Doodle That's unusual for the ward to be cold - those places are usually far too hot. Glad your husband is making some progress now. Fingers crossed, it won't be long before he's home with you.
Wyllow3 As you tell us, koko. Do you think you'll manage to sit in your garden when the weather's better? Vitamin D is important, and a bit of fresh air and sunshine is good for the mood and aids sleep.
Whiff The GP has been hopeless. I had to ask for an inhaler and then ring up again because he hadn't sent the prescription to the chemist. Your craft group sounds great. It's good that you've found something you enjoy going to. I love the pictures you (and your SIL) have done, especially the zebras. How long did that one take you to do? It looks quite intricate.
It's a bright, sunny morning. I'm going to get this place cleaned up later. The sun is shining on all the dust 
. Hope ALL BDers see some sunshine today x
HVDY hopefully the inhaler helps and getting a X ray may lead on to other tests . But at least your GP seems to be on the ball.
Sweetpeasue your pics are lovely. I go away on the 6th until 10th. I don't like travelling on the train of a weekend. As it's my first holiday for 19 years only going for the 4 nights . Taking this easy as I don't want anything to stop me enjoying it.
My craft group is at my local library started by 2 friends who wanted more social life. They are in there 30's and 40's. I joined a week after moving here . My daughter had taken me to join the library and saw a sign for it . So I just went . I had set myself some goals once I moved here . Join a sit fit class and craft group was the 2 main ones. Did both. As I have said I like routine it's how I have always been but instead of thinking I was weird turns out others with HPX are the same . It's how we cope with our condition.
We have a large room at the library with a loo and kitchen . It doesn't cost anything as the library encourages groups to use it's space there are various groups for all ages. Craft group is mixed media I cross stitch . Others knit and or crochet , use colouring books for adults. I didn't know but pain management and mental health departments give them to patients as it's a way of coping with their problems . As the designs are complex and friends have said it takes their mind off everything while they are doing it.
My grandson told me not long ago when colouring in with him I was getting better at staying in the lines he's 6. My hands tremble all the time my right is especially bad. Hence the pencil can go anywhere so have to concentrate on keeping it still. It's the same during my sit fit class I have to concentrate on making my limbs do what is asked if us.Eg one exercise we have to do toe taps with extended legs . Unless I look at my feet and make them stay in a straight line they do there own thing.
This will sound easy but we do an exercise called shot the thumb you have to make your thumb and fire finger into a gun and touch your opposite thumb with your forefinger and keep swapping doing it quickly. Sounds simple 🤣 but try it. We do a lot of laughing during class as many of us get mugged up . Monday have to take a tea towel no idea wait for our instructor just said what and see. We use ankle weights , resistance bands long and circular.
Anyway back to my craft group. We used to keep our drink and biscuit supply in a box without a lid in the kitchen . Last year they used that room for voting so I brought a larger box with a lid and wrote on every side Thursday craft group only. Someone stole our coffee and sugar. So I complained to the library staff and they keep our box in their work room for us. So Easter and Christmas I bake them a cake as a thank you and they get any left over cake or biscuits after our class. There is no obligation from any member of our group to supply anything for our box but we do buy things for it. Our male member brought 4 mugs and some teaspoons. When running low on things it's usually me who says what we need. We have teabags and decaf teabags,coffee,fruit and herbal teas ,instant hot chocolate ,sugar . One of our group brought an air tight biscuit container. Paper plates, kitchen roll , antiseptic wipes and I put a spare roll of loo paper just incase there isn't any but it's not been needed yet.
I am always early so I set up the room and wipe down the tables . There is a Wednesday art group but they never wipe down the tables . So always bits of paint on them. The library staff put up signs but no ones takes any notice. Which annoys me. As we always make sure mugs that we use out of the cupboard plus our own are washed up and dried. I take a tea towel every week.
There are still 3 others that where there when I first joined. People come and go when they can. But some like me go every week. No matter how much pain we are in or how bad our mobility is. It wasn't a group for people with health problems it's just worked out that way.
When I first joined I had the limb jerks . I explained about my problems and during that first class.my left arm jerked and my cross stitch flew across the room we where in at the time not the room we use now . It was picked up for me and no own batted an eyelid. I felt at home. And my craft group are real friends who help eachother other outside craft group. We have a WhatsApp group as we all felt isolated during Covid lockdowns so one of the ones who started it set up the group . So we are in contact with eachother . We aren't for everyone as people come but don't stay . We are loud ,rude and talk about anything and everything thing. Think there are 20 of us but as some work or like one of the leaders at college and going to uni this year come when they can. But we all keep in touch with eachother.
They have made my sister in law a.member as I share her work with them and their work with her . But far to travel 3 hours every week for her to come. No craft group by her but she goes to different craft courses with friends. But she mainly crochets ,needle felts. I love it when I visit and they come here because we craft together. Hopefully they will come to stay and be here on a Thursday so my brother can take us. Usually they come off a weekend so they can see my daughter and boys. They bring Aggie their jack Russell she never forgets me as we only see eachother twice a year. But in constant contact with them.
As you can tell my craft group is very important to me. So is my sit fit class but once it's over go out separate ways. Can't remember if I have showed you any of my work . I have posted on the cross stitch thread. It's a slow craft which I like and do counted cross stitch. Funny enough it's the only time my hands don't tremble.
Any way rambled on as usual. Take care everyone.
The owls are my sister in law's work done in needle felting put it into a box frame so it doesn't get dusty. The 2 cross stitch are my latest work just need framing to go on my wall. Hope you like them .
Raised area of garden at house full of bluebells.
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