Knit Your Square to Give Your Share - PART 4

sock-knitter

can i grab a hug please, and salso may i take one for my son daniel please?
today has been more like friday the 13th than friday the first.
firstly at 9 am, daniels school rang to say they had rung all the taxi's and the kids were on the way home. the class teacher had collapsed and died instantly while preparing the classroom for the day, so obviously the coroner and whoever would have been called, so obviously they didnt want the kids in today.
secondly at around 12.30 daniel started complaining of a sharp pain in his left side of his tummy, the pain got worse, and he looked really ill and felt sick, so we took him to a and e, after lots tests x-rays etc and a lot of waiting around he was finally allowed home with medication for a bowel obstruction
thirdly, whilst at the hospital i rang my mum to see if she could look after josh after school as i was at hospital with daniel, the answer was no, my dad's sister is fading away, and they were off to say goodbye. so josh had to make his way to us on the bus.
fouthly the chemist where i had left a prescription for daniel earlier in the week, had lost the prescription, so i have to ring the doctor who wont be around now till next tues.
hope everyone else has had a better day, off to do a bit of knitting this evening, if i can stay awake long enough
hugs all
love shaz xxx

roamin_in_the_gloamin

CHALKY - 000 BUT I certainly didn't use them - don't have them, I just used the biggest I could find, in fact I don't think I used the big fat wool either oh heck wish I had made a note on the pattern what the heck I did use.......dumbo or what? Go on wing it, take a chance in life just this once.
Jean
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SHAZ was in such a hurry to sort out Chalky totally missed your posting.....what a day you have certainly gone through the mill! Fingers crossed that it's all over and only good things to happen for the remainder of the weekend eh.

Seakay

Hello all
Gloomy day today but I am crocheting my crocheted squares together which is very satisfying. After it's all done I'm going to teach myself to crochet a boarder.
First day of the Ryder Cup up the road so downpour for most of the day. Apparently you can't play golf in the rain (although I say a film the other night where they did and they had ordinary clothes, but it was a film).
Going to meet up with a few friends this evening to celebrate a birthday; no big deal but quite nervous as meds mean alcohol tastes unpleasant and feet are especially painful at the moment. Will be really nice to see some old friends though.

HAeve just been looking at those mobius links - wow! Now my brain really hurts! Looks good though.

Hugs to all ((((( ))))) Big hugs to SK - just read your post. Hope that your evening is more relaxing than your day!

In_Search_Of_Me

evening all from a rainy Cardiff! I work in the city where the ryder cup is and it was eerily quiet today as they had shut the schools (dont get me on this one makes my blood boil...anyone misses a day for a holiday theyre up in arms...hypocrytes me thinks!) but did feel for people who will have spent a bomb going and been very excited for an age to be greeted with cold, misty, yukky (but best of Welsh!) weather!
Socky sorry youre having such a tough time. Big hugs for you...
Rather you than me with the cowl chalky! My brains dyslexic at the best of times!
Am going to try finish the blanket in between jewellry making!
roamning hope things ok your end en france?
Miol hope the house going ok!
Seakay enjoy the night out!
Mum and I are off for a pamper day tomorrow...leisurly morning with a massage, facial and reflexology before coming home to chill!! bliss! Very sad that the closer finished yesterday but the apprentice starts next week so happy with that!

f1widow

Evening all - oh my lord sounds like we have been having a terrible time - in no particular order..

chalky - big hugs - you must have been distraught seeking dd in that state and so far away and as for the disaster with the event - oh it just leaves a bad mood about - companies dont care a fig these days because there will be another customer along in a jiffy - big big hugs xxxx

sock-knitter - wow what a day - how awful that the teacher died & how distressing for the children - i do hope DS is feeling a bit better although I very much doubt it with the chemists mess up - they should sort it for you see red tape again!!!! - I really hope you can take a breath tonight - big big hugs xxxxx

kinsey - sorry i have not replied before now - thank you so much for the offer of mags I have managed to find correct department and they are sending them for me xxx

I know i have missed loads of you off sorry - i think of you all and hope your lives are happy and healthy and easier (although so many times I see its not so but wish it was) xxx so big hugs and lots of loving thoughts

I will post my updates this weekend i promise (tee hee heard that one before) and i just hope my hubby can get to the post office this weekend - was meant to go last weekend but could not make it!)

J xxx

mioliere

Hi everyone

Yes, I know it's early but I just woke up and couldn't get back to sleep. I lay there for a good half an hour and just couldn't doze off again. I'll spend half an hour here then log off and go back to bed.

