AUSSIE QUILT

Lorraine asked me to make a quilt for her oncoligist who is leaving in December and going home to Canada

This is what I came up with

I hope she likes it

Lorraine has had a few Oncolagists since her diagnosis and most of them have been fairly abrupt and seemingly uncaring

The young doctor who this quilt is going to, has been so lovely and caring Lorraine will miss her

Since her operation Lorraine hasnt been able to survive without oxygen Prior she had not been using it

Tomorrow she is going to Peter Mac for a Broncoscopy to see if they can find out the reason for her breathing difficulties

The weather is starting to warm up here and today it was a beautiful spring day, but more rain is predicted for tomorrow

Have been trying to get some gardening done while the sun shines

BACK FROM HOLIDAYS

Well we are back home after a lovely relaxing week away

We took our Grand daughter with us She loved it

We were staying half an hour away from Mt Buffalo and Danielle enjoyed the experience of visiting the snow Something we rarely get here

I think we left just in time because where we were staying are now experiencing floods

Have been trying to catch up with Blog reading since I got home

AND THE WINNER IS........

Just a quick post Hubby has decided to take me away for a week as my birthday gift from him so heading shortly
Thankyou everyone for the birthday wishes Apreciated very much
And now for the winner
I couldnt beleive it when Danielle pulled out Vickies name
I have only ever won a couple of giveaways and one was at Vickies Blog
Then a little while ago I had some fancy hangers to give away and Vickie was the first to claim them And now she has won my angel
I will be in touch Vickie when I return from my break
Thanks to everyone who entered

Last Days To Enter My Giveaway

Dont forget to drop by and enter my birthday giveaway See a couple of posts back for details
Drawing will happen on 29th my actual birthday
Good Luck

A VISIT TO THE CHOCOLATE SHOP FOR MY BIRTHDAY

I had a lovely day today

The girls from my Walking Group took me to the new chocolate shop that has opened in Mirboo North ,a nearby town

We used to walk once a month Now we only seem to get together for birthdays

The choccys were very expensive but the shop gave me these two for my birthday

The sundaes were delicious

I need to walk now

After lunch some of us took a walk to the local patchwork shop

I was a good girl and didnt buy anything Some of the others did though

A LITTLE GIVEAWAY FOR MY BIRTHDAY

It has been a while since my last post

Life has been dealing me some blows of late and I have had a hard time dealimg with it

Decided it was time to pull myself out of the doldrums

I have been reading all of your Blogs but not commenting and havent answered any messages with regard to my draught horse quilt

I thankyou all for the lovely comments

On the 29th of this month I will be celebrating my 60th birthday so have to decided to have a little giveaway

I will be giving away this beaded angel plus a few other goodies Havent decided what as yet

To enter just leave a comment on this post and I will draw the winner on my birthday

TA DAH AND HERE IIT IS

PIF GIFT RECEIVED

I received my PIF gift from Terry today

Those of you who follow Terrys Blog will have seen this gorgeous bag there

And now it is mine I love it The colours are perfect and her workmanship is lovely

She also made me a siggy for my collection and she sent me some color catchers

She had mentioned them on her Blog I had never seen them before so she kindly sent me some

I went to Melbourne to see Lorraine yesterday

Stayed the night at my sisters house

Lorraine looked terrible Cant breathe without oxygen

The doctor came while I was there She said they hope her lungs will get back to the way they were before the OP

I certainly hope so or she will have gone through all this for nothing

More siggies and lorraines op

Here are my latest siggies

Still need a few more before I can put them together

The draught horse quilt is finished well in time for his birthday next week

It is big so I am going to get someone to hold it up for me to get a good photo

Lorraine had her Op yesterday in Melbourne

Just spoke to Jim

She is still in Intensive Care and feeling sick , but she often feels sick, and the pain is manageable at the moment

Iam off to walk her dogs shortly

RIP BEAUTIFUL BELLA

Our faithful and much loved Bella came into our lives on July 8th 1996 and left us 14 years later on July 15th 2010

In all those years she was Hubbys constant companion

She chose him as her friend when she was given to us by our girls all those years ago

He didnt want another dog but Bell decided he was the one and never left his side

She is so missed

A CRAFT DAY WITH FRIENDS

About once a month a group of friends and myself get together for a craft day

Usually we make cards because that is what most of my friends prefer to do

However last Saturday we made boxes using cardboard and material

They turned out really nicely and well worth the extra effort

My Mum has gone away for a holiday with her sister She is doing really well Only the pressure sores on her heels are giving her trouble

Lorraine has not been well Has been having to have her lung drained every four or five days

Not a very pleasant procedure

The Doctors have now decided to glue the lung to stop the fluid build up

Aparently not a pleasant operation either but necessary

She will have to stay in Hospital in Melbourne for a little while

She is booked in for Thursday the 22nd

Please pray for her

A BIRTHDAY QUILT

While I had the grandchildren for the school holidays I didn't get to work on the draught horse quilt because I dont want Brendan to see it before his birthday.

