Sick Day, Sick Week, Sick Sodding Month!!

As my illness lingers on and on! This month has just been about me being unwell

every day since before Christmas I have been dealing with waking up in some sort of pain

Hopefully next week I will finally get some answers and figure out what happens next

with my twisted bowel.

Until then I am sick with an ear, throat and sinus infection as well as swollen glands!

Aw the joys of it all!! 

I hate seeing my child sick and do everything to try help him, but when it comes to myself

I soldier on until someone puts me to bed to rest! Normally its the hubby but this time

it was my Mother In Law who has kindly took Oisín for a sleep over tonight

so I can rest!

My version of resting is blogging, reading, watching boxsets and vlogs!

I have tried to sleep but my stuffed up sinuses made that impossible, I have tried to close my

eyes to rest but can't stop coughing which then sets of the pain in my bowel!

There are a few things I will do today which will make me feel

some what human again! I will try shove the last of

my Mammy's Irish stew into my sore throat for a late lunch

it always makes me feel a little better! While eating that I will

watch my new favourite Netflix boxset Daredevil. I will then run a hot bath

and use one of my Lush bath melts this one is my favourite at the moment The Comforter

while in the bath I will have a face full of No7-Beautiful Skin Hydration Mask I love this

product my skin is so very dry and grey due to all the medication I am on an this leaves my skin

so soft and looking bright.

After all that I should feel relaxed so I will curl up in bed

with a good book. Hubby will be home from work then and

he can look after the patient with a hot drink and cuddles!

Over The Weekend #15

As I am not well with this on-going twisted bowel

our weekends have been slow throughout January

I am hoping this will change in Feb when I see my surgeon

and get a date for my operation  

The past weekends have been spent relaxing,

watching movies, and letting Daddy take over

while I rest and this weekend wasn't much different

I spent most of Friday evening

curled up on the sofa finishing this 

amazing beautiful book

review will be in this months 

what I read!

Saturday morning I felt well enough

for a little stroll in the park with

my two main men! They both got hair cuts

and by lunch time I was shattered and in pain

so curled up with a boxset, cuppa and candle!

Sunday morning I felt well enough to get

up early with Oisín and give hubby much needed

weekend lie in. He has been getting up early every

weekend with Oisín while I have been sick

so he really need a lie on! It was

so dull and grey Sunday morning that I 

think I lit every candle in the house to

cheer myself up!

 I was craving comfort food all day

Sunday so hubby done some yummy garlic and apple

bangers with onion and mushroom mash yum!

More comfort food melt in the middle chocolate pud

cream, and a small glass of wine

while we watched Call The Midwife

on Sunday night!

Christmas Madness & Hospital Drama!

Last week I ended up in hospital for four days!! I had been have sharp stabbing pains

in my lower left side of my stomach for two days

I left it go until the pain got so bad I couldn't stand and last Tuesday I was rushed to A&E

I had lots of scans and tests and found out Wednesday it was something called

Epiploic appendagitis which is when tissue on the bowel gets twisted

along with an inflamed cyst on my ovary!

I was put on fluids, pain relief and an antibiotic drip in hospital

by Friday I was feeling alot better and was thankfully allowed to go home!

I have been on meds since Friday at home and am feeling so much better

But I am now so behind in Christmas stuff, cards are wrote out still waiting to be posted,

presents are thankfully wrapped but in gift bags waiting to go to friends and family,

Christmas food shop needs to be done, house needs to be cleaned,

Oisín needs to get a haircut, and a trip to my brothers grave needs to happen

Meanwhile Oisín will not let me out of his sight encase I disappear again!

While this was such a horrible time for this to happen

it has made me realise even if all the things above don't happen

it doesn't matter

I'm alive and with my family at Christmas 

and that's what's it all about!

Dear Friday......

Dear Friday ~ I am glad you are here! It's been a long week and we need time to recharge our bodies

Dear Autumn ~ You are amazing I love the colours you bring

Dear Cold Season ~ Go away hubby and son have had enough of you!

Dear Media & Department Stores ~ It's not Christmas yet!! It's not even Halloween yet let us enjoy the changing of the seasons before we think about Christmas!!

Dear Local Park ~ Thank you for the fun family time you bring

Dear Hubby ~ Get well soon and stop being a man and go to the doctors!

Dear Oisín ~ You bring so much joy into our lives, you are only only little but the happiness you bring us is huge. Get well soon my little man x

Over The Weekend #6

This weekend hasn't been the best one
hubby spread his manflu and I have
spent most of the weekend feeling awful!
On the plus side we did make a start on our Christmas shopping!

The three of us went on a walk in the park
Saturday morning before
a long afternoon of Christmas shopping!

These two cuties playing on the floor with toy cars!

Hoping that my favourite Slimming World
fakeaway would cheer me up Saturday evening!

Sunday was spent mostly feeling
sorry for myself  and watching this little one play

Finished the weekend off with some bubbly
trying to make myself feel a little better
while watching Downton!