Shaz - what a terrible day you've had. I so hope tomorrow is better for you and the family. Very distressing that the teacher died - must have been a real shock to everyone. As for the pharmacy - one wonders just how they could lose a prescription in a place that dispenses them. Is it possible that you could phone the surgery and explain (or get the pharmacy to do it) and see if another doctor can write you out another one?

ISOM - I'm not a golf fan but I did feel sorry for the fans who had spent money on tickets, then even more money, it seems, on waterproof gear. I can hardly believe they closed the schools, though!

Seakay - hope your evening went well and that you weren't in too much pain with your feet.

F1widow - oh, dear. I forget to do the update this week. Thank you for reminding me of it. I will do it tomorrow so at least it's done before the next one is due!

Jean - thanks for those links. I might try knitting one but I find it easier to crochet these days, so I'm hoping I can find a crochet pattern for a neck-warmer.

Well, yesterday was so busy here. I've only just realised that I didn't even post on here. We had friends pop round in the morning - just for a quick coffee but the morning just flew by and, suddenly, we'd all been gassing for about three hours! I had to go out in the afternoon, then come back and do a few chores, and then it was time for dinner. The day just ran out on me. I still haven't finished organising my office so I really want to get that done tomorrow. Things need to be put in the right places - at the moment, my desk is covered with folders and bits of paper, and it's driving me mad!

Well, I do believe I'm tired now, so I'm off to bed to try and get back to sleep!

See you tomorrow.

KathyXX

roamin_in_the_gloamin

Kathy - if you do a scarflette/neckwarmer search on ravelry for knitting and crochet (FREE ONES) It will chuck out loads for you, I ran out of time yesterday or I would have posted a better link to them, some look so lovely. Tea calling, back a bit later
Jean
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mioliere

Thanks, Jean - I'll do that. I think they would be quick and simple for charity, and I'll probably make one for my Mum for Christmas and one for me, too; sometimes long scarves get in the way, don't they?

Well, I went back to bed and finally dozed off but it was a rotten night's sleep so I will be due a nap this afternoon. The situation wasn't helped by the fact that we have something scuttling around the ceiling in the bedroom; talking to the neighbours, they think it's probably a 'loir' (not a rat, but still a rodent!), so we've armed ourselves with an electronic thingy that emits a sound they don't like (humans can't hear it) which DH will fit today, plus some special bait that we will put out, too. I was really worried when we first heard it because I just assumed it was a rat! Anyway, I will keep you up to date with progress on Larry, as we've called him!

KathyXX

sock-knitter

morning all, woke up to sunshine this morning, but now it looks like rain.
it wasnt the surgery that issued the missing prescription, it was an adhd clinic doctor, so will have to wait til tues to phone her. unfortunatly daniel still not sleeping, i woke at 4 am, to find he was up with the tv on, not ture whats broadcast at that time, but probly somet unsuitable.
this afternoon both boys at a youth club so i can grab a couple hours quality knitting time, i am making some hats for the charity craft stall in nov, knitted in aran, they only take abgout a day for an adult sized one.
kathy, hope you get the rodent problem sorted,
isom, hope you and your mum have a lovely relaxing pamper day
hugs all
shaz xxx

roamin_in_the_gloamin

THINGS COMPLETED THIS WEEK (yipee I did something in between mopping floors)

1 baby hat
1 pr bootees
2 pr wheelchair slipper sox

Kathy- just get the best "poison" from magazine Vert (garden centre) or co-op Agri and keep putting it down...regardless of what it is! Mark the calendar to make sure its not forgotten. I know it's hateful but believe me its the only way. We have three plug ins and they don't do a thing. Best I have found is mouse/rat traps (they adore a slice of mars bar-but you then have to deal with the evidence). We use rat/mouse poison where the dogs can't get to it. The worse problem we had was pine martin....just kept thinking it lived here too, it was in behind the plaster board in the loft bedroom, I moved out but we borrowed a trap from the maire in the end for that one. Keep your compost bins well away from the house, lids on all buckets that the foxes can't take off etc. I am sure you know all of this but just thought I would let you know you are not alone Obviously if you have another cat on the scene you will have to be extremely careful with poison, we cut a hole either end of a little oblong cardboard box when we kept a cat, they also sell it in sachets these days which are supposed to be "safer" not sure about that one tho'.
back later - lunch time calling.
Jean
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