I have been busy....

I am back. Sorry about the Right Royal Funk yesterday. I left it up for an hour and then decided I would not have a temper tantrum in public after all. It was ONE OF THOSE DAYS. Enough said.

Today has been better. I saw the doctor this morning and she has indeed referred me to that specialist centre, so I am hoping I will hear from them in the next day or so. And I have a raging ear infection. Gee. Just what I need right now. So the pill count is now looking quite ludicrous over there on the kitchen counter. This could also explain my mood yesterday. It is just as well I bought a pre-pay thingy for prescriptions.

Margaret the garden fairy came round today and I no longer have 2 tons of wet leaves in my garden. She zapped about clearing it all for me. She is a star, as I have said many times. And then Jean popped round, and we put the world to rights, and managed to get her signed up for broadband and cable , so that was productive too. I have spent the day wondering when my First Class delivery from Amazon will appear. It should have been here yesterday. Sigh. I did indeed pare down the basket, by the way. I was ruthless.

And I have just downloaded the photos from my phone. SO IF YOU KNOW ME AND ARE EXPECTING A CHRISTMAS PRESENT, LOOK AWAY NOW.......... and that includes you, my children.....

I bought some simple white hand towels from Ikea, and then I used my embroidery machine to embroider motifs on each of them.....

And when you add a bottle of hand wash or a guest bar of soap, they make a lovely present for very little financial outlay!I haven't wrapped them up in tissue paper yet. But I will. Tonight.

And then here is what I made very simply. I had complicated ideas, but realised that using the saw was not going to be wise, so I cut small rectangles and rounded the edges with the saw, sanded them and then glued on small wooden pegs with either a star, heart, or tree onto the top, pegged a small notebook underneath, and stuck a piece of magnetic tape on the back to make a magnetic shopping list. Sigh. Simple is sometimes best. I then put each one in a cellophane bag with a matching felt tree decoration, and some chocolates.

Voila!

I know you can't see very clearly, but you can get the general idea. This one has a tree decoration and a tree on the peg.

And then I finished the first of the memory quilts. This one is for my oldest son. It has photos of him with his Dad on it, and some embroidery and stuff as well. Lots of bits. Each of the children has one uniquely personal to each of them individually. I have made all the tops, but not finished the quilting etc yet. I am getting there. It is actually a lot more complicated than that. I have been making them for a year, but it is not just sewing. It is the handling of the fabric too. They are all made of Geoff's shirts which I kept when we sorted through his things.

This is one close up bit .....
Anyway. There are some of the things I have been making. There is more. But that can wait.

It is time for supper. I need some food. And did I mention that the new physio exercises are nearly finishing me off? I have to balance on my bad leg for 10 sec at a time. I cannot describe what that feels like. I am also doing some kneebends with a towel between the knees slowly up and down, but the problem is that my left leg keeps rolling inwards, so I have to consciously turn out from the hips. You have no idea. Thank heavens I went to ballet lessons. Once. A very long time ago. I remember a milkmaid costume..... At least, though, I know how to "turn out"!