Far and Away

@Faith-and-Hope @Sans911 @Former-Member ...

Increase approved - will come through early next week so have paid some more off my vet bill and will have enough to cover the mortgage as well as the other bills I have before next pay ...so relieved 😁👍 - such a weight off my shoulders and feel I can breath again.

Going to watch some of the cricket now and relax for a little while before I head outside to mow the grass and sort out the garage.

Very good @Zoe7 ... I'm feeling relieved for you.

No use watching the cricket, they went to their lunch break as you posted. Back on 1.10pm. Aussies doing okay.

Sherry xx

Yeah @Former-Member Just turned the tv on to see they were at lunch so will get my butt into gear soon and do the mowing.

WHat are you up to today - apart from watching the cricket?

Good to read @Zoe7 that you are having a bit of a do-little day today. You have already achieved a heck of a lot the past few days. You should be able to reward yourself now with a day to just 'be'. Glad you are enjoying the cricket, I have been too. I had hoped to get to the gym today to do my twice weekly gym program. But my hand is still very sore and so I didnt go. Maybe tomorrow. So, not much at all today for me. I did do a load of washing though. The weather is heating up, and its become very windy this afternoon. Most unpleasant hearing the wind whistle through the trees and rattle the roof. Dont like wind at all. I should have gone grocery shopping today as well, but didnt feel like it. Should go tomorrow I guess. Just dont feel up to doing battle with the Boxing Day shoppers and school holiday crowds. I got a lovely photo in the mail today, one which my brother had taken some years back. He has sent it to me as a Christmas present. It was taken back on our farm where we lived before moving to where we are now. It was Christmas day 2009, and a beautiful photo of my Mum with little Emma (as a 5yo) alongside her. We hosted Christmas lunch for the family that year, our last year on the farm. Anyway the photo has made me feel really sad. I miss Mum and I still grieve little Em's freak death. Fate is so dreadfully unfair. I guess there is one consolation ... Mum got to spend Christmas with Emma again this year, after missing the past 4.

@Faith-and-Hope I hope you are finding some time to relax while overseas. Looking forward to your (I think) imminent return.

Sherry

F&H isn't back until the new year @Former-Member - so wish it was now

That photo is a lovely reminder of your family you have lost Hon and such a lovely thing for your brother to send you Losses don't get easier - we just find ways to deal a little better with them ...but that certainly takes time. It has not been long since you lost your Mum so it is understandable that you are missing her - especially being the first christmas without her ...you are allowed to grieve Sherry - losing parent or someone so close to you is a major thing ...just as losing your niece has been

What did you do to your hand?

Yes @Zoe7 you are right of course, about losses. And it is only 5 months since Mum died, so not long at all.

The new year is only days away Zoe ... so F&H could be only days from getting back?

I hurt my hand on Christmas day. We had christmas lunch with a long time friend of my husband's and his wife. They live across the road from us. Unfortunately hubby drank way too much, and when added to his many medications, he was very drunk. He had two falls, one while at our neighbours and another back home when he got up to go to the bathroom. In trying to break his first fall at the neighbours, I managed to get my hand crushed between hubby's shoulder and a brick wall. Took a big chunk of skin off and bled heaps.

Thankfully hubby managed to only graze one elbow, no serious damage. I was able to protect his other arm which currently has 9 stitches in it from having a skin cancer cut out last week. That was my main concern when I saw him pitch forward upon trying to stand up from the table. I tried to stop him drinking, but it was always 'just one more' and his mate kept bringing him another. Alcoholism is really sad to see. At least hubby wasnt agressive with me this time, by the time I managed to get him home, he was way past that stage.

So yeah, my hand has been quite sore since then. Nothing broken, just some deep bruising and a chunk of skin scraped off the back of the hand and down the middle finger. Very stingy for a couple of days, but seems a little better now and definitely on the mend.

I tagged you on another thread Dino14, hope you dont mind. He was a new member a week or more ago and had a bit of a rocky start. Put people off initially because came across as being aggressive, angry and frustrated. But he seems a nice fellow, and its a shame nobody else is corresponding with him. I did tag him to other threads, but he didnt want to go elsewhere. He posted a few posts on the Good Morning thread, mostly very negative, but thats it. Anyway if you want to offer any advice, that would be great. Obviously no obligation. But he is an AFL and cricket lover.

Sherry 💕

I did see your tag and will have a read through the thread soon @Former-Member - more than happy for you to do that as I know you are a very good judge of character and also what others can and cannot deal with in their own situations. 👍

That sucks about your hand but even more so how you recieved the injury. I am very pleased that hubby was not aggressive this time though - you deal with that so much and I really do worry about you Hon Hand injuries can be extremely painful - there is not much there but skin and bone so any scrape or bruising can feel really sore. Hope it heals super quick for you.

As you can imagine this coming week cannot go fast enough - I am literally counting down the days until the new year and waiting for @Faith-and-Hope to return. I know she hasn't been gone as long this time but I am missing her even more (if that is possible ). I love having you here with me too though - makes it just a little easier to be missing F&H 'cos I value your friendship so much too

@Shaz51 It is Smokey day ...update please

Hello @Zoe7

No smoky day today xx

We are away on holiday for 5 days but I got a message from smoky's owner and she said smoky was upset this morning -- he sat on the drive way waiting for us --- awwww

So next week smoky will want cuddles xx

@Former-Member , @Faith-and-Hope , @Sans911 , @outlander

Awww how cute is Smoky @Shaz51 Poor little sweetheart misses you. They do know their routines and not having you there today he would know you usually are.

Hope you are having a good break - been sitting/laying in front of the tv today watching the cricket.

Went to the bank this morning and they approved an increase in my overdraft so I am covered for mortgage and bills over the coming few weeks - even allowed me to pay off some more of my vet bill 👍