27th August 2025
18:10 | Mood: Accomplished
Wow, I'm feeling incredibly good today. Last night I finally finished the quilt for my good friend, and made a matching cushion cover for her too! No pictures just yet, I want her to be able to see it first
Today I ticked off loads from my work's to do list. Catching up after 2 weeks off is no joke for sure. Lots of emails and excel sheets, and a cup of coffee or two.
Now I'm lying in bed having a few minutes to chill out before getting on with this evening's list of stuff to do.
To do tonight:
read (maybe finish the book i'm reading - 1984 by george orwell)
make banana bread!!!
do dishes (after dinner and baking)
- tidy living room
- empty bins, clean cat's litter tray
pack lunch for work tomorrow
- pack quilt for sending
- message X for file
- journal
- schedule instagram post
- add journal as a daily to do in calendar
- split sorting thru clothes into smaller categories (socks, tops, bottoms, dresses, etc)
- prep for next painting project - to dos, to buy
unpick wheatbag seam to replace wheat
22nd August 2025
14:20 | Mood: Restless
I ended up getting a big ol' stye on my left eye. It's gotten better now, however still aches whenever I look too far to the right or left. Probably the swelling that still has to go down.
Meanwhile, I've been really locking in with getting this quilt finished for my friend. I'm so excited to get it finished, I'm even hoping to get a couple matching pillowcases done for her and a scrap cushion cover from left over pieces from the quilt.
Next up on my project list is knitting some baby clothes. A colleague of mine announced that he and his partner are having a baby end of December/start of January, so I've gotta get knitting! Ahh, the crafters list never ends.
18th August 2025
19:42 | Mood: Tired
London was amazing. I met up with two internet friends dear to my heart, visited the National Portrait Gallery, visited an exhibition in Peckham, walked around the Natural History Museum, the Sea Life Aquarium, ate lots of sushi, visited vintage shops and spent way too much money. I feel content, I needed a holiday.
My left eye is really sore and swollen today. I think I might have a stye(?) coming on. Time to drink lots of water and stay rested. I did some quilting today to wind down, but felt kind of woozy so I'm now sat up in bed blogging. I think I just need to take the next few days as easy as possible.
10th August 2025
14:53 | Mood: Neutral
When I was a kid, like 9-11 years old, I used to visit the old CITV games website and play all the different flash games. My favourite by far was a game called Chop Chop Chip Shop, where you serve customers in order of their arrival, making sure their order is correct, and within a timely manner. I only ever got to level 3; the pizza level, and I always found this one hard as it stopped giving you reminders as to which customer wanted which pizza, and the timer was introduced. You also couldn't prepare dishes in advance (level 1 and 2 you could get the fish, chips, or hamburger ready in advance) for the following order. There was a rumour in the playground that level 4 was a chinese takeaway; you had to prepare dishes and put them in a chinese takeaway box. I never got to that level, but believed one day I would...
I recently discovered that it had been archived on Flash Museum, and after a couple weeks of on and off playing, I finally completed level 3. I was elated, and then, to my surprise, that was the end of the game. No level 4, no chinese takeaway, the rumour was untrue.
Four days ago my mother was diagnosed with 'Stage 0' melanoma cancer. I came home this weekend and we ordered chinese takeaway to eat together.
3rd August 2025
17:22 | Mood: Good, restless
blog blog bloggg. what to blog about.
- Feeling much better this week, I'm not sure if taking vitamin C tablets have been helping but I like to think they are.
- I'm almost off the amitriptyline. My back pain is more of an ache at this point, apart from a few uncomfortable evenings.
- I'm excited for two weeks off next week.
- I want to split my blog entries for 2025 into monthly pages.
- It's the Love Island UK final on Monday!