Friday 13th

Well, it's been a few days since I last posted. 

Last week my cousin Carolyn went into hospital for a major operation - they had to remove blood clots from her heart - to do this they had to remove her blood and put her on a bypass machine to enable the clots to be removed.  The recovery rate was excellent so although we were concerned we didn't worry too much.  Unfortunately, they couldn't get many of the clots out and had to leave her on the bypass machine in ITU.  A week later they still hadn't been able to close her chest and although they tried several different drugs to help her heart recover nothing worked and finally we were told they would close her up and her heart would stop.  Tuesday Carolyn passed away.  So sad, she was only 56.  I hadn't spoken to her in person for a long time, although we were in contact through Facebook.  But as Aunt Nancy had died earlier this year I got a chance to talk to Carolyn at the Funeral.  I feel very priviledged to have been given that chance.

As you can understand this has hit us as a family very hard so soon after losing Nancy.  But, life goes on.

Good news was Sarah acing all of her end of year tests, her score in RE was apparently off their scale.  She got an 8A which is the equivalent to A* at GCSE but her teacher told her that her project was actually off his scale but he had nothing higher than an 8A to give her.  We are proud.

Well, the last post was towards the end of the construction of the Craft Studio.  The builders actually finished on Monday 9th with the installation of the skirting boards and shelving.  So now it's down to me.  Tuesday I put a coat of paint on the skirting boards and window sill and Wednesday went to quilt group and therefore did nothing in the studion.  Thursday I did the mist coat on the new plaster and after it dried put on the first coat on the sides and window wall - looking good.

Today I've spent a lot of time in there.  First thing I put a second coat on the sides and window but ran out of paint so sent David went to get more.  Once this had dried I put the first coat on the feature wall.  Wasn't too sure about the colour at first but it's come out really well.   Tomorrow I'm hoping to put the second coat on the long wall and finish the second coat on the other walls.  Chased Steve the electrician to get the sockets sorted but haven't heard anything from him yet.

Dave went to Ikea and bought the shelving unit and drawers along with a narrow unit for CD's which should fit in behind the door into a wasted space.  He had to go again today to get some legs for the desk.

Don't know whether to start putting the furniture in while waiting for Steve or wait.  The house looks like an Ikea warehouse at the moment and there's craft stuff everywhere.

Started hand quilting my A Quilter Lives here quilt yesterday at quilt group. 

Will post more pictures asap.

Sally