Scrapping Nana's blog

Wednesday, 23 July 2014

23rd July - Sky summer view

A view 2 days ago of the sun setting on a blue sky after another very hot day. Very unusual to see a blue sky at sunset!!
We are actually having a heatwave in the UK and they say it will go on into August too :)

Today I will show you that loom bands that are all the rage over the UK these past 2 months are here in Hastings too. Zachary was buying these bands in June and made me a bracelet on Xanthe's birthday. I now have a pink one too :)

Tuesday, 22 July 2014

22nd July - Week 30 - Summer Season's views

Monday -My garden
This is an area where I can sit in my garden in the shade and still enjoy this lovely warm summer weather

Tuesday - This season's favourite dish,
One of many new recipes from Slimming world this summer, Summer fruity coleslaw, messy edges LOL!

My portion had an interesting dressing of fromage frais, vinaigrette dressing, whole mustard grain and parley

A dessert called no freeze berry icecream . Frozen mixes berries and vailla yoghurt whizzed together

Now to show you that I am srill scrapping,...well just!! It was our team WC on UKS this week

Follow a sketch
Have dots on LO
Show stitching
Use your fav colour in your wardrobe

As you can see Xanthe was 4 in June and starts school in September!!

We have had plenty of dwarf runners this year and had our first picking of runners at the weekend and this little fellow is our first cucumber this summer with more coming!

Monday, 21 July 2014

18th July - weeks 24 - 29 catch up!

My catch up will be brief!
Week 24 - Past Times Weddings in the past

Peter's Mother and Father in law in1933

Peter's first wedding to his late wife in 1960

Our wedding 1985

Our evening dinner dance and 2nd cake!

Week 25 - Abstract Close ups

sea wave

flower centre

Dandelion clock

Week 26 - Selfies

Finishing radiotherapy

early morning cuppa

Own choice _ pampering me

Social meal with Carol's partner

Working me at a Hospice Lunch

Relaxing me

Week 27 - from the' back' back views

Looking back as I leave the hospital for the last time

back view of people at a proms night in a park

Week 28 - Through the looking glass Photos through windows or mirror

Through car window

ready for treatment taking the photo in the mirror

looking through a shop window

Too late to do week 29 tonight!! Goodnight x

Sunday, 20 July 2014

18th July - Back again in blogland and getting back to normal!

Hello dear fellow bloggers! I cannot believe that the last time I posted was week 23 and today is the last day of week 29!! I have missed 6 weeks!!

I have now finished my 2nd treatment - 15 days Radiotherapy over 3 weeks at Maidstone hospital - 33 miles from our home. The journey took us over an hour each morning and my treatment lasted 10mins then the journey back home again! The treatment has left me extremely tired and skin has become quite sore too.
Here are some photos from these 3 weeks

The journey from Hastings to Maidstone

Finally arriving at the hospital

The Oncology centre

The empty waiting area 5 at 8.30am

The radiotherapy treatment room, the metal bed where I had to lay

and the rests where I had to put my arms! The blue circle..my head !

All my hospital treatment has now finished I am glad to say and I am now on the last phase of the treatment which is 5 years of taking a hormone drug Anastrozole which will slowly remove the oestrogen in my body as my cancer cells were oestrogen positive. With this treatment comes a risk of Osteoporosis so I had a bone density scan. The results last Friday show that I have low density in my hips and my lumber already (Osteopenia). I am pleased that they have found this out now and I am now taking calcium tabs daily and a biphosophate tab each week to improve the density!!

I am now going to try and do a mini catch up of the lost weeks and start a fresh week with you all tomorrow