Well the situation with the roof and ceiling has certainly pulled me down a bit. I have noticed that nowadays certain situations are quite overwhelming for me. I had been warned about this from the doctors, but until now things were ticking along okay. I used to cope with all the situations like this with no problem nor worries, but NOW..... apparently this is because my brain has been re-wired differently from my brain haemorrhage and stroke, so I mustn't complain - just think of the alternative!!!!

Anyway, Emily is bringing her daughter's boyfriend (he's a builder) around tomorrow so he can have a look and see if he can help!!!! See it's not always WHAT you know - it's often WHO you know!!! I think with things being tight - as we all are aware - I really just want to make sure the roof is watertight, and the ceiling can wait for a while - no-one goes into that room, so it can wait until I can get enough money to pay for a new ceiling!! and I think while I'm at it - I might get some wallpapering done on the chimney wall there. I've not looked at it myself - I know that it will really depress me and I don't want that. So I avoided looking at it, when I went upstairs to have a shower.

I've been making more jewellry, as you can see - I accidentally noticed a film of "how to.." on YouTube and it showed new ways of doing resin jewellry, so I tried some of them. I'm not 100% happy with them, but I'm going to persevere and try new designs. Poor you - you'll be bombarded with my creations soon!!! There's one good thing about it all though - I'm not going to be short of giving Christmas presents am I? I'm also going to make more Christmas tree decorations!!!
It's gone really cold tonight - down to 5C and that's not nice. I'm so pleased that I bought myself new bedding - teddy-bear fleece!!!! Now if you are on your own, this is heaven on a plate! I don't have any central heating in my home, so I need to feel warm in other ways. Before now - I've had a hot water bottle and flannelette sheets. Not any more!!!! These teddy-bear fleece sheeting, pillow cases, and duvet covers are so soft and cuddly. I haven't felt the need to put the electric blanket on nor have a hot water bottle, I'm warm within seconds of getting into bed. Well worth it I can tell you. If you aren't alone - then maybe it would be too warm for two people to cope with. We've been warned that we can expect a "beast from the east" with regard to temperatures dropping wildly and snow is expected in the next couple of weeks!!! Okay - a white Christmas - that'll be nice.

Meanwhile Mandi and Dogan both have nasty colds and when we talk, they are both coughing wildly. Their temperatures in Turkey are wild too - only during the day, it's apparently around 23C then as soon as the sun goes - it drops down to 8C!!! Now that's a helleva drop - no wonder they have colds. Also they've had horrendous thunder storms and rains, with flooding all over the place. Luckily not where they live. So I'm secretly thankful for not having gone over there for Christmas - our weather is so much better than theirs!!!!

Okay folks, that's about all I have to write about - as you know I don't get out, so my life and news is rather limited. Please take care of yourselves and keep warm.