Bramble

Well my house looks as those Santa popped down the chimney and ransacked the place.  Enough said - I am sure you get the picture.

On the picture front hopefully soon I will be able to add some.  My lovely lovely son bought me a digital camera.  Very generous as he is only 17 and he worked hard to provide me with such a thoughtful gift.  It is supposed to be easy to use, nothing fancy but I am struggling with flash shots.  So more practice needed.  Hands not being what they were I have attached the strap thingy.  I loaded some up on the pc and was devastated that everyone was in the dark.  So auto does not seem the way forward.  To Kim @frogpondsrock and Veronica @somedaywewillsleep and the rest who provide fantastic photography, I can practically feel you cringing at my struggles with a simple digital camera.  Nothing fancy you understand.  I will persevere though and show you my endevours when I feel brave enough.

So on the present front I am a happy bunny.  A Cath kidson knitting bag - complete with a book full of things my skills are not up to. I can dream though and arrange my needles in the bag and look all organised.  There is more stuff which makes me smile just to think of them. I am the type of person who can get inordinately pleased over small things.  I wonder if I smell though as seem to have more than my fair share of smellies for the bathroom.


As for life - spent bank holiday Monday at the hospital - daughter 'B' has shingles.

I know there is a not much medical evidence that Ehlers Danlos affects the immune system but I am convinced it does.  She was the only child at nursery to catch Scarlet Fever from a child who had travelled abroad and had it mildy.  Hers was not mild.  Aged nine years she had the most terrible bout of glandular fever.  which took absolutely ages to diagnose.

She is nineteen, whilst her friends are planning their New Year partying, she is a poorly poorly thing indeed.  My heart goes out to her.  At the minute I am blaming her gp (see post about disabled driving badge) for her run down state.  Had he not added to her burden perhaps the virus would not have reared its ugly head.  Can you tell I have not forgiven him yet.  

  I love her as I am sure you can tell.  The wanting everything to be just fine and dandy for one's offspring never ever abates. 

Husband fell off steps pruning a customers apple tree in the ice and has broken ribs.  I know I know, stubborn husbands who work in the ice and who should know better but still do. He was just trying to earn money. He's hurting big time -

So our house this Christmas has been a very happy one but it would be good if next year could be a healthy one.

Can you tell why I haven't blogged much its all a little moany.

I am very very happy though that we have a new dvd it works - yipee.   I watched the film of Jacquline du Prey last night - a very good film if you are in the mood to use an entire box of tissues..  The cats sat on my lap and the dog at my feet.  I watched this incredibly good film documenting the life story of this immensly talented musician who suffered with MS.  I don't make a habit of watching sad stuff but this did me good.  Despite all the 'stuff' going on at the moment it was a humbling experience and it helped me to stay positive in a way.  Because it reminded me that our 'stuff' is nothing compared to the suffering of others.

I order films over the internet when the rest of the house sleeps and always love it when the postman delivers a film I had forgotton I had ordered.  Next on the list is the epic Australia, which I am looking forward to. Another one too whose title evades me right now  Whilst the cinema is great its not particularly EDS friendly.  Films at home mean I can lounge around in my pj's, pause when I want.  laugh or cry a little too loudly and lose myself for a while.  Tonight spouse and I watched a very funny but odd film  Pineapple Express.  He laughed a lot whilst clutching ribs, I cringed a fair bit but did agree that in a mad sort of way it was funny.  Next I fancy a good thriller.  He would watch Sleepless in Seatle over and over, a man that likes a good chick flick.  He is a pretty macho type of bloke so when I first met him it touched my heart that he is not afraid to cry at a good old weepie.  He may drive me completely barmy most days but boy at the end of the day after twenty years he still has the ability to make my heart flip and thats not because of raging palpitations!

Determined not to have for an entire year a calendar on the wall chosen in haste then wished I had thought more carefully.  Is it only me that can get bored bored bored of a calendar.  So I ordered this one having trawled through literally hundreds on amazon.  Just my luck that out of the many available this one is out of stock!  no doubt it will arrive in August.  I am not very good at actually putting appointments on the calendar at the best of times but no matter.  This is the one I want.

Aurora-Borealis-Northern-Calendar

So despite everything life is good.  Looking out for the smaller things helps me to see that.  So even if I can't quite make it to see the Northern Lights - I can live in hope that I will eventually have my own private viewing on the wall.

As ever nothing profound or of particular note to say.  It also seems my vocabulary in blogging land is small when in reality I am a veritable thesaurus!  hah.....

Thinking particularly tonight of people in my reader who are alone or learning to live without a loved one.    In 2009 I found the blogging world and as it is nearly over I know that is another small thing thats made it better.

edited to add - when I said the cat's sat on my lap above - little did I know that was to be the last time both cats sat on my lap.  Bramble the son (aged 17years) of Bonnie (19 years) died of a heart attack the following day.  Bonnie is spending a lot of time 'calling' for him just as she used to when he was a kitten.  So I dedicate this post to Bramble much loved family pet for 17 years.