During that time I made a quilt for my friend Bianca for her birthday on Wednesday and also for a thankyou for painting the horses for me

I had the nine patches left over from a previous project

Anthony had his birthday during the holidays and his cowboy quilt was a big hit

He loved it so I was happy

Today I have to clean the house Not much housework got done while the kids were here

Hopefully I will get some time to get out into the garden today as well

It looks like being a nice day

School Holidays

Have had the Grandchildren here for much of the school holidays while their Mum is at work

The weather hasn't been the best so they have managed to entertain themselves inside

Poor Bella I think she will be happy when her life returns to normal

She is far to old for these games

The doll is mine She came to me when I was about four so that makes her about 56 years old

The cushion I made some time ago using a photo of Bella and the computer

I havent been able to do much on the quilt as it is a surprise for Bren's birthday

Will have to get stuck into it after the holidays

Time is running out

IT.S COLD

Today has been our coldest June day in over ten years aparently

It sure feels like it

I started quilting Grandsons Draught horse quilt

It is a queen size quilt and has to be finished by the 30th of July which is his 17th birthday

I best get at it

Some more siggys

CARD MAKING

After watching my two grandsons play football this morning I met up with a few friends and we spent the afternoon chatting ,drinking tea and we even made a few cards and did I mention cake

Didnt get a photo of the cake It went to quick but I can tell you it was good

It was a pleasant way to spend a cool afternoon

Snow

We havent really had any of this but its certainly cold enough

JOURNAL COVER

After seeing all the beautiful journal covers being shown out there in Blogland I decided it was time to make myself one

Today I saw my sister and gave her the placemats I made her for her birthday (see earlier post)

She loved them and her daughter was deciding which one was going to be hers so I was quite pleased

The local paper rang today They had heard about Anthonys award in the Cancer Councils arts awards and want to do a story on him

He will be proud

A few more siggies

Would You like these bag handles?

I was given these thingys to make bags with

I have no idea how to use them so if any one would like them please let me know if you can use them

Owing to the weight I will have to limit them to Australian Bloggers only, otherwise the postage will be out rageous

Some more lovely siggys came in the mail over the past few weeks I have been slack in showing them

Rainbow

This was the rainbow that greeted me on this very cold morning

I love the colours of the rainbow

My Scrapbooking Retreat was wonderful I felt so refreshed when I came home Things had been getting on top of me a bit

I completed a whole album over the weekend
I did an album of Lorraines wedding I am very pleased with my weekends work

Lorraine has been very unwell I dont think the Doctors know what to do with her

Mum is well

She is now at home by herself and managing just fine The District nurse is coming every second day to dress the pressure sores on her heels

It has been perfect weather for sewing ,not that I have done much

Stitched a few siggy blocks and thats about it

I have to get on with the Draught horse quilt Grandsons birthday is approaching fast

Off to football in the morning to watch the boys play Will have to rug up

Placemats

Ihave my three participants for the PIF

Thanks Lorralyn, Keeli and Jill You will all receive something from me in due course

Some of you may remember last year my 12 year old grandson wrote a poem for a school competion and he won first prize for his age group and $50.00

I decided unbeknown to Anthony to enter his poem in the Cancer Council Arts Awards

Yesterday he received a letter and a certificate to say his poem was Highly Commended (The letter said highly ,the certificate doesnt)

He is to be invited to the presentation in Melbourne next month

He was so excited one would have thought he won first prize

The poem read

Cancer is Evil

Auntie fighting for her life

Chemotherapy

Feelings crushed as hair falls out

Three months off to live her life

I finished the scrappy placemats for my sisters birthday Hope she likes them

My sister is not into craft of any sort, but usually apreciates what I make her

This weekend Iam off to a Scrapbooking Retreat

Iam so in need of some me time

Iam looking forward to it