hot weather, yay!

The weather is hot, hot, hot so I've been out trying to sort out our back garden, hmm, some interesting things out there, not sure how these things get into the garden though!!
I've been pruning the ivy, that's no fun, it gets everywhere. I cleared some but i think it will take a miracle to get rid of it all, sadly I've not been good enough to get a miracle, so i guess I'll have to keep chopping it, argh!!!
Thanks to Arthur, i can only do a bit of the garden before needing to rest, my stupid hands are getting so weak now, still I'm seeing the hand surgeon soon so maybe he'll decide to sort them out a bit? I know life would be easier with fully functioning hands.
see, Arthur has a lot to answer for.

Anyway, on a more exciting note, i got an e.mail a while back, we love the wiggles in our house so i had to join the wiggles site, because of that i got an e.mail about the Dorothy the Dinosaur tour! yay!
They are hopefully doing a show in Basingstoke, if they do we are going, it'll be great because mine and Sarah's favourite Captain Feathersword will probably be there, sadly not all the wiggles but hey Captain Feathersword will do!!! maybe i can sneak backstage for a picture? that would make me happy, although if Arthur's about i won't be able to be very sneaky!!
well that's all for now, got to hoover!!
I'll be back soon.....

it's been a while, but blame arthur!

It's Monday June 1st, has it really been that long since my last blog?
I blame Arthur, he's been making me suffer, after stopping the methotrexate injections due to sickness I decided a few weeks ago that maybe I should give the methotrexate tablets another go. I lowered my dose after talking to the rheumy nurse because I can't handle the sickness that I know I'll get if I stayed at the higher dose.
So, I still get a bit of sickness but it's manageable so that's good, but the methotrexate just isn't doing what it used to, my joints are still very stiff and swollen and I've had a few flare ups, although not as bad as they have been they seem to last longer. Last weekend I started suffering, my neck was so stiff, but it seemed to get slowly worse as the week went on, by Thursday I was really suffering, my neck and my shoulders ached then on Friday my knee joined in, swollen and clicky, I felt fed up. I woke up Sunday morning like a swollen stiff robot in need of oil! Oddly my hand, well the back of it has swollen like a balloon, I've not had that since Arthur 1st started. So I spent most of Sunday laying in bed, boring!!!

Anyway, here I am, Monday and actually feeling a lot better. Things seem to be returning to normal. my neck and shoulders are much better and all swelling has gone down, yay!!!

This afternoon Ellie has gone to get her hair cut. I refused to take her because she wants her hair cut really short and I'd end up crying!! I love her long hair but I guess part of her growing up is letting her choose how she wants to look. I just can't believe she wants it all cut off!
I'm still hoping that between my mum and the hairdresser they can persuade her to maybe keep a bit of length, but I guess I'll have to wait and see. As long as I can tell her she looks great regardless of how I feel then my motherly job is done!!
to be continued.....