Up Date

Friday I managed to get up to the V&A to see the quilt exhibition, I'm so glad I went it was well worth the trip. There are some fantastic quilts on show. It is good to go to an exhibition with friends, we had lunch in the members lounge, I'm making use of my new membership. In the afternoon we went into the Grace Kelly exhibition, as others have said, the dresses lacked sparkle without Grace! Hopefully Rachel and I will go together to see the exhibition before it closes!

The vegetable plot is looking a lot healthier Saturday I took the chance on the weather staying fine and planted beans, leeks,squashes and all the usual, here's hoping for a good crop.

Mum is really no better. Ever since she first went into hospital she has been worrying about the 'Christmas Lunch' with her friends. Ever since the company she worked for closed Mum and eight of her friends have met together for lunch in November, some moved away from the area but travel back for the occasion. She has asked them if they could bring it forward, she's to frail to go to a restaurant, so the Nursing Home have said that they will be happy to lay on a special lunch for them. How it will go I really don't know but Mum has been talking about the lunch now since March. I'm hoping that she has a good day.

I think I've mentioned before about Belle, the cat, my blog is named after her. Belle has been ill for years and only 4 weeks ago was at the vets with her ongoing problem, this time the procedure didn't help. A vet we had seen previously said she could have an operation,it would involve removing part of her bowel and it may not work. Towards the end of last week Belle became really poorly and yesterday we took her to the vets, this time the vets said that we should do the kindest thing and Belle was put to sleep. We had Belle for 10 years, she was a timid little thing, lots of people didn't even know we had a cat as she would hide under the bed if someone came to the house and not come out until they left. James once had a friend stay for a week, he never saw Belle, she only came out at night when everyone was in bed.

Home Alone?

OH has just been picked up and whisked off to Heathrow, he's working in Madrid for a few days! I've got plans, get lots of textile projects finished and some new ones started. I wont feel guilty if I spend all evening painting or all night on my sewing machine.

Rachel will be coming home at some point to help give Belle (the constipated cat) her medicine, I cant manage on my own, however Rachel can! When I try there is sticky medicine all over the house, a cat with her fur standing on end and me scratched to bits, hot and really, really frustrated, a sight no one wants to see! Rachel just opens the cats mouth and pops in the syringe, done, I wish I knew the secret?

Catching Up

I've not posted for a while but I've not been out of touch, I've been keeping up with all the news by reading everyone else's blogs. In between that I've met a friend for lunch at Barleylands and as I didn't spend enough at the K&S I made a couple of purchase's at Craft Arena. I've also been busy uploading information onto the Aqua-8 website, it's still very much a work in progress, I've also made another site for myself miriamweaver.

My Mum has been suffering with a frozen shoulder or a 'cold shoulder' as she told someone! I've been doing bit's for her, shopping etc. Then on Friday I took her for a hospital appointment, she had a small lump cut out of her chin, now we have to wait for the results.

Rachel came on Sunday for lunch and she took home a scarf I'd finished knitting for her, I forgot to take a photo! I've asked her to take a photo so I can put it on here, but knowing how she feels about me using her image on here, see previous blog and 'the hat' I wont hold my breathe. But it is a lovely red scarf that I knitted using some of the wool that I purchased at the K&S.

I think that's probably it for now. I wont go into the details of the other things that have been going on here, as it involves Belle our constipated cat, our new bed, pee and a trip to the vet's. No that isn't what happened, she's still here! Here is a photo of the LOVELY BELLE, sitting on the bed!!!!!!