Spring Floral

I have a new free set of Background Sheets for you to download this time 6 Spring Floral themed 12 x 12 sheets I figured you’ll be ready to get into something less chilly with your card making.

We had another drama last night, our neighbour was took into hospital, I love my neighbours they are the best you could find, and elderly couple who in 25 years that we have lived here there has never ever been a cross word and that is a rarity in this day and age, say a prayer for Joyce for a speedy recovery please, I spoke to George this morning and he is quite upset as they have never been apart.

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Just a Boy

Morning all, well my sleeping pattern is getting no better, I’m in bed early now, mostly before 10pm that is actually very early for me as I used to struggle to be in bed before 2am, I am waking a number of times during the night and normally wide awake and bushy tailed by 3am and having to force myself back to sleep until around 5.30am, I am absolutely bushed to say the least, it is like walking through a fog.

This morning the whole household was up and having a cuppa by 6.30 and Natalie although still in a lot of pain is looking much better, she is presently as sound as a baby laying on the sofa.

I have started to pack up the Christmas decorations but need his nibs to get it all into the loft for me.

My card today is made using a digi stamp from Spesch stamps

Coloured with Copic sketch markers then teamed with Stampin Up designer papers and the lucious ribbon is from Ribbon Carousel  lurve… her ribbons, most are from Maya Art.

I’m hoping to pop to the local garden centre today as I have had my eyes on a beautiful wire Christmas tree that I’m hoping will now be in the sales, I bought a little pottery nativity from there just before Christmas which I love. So I’ll take Natalie along if she is well enough and we’ll have a coffee while we are there.

A Journey Best Forgotten

Well we had a very sober celebration which is fine by me a a half bottle of larger and I’m a bit sqiuffy. Hope you lot did it in style.

Natalie continues to get better and I took her for a bit of fresh air in the car, ha ha. To see out Lauren as she was missing Jack and then to my Mams, we didn’t stay long as i knew it would take it out of her but she was climbing our walls and needed a change of scene.

She did end up spending the rest of the day laying on the sofa but at least she had a good morning.

What I didn’t tell you all is that Natalie is a smoker and has now gone 5 days without one, in her words she is clamming for one but I have tried to advise her in the fact if she does have one it is putting poison back into her mouth and we really can’t chance the risk of her face being re-infected. I know how hard it is to give up but she is doing amazing and I’m so proud of her doing without.

I Figured whats happened to her should be Scrapbooked so I did a page layout using My Memories Suite 

And as we visited Jack this morning I made a page layout of him too.

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Happy New Year

Wishing you all the very best that 2012 could possibly bring for you but most of all I wish you the very best of health.

I couldn’t even begin to thank you all for the support you have shown to me over the last year, many who have become good friends through my blog and I always feel so blessed to have such wonderful caring people dropping by each day and some of you leaving a comment to warm my heart.

I couldn’t bring in the New Year without a card so I chose Date by Mo’s Digital Pencil to start 2012 after all The new Year signifies New Beginnings.

I used the Tim Holtz clock face die and spritzed it with Glimmer mist and coloured the image with FlexMarkers by Letraset, Cuttlebug alphabet dies for the 2012 a Bo Bunny background paper and a pretty satin gold ribbon.

Happy New Year from myself, Chris, Natalie, Lauren and Grandson Jack.

Bless her Heart

Just look at what those gorgeous girls of mine organised for me. While I escaped to do a quick shop for more Natalie supplies, she called Lauren.

This is what she called her for, I think I have two very beautiful daughters, inside and out.

Aren’t they gorgeous? it was to thank me for taking care of her, totally no need for her to do this but I love them.

Natalie is a little dis-heartened as her face has puffed up this afternoon but I’m sure it is just part of the process to getting better.

On the Eve

A new morning has dawned and we awoke at 6am, Natalie had a reasonable night but was very ready for her meds this morning, the swelling in he face continues to reduce and all is well in the Heath household.

just to give you a visual comparison.

The first picture is just before her procedure

and the 2nd picture is this morning.

 

Still a little way to go but my God what a difference.

Chris is working all weekend so we won’t be awake to see the New Year in this year, I think we will be having an early night.

Natalie Update

I have got Natalie home again, she’s far from well but is on the right track again, at present she is sleeping sound on the sofa.

I managed to get her to eat a little ham broth and she enjoyed it and said she would have more later.

She is still not really ready for visitors as we found out earlier, her face is still very swollen and is still in considerable pain so if you feel the need to visit her over the next few days please be aware that you mustn't stay long as it is too much for her, she is very weak and has great difficulty in trying to talk.

On the other side of things it is wonderful to have her home.

Thank you for all the comments, she has been reading them.

Looking Better–Natalie

Well what a day we had yesterday, I got a call from the hospital asking me to come in as Natalie was in a right state, I had to call Chris from work as he had the car so we both set off for the hospital together.

When we got there bless her she was in a state, both sides of her face puffed up and swollen and it turned out that they were going to have to remove a tooth as this was the reason behind the infection, it was at the root of the tooth she had had work on a year ago. Unfortunately they couldn’t put her to sleep and she was terrified. It wasn’t the thought of them taking out the tooth but the thought of them touching her face as it was so very painful.

They asked me if I would go with her but I declined and very nicely volunteered her Dad. I can’t bare to see my girls go though stuff like that and couldn’t even go with them for baby vaccines Chris always had to do it.

They tried to inject and freeze the area which left Natalie crying out with the pain, they left it a little while and it did freeze, they had to cut around the tooth then they managed to extract it, her Dad said the only way to describe it was by saying it was like popping the cork out of a champagne bottle as the poison in her face just poured out from where the tooth had been and it just kept on coming out. So some of the swelling has gone down.

Natalie came back from having it removed with the doctor but not her Dad, he went quite queasy and considering he is a fireman and deals with some of the most gruesome of events it was unusual but he said it was a total different kettle of fish when it’s your own daughter your dealing with.

We left Natalie to get home and grab some rest before returning for the evening visit. When we got back to the hospital her friend was there and we could see that Natalie was unwell, she had been vomiting and she said that she felt very lethargic and very weak.

The smell of all the nastiness coming out of her is gross to say the least. We managed to get her lay down and back off to sleep before we came away.

We are praying she gets a good nights sleep and is much betting in the morning.