Good morning all, a cold, damp, windy day here. I'm a bit off balance today and slightly dizzy. I've held my neck in a bad position and now must pay the price. I've managed to do the washing up and was hoping to sort out a few bags of bits. Gordon's going to carry a bag into my lounge and we'll see if I can do it from my chair. Oh well, such is life. 

Diane, I'm so glad you've been able to see your grandchildren I can imagine how emotional it was for you.

Hazel, Lord Robert Winston, said that it's inevitable that the virus will eventually mutate into something we have no defence too. Let's hope it takes many years or not at all. I can't find one of my masks so am thinking of ordering another couple. I think we'll be wearing masks for some considerable time. I hate wearing them but needs must.

Stay safe, and have a good day.
 

Afternoon all it's blooming cold here, and the wind is picking up. The garden furniture has been blown over and one chair ended up on the far side of the garden. Everything else seems to be ok. Gordon is feeling somewhat better than he did yesterday. I've done the washing up and hopefully, he's dried and put it away. We're watching TV this afternoon. 

Starry enjoy the baby shower do they know if it's a boy or a girl.

Hope Diane is enjoying her rest. 

Hazel Gordon says he'll have two masks as well.  Please let me know when you put them on your site.
 

Afternoon ladies, what a night. The wind was howling outside and I half expected to see some wreckage in the garden but everything looked ok. Now we have blue skies and bright sunshine, still a strong wind but nothing like it was overnight thank goodness. 

Lily the cat isn't very well, she had an upset tummy and there was blood in it last night, she's difficult to nurse regards food as she'll only eat Felix wet food in pouches and then only a few of the flavours. I rang Fiona my vet who said give her small meals and often, chicken or fish. And if she's no better Monday to take her in. So I cooked a chicken breast with water in the mwave and minced it up really tiny and gave her about a tablespoon of it, she turned her nose up at first then after some convincing from me saying how beautiful it tastes and her looking at me as if I've lost the plot. Eventually she lowered herself to taste it and ate half of it. I was gobsmacked,  she's almost 15 (April) and has only ever eaten Felix pouches. So hopefully now she's actually tasted it and seems to have enjoyed it, although she woudln't let me know she has, it will help her tummy to heal. She's bright enough in her self so I don't think it's anything serious. I did change her biscuit food the other week as I couldn't get her Royal Canin anti furball and Royal Canin urinary and thats when the upset tum started. I'd had to get Iams and Pets at Home own brand which I ended up giving to Fiona for the local cat rescue centre. So time will tell and I'm hoping she will be better by Monday. 

CAROL if you let me know which colours Gordon wants (assuming he wants plain again)  I can do his while I'm doing the new summer patterns, so once I've uploaded the summer ones I'll already have made his and can get on with yours. 

Enjoy your day everyone! Stay warm and safe. 

Good morning ladies, it looks as if it might be a sunnier drier day today thank goodness.

I was shocked to see all those stupid women on Clapham Common last night, the event had been cancelled by the organisers so they were mainly activistis and now they're all blaming the police for trying to break them up. When it's the women who went there. Same type that does BLM demonstrations, ban the bomb and all the others. Events elsewhere in the country for Sarah Everard were peaceful and there were no problems but it seems the capital is the place for all those that want to cause trouble to go and cause trouble! Rant over. 

Diane, I hope you don't mind me saying the following but be very careful about this meeting they have planned. You know probably what they are going to suggest, and that's that hubby comes home and the responsibility of his care is 100% put onto you, with no regard on your mental health or physical capability to care for him. In other words passing the buck! I had exactly the same thing with my late brother. As long as a relative or spouse agrees to have them at home then you're left to get on with it. Which is so wrong. they can make you feel that there is no alternative, but thats how the system works. Stand your ground, and if you feel in your heart that you cannot cope with looking after him for the unforseeable future, then if it means telling a few fibs to convince them of that then do it. Tell them how it affects you mentally too, how you feel you can't cope and feel almost suicidal to escape the situation. That usually makes them sit up and take notice. But don't give in thinking that you have to have him back home and it's the only solution. Once he is home, if you agree he does come home, then you are stuck in the system and will be left to get on with it.  Someone told me this when my brother was living with me, and it's hard to do because you feel you are turning your back on them when they need you most, but I had to take him back to his bungalow where I knew he couldn't cope and would be in danger, and then get hs GP and the social services to come to the bungalow to assess him, it was a hard fight to get even that sorted, so you're at an advantage now because it hasn't got to that stage as hubby is already in their care. Even at that meeting a couple of them were sayng 'Oh he doesnt seem too bad, he can get out to the kitchen and make himself a cup of coffee' and things like that, so I had to say 'yes but you're not here when he's alone and falls and can't get up, or doesnt eat because he's forgotten to cook, or wet or messed himself and got sore down below because he hasnt got to the toilet in time.'  I still had to fight them and at the end of the meeting they agreed he should go into a nursing home. I felt terrible, don't get me wrong. But it was the best thing for him. He would have 24/7 nursing care, and I wouldn't have the stress mental or physical or the responsibility of making sure he was ok 24/7. 

Well I'm off to finish off these masks so I can put them on the shop, I got a bit behind yesterday as it's XPets this evening on Twitter and I hadn't done all the images and quiz questions. So have to catch up with the sewing now. 

Enjoy your day everyone! Stay safe! 
x

Good morning all.  Diane, Hazel is so right in her advice, the same thing happened to me with my mum. I was expected to cope with her dementia with Parkinson's, and my husband, who had mobility problems at the same time. Mum was very high maintenance. After being up most of the night with her demands I reached breaking point and rang the out of hours service.  I sobbed all the way through our conversation and Mum was given a care package.  After three days she was placed in a nursing home.  They invited me to attend a meeting at the care home with social services etc.  I told them I couldn't leave my husband as he was unwell. I got a phone call the next day to say they'd decided that she needed 24-hour care and her temporary placement became permanent. Think about what you want,  and put yourself first! have a good day all and stay safe.