Knit Your Square to Give Your Share - PART 4

roamin_in_the_gloamin

Last week with the rellies...............then I promise I will be back with a vengeance....missing you all so so much - sending you all lots of love and cuddles tho'
x

chalky_75

What fun we had!

prfungi

Thank you all so much for the birthday wishes - you are all so kind. I know I don't post much lately but I check in every day to try and keep up to speed. You are such a cracking bunch of friends, between your posts on the forums and the lovely blogs some of you keep you contribute to my little world in such a positive way - bless you all. :beer:

luv
Pam:smileyhea

mioliere

Hi everyone

I'm so sorry that I've missed birthdays, so Happy Birthday to Pam, and Happy Birthday to Mrs Twins! Hope you both had wonderful days.

Ginnyknit - I was so sorry to hear your news about DGS. There's a knitting blog here http://littlecottonrabbits.typepad.co.uk/ and the lady it belongs to has a child with autism, and writes about her experiences. I can understand you grieving for the life your DGS could have had. My nephew has Asperger's so I can understand the worry. He's fourteen now, and the most loving cheerful lad you could meet. We have no idea what the future will bring but he is very popular with his friends and enjoys life and school.

Well, I've been pre-occupied with various things lately, which is why I haven't been on here for a few days. My poor BIL started his chemo tablets last week; one of the side effects is angina which he woke up with a couple of days after he started taking them, so he went to the hospital and they did a whole battery of tests on him, and took him off the tablets until he sees the oncologist next week. It's very disappointing because we all wanted him to get this latest round of treatment underway, but it looks as if he may have to go in for intravenous chemo instead. He's not down, though; he never is - just takes whatever is thrown at him with a smile on his face. He's always planning his next adventure - I only hope I could be as positive if I was in his situation.

My Mum is finally settling down well, and accepting that where she is is 'home', but there have been a few upsets along the way. Sadly, one of my sisters - who has always been a bit of a problem - took it upon herself to visit Mum and stay with her for a couple of weeks to give my sister, Jane, a break, but it has turned out to be the worst thing that could have happened. She stayed for three months and tried to take everything over; all the care and consideration that Jane took in looking after Mum and trying to find the right kind of care for her, was turned on its head, and there has been a lot of upset. It turns out that she told Mum that Jane dumped her in a home rather than it being a joint decision between Mum and all her children. She got very spiteful and the situation ended up with Mum being upset and confused, and poor Jane feeling very hurt because Mum kept saying she had betrayed her. We can't believe that our sister could be so spiteful, but she has always liked to be the centre of attention and I think she wants to be thought of as the one that helped Mum the most. She's also very loud and over-bearing, and dominates every conversation, and that doesn't help much when Mum needs to be treated gently and calmly right now. Anyway, she's gone back home now, and I can tell from talking to Mum on the phone that she is much more relaxed now, and she told me she knows that Jane didn't just dump her in a home. It's just a shame that all this happened the way it did, and Mum is only now just settling into things the way we hoped she would from the start. Poor Jane could have done without all the upset, too, what with having to worry about BIL and his illness. Obviously, my other sister doesn't care about that, either. Sorry to offload on you all, but it has helped to write it down.

Anyway, the good news is that we have booked the ferry, and will be going back to the UK on 28th August for two weeks, which I know will go by really quickly. I am looking forward to it so much, as you can imagine. I want to see for myself how Mum is, and also catch up with the children, grandchildren and friends - all people that we miss so much.

I've had loads of online work lately so pennies are being saved up for spending on family and us, too! We need a new catalytic converter on the car (oh, what a treat!) ; they are so expensive here in France, so we will get that sorted out back in the UK for less than half what it would cost here. It rattles a bit at the moment, but DH thinks it will be OK till we get there - I hope so! We've booked it in for the day after we get there. Here, it would have taken ten days to order it; in the UK, just two hours!

Anyway, I shall call in later. I hope you all have good days.

Oh,Chalky - gorgeous photo of William!