Week In Pictures 40/52

Another long week this week

that ended with Oisín having a cough and cold

and with me having low blood pressure and vertigo

Saturday:

Oisín enjoy a happy meal at a birthday party

Sunday:

Lovely Mother's Day flowers from Oisín (and hubby)

Monday:

Decorating for St Patrick's Day

Tuesday:

Oisín enjoying St Patrick's Day

Didn't have the energy to do pictures

of the rest of the week as myself and Oisín

where unwell

My Week In Pictures 25/52

It's late and I don't have a picture for
Thursday or Friday as myself, Oisín and Paul
where sick :(
Here is our week in pictures:

Saturday:

Spending time with family

Oisín with his Uncle Conner

Sunday:

Sunday was onesie day in our house!

Monday:

Monday night means wine and The Walking Dead!

Tuesday:

Someone decided to say hello this morning!

Note the bed head!

Wednesday:

Walking home from work early

as sent home sick :(

My Week In Pictures 15/52

This week was spent mostly feeling ill
still not over my infections and my ear infections
are really taking a while to clear up
I went back to the doctor this week
and was put on another two course
of antibiotics I am really
hoping that by next week I start
to feel better 

Saturday:

Another day with a view like this!

I should be enjoying the lie in that I am getting in the mornings and

people fussing over me

but I'm not I want to get better, to look after my little boy

and get back to work!

Sunday:

Oisin home from staying in his Grandparents
while I was sick and the hubby was looking after me
back in my arms where he belongs

Monday:

Cranky teething baby alert!

Tuesday:

How cute is this little guy
toys everywhere and Granddad's cap on!
He has been so good while Mammy has been ill

Wednesday:

After a horrible day and back to the doctor
for another course of antibiotics
it was time to settle down with a large cup of tea
and The Great British Bake Off

Thursday:

Time to start lighting my favourite candles again!

Friday:

Time for some Friday night
tea and cake!

My Week In Pictures 14/52

What a week that was!! I started to feel very run down

Monday/Tuesday thought no more of it that it was just fatigue

and the joys of being a busy working Mum

Started off a fitness plan on Wednesday 

woke 5am on Thursday morning unable to hear

and with a golf ball sized lump on my left jaw!

I have an ear infection in both ears

and a jaw infection :(

Saturday:

Oisin playing on his new swings with his Dad!

Sunday:

I love these two so much
my Son and Goddaughter

Monday:

Sick of feeling so tired all the time
I am run down and need a tonic
also decided that I am going to get my fitness back on track
and give my the boost I need
I also now have a horrible ear infection :(

Tuesday:

Bought new trainers time to get fit
and get rid of this baby weight!

Wednesday:

Our little boy is getting so big he is almost
out of 12 month clothes already!
He is teething so badly its nice to see him sleeping

Thursday:

Been to the doctors after waking up
not being able to hear and a
golf ball sized lump on my left jaw
turns out I have an ear infection in both ears
and a jaw infection!
I am on strong penicillin antibiotic, ear drops and
pain killers
My Mam and Dad are great they looked after Oisin while Paul
was in work and now if this doesn't cure me nothing will
a huge bowl of my Mammy's Irish Stew nothing beats it!

Friday:

My view right now
told by the doctor to rest, rest rest after
I blacked out today.
Thank God my parents-inlaw where looking after Oisin
Paul was called home from work and I
feel like and idiot!
The medication I am on for my infections is very strong
and I didn't realise that and wasn't resting up as
I should have been lesson learned!

What We Got Up To This Month March 2013

For Us March went pass in a whirlwind of busy weekends, birthdays, mother days, family dinners, snow, chocolate, flu, green, paddys day, tea and more snow! Here is what we got up to in March!



- New Dress!
- My cousin's 21st Birthday
- Paul & I
- New Shoes
- Spring Flowers
- Yummy chocolate treat!
- Paul & I and Paul ruining another picture!
- Mothers Day
- Making Easter hampers for work
- Easter Hampers for a raffle in work
-Little Chicks brighten my day!
-Friday night drinks
-Getting my green on for Paddy's day!
-St Patrick's day
-Friends out for Paddy's day
-Out with my Grand Uncle For Patrick's day!
-Paddy's day nails!
-Easter Hamper (wish I won it!)
-Easter Tree
-Lots and lots of mini eggs
-Mammy stew...best thing for a cold snowy day!
-Spring flowers to cheer me up on this cold March!
-Tea and Stevie Nick's / Fleetwood Mac Book
- All the vitamin C I could take to get me through a working day!
- Glass of red on the weekend
-More tea and my Fleetwood Mac book!
-More spring daffodils
- Booking our Summer holidays!
- The contrast to snowy Dublin!
-Spring flowers and a yummy chocolate bunny!
-Good Friday fish dinner
-Yummy chocolate
-Lots and Lots of Easter Eggs
- Can't beat Cadbury Easter Eggs!

Hope you had a lovely March...April I don't ask much but I have this feeling that your going to be nothing less than wonderful x