Oops

I appear to have forgotten to update for the last week! I have no real excuse, apart from being stuck into my crochet in the evenings, so spending less time online.
Steve had his eye op on Tuesday and had to stay overnight as he had a wheezy reaction to the anaesthetic. He unfortunately has to keep his face down (chin to chest) all the time for at least a week which means that he has a sore neck and can pretty much only play on his DS!
We've had playdates with Nyree et al. Mildred the Kitten is the dark tortoiseshell seen here.

Cake club was at Tabi's new house which is lovely
On Saturday Tilda had a fairy and pirates party at the leisure centre - she wore her Tinkerbell dress and stood out amongst all the pink!

Also - progress on my shawl this week,

Todat Grampsy came over for lunch and I've made some bread. Not much else doing!

A long overdue catch-up

I tried yesterday, but I couldn't get Blogger to work properly. Ah well!
Friday was cake-club at Laura's. It was nice to have Nyree there! I managed to kick the wagon with my little toe and ended up with a purple, poorley foot. humph.
Saturday - Nyree and squidlets came for the afternoon.
Sunday - we did the entire week's shopping on foot using the wagon and trolley! Tilda went for a very short ride on her bike - it hurts her wrists apparently!
Monday - waited for the wagon canopy to arrive. Its really good, but does render the entire thing huge! It certainly makes doors difficult! We took a trip to the chippy to try it out and Tilda sat in the shade to eat hers. I wish I fitted!
Tuesday - I had the dentist in the  morning to replace a filling that has fallen out four times. I think he did a better job this time, but the anaesthetic has worn off now and it feels a bit sore. We collected my parcel of wool from the post office - Kauni Effektgarn EQ. There was a surpise 50g ball of the black/grey colourway in there too and I'm thinking it might look good with the rainbow. hmm.

Tilda has been practising tandem wrapping and we are waiting to hear from Steve. He thinks his retina has yet another tear.

Kittens!

Steve woke up(!) yesterday with an incredible amount of pain in his eye. It seems that some of the gas bubble had got into the anterior part of his eye where it shouldn't be. Where the pressure is normally 10-20mmHg, his was 70! No wonder it hurt! They relieved the pressure by sticking a syringe in it. Yuck. No driving for 8 weeks now, so the Big Camp is a no-no and calls the wedding into question - Steve and Tilda will have to cadge a lift with Steve's dad and Winnie and I will stay at home.
Yesterday we went to see Nyree and the kids and we had a really nice, relaxing day - I came home in the sunshine all warm and happy!
We met our new kitten and her mummy, Thistle. I think the kitten will be called Mildred!

More balls!

Well, the same troublesome one anyway! Yesterday after a trip to the supermarket, Steve noticed his vision getting worse and by teatime, 75% of the retina had detatched - luckily the gas bubble from Thursday was holding it on around the optic nerve. Today he had a vitrectomy - removal of all the fluid in his eye so they could get a really good look, then stick it back together. My poor, poor Stevie is off to bed to lie facedown. I've rigged up a box type contraption to help him, but he's in for a miserable night I think.
When he was at the hospital yesterday the Girls and I walked up to Dockholm Lock and back again in the glorious evening sunshine. We saw a swan, mink, rabbits, ducks, peacock butterflies and two squirrels!

Today we met up with Nyree, Harrison, Rachael and Vaughan for a trip to the park.