain all your positive vibes has helped the healing process.


I have just found the most gorgeous little bear give away and thought I would share it with you. You will find Sammy at http://www.binglebears.com/2010/05/my-anniversary-giveaway.html

Back from hospital......

Just back from hospital and I deserve an award for bravery :-)
I have huge scratch on the front of my right eye and had a flap hanging down from it. I had to have anaesthetic drops put in it and have the flap removed plus the nurse also removed a cyst from my lower lid. I'm really not aware of an incident when I have done the damage to my eye but now have to put antibiotic ointment in my eye 4 times a day for a week and then use gel tears for several months to be sure it has healed properly. The anaesthetic is wearing off now so please excuse me if I don't get to do my usual rounds of every one's blogs this week. Hope you all have a really super week and I hope to catch up with you all for the WOYWWAC next week.

Sore eye anyone?...

My eye felt a little gritty yesterday and by last night it felt like I had a rock in it! I've had this before...my Dr said it was like a stye up under the eye lid and gave me chloramphenicol eye ointment. My darling hubby ran me to the nearest chemist at 10 o'clock to see the pharmacist and to pick up a new tube of ointment. I'm being a good girl and putting the ointment in regularly but this morning my eye looks like this! How am I supposed to do the mountain of sewing when I cant see through the tears? It's a real pain. Please keep everything crossed for me that it improves very soon because I have to sew....full 'to do' rail calling me!!

Oh how much we use our eyes...

They say you don't miss something 'til you don't have it and I have to say I agree. I have really felt very disabled since last Friday morning. I couldn't sew. I couldn't read. I couldn't card make. I couldn't knit. Even watching telly was painful. My heart goes out to those who have permanent limited vision. My whole world revolves around the ability to see.

I am thrilled to say the ointment has worked. It says I have to use it for 48hrs after my eye is better so I do have the 3 hrly sting still but that I can cope with. I managed a busy day sewing yesterday thankfully and have the promise of lots and lots of work this week. It looks like the army has moved into my sewing room to be honest. I have 'found' by Shrewsbury School and have been given the job of sewing name labels on their army cadets jackets and the badges on their berets. Have already done 26 of each and thats only half of them! [more coming this week!]. Now they have found me they say they will be back on a regular basis for work. Watch this space! It's easy work if but a little boring but it all brings in the pennies.
I was given a copy of 100 flowers to knit and crochet [http://twiglet5.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-latest-rainy-day-activity.html] by my big sister,Twiget, just before the weekend [think she likes to torture me cos she knows how I tear at the leash at anything new and of course I couldnt even see the pictures let alone read the knitting instructions!] . I am please so say I have now had time to 'play' and have knitted a piece of lavender and a chyrsanthemum flower so thought I'd better show and tell. As you can see I need to work on perfection. The book doesn't give you needle sizes and says you can vary these to suit the size of flowers you want so to make a finished and useful flower I guess you need to play with it to get it as required. Still not sure what I would use the flowers for but it's lots of fun watching them 'grow' on your knitting needles.

Poorly eye :-(

I'm typing with blurred vision so please forgive any errors. I woke yesterday morning with a very painful sore eye and struggled all day to do my sewing. By lunch time it felt like I had a boulder in my right eye, blinking was very painful and my eye streaming with tears. I rang our Dr's surgery and was told the Dr was fully booked for the afternoon so I told them I would have to nip in to the A & E. On that she said of course if it was an emergency they had an appointment at 4.40!! I had to driven to the surgery 'cos by that time it had become so painful driving would have been impossible. I have aparantly got a small cyst under my eye lid [it felt huge!!] and it had become infected so I now have ointment to put in my eye every 3 hours....ouch it stings :-(