Sunny Sunday.

Edgar Ende.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Ende

After a pretty relaxed week this week, which was very pleasant, especially for Richie who was quite exhausted after my birthday, we will have a busy week next week.

Monday will be an early start, so Beenhakker can collect the shower chair so that they can modify how the cushion is tied on the chair.

Tuesday they bring it back early and we plan to make an early start and go out, that is the plan for the week so I can get out lots when the sun shines.

Wednesday Annelies and Welzorg are here about a better joystick for the wheelchair, Thursday the Home Servant people will be here to fine tune he IPaq and my occupational therapist is here on Friday.

 

The clocks went forward in the early hours of Sunday morning and very befitting for the first official spring day it is a lovely sunny day today

Richie and the dogs have gone to the park for abit of fun for the dogs, Cyril also hunts and catches flies, just like Marleen, it is comical to see the dogs hunting tiny flies.

I shall be happy when they are back as I am looking forward to a nice shower and clean clothes.

They will not be long now and when they get back both dogs will charge in here to show  me how happy they are.

Then they charge out to see Richie and demand their dinner, lovely to hear them being such happy and relaxed dogs.

It's My Birthday

Wassily Kandinsky

The sun is shining and the sky is blue and I have already had online birthday cards and greetings email and birthday greetings via Face Book.

The bell rang earlier; I thought it was the chemist dropping our deliveries to us.

It turned out to be flowers from Gareth and Paul in Wales, a lovely bunch of roses and lilies and other pretty flowers.

What a gorgeous surprise for me, one that totally got me, wow can't stop saying that every time I look over at the flowers.

The bell rang again and it was a second bunch of flowers from another friend in Wales Cari and her son Zebe.

And then another friend, who; lives local came by also with flowers, 5 small roses in pots and a bunch of willow branches.

Wonderful plus some more emails and e-cards and phone calls from dear friends.

Think that I shall stop here and find some pictures and post this and then I can have a nice shower and enjoy my day.

It is my Birthday today and I am going to enjoy it to the max
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Happy Days are here again.

Rainy Day Fun with 2 Jack Russell's.

Gothic Art.

Raining today, Richie says it is damp and windy and unpleasant, shame as it is 26 February and we are moving swiftly towards the beginning of spring.

Richie is making a big fry up for our brunch, it smells very good, hope it arrives soon as thinking about it and smelling it has made me extremely hungry.

Had very good nights sleep last night, seemed to be in a very good dream, perhaps even several dreams.

A good friend Cecil's birthday is today, we ordered a big bunch of tulips to be delivered to her before lunch.

Got a very excited telephone message around 11 am, that the flowers had arrived, she sounded very happy indeed.

Wish that I could transfer her voice from our answer machine so you could hear her pleasure.

Especially nice for me to do something like this, to be able to give a friend pleasure, when I can not go to her house to celebrate her special day.

By the sound of it food is here quite soon, have to get Richie to reorganise my body before attempting sitting up to eat.

That was delicious; it was a wonderful mixture of leftovers from last night with the addition of sardines.

Never thought of frying up leftovers and adding sardines could be quite as tasty as this was.

Wonderful and tonight Richie is making fish and chips with mushy peas and brown sauce and pickled onions.

Followed by his delicious prune and rum ice c ream, the coconut cream makes it super creamy, when Richie said he had made prune ice cream I thought it sounded horrible.

Then I tasted it and it is very good indeed.

Nice for me to get all these taste sensations, Richie cooks so well, nice to be spoiled rotten by my darling.

I enjoy it very much and so does he, it is an extremely good arrangement for the two of us and for our 2 Jack Russell’s.

Despite the pain and the weather it is a good day for me, hope that it is a good day for others too.

Let us all enjoy the moment.

My birthday

Enjoyed my birthday very much yesterday good friends came round bearing flowers and gifts and we drank pink prossecco.

