My Life's Winding Roads: A new month, new victories.

My Life's Winding Roads: A new month, new victories.: Hi everyone from our tiny corner of paradise.  Still not winter here but definitely cooler and  much more pleasant temperatures 😃. Our week...

A new month, new victories.

Hi everyone from our tiny corner of paradise.  Still not winter here but definitely cooler and  much more pleasant temperatures 😃.

Our week started off with a very early start and a visit to the Surgeon on Monday, not exactly my ideal haha.  He was not happy with the degree of chaffing and damage to my skin from the tight underband of my compression bra or the hole.  He immediately and without any ado put a stitch in to close it OUCH.   I have to report back this coming Friday to have the stitch removed.  The annoying thing was the following day a new hole formed right under the stitch 🤷🏻‍♀️.  JB and I are just doctoring it and keeping an eye on it, but so far it looks ok.

When we went in, for it was the three of us as well as Charlie as he was overdue for his injection.  Oh my goodness,  Charlie whined all the way to town (most unusual) and was generally unsettled.  After making a couple of stops Hubby dropped us off at the Mall as I needed to try and find a full support bra that won't cut into my skin.  A complete waste of time and energy as there was nothing that fitted, nevermind full support, an experience that made me discouraged and tearful.  When we arrived back at the car JB opened the back door to get in and there it was on the seat ... 💩.  That's why Charlie had been so unsettled and at none of the stops had he been out of the car.  Meanwhile Hubby claimed he thought he had stood in something 🤦🏻‍♀️.  Mercifully it was a quick and easy clean before we made our way  home, gratefully.  I spent a large portion of the week researching and trying to find the correct in between garment and hopefully did.  We are waiting to pick it up from the Surgeons rooms.

After all this time we are now able to start enjoying the deck, it still has a way to go aesthetically but what a beautiful space.  The whole of yesterday we had all three fold-back doors open, leading onto it and it was just one big, glorious space.  Not long now and I will post pics.  Hubby has had an influx of watches after months of receiving  mostly clocks.  People come with sometimes four or five watches needing repair and/or batteries.  Obviously they move to the front of the 'work' queue.  

Family wise everyone is doing well, all exceptionally busy with work and deadlines and for Princess it's exam time.  Yesterday we had the Bandy Clan over after not having seen them for three weeks, which felt much longer LOL.   It was soo good to see them, catch up, give and receive hugs - most definitely the best medicine in the world.  Humph arrived sporting one of his very smart Bow Ties and looking very dapper.

I am looking forward to hopefully being able to get back to my crafts and projects soon, my current 'interest' is Needle Punch Embroidery.  I have seen examples here and there, but had no idea that it is actually the modern version of Rug Pulling.  As I mentioned previously I am going to need to change scatter cushions in the lounge and happened to come across some that have been done with Needle Punch, they are beautiful and give a unique 3D effect to the cover.  It can be done on fine embroidery right through textures to actual rug making.  I am intrigued and cannot wait to try it out for myself.

Well folks, that is my news for this week.  Have a wonderful week. Take time to take those deep breaths. Smell the roses and in general be kind to yourself.  Please stay safe and well.  Ciao Ciao.

Pic is of a cushion by Botanicalboys.com

My Life's Winding Roads: Winter is on her way.

My Life's Winding Roads: Winter is on her way.: Greetings to you all, I trust today finds you ready for the new week and new month. Winter has sent out a few testers over the past week so,...

Winter is on her way.

Greetings to you all, I trust today finds you ready for the new week and new month. Winter has sent out a few testers over the past week so, things have really cooled down nicely.  From Friday, we had more or less continual rain with some extremely heavy downpours through Saturday night. Blessed, blessed rain.

This week was one of those weird weeks which felt totally disjointed 🤷🏻‍♀️. On Tuesday the Hubster and I left home early, as we had an appointment in Cape Town. Followed by ... you guessed it; a long list of chores and stops.  The most important (for me) was a stop at a carpet factory shop.  Once we recovered the couches we realised that we would  need to put a carpet in. Yikes! It is amazing how one small decision can have a knock-on effect.  As is my normal trend, I had been window shopping for weeks and thought I had narrowed it down.  Was I ever wrong.  Once inside the enormous warehouse and actually seeing the printed carpets, I quickly changed my mind and just as quickly realised that I have very expensive taste. LOL.   Thanks to two extremely helpful staff members, we were guided to a different pile of Indoor/Outdoor carpets.  I was pleasantly surprised.  After literally leafing through the entire pile and some quick bargaining, I found exactly the right carpet.  It even slid into the car without any need to be folded or tied down.  Once home we unrolled our new prize and it is absolutely perfect. Now I have to work on scatter cushions; still the knock on effect haha.  I must give credit where credit is due. I have to thank Poppet and Jelly Bean for their input and wisdom regarding design and colour. Thank you girls xx.

Somehow this whole day trip messed with the rest of the week and I was constantly on the wrong  day.  It turned out to be a very quiet week, physically.  Jelly Bean and Hubby basically grounded me because I developed two holes along my wound lines.  Praise the Lord one closed off really quickly. The other is still the same.  We also discovered that I still have a stitch which got overlooked.  Once I post this we are on our way to the Surgeon for a check in. 

I am really missing the family at the moment. Big Guy is so far away so visits are far apart.  The last time we saw The Bears was Mother's Day and we haven't seen the Bandy Clan for about as long.  Everyone has been so busy and most of them are working way beyond an 8 hour day.  Princess is still busy writing exams and has been studying every spare minute.  I think I have mentioned this before, but it seems that the chaos of the last two years has culminated in extreme work loads; with fewer people who now have triple the amount of stress.  Right now I have now idea whether life will ever revert back to what we used to call normal. Then I think that at some point it has to.  People are not designed to carry the loads and stress that they currently are.

A few months ago Hubby bought a very big pork roast as Food Lovers were having specials.  I have kept it in the freezer waiting for the right get together however the need for freezer space could no longer be ignored.  I decided to roast it and freeze the excess.  Well, thanks to the treasured Air Fryer and old fashioned roasting pan we had a perfect roast and for the first time ever, perfect crackling.  When the roast was almost done I was able to literally peel the crackling off. 6 minutes in the AF resulted in the best crackling ever.  We ate a huge meal; Hubby had some for supper and I froze a further three meals.👏

That's it from me for this week folks.  I wish you all a blessed week.  Please take a few minutes every day to just stand outside and breathe deeply.  Just smell the 'roses', loosen your shoulders and breathe.  Stay safe and healthy folks.  Ciao Ciao.

Our new carpet.

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