WOYWW...

 Hi all.  Firstly I have decided to share with you the difficult time I have been going through. Back on 22nd Febuary I noticed a problem that needed checking out with my Dr.  I saw her the next day and she said I would get an appointment within 2 weeks at the hospital.  I was sent an appointment for 13th March but on that morning I tested positive for Covid!! My next appointment was for March 25 so I was to attend the clinic [alone because of Covid] and spent over 2 hours being checked out....not an experience I hope to need again because I did not know what the outcome would be but thankfully I can now share that all is well and there is nothing to worry about.

I thought you'd like to see the fashions I had to wear while there...it was a cape that fastened down the front with velcro that left nothing to the imagination if you lifted your arm for anything lol

I was greeted by a lovely lady who quickly realised I had altered her Wedding dress 18 years ago....small world eh?

I have been playing catch up all week with work and since I was here last week I have....

• Shortened 2 bridesmaids dresses
• shortened an evening dress
• lifted a velvet dress on the shoulders
• shortened the sleeves on a waterproof coat
• put a new zip in a gents pair of trousers
• replaced the zips in another bag full of factory trousers and

Made 10 Memory bears from a much loved Dad and Grandad's shirts.

They are made using 9 gents shirts and each one had to be different :-)

My motto is...

The impossible I do at once, miracles take a little longer :-)

It's always the way that when I'm at my busiest my family need sewing doing too and I have also shortened 2 pair of trousers for Brent [son-in-law] and altered one of Lexi's dance dresses.

Also on Saturday morning Theo, who had proudly been allowed the school bear to bring home and look after for the weekend, sent me a message to let me know and to say he really didn't like Bob the bear being naked so, if he brought me one of his old school uniforms could I make one for Bob while Theo was at gymnastics....about 2 hours!!!

Of course Nanny Annie never likes to disappoint so I set to and made him his own uniform....and Theo's smiles when he saw it was why I do these things.

Bob went back to school Monday wearing his new uniform and Theo's teacher said I should win the award for the best Nanny :-) :-)

It was a working weekend for me but I have had a few helpers...

My darling hubby took all the old zips out of the factory trousers ready for me to put the new ones in and, when Amy and the girls came to visit on Sunday, I had just 3 Memory bears left needing stuffing so they each stuffed one for me while they were here...I just love my family.

As you can see, it's been a stress filled few weeks but I can now put all that behind me and have been able to get on top of my work load.

Thanks for calling by.  I will do my best to pay you a visit ASAP but have another wedding dress fitting this morning and a lady coming to have some memory cushion covers made....plus we have Louie here today and tomorrow to look after :-)  Happy days :-)

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles.....week 87

Hello all.  Hope you're having a great week.  Thanks to those who joined in last week.

I'm featuring Kate's post from last week......You've just got to love those smiling clouds  :-)

Thanks Kate...you made me smile.

It's a quick post from me for this week.  It's been an anxious sort of week because our daughter went into hospital early hours of Tuesday morning with severe abdominal pain.  She had ultra scan and CT scan on Tuesday to see what the problem was but it took them til Wednesday lunchtime before they decided to take her to theatre for a laparoscopy to investigate further.  Whilst there they confirmed that it was appendicitis so they cut her yet further and took it out....she now has 4 wounds on her tummy and is looking a bit like spaghetti junction!....so why am I smiling?

We visited her last night and she had her sparkle back and was looking much better thankfully and this photo she put on Facebook really made me chuckle...

This pic she put on Facebook yesterday morning having not eaten since Monday with the caption..

"Marmite and toast never tasted so good!!!"

I guess you either love it or hate it but she has loved since she was a baby.....and trust me when I say it's no easier having your baby in hospital poorly even when she's 30.

Simple pleasures eh?

The other pics I'm sharing today are the ones her little twinnies drew to make her feel better...and they certainly worked their magic on her :-)

And the funniest thing is that they both insisted on drawing her spiders and she has a real phobia of them....just like me!! :-)
I really hope she makes a very speedy recovery and continues to give us lots more to smile about.

Thanks for calling by today.  Please link up your smiles below and share your happy times with us.

Hugs,
Annie x

This week's smiles....week 26

Wahooooo week 26....that means we have had 6 whole months of sharing our happy posts and making others smile.....doesn't it feel good?

We had lots joining in last week so thank you so much to all of you for joining in the fun.  I am featuring the gorgeous photo Ros shared with us of her gum blossoms.....aren't they just something else?  Such a pretty colour.  She also shared a funny with us that really got me chuckling so thank you Ros for making my day.

This week I am sharing a couple of collages that made me smile.  

Our little granddaughter Lulu had a falling out with a fire door on Thursday night and was rushed to hospital having very nearly taken the end off the middle finger on her left hand.  She had xrays and her finger was dressed while she was there and then sent home for the night.  She then had to then go back first thing on the Friday morning to have an operation to stitch it back on....ouch.  She was such a brave little girl and we are all so very proud of her.

She has to keep her dressings clean and dry for 10 days [hense the plastic bags :-) ] and go back next Tuesday to see how it's all healing.......have you ever tried to keep a 3 year old clean? 

 We are keeping everything crossed here that everything heals well with no problems.

The other collage is of some twinnie fun in the sun....wahoooo summer is here  :-)

You should be able to click on either collage if you want to read the captions or have a closer look.

We have such a lot here to be thankful for and so much in our lives that makes us smile.  Why not snap away with your camera and join in the fun this week by sharing your happy moments?

Hugs,

Annie x