tHaNk yOu ♥ julia

I received a lovely hand-knitted hat to keep my ears warm in this ffffreezing autumnal wind and drizzle. Thanks my love, it's just fab x

back to school

I love this time of year as I remember the warm, fuzzy feeling of getting a new set of coloured pencils and smelly rubbers and laying them all out neatly before squashing them into a new denim pencil case which looked like the rear end of a pair of jeans. The Cheeselets were squabbling over a ruler this morning so I've promised my large-haired eldest I'd go and buy him a new one later. However, wouldn't it be fab to buy something like these....... nope far too nice for a 10 and 11 year old, nice for a kind old mummy though!
presentandcorrect.com

tired and sore

Since finishing my tanning sessions at the spa I've tried to rest. My poor old breast has come out of it the worst for wear. The radio has opened up my scars and I'm having to put dressings on every day. It's so sore that it feels as though I've gone back several months to when I wasn't healing after the operations. Poor old boob, it has been through such a lot. Tomorrow, just to add to my stress, I'm having a scan on my ovaries. I'm having a lot of pain and to be on the safe side they're checking everything is ok. Unfortunately when you have oestrogen fed breast cancer it can affect your ovaries and I've since learned that the chances of the breast cancer returning are also high. Cheery isn't it? After 6 months of intensive treatment I'm still nowhere near the end of the worrying chapter. I now feel like I'm in limbo. I'm still waiting to find out that the chemo and radio have worked and that the cancer has gone. 6 weeks of worrying and fretting now lie before me and I'll have chewed off the remainder of the stumpy, bumpy nails chemo left me with. Yesterday a migraine hit me like a sledgehammer out of nowhere. I didn't ask for that! Could be a case of hormone overload(the tamoxifen)/the costa cappuccino/the remnants of radiotherapy/or just plain knackeredness. Today I have been sofa-bound listening to radio 2 (not ga ga) and generally flopping about. My poor old head feels like it's been through a mangle and I feel fuzzy. I'm off to the Hospice of St Francis later for reflexology. And relax!

♥ fluffy youngest ♥

My lovely fluffy youngest has made me a little card or gift nearly every day I've been going to hospital (that's a lot of crafting and drawing!!!!). I found this little earless giraffe waiting for me on thursday. So very very sweet isn't it?

Turn the radio off..........

For nearly four weeks I've been visiting my exclusive little spa at Mount Vernon for my tanning sessions and today was my last one. I've made so many friends during this time. We've shared many stories and absorbed each others lives whilst sitting in our little waiting room (LA8) and we've laughed and cried. I hope we'll stay in touch and that one day soon we can look back at all of this and say it was just a little blip. Thanks Carole, Sue, Phylis, Jim, Jo, Dorothy, Paloma, Paula, Callum and anyone I've missed, you've helped make this part of the treatment bearable, thanks for being my radio buddies.

The final compilation of bad taste music to be fried to........

I feel extremely sore and very tired (and will probably feel the effects for 4-6 weeks). I have several scans and appointments scheduled over the next few weeks and I'm absolutely dreading them. I need to rest and get my energy back as Mrs Cheese misses her old life and can't wait to get back to it.

whitby lucky duck

Deb and Louise gave me this little glass duck as a gift from the Whitby Lucky Duck shop. I'll be rubbing his beak and hoping a little luck will finally come my way. Thank you ladies, he's very sweet xx

a little run out

We went to herefordshire on a little jaunt at the weekend. We visited Ross-on-wye, Ledbury and Bridstow (to touch nice things in Baileys home and garden.........sigh!!!)
When I'm rich I'll be shopping big time in this lovely shop. Everything was beautifully presented in a stunning setting of converted barns and outbuildings. I'm inspired to live in a barn complete with whitewashed walls and huge grey sofas, surrounded by indian artefacts, green glass jars, beautiful balls of string and mug full of curious hot chocolate...........one day!
baileys home & garden

Spelling..........

Is this like a belgian bun, or is it a new sweet treat? Spotted by Mr Cheese (who hates stray apostrophes and spelling mistakes).

old london town

Mr Cheese and I had a night out in London (courtesy of C&M and their lovely flat and nana babysitting). We felt like real tourists and finished the weekend off with a visit to Columbia Road and Brick Lane. Ah the cockerney banter, luverly bit of geranium fer a fiver...........

uppercase magazines

I treated myself to these graphic magazines from Canada. It took a while for them to be delivered but it was so worth the wait. I'm hooked and I need all the back issues now.

Radio goo goo

As I was being lined up in the darkness using my tattoos and lasers ( it's all 'soup' (no roll) and 'ant' (no Dec), radio lingo speak, I asked my radiographers about the background music. Apparently they're saving 'Burn baby burn' for today and maybe 'Stairway to heaven' for my final one. Cheeky monkeys!

Radio ga ga

And today's tune of choice whilst being fried? 'Beat it'..............now that's just hilarious. I'm seriously thinking I should do a compilation cd of bad taste cancer music.

our little trip to norfolk

We are really grateful to our kind friends who let us stay at their lovely houses in Norfolk. The Russells let us stay at their fab house in Sheringham (the ping pong and football table went down well). It was great to be next to the seaside. We ate plenty of fish & chips, ice cream and spent all our coppers in the amsusements. Just fab.
And we then went to C&M's barn in north Norfolk. We had fun collecting crickets, spotting the owl, watching the most amazing sunsets and chilling out.
Thanks everyone, we had a wonderful time xxxx

tHaNk yOu ♥ mr & mrs swinson

Oh it's just like The Good Life..........thank you mr & mrs S for the wonderful selection of produce from your allotment. Just fab xxxx

Radio ga ga

When lying in the dim light receiving radiotherapy, they play music to take your mind off the fact you're being frazzled. Today, whilst being fried, the tune played was 'Stayin' alive'..........!!!! Are they having a laugh?

tHaNk yOu ♥

Lovely Caroline sent me these beautiful flowers.
Thank you so much, they were gorgeous x

Radio ga ga

I'm being picked up tomorrow (if they remember) by the hospital bus to take me for my first radiotherapy session. I'll take a packed lunch, crap magazine and cup of tea money. Not really sure what to expect apart from I'll probably be very sore. Please let my fellow passengers be nice and please don't make them too chatty........ and all together now, the wheels on the bus go round and round........

I can't believe it's not.............

I have collections of all sorts of stuff squirreled away (sorry Mr Cheese). These are old butter wrappers. Aren't they lovely?