Got heaps of birthday greetings from my blogger friends which was really lovely, thanks alot really made the day for me.

The sun shone brightly inside and out it was an excellent St.Patrick's Day.

St. Patrick's Day!

Last night was difficult to fall asleep tried my best but nothing worked, finally in the early morning Richie went to the WC and I asked him to get me a bag of THC.

Inhaled it and drifted off right away which was great, woke up at 9 am much too abruptly.

Tried my best to dream again and succeeded only to find myself in a cheese shop near where we used to live.

It was so realistic I could smell the cheese and suddenly the thought bubbled up that I would never go to that shop again or to Gerda's the exquisite flower shop or go to Nick's veg shop or to the Xtreme coffee shop.

Started crying then and could not stop for ages at the thought that my memories were what I had instead of going out and making new ones.

The memories of going to these shops in the past flashed past, queuing in the very popular cheese shop and then when it was my turn getting to taste everything I bought.

The cheese shop owner loved customers who were willing to try something different the baker preferred me coming back for favourites and the flower shop loved its customers as did Nick and his partner Ron at the veg shop.

Difficult suddenly getting all the visual memories this morning made me so aware of my current situation.

Strange how the pleasant dream got so sad but it's difficult to contemplate the idea that I will not be alive for too much longer.

The idea having to say goodbye much too soon to my darling Richie, the love of my life is bloody hard.

Just typing that brings tears to my eyes and when I reread later it will make me cry again.

Even glancing back now makes my eyes start to fill up again, can't help it just happens.

Am aware that I can not stay in this sad train of thought it’s all in the future and have to get myself back into the present the here and now.

Richie made a delicious soup at lunchtime; the fysio came at 2pm and made me sweat as usual.

Afterwards I enjoyed the room being bathed in sunshine it was beautiful it helped me get back to the present.

Tomorrow is my birthday Richie is baking a cake and a few people will pop by to raise a glass and eat some cake.

So have finally successfully dried my tears and looking forward to tomorrow and my birthday on St. Patrick's Day yippee!!!!!!

The sun is shining.

Spike asked to go on my bed this morning for a cuddle which was very sweet of him, its good to bond with the wee dog.

Perhaps he picked up that I am tense as its wednesday again, the day Ton our wonderful nurse from the RCA comes to check on the progress of the pressure sore.

Hate the prospect of the visit more than the actual visit itself, especially like the times when there is good news as there was at Ton's last visit two weeks ago.

Quite consumes me with nerves as to what he will say this time, has it got smaller, less deep??

Will have to wait another 15 minutes to hear the news good or less good news.

I hate waiting and am no good at being patient I hate it, but guess that waiting and being patient are big elements of having MS grrrrrr!

Well sadly it has not got noticeably smaller, it is however very clean and healthy looking, so all the right conditions are in place for healing to take place.

Was hoping for good news for my birthday on 17 March have to be patient a wee bit longer.

Richie is making some potatoe crisps to cheer me up and there is a delicious tofu and noodle lunch to come and maybe Richie will make a fruit crumble and custard.

Determined to move along despite it not being the news that we wanted, the sun is shining and the dogs are happy and so am I.

Still on a high from the good news yesterday and all the emails and comments of support I have receieved.

The thought that I will be able to sit again in the wheelchair is such a wonderful idea.

Has given me another perspective of life, have done so very well not going downhill despite being confined to the bed.

Glad that I have been using the motomed to keep my legs exercised as well as the 30 to 40 minutes arm exercises that I do every morning.

Has kept my arms from becoming too weak, it has been beneficial for my hands, at the moment can still use the mouse have not needed the headmouse.

Will add a few more arm exercises that my fysio advises plus startrr to concentrate on my back muscles.

And start to push for my wheelchaor being properly adaped so there is no danger of my having another pressure sore.

Roll on end of March and a party to celebrate as well as a party in April for my darling's 50 th birthday.

Good things coming up yippee!!