Tags for Tag Tuesday Xmas swap

Hi you all, hope you are all feeling well and fit. I am still feeling really bad here, but I still have hope that sooner or later it will be better. The side effects of the medis are rather devastating, too, with fingers shaking faster than I can think and jelly legs, but it can only get better!

I joined in with the  Xmas tag swap over at Tag Tuesday, and have thankfully managed to get my tags made, but I now realise how lucky I usually am to be able to coordinate brain and hands without problems. I wouldn't have managed anything if I hadn't had the lovely die-cut tags from Donna, as I can't work the big-shot just now. I distressed the tags with gold ink and then decorated with everything I could find. I would have liked to have done more stamping etc, but perhaps next year....

I needed the best part of 2 days to get them done, so I will have to wait and see if I get anything else done this year! For now I just need to rest.

Thanks for visiting, stay well, and have fun!

Happy Mail

Hi you all, greetings from sunny Kaiserswerth. It is so nice to see the sun today instead of cloud and drizzle, hope it stays a bit. I still feel very groggy, and am not able to do more than the bare necessities just now, but I am hopeful that sooner or later things will be better. I have a wonderful tablet cocktail for breakfast each day, a mix of different poisons to fight the illness and some to fight the side effects, so hope they all know what they are doing. I look like I have been made up as Dracula's assistant just now, perhaps I can get a job somewhere - pity Halloween is over!

 I manged to take some photos of the lovely mail I have received in the past days; not easy with shaky fingers!

First the card and envelope from Diane. I love the wonderful selection of stamps, and am happy that the post didn't ruin them this time!

The ladies on the card have a strange resemblance to some of my family....

And there are so many 'surprises' cooking in the cauldron  all removable, so I will be able to open my own poison shop next Halloween! Diane makes such wonderful cards, so full of loving details! Thank you!

This lovely card was made and sent by Tracy Holmes all the way from Canada, together with the lovely set of witch stamps, which she kindly donated as a prize to the 'Hatters'. Thanks Tracy!

This beautiful card dropped into my mailbox yesterday from Lynne of Adorn. This card is so much Lynne's wonderful, nostalgic style, and came as a complete surprise, with 2 pretty Xmas stamps tucked inside it. Thanks, Lynne; your kindness brightened my day!

And last but not least, a wonderful card from Suze, packed into a beautifully stamped envelope.

The second layer, beautiful handmade paper with dried flowers in it....

and the next one, more beautiful paper and ribbon.....

And inside, this wonderful get well card, a sunny, floral greeting. Thanks so much, Suze!

So much kindness just does good. Thanks to you all! I am sorry I am not able to visit your blogs much just now; I will do so as soon as I have enough strength! But for now, thank you all for not forgetting me!

Thanks for visiting and take care of yourselves!

Drip-drip....

Hi you all, here is the next part of the catastrophe report.
Just a short one, as typing is painful as my elbow is very inflamed. My fever returned in full swing on Monday, and after a painful night I went to the doc again. I have had strange sort of hives on my arms and legs, which we had taken to be mosquito bites. Well, after another examination the doc said it is a condition known as ‘erythema nodosum’, a very painful inflammation – probably set off by a strep-throat. It will take some weeks to clear up completely; I get an iv-drip at the doc’s each day with cortisone and pain-killers, and I hope this will help. More exams are planned for next week, so I will keep you informed. I have the feeling that the sh*t really has hit the fan this time!


Sorry I can’t get round to visiting to your blogs just now; will catch up as soon as I can. Take care of yourselves, and thanks for not forgetting me!

Poor old speckled cow!

Remember, remember the fifth of November.....

Hi you all! I can remember chanting this as a kid, while pushing a *guy* made of straw through the streets. On November 5th they all got burnt on  bonfires in various fields and gardens, and a lot of fireworks were burnt to remember Guy Fawkes, as they still are today.
But my story today only has the date and a bit of stupidity to match.
For some reason, after having had a specially bad night, I decided I needed to do the washing! As some of you know, I live on the 2nd floor, and the laundry is in the cellar.... I put on a work out hose and jacket over my pajamas, filled my big red laundry bag, and dragged it bumpity-bump down the stairs, while holding tight to the banisters.  Got to the laundry. Woohoo, nobody there, so pushed the washing in, switched it on, and set off back upstairs. Somehow I had a strange feeling, the stairs seemed to be getting longer and larger...I made it to the ground floor, but couldn't manage to pull myself round the corner. Then I realized that the steps were pulling at my butt, and I just tried to hold tight....But I had my guardian angel. A nice neighbour,  had seen me wrestling with the banisters, and had dropped her coat and bag and grabbed me,  and was telling me to look straight ahead, take deep breaths etc. Anyway, she very kindly got me up the stairs to my flat, gave me something to drink, and said she would bring the washing when it was done, which she did. I was very grateful that someone was there to make up for my stupidity. I spent the rest of the day sleeping, and as she left her telephone number, I think I will ask for help next time - before I try the stairs alone again!

As you may have noticed, I am still not feeling well; it can only get better! Take care you all, thanks for visiting, and stay safe!

Halloween is over...

Hi everybody! Thanks again for sticking with me over the past few days, and for all your good wishes, hugs and prayers. I do appreciate them very much.
Here's hoping that all those friends living along the East Coast of the USA are keeping safe, my prayers and thoughts are with you. Stay safe.

Here I am starting to get better. The fever has gone, and has left me sweating, grouchy and unable to do anything for more than 5 minutes maximum, I just have no strength. The doc thinks I will need another week or 2 to get back to feeling normal, whatever normal may be!

I got a wonderful card from Diane - 1CardCreator. She blogged it yesterday, and you can see it much better on her blog that if I tried to take a pic with with my shaky fingers. I just loved the idea of get well witches, and the wonderful couldron of 'beaten gold' filled with all those bottles and ghosts. I was disappointed that I couldn't use all of those gorgeous images, but the next witching time will come, and next time I plan on being healthy! Diane is such a wonderful, kindhearted lady, and a fantastic friend. Thanks, Diane!

And I got a great prize from Tracy Holmes in Canada, awarded by the Hatters!

A wonderful set of Halloween stamps. I am gonna have fun with these next time.  And she sent a womderful card, which I will show as soon as I am able to hold the camera straight.

Thanks Tracy, and thanks Hatters!!

Okay, I need my rest now, this little post has completely knocked me out. Thanks to all who left loving messages and sent mails, they have done me so much good, and I will get back to you all as soon as I can!!

Take care, and stay safe!

Quick Update

Hi you all! Sorry, long time no see, no hear, but I am still feeling really bad! Good news -  The Op was an absolute success, no complications, my knee is healing well - but....Still got high fever. I'm taking antibiotics and tablets to reduce the fever, and the doc is doing lots of tests. Next week it will continue....The blood tests have shown bad liver and kidney values. And the positive side? 7 kilos less in a week!

Take care of yourselves, I will try to get on the computer again when I have a bit of energy!

Oh oh!!

Hi Ladies, I still have high fever, have to take antibiotics, and even worse, have to really stay in bed!
Will be back in a few days when things have settled down! Take care of yourselves, and have fun!

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