My Life's Ingredients

I haven't felt like scrapping/crafting at all ... 2 CJs to be dealt with, plus my Chinese Whisper (needs to be done today or tomorrow!! Already a week late!). Had a check up scan on Tuesday to see if my cyst behaves ... well... let's just say ... it doesn't!! The "usual" is blown back up to 6cm diameter, and on top of that I've got a medium and small size one as well. All 3 on the right ... as usual. :( Not sure what the plan is, as the big one cannot be dealt with another round of Zolly ... the small ones would work, but the big one needs either draining (usual procedure) or removal, which the senior consultant is not too keen of because of the risks involved - but he wasn't available for the scan, so I don't know what the plans are. Don't fancy being rushed to ward 210 again though ... but fortunately no major pain right now. And on Wednesday on the way from the bus stop to work I think I pulled the gastrocnemius in my bad leg ... wonder if t...

(imagine me doing the "T" sign for the Refs)... :) 3 games in 3 weeks can drain the life out of you. Add to that a Junior tournament (i.e. 3 games in one day, but obviously shorter than senior games) and an impaled leg, 3x sunburn/sun strokes and that's about that. :o *I*AM*SHATTERED* My face is totally red, my legs were jelly yesterday after the game and for whatever reason my bad leg compensates for the pulling skin in front with sore calf muscles at the end of the day! Would all feel better if we'd actually won yesterday ... or not lost at such a small margin/with just seconds in the game. :o Well... so I decided to take TIME OUT today ... no housework (will do stuff tomorrow). I am currently catching up with SKY+ series and want to do some scrapping later. The only thing I do "work wise" will be sending some e-mails for the Wolves and scan/e-mail the roster sheets. Plus checking on Paulie's jersey... ...We decided to play in white yesterday due to t...

Today was crop day - and the first time I had to use our own key and code for the church! :) Everything went fine though, didn't set the alarm off. :) I even managed to print off photos for the Chinese Whisper - but forgot the patterned paper and even had to borrow lime green card stock from Lisa (ok ... didn't really think it through ... give you that!). I printed some photos from the Hull game as well to do some inroads with the Wolves layouts  ... but didn't plan that either, and a couple of the photos were not printed nicely (I need to replace printer cartridges) and in the wrong size ... so I didn't really scrap today. However, I managed to do 2 cards and the "One Stamp Swap" (some people in the crop decided on a stamp (but every single one I received so far was more than 1 stamp - either individual stamps or stamp sets), created something (card, mini layout blank etc.) and passed the stamp on to the next person. It's designed for stamps where you...

quite interesting ... and I think a fairly fitting word for me too! :) Your Word is "Love" You see life as possibility to form deep connections with a few people. Relationships are the center of your world, and you always take time to bond with those you love. You are caring and giving. You enjoy helping those you love. And when it comes to romantic love, you feel passionately ... even in a very long term relationship. What's Your Word?

Funny title, without any scores or anything else, I know. But there are more and more things happening that make me realise how big a role this plays in my life... Lots of my friends and family think I am mad to put so much time into the Wolves, specially with all the other stuff going on in my life. But it is MY choice (and I am not doing it because DH is so involved in Football on different levels). And I think even DH doesn't understand that part in full. ;) I am an American Football fan since 1992 - went to the last ever Frankfurt Galaxy game in the WLAF ( I think it was against the Monarchs although could have sworn it was against Sacramento Surge) with my big sis, her friend Suse and my friend Alex.  LOVED the sport (just couldn't get into Handball, Volleyball or Soccer - primary sports in Germany), the atmosphere ... just everything.  And then there was nothing ... WLAF disappeared, but the Galaxy Fans (yep, nobody saying anything to the contrary!) brought back t...

but somehow I don't feel like it right now... :( Procrastinating with crafts ... now, that's not new, but in favour of HOUSEWORK??? That must be a first surely!!! Slight tummy upset today too - hope it's better later. About to do more ironing, then will do the washing up and look into prepping dinner. Hoping to do some scrapping after dinner though. ...and back to "normal" tomorrow, i.e. work after 1 week off holiday (cut short 1/2  because of gardening!! :( ) and 1 week off with the leg.

