Saturday 31 May 2008

What a shock


The experts always say you should talk about things, so this post is my therapy about yesterday's day from hell.


It started at 10am when I got a phonecall from my husband's apprentice telling me my husband had fallen off a ladder and they were waiting for an ambulance.
My son reckons I could win olympic gold with the speed I ran out of the house (just as well I was dressed!). I am sure I will receive a speeding notification in the next couple of weeks as I have never driven so fast anywhere in my life. I arrived to find the owners of the cricket club where he was working were looking after him, but he was lying on the floor, covered by blankets but was conscious at least. He had missed some security railings (those with the spikes on the top) by a matter of inches and the pictures of what could have been keep flashing through my mind.
The ambulance arrived and although they offered me a lift with them, there were cars and vans and people to sort so being the organised person I am, I arranged for various people to come and get various vehicles and to take me to the hospital where this is absolutely NO parking anywhere to be had. Luckily, his injuries seem to be superficial, they did think there was a problem with his wind pipe and his neck at the top but the x-rays seem to show everything is ok. He has badly bitten his tongue which is sore, swollen and making eating, drinking and talking difficult (well at least he won't shout at me). He has a terribly sore neck and shoulders (where he landed) and some lovely holes in the back of his thighs where he caught the security fence top. But, he is alive and he is home and I am now trying to get over the shock of it all. Although I am not sure that the doctors fully checked him over once they decided his spine was alright, I am just relieved to have him home.




The only upside to all of this, well I can't go anywhere and leave him so I will have time to craft today. I did say, as he was being wheeled into the ambulance that if I'd brought my camera it would have made a good scrapbooking picture .............. my humour is not good when I'm in shock!!!




It does make you appreciate how much you love someone when something like this happens but after his two ordeals with cancer I was hoping for no more stark reminders. I feel like I've aged about 20 year (and look it too this morning) and i've told him that he owes me my day off when he's better. I think once we can, a weekend away for the two of us to celebrate our life is in order.




I am not sure if this has helped me, and I hope it isn't too grotesque to read for you but at least by writing this down I have dealt with some of the thoughts I had during the night.




I promise my next post will be on a much lighter note.

Friday 30 May 2008

It's been a while

Well, it's been a while since I have been on my blog. What with my shoulder being bad, the kids having exams, a cough, a cold and now a tummy upset, things have been a little hectic on the home front.

However, I have been working on my album for my son's 18th - ok it's not till next year (he's 17 next week) but as I thought it would take me forever I started early.










So here are some of the pages I have completed. I am really enjoying doing this album and it is like turning back the clock and remembering him when he was little and cute and quieter, when he didn't answer me back and went to bed before me. Mind you, I suppose that's normal for a 17 year old.


These are some more of the early years - Ihave tried to use as many different techniques to keep the album interesting and have been encouraged and helped along the way by my friends The Leeds Paper Dolls.
I have managed to do the earlier years quite easily but am struggling with the inbetween years - I don't remember not having a camera but there seem to be few photos around - not sure why!!!!
I will post the rest of the pages I have done soon.

Saturday 3 May 2008

A Disney LO

Well, it's a week since we got back from the USA and the jet lag has just about gone. It didn't catch up with me till Wednesday but boy when it did!!!!!

So tonight I decided that I had better start putting together my album before I forget where we went!!

So here is my first LO and is the front page.

I think the title "Dreams do come true" says it all because my husband and I have wanted to go to the USA and especially Disney since we got married nearly 18 years ago (and I have wanted to go since I was 9) so this was the year our dream came true.



















For this layout I used lots of things I'd bought in the USA and made the Mickey shapes on my Robo to complement the layout.

The wording on the white Mickey reads

"It's been a dream for so long but April 2008 along with our 3 wonderful kids our dream came true".

The rub on "It all started with a mouse" was a rub on I bought and I think compliments the LO perfectly and says it all.

I'd bought the flag in Big Lots on the last day and just thought it would come in useful.

I hope you like it and hopefully I will add other pages soon.