KathyXX

sock-knitter

kathy (((big hugs))), really sorry to hear about your dear bil, and also the way one of your sisters have been acting.
hope bil gets the treatment he needs and your mum continues to be happy in her new home. the trip back to the uk will be here before you know it, and i know you'll have a great time
chalky,gorgeous pic of william, sooo cute
love and hugs all
shaz xxx

ginnyknit

Kathy, your sister sounds nasty, what a shame all that work Jane did helping your Mum with your support, the kind staff working towards settling her and a thoughtless person undoes it all.
Your Bil seems to be dealing with his situation with great strength of character, hope he gets to go on his adventure. Chemo is hard isn't it?

I am a follower of Little Cotton rabbits, she has a hard time with her boy doesnt she, I see that as 'worst case scenario' We are off to the sensory playroom later today and am so looking forward to it. I think we may be spending a lot of time there but its a t a sure start centre so I am guessing they will be under threat of closure - may have to get involved in stopping it!

Chalky that boy gets more cute everyday. Looks like you are having a fab tme, he is so scrumptious :rotfl:

Hugs to all, off to play!

Mrs_Twins

Thanks all for the birthday wishes Ladies, very sweet of you all x
I hope pippa remembered the squares Chalky!
Have a great time with her today!
Thanks x

chalky_75

Ginny -- I hope you and your family are beginning to come to terms with the diagnosis of autism. Your DGS is still the most special little boy in the whole world but it is so hard to come to terms with such a diagnosis. I spent my whole working career teaching 3 to 8 year olds and witnessed so many families having to adapt and come to terms with such diagnosis. Autism is such a massive spectrum and I pray that your dear Grandson is not affected too badly. I know you have been through so much lately and I really do send the gentlest thoughts to you.

KathyWords fail me at such selfishness-- I know it is all about perspectives but your DS has so much to cope with and having someone causing more trouble at such a difficult time is hard to come to terms with. As for you --- I know you miss home so much and just want to be here -- and soon you will be. I am glad your Mum is lucid enough to realise the true situation. Your DBIL is amazing -- such positivity and humour are inspirational. Lots of love Kathy.

Jean-- I will look forward to normal service being resumed-- You must be too good a hostess-- I bet you are!

Shaz Thanks for tip about wool. Hope things are still going well for you in your new home.

F1 -- I often think of you and send lots of love.

Well --- what a lovely way to spend the afternoon. The doorbell rang and it was truly like greeting true friends. Pippa and her DOH. Even though it has been 2 years since we last had them here it was like it was yesterday. Just lovely. It was wonderful to see Pippa's DOH looking so well. Of course it is obvious they have had a long and very bumpy journey but I was so glad to give him a hug and see him enjoy a true Devonshire Cream Tea. Of course Pippa and I caught up with some woolly talk whilst the men had a good gossip about umm mens stuff I suppose. Anne kindly brought some lovely hedgies! Yippeeeee and also a gorgeous note book plus enough squares from Mrs Twins to keep me out of mischief for a while. You all know how much I enjoy Operation Stitch up and I shall make a start tonight. She also had 4 beautiful kiss the Geezer squares with her. Pippa's work is beautiful so that is a lovely start for the next Lappy on this thread. We were sad to see them go but are meeting again in September!

Thank you all for lovely comments about William we are missing him a lot this week!

DD2 -- I hatching another travelling adventure!!!!

Love and lots of thoughts to ALL MIA'S XXXX

Seakay

f1widow wrote: »

I also read seakay, that you were not sleeping is this part of the fibro? As this has been part of my demons the last few weeks I'm still getting used to what could be a symptom of fibro having had so many strange things for years but always having it poopood by Dr

I was told that sleep disturbance is a common symptom of Fibro, an if you Google
fibromyalgia sleep
a lot of articles come up. As well as insomnia it is also common to feel tired even after sleep. It's very rare for sleeping tablets to be thought appropriate, and I have to admit that none of the herbal ones have helped me at all.
It has been suggested to me not to watch TV for an hour before bedtime (reading is ok) and to do some deep breathing.
I honestly can't say that it's done much for me but it could be worth a go!

Had a lovely swim with ISOM on Monday and haven't done much charity knitting as have started a little cardi for the reflexologist I see sometimes who is expecting a baby soon

Mrs_Twins

Glad you had a nice time with pippa Chalky. Thanks for doing the squares for me. Sounds as though you did a lot of catching up yesterday with Pippa how lovely. x