My Life's Ingredients

Woke up with *yet another* migraine. I know, it's getting quite frequent and more often than in the past, but I wonder if it's the hormones I got for the cyst. Treatment is finished now so let's hope I am getting back to normal. Being fairly emotional with the hormones as well, blowing my fuses quite often, getting moody and thinking about the whole situation with family etc. Not the best. Not sure what to do. Going for different step? Who knows. Got follow up appointment on Monday with the clinic who will then hopefully give us info about what they plan for us ... now that the cyst is smaller (3cm - no where near the 8-12cms I had when I was hospitalised) what are the planning to do? Have finally finished my Chinese Whispers layout for February and e-mailed it to Pauline. Only 1 week late (oops!). Managed to wrap the Birthday Swap as well (2 weeks behind?) and will post it off to Germany tomorrow. Now I just have to do the 2 CJ entries (lying here since beginning of Decemb...

Just to add to the "insult" of headaches yesterday, today my tummy is playing up. So I'm NOT going in to work right now ... planning to go in for 1/2 day (so I can go to Weight Watchers). I'm really not good with the 365 Photos right now ... missed quite a lot of photos, so wonder if I am going to use "stock photos". Mmmmh, will see. Really should have taken a picture of our attempts to make Pancakes yesterday... ;) I am sure the frying pan was the problem, because not only DH had problems with it (and he usually has) but I wasn't able to make a pancake either ... they looked more like mush ... if I'd cooked it a bit more I could have made "Kaiserschmarrn" - which I really should consider next time if we have troubles again. :o

but at least I can now stop my meds for a bit... wahey! That should do the trick. Should be working tomorrow and Thursday but am not sure how I'm feeling ... we'll see. DH and I have been to the cinema today - saw "Bolt 3D" - funny movie, really good. :) That's 2 movies we've seen in February, so getting there. "Push" was on Saturday. I was totally unorganised on Saturday at the crop ... didn't print photos - AGAIN - and only managed to get 1 card done and prepped my Chinese Whispers layout. A lot of sh*** going on in our lifes right now, so my mojo has not stayed long and I rather was reading or sleeping/napping in the last couple of weeks. Still have the 2 CJs to do - it's really not good I am still sitting on them (got them in December), but just wasn't in the mood to do anything crafty. But I am planning on doing the CJ entries and the Chinese Whispers one this week, otherwise I fall in disgrace with the German Scrappers and the crop...

Well... I woke up around 3am Wednesday morning with thumping headache so got up and took a paracetamol. But when my alarm went of at 6:30am I had a blinding headache - really the mother of all headaches!!! And the pain has been going up and down all day yesterday - last night it was even worse than the morning. Really wonder where that's coming from, although I suspect it may be a bit more side effect from the meds I am currently taking. So... was not at work yesterday and am not at work today but am likely to make up my time tomorrow (boss phoned and asked ... short staffed and all that). Glad I am feeling better right now - at least my eyes are not feeling as if someone is pushing thumbs in them! Oh, Dinner on Tuesday/Wednesday was an Easy Mousaka from the Weight Watchers cook book. DH totally loved it, and I liked it a lot too. We always have a problem what to cook when we have Aubergines in, so that's another option. :) I am planning on doing some scrapping later today - a...

Well... we're back a step - my sis phoned me to let me know that the cartillage grafting didn't work out like the surgeons hoped. So mum is still with the tube/tracheotomy although I am not sure if it's still the metal one or if they are going to use the plastic one now as plan B? They managed to remove a skin flap though which was always blocking the tube and made breathing harder for her. She's going home in 1-2 weeks and then has to go down to Munich for a follow up/maybe another OP in August. Not sure if she would be thinking of flying to us in July then? Cabin pressure - does that affect people with tracheotomy? Sooo... not all as good as it seems, but it's better than nothing really. Can only imagine how "down" my mum is right now. :(

I see through Feedjit that I have visitors from Steinbach, Bad Soden and Oberursel... step forward!! ;) I've lived in Steinbach before I moved to UK and don't have an idea who you are?? Please??

Wonder if I pulled something on my lower back last night - I had a little back pain the last couple of days but today it's really nasty. Together with a tight band headache it made me decide against going to training today. Sitting with heat pack in our big chair (DH advised against lying down on the couch), have been up and about as well - dishwasher emptying/filling, washing up, washing machine, general tyding... Have to start dinner in a bit (slow roasted pork - on for 4.5 hours ;) ) and then am thinking about going upstairs doing some scrapping - still have to do the Chinese Whispers round 2... and 2 CJ entries (REALLY behind with those but life has been not normal and very busy since January really). Oh ... update on my mum - she went to Munich for an OP end of January - they were taking some cartillage from her ribs and did some grafting to widen her larynx. Sounds worse than it is really. This time they asked her to come down 3 days early (I actually phoned her at home when...

and I am feeling a bit "blah". :( Woke up with headaches (but not biggies, just niggly ones fortunately) and have a bit of back pain. Headaches are better now, but I really don't feel 100%. Wonder what the meds are doing to me right now (although the scan last week showed that the cyst is still "manageable"). Currently watching "Eight Below" on Sky+ so I can delete it ... I think that was on TV beginning of January!! :o Later I'll pick up DH from work and I'll quickly pop into Lakelands - got a couple of things I want to look at, like the "Count on it" Labels. Wanted to do some CJ entries today but am not really in the mood. Hopefully I'll feel different tomorrow, although I am not sure what we've planned to do on Valentine's day.

Mmmh... wonder if we crashed it? Or maybe they do some tidying? So I'm off to bed now... :) Done one more layout and managed nearly the whole Scavenger hunt - just 4 questions to go. Hopefully will be able to do some more layouts tomorrow. :) Beddy boos now!

Sitting here in a cramped & messy study but having fun!!! :) Managed to do 2 layouts already today plus 3 Photo challenges. Wahey!! Scrapping my heart out (well... more or less). Glad I manage to get something done after the last crops I wasn't doing much (well... I usually had lots of stuff going on during the Cybercrop weekends). DH has given me tomorrow off training to do more ... still thinking about it. Sooo... here it goes .... Mystery Kit: The kit wasn't really "me" - the stickers were all about teens etc so not too keen on that. The papers were ok though. When I saw the big black "shield" die cut it was just shouting out "OBAMA RALLY" to me. :) The layout I did was "Black & Blue" - using photos I've taken yesterday at Khublai Khan where we went for Dinner with Sharon & G. And the last layout is one of the challenges called "Monk" (i.e. everything in 4s and symmetrical). No journalling - it's the tit...