Cough is keeping me up during night/makes it hard to sleep (partly psychologically because of my Asthma - which is under control until I get panicked with stupid colds! :( ). Throat is very sore, and cough syrups, Lockets and Tea doesn't really help for long... On the flip side - check up with the nurse showed that the leg is healing fine, stitches will come out on Tuesday. I planned to do some scrapping today but haven't been able to push myself to it yet. Will do it tomorrow hopefully... or maybe later. Not sure if I am going to training tonight after all... racking cough is not nice. Just have to ask DH to bring home the bags with the white jerseys for counting/checking numbers...

Well.. you could say that. First a check up with the nurse regarding the leg who said the wound seems to heal nicely (a bit pink is normal because of leucocytes doing their job!), but she also suggested I self certificate this week as I get pain when I am sitting longer than 3 hours in a chair at a desk. Next check up Thursday. And then it was dentist check up (a couple of months late, but still a quick 10 mins only!). :) Have been doing again a day of Wolves work, so that should be out of the way now. Hoping to spend some of my sitting down time to do some scrapping. :) Planning a couple of pages already. :) Below are update photos on the wound and 2 pics of the "culprit". leg has "folds" as I had been using the Cryo Cuff (thighs - don't have a calf one) (pic taken on Saturday). I am not sure which "spike" it was but I think it's the big one ... no traces of blood or flesh anywhere on that blimming thing!!!

Today was the Junior Tournament @ Clyde Valley in Wishaw. The 2nd tournament out of 5 (we will only be attending 4 though). As I was feeling ok on Friday I decided to drive through, take photos and see our new juniors play their next 3 games. Weather was nice, and we had some travelling fans in Dave & Nikki who are already an institution since their nephew Cammy joined last year's squad. :) We also had a personnel change as one of our other QBs was available this time, so the QB from last tournament was able to play RB and center again. I grow to like this new squad...it's quite interesting to have a nearly new team as most of last year's players went either up to play Youth Football with the Forth Valley Fusion or disappeared from the sport altogether. Right now we only have 3 players from last year's squad, with another coming back after exams. Long story short - we yet have to win a game, but we put scores on the board this time and held the Clyde Valle...

After a quite painful night - I can only sleep on the side so had to shuffle about to be more or less comfortable and also needed to use the "body pillow" to make sure Doug doesn't get onto the wound while sleeping - I'm actually feeling better than yesterday. Pain on the shin is really fairly low, which surprises me. The pain in the Gastrocnemius and Soleus are bad though and keep me from walking fully weight bearing. Add to that the sore muscles from the gardening work in my hamstrings and the calves ... So I am not feeling 100% (obviously, considering the doc at A&E said I should keep the leg up and I've been already up and walking/hobbling around) but I'm getting there I think. And so far I survived without painkillers, but I think I need to take some for the night again. Managed to hobble to the poll station - which is normally only 5 mins away but we had to take the car around to a car park as I didn't even WANT to consider walking the (grante...

Well... I decided to finally give the front garden some attention today after waking up and realising that the weather is still nice. Of course I decided to clean the kitchen windows outside first (procrastination... I know!) but then I made my way to the weeding ... and 2 hours later most of the front garden looked fine-ish. Good enough to get those weed sheets and some stones on it I'd say. Even moved my roses so I can buy a trellis and get them growing nicely. Then I decided to put down the small fence - really just a "visual" for neighbours who like to walk through our garden and try to use our outdoor tap - kids and adults alike (not for the tap mind), so it's just about 4" high. Had been digging a "trench", got 1 of the 2 fence bits in and was just stamping the earth on our side to compact it when I lost balance and stepped over to the neighbours garden. BAD CHOICE!! As I suddenly realised I had spiked myself in the shin with a branch of a shru...

Well... *I* personally don't think so, but my neighbour does!!! How DARE I tell her kid off for a) trampling in my front garden (ok, it has lots of weeds right now, but still!!) and b) playing with my outdoor tap (which is switched off at the mains)!!! HOW DARE I!!! So she gave me the evil eye - if looks could kill!!! That woman is really driving me mental. If her kids (and adult members of the family) would respect other people's property (we own our house - they are renting only!!!) then that wouldn't be a problem. Considering her DH or whatever was stepping out of his car while I was loading ours and stepped into my garden (onto my heathers!) to get to their front door! Just because he's too lazy to walk around the car!! GRRRR!!! I really don't get it how people can do that, specially while I am in plain view of it! What's WRONG with the world/mentality of people nowadays??? I mean, their kids (the youngest ones being around 4/5?) are outside playing at 9/...