Sunday 30 October 2022
Silly season's begun already
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Here a little.
Friday 23 September 2022
Planning already
This year because we finally have a larger home, I am hosting Christmas Day lunch.
As always, I need to plan and pace myself because of my chronic fatigue, so I am looking into buying my foods and gifts early.
Currently I am investigating if I can freeze a joint of ham and one of pork. Also, what type of ham is the nicest to buy?
I know I am going to have a fibromyalgia flare by Boxing Day, but it will be worth it to have some good memories.
Sometimes you just have to push yourself or you never do anything. I am looking forward to it! But to minimise any major flare after Christmas and leading up to it, I am planning already!
Saturday 17 September 2022
Cats have never been very considerate
This morning I hit the floor running. Xena woke me with imminent chucks and I shooed her off my bed, but not before she soiled both my minkie blankets.
She also soiled the carpet in my bedroom. I have the blankets in the wash as we speak. The carpets have been cleaned and sprayed with Glen 20.
I love her dearly, but often tell myself there will be no more cats when she passes. She's 12 now. We will have to wait and see on that one!
So far since that, I have folded and put away 3 loads of clean washing, made lunch and cleaned my kitchen.
Tonight I am doing frozen dinners as we had a big lunch. Apart from that, I will be resting as my fibromyalgia is still flaring.
Now Xena is peacefully sleeping in her igloo. It would have been so much more Mummy friendly to have sicked up in that. A simple matter of washing out a little mattress. Still, cats have never been very considerate have they?
Monday 12 September 2022
Of rosy cheeks and apple roses
Sunday 28 August 2022
For me, it's spoons!
It's Sunday morning here. I have brought in the online groceries and checked them off and put them away.
I will soon be taking Chris's bloods and doing breakfast. Breakfast will be eggs and bacon and a cup of tea. Lunch will be ham and salad sandwiches. For dinner, I am doing a vegetable intensive beef stew. Fresh fruit for desert.
There's a hamper of clean clothes to fold and then I will be up to date with washing. Later I plan to make some coleslaw, if spoons permit.
That's about it for today, except for cooking dinner. I don't want to put myself into another fibromyalgia flare or I won't have spoons to help my daughter tomorrow. As I always say: most jugglers juggle balls, for me it's spoons!
Saturday 20 August 2022
A big part of my life
It's 11.30 Saturday morning here and already we have been to have blood tests, come back and had breakfast and I have done a load of washing, folded clothes and stacked the dishwasher.
They weren't able to get blood from me today so I have to come back Monday. This in spite of drinking water beforehand.
Chris is sleeping and I am thinking of having a nana nap as I have no spoons left. So tonight I will be cooking pork chops with mashed potato and salad. I may serve a fruit salad for dessert.
The fibromyalgia is flaring and I am aching all over. I haven't recovered from the move yet. In spite of knowing I could/should do some more around the house, I know that I need to rest or tomorrow will be a repeat of today. Pacing and resting are now a big part of my life since fibro.
Wednesday 17 August 2022
I think I could sleep on the freeway.
Monday 15 August 2022
I am too tired to shout!
Today is Monday morning. I have to do some washing and restack the dishwasher. I have run Sadie the Roomba and am about to do bloods, meds and breakfast.
Later on at 11 a man is coming to do some flatpacks of furniture for us. I am hopeless at this and Chris can't do it anymore. It's a coffee table and TV lowline unit. It's $40 an hour but we had to factor that in when we bought them. It is what it is!
At 2.30 we have to pick Dianne up and take her to a doctor's appointment. Then I have to go to the chemist and get her meds made up.
It's supposed to rain for the next 10 days and the rain has been consistently heavy and constant. I think we are going to need an ark soon. It is making my fibromyalgia worse, and I am pushing myself to get Di to doctors and physio.
I will neverthless be busy with doctors and physio for the rest of the week and possibly next two weeks or more. I am glad Di's knee has been done though. It's all over bar the shouting! With no spoons at all, I am too tired to shout!
Saturday 13 August 2022
You just got to pass it on!
I ran our new irobot roomba vacuum last night. Xena hated it and ran under the bed. Roomba chased her under it and she came out like a scalded cat and bushy tailed.
Don't worry, she got lots of cuddles afterwards, but it was the funniest thing that's happened in a long time.
I highly recommend a roomba. It's very easy to operate and manages interchanging between carpets and tiled floors. It's really great when you have cats or dogs as it gets the fur vacuumed up easily.
Last night ours kept bumping into things as my phone is too old to download the app to schedule and program it. It still did a great job. I am keen to see how much better it does when I update my phone.
We are just staying home this weekend as there's going to be a few days of physios and doctors for Dianne next week. Being oldies, we are bushed! But ya gotta do what ya gotta do! Fibro flare or not!
I am not getting paid for advertising roomba but when you find something that helps with fibromyalgia and other chronic illnesses, you just have to pass it on!
Friday 12 August 2022
A nasty dictator
Yesterday was a very busy day and I am feeling the after effects now. My fibromyalgia is flaring and the pain is incredible.
Dianne my daughter was not able to get the staples out from her total knee replacement because the doctors and nurse said a week out of surgery is too early to remove them- especially on a bending joint. We had to reschedule to next Thursday.
Then I was not allowed to accompany her into physio because I am not vaxxed against covid. So I helped her return her hired crutches-(she has her own) and left.
I accompanied her teen son into his counselling appointment, talked to the psychologist as he is a new patient, then left them to discuss things.
It was so much walking and in and out of cars that my own knees were quivering. Di's pain level was off the charts as it is difficult to get in and out of our car- it is high. She begged me to not undergo knee surgery myself. (I have both knees with torn ligaments) She didn't have to beg much. I don't like pain.
Today I am just resting and making a stew in my slow cooker. That's the best I can do today. Fibromyalgia is a wicked task master and a nasty dictator.
Wednesday 10 August 2022
Stating your name and business
Monday 8 August 2022
We really like our new house
Tuesday 2 August 2022
We need to talk
Monday 25 July 2022
More spoons to enjoy life.
Friday 15 July 2022
Out of my comfort zone.
Saturday 25 June 2022
On a wing and a prayer
Saturday 18 June 2022
It's a pain in the neck
Tuesday 17 May 2022
He's feeling fairly ordinary.
It's been a busy day today. I have a broken off tooth that needs to come out. We had to be at the dentist's by 8.30am and it was an hour long drive. I was being fitted in as an emergency and was warned I could be waiting for up to 2 hours to get seen.
Two hours passed by waiting and I was then told they couldn't see me today. They gave me a list of dentists I could see but it was too late to be seen today.
So we drove about an hour away to see a house that we have applied for to rent. It's so nice and the inspection is tomorrow afternoon at 5pm. I hope we are successful. We have told the landlord we are looking and he was fine.
When I got home I rang a few dentists on the list and I have an appointment midday Thursday for an extraction. My tongue is sore as the tooth is quite sharp. With my fibro flaring and TMJ, I am just about out of my tree with pain.
My twin sister and my son have Covid and continue to feel sick, but she's feeling a little better, but my son has man flu. I am so glad Chris and I haven't got it....