Day +89
Good morning everyone. It’s around 6.00am here and the weather looks ‘wettish’ out there, although it feels a little warmer….in here anyway.
Yesterday was a mixture of highs and lows, as usual. Ella and I began the day tired, after a ‘busy’ night. The bleepers had a mind of their own all night and I seemed to wear a pathway between the bed/settee and Ella. ( When we sit by the bed now we have to use the hard chair again, since the demise of the ‘big blue chair’). However, we began with an early wash for both of us and we even gave Lizzie a shampoo and set. Dr Wynn came along and is going to change things around again…..the pain control still needs sorting, so I think that is a priority once more. Results wise, he is waiting for the full histrology from last week.
We were expecting Mummy back later in the day and Ella was really looking forward to it. She has missed Sally…there’s nobody quite like Mummy is there?
We had a lovely visit from Auntie Dianne, who came along with a fab new teddy, complete with birth certificate etc, then low and behold Auntie Rachael appeared too. A real girlie morning! Ella was not really up to joining in though. She was very sleepy…but couldn’t quite get there…..too many interruptions. We did get ready to make biscuits (thanks Reg for the kit) but were missing some vital things…..2 eggs, butter and flour!!! That idea fell flat so we compromised with chatting instead.
Looking around our room I can definitely see signs of ‘market stall’ cropping into mind. It’s tidy , if not homely. The added little ‘extra’ doesn’t help. What is it, you may ask? A second huge TV, on a stand! Why is it in here, along with the first huge TV on a stand, you may ask? Simple….it has an integral video player. When Peter and I celebrated our 25th anniversary we went on a Nile cruise, as you do. We videoed for 2 whole weeks, as you do, and Sally asked me if I would root it out to show Ella, ( Egyptian topic in mind) along with any others tapes I could find. I came back armed with birthdays, nativities, holidays….it’s surprising what you find in the loft isn’t it? So, after battling to get the huge TV in, we sat and watched Sally’s 18th. Quite a trip down memory lane for us, in lots of ways, as you can imagine. Not the least of which were how we all looked in those days. Lots of oohs, ohs and plenty of ahhs! (We didn’t get round to the Egyptian extravaganza….saving that one for today)
We asked Sally to bring back the much needed ingredients with her, stressing a small bag of flour would be tons, as it was only for dusting the surface. The smallest bag was a kilo…….umm! So we may be making more biscuits than we thought today.
Ella is sleeping soundly at the moment, so that may be a good sign that she will have lots of energy to join in today. She really, really deserves to have some days of fun and true relaxation.
I’m going to finish now and get this posted. I could ramble on for longer but I need to get started in here, if we are going to be organised for Dr Wynn’s visit. Sally is catching up on zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz’s too, so I think I’ll make her a cuppa, and me too, to get us going.
As usual we send you lots of love and thanks for all your prayers and well wishes. We love reading your comments too. Love to everyone at OLOL and at St John’s, who are following us, I know. Hope we can link up soon and special love to Simon, who I know is limbering up as we speak……stretching, bending, jogging to work….in readiness for the 10k. Your pledges are flooding in, we are really grateful. Simon has officially refused to wear Sally’s tights….so maybe he could wear Lizzie instead?xx
Bye for now,
Ella, Sally and Annette.xxx
PS I promise some photos tommorow
PPS Simon's web site is
www.justgiving.com/simonblackburn2