That is Missing In Inaction. I know most people would have put missing in action but action is not something I am finding easy at the moment! It turns out I have torn the ligament on the inside of my knee and boy is it painful! I have now have a walking stick
If only it were that easy though! I would be mobile, I could walk and drive and not be stuck in the house waiting to be 'taken' places. Honestly the highlight of the week so far has been a trip to B & Q to buy plastic piping! The worst part is that I have legs like a russian shot putter - and the bandage is quite tight so it tends to slip down and acts like a tourniquet. The walking stick is taking a bit of getting used to and is using muscles I never knew I had. By the end of this my left leg will be half the size it is and my right shoulder will be way more developed than my left. I will look a pretty sight no doubt! At least people who read this blog but have never met me will know who i am if they see me passing. I am the one who gets overtaken by old ladies and snails while trying hard not to run round in cirlces on my two different sized legs while one arm bursts through the seams on my jacket, lol.
As for scrapping - despite having bought some bits from Angela I have no notion to scrap at all. I sort of wander into my craft room and then wander back out again. I haven't even taken any photos recently, which is most unlike me. I have only just got around to answering messages that have been sitting for days - so my apologies to those of who I haven't been in touch with, I have only recently caught up. I am off work for the next 2 weeks so hopefully by then I will be well again and ready to begin my new diet and exercise programme for my diabetes.
I have managed to reorganise some bits on my computer, mainly my digi scrapping stuff. I have way more than I will ever need or use but there have been so many great deals recently I could not resist. I have actually managed to use some though and have made a few pages. I do need to try and be more productive though, if only to justify the hours spent sorting it all out!
Credits are - Nearly Three - template, Kellie Mize, papers, Katie pertiet. Gap toothed smile - template, Mrs Wresh, papers, NK Design Studio. Big Blue Eyes - template, 2 sisters designs, papers and elements, Melany Violette.
I do tend to use a lot of templates for my digi scrapping because it makes it so easy to put a page together, especially when I don't have a lot of inspiration. I am now away to finish sorting files and hopefully produce something totally spontaneous and wonderful, even if it's only an altered walking stick! Take care x x x
I am so tired of being ill/out of sorts and feeling bl**dy miserable! Over the past few months it has been one thing after another but it is only now that there seems to be some kind of pattern to it all. Following on from the recent sore back I managed to twist my knee and agravate a problem that has been dormant for 10 years or more.
I am now hobbling around in pain with my knee, but my back is better :-) It's the small things are really painful such as getting out of bed and getting dressed. Trying to put your knickers on without bending your leg ain't easy, trust me! As for driving - I can just about stand the pain of getting into the car but the thought of driving it more than I can bear with the result that I missed the crop at Angela's yesterday, adding to my misery.
Gordon has kindly offered to drive me to school this week, so hopefully that will help. The last time I had this problem it required huge amounts of ibuprofen and months of physio - not what I need to cheer me up, lol. Added to this is the knowledge that I already have impaired fasting glycaemia and I will find out in a week or so whether it has developed into diabetes or not. This blood glucose problem seems to be what's behind a lot of the other things that have gone wrong recently, scabby skin, mouth ulcers, dizziness etc and I am hoping that these will begin to improve if I can get things under control.
One of the things I have been told I have to do is to avoid stress! Easier said than done. I cannot afford to not work and my job is very stressful, not helped by my current boss, but she ain't the worst out there by any means. I am going to try and reduce the hours I work over and above what I should be doing so that might help. The biggest problem is my lack of exercise so I have to deal with that, once I can bend my leg at the knee without crying, that is. The only good thing is that I have to sort of stay downstairs, where my craft stuff is, or upstairs, where my pc is. As a result I have actually managed to do some scrapping.
This is my take on a recent UKS cybercrop class which I really enjoyed doing. I used Bazzil card, DCWV, Imaginesce, Colour My World and KI Memories papers, Heidi Swapp and Autumn Leaves stamps and some rather dodgy stitching, but it was good fun.
This one has been in my head for ages - it's about Logan's fascination with all things orange! Card - Bazzil, paper - Scenic Route, Title - American Crafts, Paperloft, Heidi Swapp and butons from Rebecca's Srapbooking Stash.
Today has been school work and essay writing :-( but I did manage to throw a page together using a Kellie Mize template.
I haven't done any digi pages using a pic as a background before so I will see how I like this one once it's printed before I do any more. I have signed up for a digi class but haven't had the time to even look at it so far, hopefully after next weekend when the essay is submitted and my school paperwork is up to date. That's if I haven't developed yet another illness or had a limb drop off for some reason. I will leave you with the thought that I am now officially unhealthy, unwealthy and probably unwise - or why would I be writing an essay to prove to someone that I didn't fall asleep in their class and I can read a book or two relevant to my job! Linda wanders off muttering to herself and hoping she doesn't start providing the answers as well!!!!!! Take care x x x
At least that's how it feels at the moment! I have managed to hurt my back and have been walking about like I have a board strapped to my back for the past week, on the days I have actually been able to walk that is. Apparently sitting for too long trying to write an essay is bad for your health - REALLY????!!!!
God, it's a wonder I haven't jumped oot the windae - apart from the fact I would never be able to get my fat ass up that high without a chair, lol. Just as well I have hurt my back or the poor chair might have had the shock of it's wee life.
The cherry on the cake was to discover that not only am I working on two modules of this course at the same time but - due to the fantastic organisational capapbilities of the council I am employed by - I should be doing another module as well - at the same time! Now I may be good at what I do but that is taking the mickey just a wee bit, I think.
At the moment the decision is being made as to whether I get 3 days out of school to preserve what little is left of my sanity or whether I have to change what I am doing - which does not fit in with the school development plan at all. Thank god someone out there gets paid loads of money to make these difficult decisions or I really would be having sleepless nights. What I really feel like saying to these folk is - get a grip! - but as they are so far removed from reality it really wouldn't be worth it, apaprt from which as they employ me I might live to regret it. Thank god for free speech on blogs, lol.
As always happens with my life, the minute I need time/space for myself the rest of the clan go nuts and the shit (and almost everything else) hits the fan and I need to sort it out. I am tempted to ask the question - why me? - but I always come up with the answer - why not me? - so it doesn't help me much. Anyway, suffice to say they are all still alive and hale and hearty at the moment but the temptation to commit serious injury on some folk - as in knocking some sense into them - is almost overwhelming, but I won't bore you with the details.
I have actually managed to scrap a bit recently, much to my surprise. I am working on a kind of hit and run style of scrapping - I manage about 10 minutes and then have to change position and/or go do something else. It's not ideal but it's better than nothing and I have been in badly need of some paper therapy.
To top it all someone has sneaked a few months out of my calendar and Christmas is next month along with Katy's 3rd and Logan's 1st birthday. There are definite renegade forces working in this area at the moment, I just wish they would go and fight elsewhere for a wee while. Anyway, on that note I am away to try and find something to make for food as with all the other hoo ha going on the shopping didn't get got, such is life. Take care x x x
