Well that went fast!

I’m trying to figure out where the week disappeared to!  It was a busy one and I’m finally getting the chance to catch my breath.

Last Saturday we played host to Leo’s cousins from Adelaide, Andrew and Rosemary.  For the last 13 years we have exchanged Christmas cards but I never really knew them so I was delighted to be getting the opportunity to have them staying with us for a few days.  They were treated to typical Southern weather – fine/cold/not to bad/very cold – and that was just one morning   Apart from just chilling we did a couple of touristy things like the museum and the visit to Bluff to stand under the famous sign.  We had lunch in a cafe called The Drunken Sailor, Leo and I went there for tea once and it was jawdroppingly beautiful.  The entire front of the cafe is huge glass windows and while we were eating the sun was setting and fishing boats were coming in to the port – it was just stunning ( I love the ocean so it was extra special to me).

Jessica has joined a book club out the Public Library so while she does that Jos and I curl up and read – perfect downtime – and my excuse is that the bookclub is only for an hour and it seems silly to go home then practically turn around and go back.  We came home from the library with over 20 books!!  I am on a crime thriller bent at the moment and Josef chews through books like crazy.

I started a new pain med for my face last week ( I have a facial neuralgia – most likely ATFP) for the last month or so my face has been hurting on a more regular basis and the pain is more intense.  I feel like giving up sometimes, its a little hard some days to deal with especially when you never know when it will happen, how long it will last or how bad it will be.  And add into the mixture is the hard knowledge you will never be rid of it, doctors don’t know why it happens and they cant cure it.  Most days you just deal you know, but some days when my face is burning and my eye hurts and the pain is going down my neck I want to throw in the towel.  So while Leos cousins were here I was coping with this new medication and the side effect of nausea – not a good feeling at all.  Good point is the pain med seems to be working well and the health shop sells a wonderful product called nauseamed.  After our guests left Leo went up to Nokomai with Danny – where they spent the next 5 days reroofing the crib, the young dude with Leo is my nephew Jonty who we call Johnny Bravo after the cartoon character – because Jonty is such a poser!   I went up to the crib with the kids on the Saturday, we took Josef’s friend Griffyn with us and the boys gave me grey hairs – they took some offcuts of ply and sledded down the hill behind the crib!!  Jos has a huge bruise on his thigh, but he probably fell off the ply because he was laughing so hard.  And last night when I got home I was so so so over whelmed with good vibes – I had happy mail from Kelly – hugest hugs girl, you have made my day!!   I logged on and found an email saying I had won the random draw over at Scrap The Boys and to totally celebrate my love of the random I was picked at guest designer for the March Kit at Scrapbook Outlet - I love random – life is good!

Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway. (Emory Austin)