Good Morning My Special Friends

Well this last week has been a busy one and Im sure tomorrow I hope will be a little quieter as its my 75th Birthday and although you have to do the normal things Im hoping I will be getting some phone calls from my family as I dont get to see them very often as they live so scatter across the country.
Next week is going to be a expensive one I fear as I have a dentist appointment on Wednesday to sort out my plate and I know from previous experience its not cheap but Im so hoping they will sort out my problem with the sore gum as the plate is rubbing on it.
The dog is due to be clipped so I think hubby will be taking her though she doesnt like that to much she gets a problem with being left if Im not there to do so, I will go if I have my plate but not if I dont I definitely look bad without it.
And then on Friday I have my 1st appt with the pre-diabetic clinic nurse, the doctor tried to reassure me that is to chat about my life style eating habits if I do as Im told I should be okay but it seems as you get older the risk of developing diabetes is a lot higher as the body cannot cope with the sugars in your body, what fun as if I havent had problems all year with my diet it seems and I was hoping to be able to eat normally again Im going to have to spend the rest of my life watching it again, not much fun for sure. But Im hoping that its a hiccup as I must admit that I did over do the licorice because of the constipation I now suffer due to loosing the last part of my bowel, and I have to have a sugar blood test every 3 months instead of 6 or at least I think thats what the doctor said it might have been 1 a month but I will ask when I see the D. nurse.
Well I think Im going to lay that to rest for today and show you the card I made for John next door's new facebook page group, I do love his crafting goodies and these ones I particularly love I hope you do to.

Its a combination of stamps, diecuts and stamps also a embossing folder which I cut a square from the middle to create the aperture which I but the stamped image behind.

A Card for this week

Well so far since trying to post 1 card a week I seem to be managing to do so lets hope it continues. Firstly thank you for the lovely comments on my dear son, its a strange thing that my mum lost a premature baby girl in 1950 at a week old and yes I do remember her because even though I was only 7 I did get to see her when they took both my mum and her to hospital, and then my sister also lost a son at 4 months to a cot death, so you know they say things run in threes lets hope that the last of that sort of thing happening in my family.
Well next Sunday I reach the grand old age of 75 I cannot believe Im going to be that mind you over this last year Ive certainly been reminded that my body is starting to give up, not only having to have the sigmoid colon removed in July but struggling to cope with the new way of managing my bowels (its totally different to my old way as I really cannot get them to work that way, I know I need to go but it just doesn't want to work when you get there so you can guess I'm having to strain all the time, which isn't what I want really) and then Ive been suffering with some balance problems, I have toppled over a couple of times though luckily I didn't do any damage just shook myself up. The doctor put me on antibiotic's for sinus but the side effects of them were dreadful constipation, which I thought I could counteract with licorice but the problem with that it has now caused me to be referred to the pre-diabetic nurse,  just hope it doesn't mean that's the next problem, its certainly shaken me and causing me to panic a bit as you can image, anyway I see the Dr again on Wednesday so hopefully she will reassure me, it showed I had a high blood sugar level (when I had a load of blood tests last week) after I came off them.
Well I think I had better just hope that things sort themselves out Please God, as I really don't need anymore problems I really hope that in the New Year it will be a better one for me, but no doubt other problems will arise but lets not get ahead of ourselves.
Here is this weeks Card I hope you like it.

My eldest daughter who is in her middle 50's is a personal trainer, she runs a jogging group in Strahaven in Scotland and loves anything to do with keeping healthy, she even ran the London Marathon a few years ago and I thought this fabulous image from Gordon Fraser would be (you can get it from Crafts u Print,) ideal for her, Ive printed it and coloured it with my copic pens, then cut it out completely.
The backing paper was also from the same source and I coloured this also with my copic pens and cut it out to create a background for my image.
I then downloaded the free backing papers and mounted them onto green card which was attached to a 6.50"x 6.50" white card, then stuck the background at the top of the card and the stamped sentiment which was also mounted onto green card at the bottom of my card towards the right, and I also did the same thing with the other sentiment but this time stuck it at the top on the left.
And to finish of I placed my cut out image as if she is running away from the background in the center of my card. I just hope she likes it, she likes plain and simple cards so lets hope this fits the bill.
See you all next week, hugs Shirleyxxxxx

Good Morning my Friends

Well thank you Bridgit for the comment on my mum, I must admit our relationship wasnt as close as I would like to have been as she was more orientated to my brother and Ive a feeling I was more like being the eldest was expected to show a good example, I must admit I was always scared of her as she had terrible PMT and would act just like a hell cat when she was due and it was best not to get in her way if you could help it.
But she was my mum and I did love her and in the last few years she did try to become closer but I always felt it was a bit strained but I forgave her as Ive a feeling she just couldnt help the way she was and she suffered terribly to and was in constant pain so when she died I think for her it was a happy release and the end of loneliness as my dad died at least 30 years before she did.
Anyway this week is another sad one for me as its my sons birthday on the 17th and he would have been 54 and it would have been such a joy to see him grown up with a family, but its not to have been and all I can remember is the 6 month old baby who suffered with Lymphatic Leukaemia in the last 2 months of his life, but at least I did go on to have 2 more daughters who have given me 5 grandsons between them and 3 great grandsons, so I have been rewarded in another way for my loss.

