I know I usually start my entries like this, but I am sorry for the delay in posting, and for neglecting all your lovely blogs too. I am checking in with them still, but haven't been very good at leaving comments at the recently. 

Well, it's now only 3 weeks to go until I can lose the brace and crutches (YIPPEE), although I will probably need a walking stick for a while. I am going to have a huge celebration when the crutches go at last - they are the biggest hindrance, and prevent me from carrying anything. I have started using just one occasionally to get from the kitchen to living room with a cuppa, and that has improved my quality of life no end!! I am back at work and have done several mornings, a full day, and also a school trip to a Science Fair! Nothing like easing in gently. 

I hope you had a lovely Mother's Day yesterday (if it applies to you). We went for a picnic on Minchinhampton Common, and I sat in the sun feeling very at one with the world. We then went for a stroll (or hobble) around Nailsworth and saw the most amazing vintage bed in a shop there. We have been after a new bed for ages and this really fits the bill, and was a bit of a bargain. I am on tenterhooks waiting for the store owner to ring me about delivering it and getting a new mattress. We came back from there to a dinner of Rump Steak (my favourite cut) and feta salad, followed by creme brulee. Unfortunately I forgot to take the camera, so you'll just have to take my word for it all! I did manage to take a photo of some Easter decorating that we did yesterday though. It isn't much, but it is a start!

(Please excuse the wheelchair and detritus in the background - tidying isn't the easiest of jobs on crutches in confined spaces!).

So, pretty good Mother's Day all round. The girls (with a guiding hand and wallet from Andy) got me this heavenly Paul Smith Rose perfume and body lotion, which is the nicest perfume I have ever smelt. It is really light and smells like the perfume I used to make out of rose petals in the garden as a child. The back of the box is covered with the rose print too, so perfect for storing little bits and bobs of jewellery in.

Talking of jewellery, just take a look at the scrumptiousness of my latest Etsy purchase. Isn't it gorgeous? A little treat to myself for all the hard work I'm doing getting my bones to knit together again! 

Whilst mooching around the house, which is something I am doing a lot of at the moment, I decided this mirror... 

...would be better off blue. 

I tried white but it didn't look right, so I mixed up a few splodges of blue acrylic with the white and I much prefer it. What do you think? It goes nicely with the jug of Mother's Day flowers from the girls, and Ruth's handmade card too. 

Well, after the lovely, sunny, happy day yesterday it's back to normality today. I've been to the dentist this morning for a couple of fillings, and have just tried slurping a hot chocolate, but got most of it down my front. I'll have to stick to orange juice through a straw for a few more hours I think. I did manage to hobble all the way into town and back, which is the furthest I have been so far. I have spent the rest of the day on the sofa with a magazine though, and don't think I'll be going far this afternoon. The best bit is that Andy will approve of this behaviour for once - he keeps telling me I shouldn't overdo it, and I am taking him at his word! I need to make the most of it - once I'm up and about 100% I won't get away with lounging around crocheting and reading all day! 

Hope you all have a happy week.

Cathy XX