My special little guy is growing up, today was his first day ever without a day sleep, a sign that he is turning into a big boy :)
Thursday, 29 July 2010
Saturday, 24 July 2010
Sunday in the Park
An afternoon at the park with the kids and Glenn = Delightful, I sat in the sun knitting for a while as they played on the equipment, then we took a stroll around the ducks pond and feed them some bread.
JD is becoming such a character, posing and pulling faces when i take photos of him; and miss Lilli was as coy as ever!
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
New Crafty Digs
Celebrating my new crafty digs, my kido's evicted me from my giant craft room in to the
ex-nursery!! it's not all bad, i have had a chance to go through all my things and make som semblance of order!
So a preview of the new room .....
My fave pic ever - My Fraternal Grandparents wedding photo
Mmmmmm Bobbin collection !!
Fabric+Books= Heaven
My new workstation!
Saturday, 10 July 2010
Still here just busy
Wow, possibly my longest hiatus from my beloved blog.
But rest assured, i have be busily crafting away :)
I have been spinning - like this delisious black, yellow, orange, pink combo
And this squaoohalisiousness from The Bird and the Fish < 3 you Jo xxx
And knitting too, i finally finished my Ishbel, i made an error on section D :(
you can't really tell when it;s on so i left it that way,
happy to get it off the needles and onto my neck :)
The stunning yarn for this project was purchased from my
bestest friend Courtney at The Inner Stitch the colourway is called " the Writer"
And knitting too, i finally finished my Ishbel, i made an error on section D :(you can't really tell when it;s on so i left it that way,
happy to get it off the needles and onto my neck :)
The stunning yarn for this project was purchased from my
bestest friend Courtney at The Inner Stitch the colourway is called " the Writer"
Saturday, 29 May 2010
Lachlan Valley Railway
Last weekend the Laclan valley Railway Steam train visited Grafton, we decided to take the kids on a 2hr steam train ride, it was fantastic !!! my little brother tagged along to which was lovely !
Monday, 17 May 2010
DON'T JUST SIT THERE !
I have a confession to make
It has been 7 years since my last pap smear, this in not something I am proud of, but i loathe the speculum and scrape so much i made many efforts to avoid it until my dear sweet knit nite girlfriends convinced me to go and have one.
I am so glad they were so persistant and that i finally went and had the dreaded test on the 29th of April and thought no more of it.
At 5.45pm on the 4th of May my phone rang and my heart dropped, it was my GP telling me that my Pap Smear results was back and showed some abnormalities and he wanted to see me first thing in the morning.
Dr H was fantastic, he explained everything to me and that i the i had a High Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions ( HSIL ) and that he was going to refer me to my OBGYN for a colposcopy and biopsy. The following day i went off the the OBGYN and he explained the colposcopy procedure, what would happen, how it's done and why it's done and booked me in for Wednesday the 12th to have the procedure done.
I had to wait 6 days, in this time of course I stupidly consulted my friend "Dr Google", who of course is of no help as he is not a real Dr, but at least i knew what we were looking for the grades, the prognosis and all the other details about the procedure i was about to have and what to expect.
Now, if there can be one highlight to this story it is this - seeing your own cervix on a big screen TV, i mean WOW, unfortunantley my cervix was not looking terribly pretty :( the lesion is quiet large about 2/3 - 3/4 of the surface, now with out getting gross about it they spray an acid solution, which is basically white viniger onto the cervix as a pre-prep then an iodine solution which stains the healthy parts of the cervix dark brown and leaves the lesion/s yellowish, it's quiet fasinating really.
Now however i began to really worry, having seen the size of the lesion and it's nastiness, and after several nights of worry and anxiety that was making me physically ill, i decided to go to the GP and get some sleeping pills, knowing that it would be another 4 days before i would have any conclusive results. To my suprise the Dr informed me that he had recieved a copy of the results today, i burst into tears, i wanted to know but i didn;t... he put his hand on my shoulder and said " Everything is going to be ok, it's not cancer" and i cried some more.
I have CIN-2 which is Cervical Intraeipithelial Neoplasia it will require some sort of treatment but i won't know what this treatment will be until Thursday when i see the OBGYN.
I am relieved but the reason i am sharing my story is to encourage all women to ensure that they have a pap test every 2 years, don't just sit there !
It has been 7 years since my last pap smear, this in not something I am proud of, but i loathe the speculum and scrape so much i made many efforts to avoid it until my dear sweet knit nite girlfriends convinced me to go and have one.
I am so glad they were so persistant and that i finally went and had the dreaded test on the 29th of April and thought no more of it.
At 5.45pm on the 4th of May my phone rang and my heart dropped, it was my GP telling me that my Pap Smear results was back and showed some abnormalities and he wanted to see me first thing in the morning.
Dr H was fantastic, he explained everything to me and that i the i had a High Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions ( HSIL ) and that he was going to refer me to my OBGYN for a colposcopy and biopsy. The following day i went off the the OBGYN and he explained the colposcopy procedure, what would happen, how it's done and why it's done and booked me in for Wednesday the 12th to have the procedure done.
I had to wait 6 days, in this time of course I stupidly consulted my friend "Dr Google", who of course is of no help as he is not a real Dr, but at least i knew what we were looking for the grades, the prognosis and all the other details about the procedure i was about to have and what to expect.
Now, if there can be one highlight to this story it is this - seeing your own cervix on a big screen TV, i mean WOW, unfortunantley my cervix was not looking terribly pretty :( the lesion is quiet large about 2/3 - 3/4 of the surface, now with out getting gross about it they spray an acid solution, which is basically white viniger onto the cervix as a pre-prep then an iodine solution which stains the healthy parts of the cervix dark brown and leaves the lesion/s yellowish, it's quiet fasinating really.
Now however i began to really worry, having seen the size of the lesion and it's nastiness, and after several nights of worry and anxiety that was making me physically ill, i decided to go to the GP and get some sleeping pills, knowing that it would be another 4 days before i would have any conclusive results. To my suprise the Dr informed me that he had recieved a copy of the results today, i burst into tears, i wanted to know but i didn;t... he put his hand on my shoulder and said " Everything is going to be ok, it's not cancer" and i cried some more.
I have CIN-2 which is Cervical Intraeipithelial Neoplasia it will require some sort of treatment but i won't know what this treatment will be until Thursday when i see the OBGYN.
I am relieved but the reason i am sharing my story is to encourage all women to ensure that they have a pap test every 2 years, don't just sit there !
DON'T JUST SIT THERE !
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