Here he is with his big sister at 19 days old

And now to cheer ourselves up here is this weeks card.

This has been created using the Woodware stamps, lots of different embossing powders and enamel accents, and the embossing folder is a Embossalious one. Hope you like the result.

Where does time go to

Today 8 years ago I lost my mum leaving me a orphan, yes I know at nearly 75 it was expected but I do miss her and our Sunday morning talks, plus which she has missed out on seeing her family get even larger.
She could have met her great great grandsons also a brand new one due in the New Year, and she would have been delighted, mum was very much a boy person and she could also have seen her other great great granddaughters from my sisters families.
Sleep peacefully mum we miss you, I hope you and dad are now enjoying your freedom from pain. Love you both Shirley and the family.

A Card for this week

Do you ever feel that things are never going to go right, well guess what Ive had a stinker one it all started last Sunday morning.
I logged onto my bank account to discover a message and after I read it I had to make my mind up whether I would ring up the number they displayed to ask if they would carry on sending me replacement credit cards, I thought it through and decided yes I would as although I dont use it very often as I have a couple of others I like to feel that I have it in case I do need it, also I know if you cancel it with the bank it can take longer to start one again and even as Im a pensioner they may feel it wasnt worth issuing one for me.
Anyway thats when the fun started, the phone number was a 0300 number and of course its one of those premium ones, anyway the first time I rang it in the morning I was supposed to put in a number or I should say parts of it, well I couldnt remember what number I had originally chosen mainly because I use online banking and not phone banking and of course they transferred me to a operator only no one came on, so after 15 mins I put the phone down. Then during the day I rethought it through and couldnt make my mind up whether to bother, and I thought oh blow I will give it one more time, and this time I got through to a operator and you can guess I had to go through a load of things to try to sort it out, well eventually I managed to get it sorted although I must admit I had to go through the whole thing twice before getting onto a voice recognition part, and even that you have to repeat a phrase 3 to 8 times before you get the ok. I just hope I don't have to go through that again, also I will make sure I use the card before its due to be renewed.
The next problem I will tell you after a break.

Todays card was created using Creative Expressions stamps by cutting 3 mounts and using my stamp mount (Crafts too) and keeping them rigid and attaching the stamps to the lid in one corner then turning the card around to fill each of the corners, then adding the sentiment in the middle.
I then put mounting foam behind each mount and then layering them up as shown.
Now for my next problem, Ive been waiting since my original appt in May to have my second cataract done, and of course because of my bowel operation it had to be put on hold, anyway at the end of August I rang a number I had been given to ask for my operation to be put back on the waiting list.
Well on Monday as I had not heard from the hospital, I know that they had a waiting list but when I had my first op done I dont think I waiting longer than 8 weeks and it was now 10 weeks, anyway it turned out that the person I rang in August HAD NOT PUT MY NAME BACK ON THE LIST, and you can guess what I felt, anyway I asked them if it was at all possible I would be happy to accept a cancellation to get it done as the cataract has grown so fast all I can see out of the eye is a fuzzy outline but no details so you can guess what its like when I colour anything.
Well in the afternoon I had another call from the hospital and a more with it person rang and I told her what had happened in the morning and that I had rung to see why I had not heard and she reassured me my name was back on the list, I also told her the reason I rung was I have started to suffer with more migraine aura's and with one duff eye and when they start my other is finding it difficult to see, plus which if Im not careful I can miss the start and so if I dont take my tablet it can develop into a full aura which can take anything up to a hour to clear. I dont drive at the moment mainly because of this and the cataract.
Guess what on Wednesday a letter arrives with a date I was so relieved but I still have to wait till the 21st December but at least its going to be done, thank goodness.
Well now you know my tail of woe, lets hope things improve, but I dont hold much hope I went to the dentist on Friday as I have been suffering with a gum infection, and she put a temporary filler on my plate and that cost £68. and all it was was a plastic filler shot with a gun. I have to go back at the end of the month to see if a more permanent solution can be sorted, I hate to think what thats going to cost.
Oh well see you next week. Hugs to all.