Hi everyone,
Thanks to Mel for last month & to Caroline for this month.
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Good afternoon everyone I hope you are all well and that sales have been good whilst I’ve been away. I finally have a chance to try to pay my poor neglected shops a bit of attention at last. It has been a fairly traumatic time since the beginning of the year.
Firstly my lovely baby brother died at the very beginning of January which was very heartbreaking for me, more so because I couldn’t get to his funeral as Brian has been very poorly.
B started off the year with a really bad chest infection which has taken 4 courses of anitbiotics so far and it is still not completely better. Added to that he was feeling really ill and it was discovered that he had problems with his blood. There were far too many white cells, the platelet count was wrong and his red cells were misshapen and very pale. After numerous blood tests, a bone marrow biopsy and long term hospital visits it transpired that he had a form of blood cancer. He has now on a course of chemo in tablet form and has had several blood transfusions and iron infusions, the last one in this course was yesterday. He is feeling better than he was but still very weak and tired. He has gone from going around town at a hundred miles and hour to really plodding very slowly and he gets of breath very quickly especially when walking up and down stairs. He is fast asleep at the moment so thought I’d take the opportunity to come here for a while.
My older brother was also diagnosed with bowel cancer at the beginning of the year. He was operated on and they think they have managed to remove it all but time will tell they say. He is just starting to get back on his feet now, but very slowly. As for me I am now having horrible test for the same area. Needless to say I am not enjoying 2025 at all so far.
Thank you for being Mum this month Caroline @Caroleecrafts
Right enough of my miseries here is my listing for today. It is lovely to be back here hope I can stay for the month. Be back shortly with CfTT.
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Pauline, I am so sorry you have really been through it. Thinking of you and Brian, hugs
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Congratulations Emma, what a lovely thing to happen x
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Oh Pauline, what a rotten start to the year. Thinking of you and hoping things start looking up for you all soon x
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New to this. How do I add an item?
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Oh my goodness Pauline @OswestryJewels, what a dreadful start to the year you’ve had. Sometimes life just chucks everything at us at once. I really hope things improve for you all xx
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Afternoon all, it’s good to be back on the thread. It’s been a stressful day so far after our usual chemist seems to have lost hubbies prescription for his blood thinning injections which he needs by Friday…another chemist is trying to get them for him now so fingers crossed they are successful or we will be touring more chemists tomorrow. It was hubby’s first trip out since coming out of hospital so he’s worn out now.
Sorry to hear of the rough time you are having @OswestryJewels.
Thank you Caroline @Caroleecrafts for being mum this month.
My listing today..
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Hi Gillian @gillsgems and welcome to the thread. If go to the item you want to add, copy the url for the item and then paste it into the reply box, add a hard return after it and your item should appear here. People have different ways of adding things on here, that’s the way I do it and it works!
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Oh, Pauline, I’m so sorry to hear you’ve had such a difficult start to the year. I hope Brian and your elder brother respond well to treatment and that your tests are clear. It’s great to have you back with us.
XXX
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Hi again everyone I’m back with CfTT as promised, as long last. It had taken ages to get through everything today and I’d forgotten how to do a lot of the things but I’m hear now.
Thank you for you well wishes for Brian. He’s still asleep in the conservatory, he had a bad night’s sleep last night.
I forgot to say well done Emma @QuirkyOwlStudio how lovely to have your owls calming Belgian children.
Today’s listing is this cable and bobble pattern jumper for a child
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Afternoon all,
Thank you Caroline @Caroleecrafts for taking over as ‘mum’ this month.
Welcome back Roz @OrchardFelts - have missed seeing your work. 
How lovely, Emma @QuirkyOwlStudio - perhaps you could go over there to do a demonstration 
Oh Pauline @OswestryJewels, so sorry to hear what a terrible year it has been so far. Hugs all round, and I do hope things start to improve for your big brother, for Brian, and of course for you. 
Welcome back Kim @KBCreations, hope you have sorted out hubby’s prescription, and that he continues to improve.
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Thank you for your help.
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Here is a link to Gill’s earrings
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thanks Deborah. I think I understand now
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Sorry to hear your year has started so badly Pauline @OswestryJewels hope things improve now for you all.
Hope you have had success getting your husbands prescription now Kim @KBCreations
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Great, looks like you’ve got it. Welcome to the daily listing thread.
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welcome Gillian @gillsgems …well done on posting your item..
I have checked and you are doing it just fine.
If you need any help, don’t be afraid to ask, everyone here is lovely and very helpful.x
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Special big hugs Pauline @CreationsforTinyTots …continued healing hugs for you and all your family xx
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Sorry to hear what a terrible time you have been having Pauline @OswestryJewels - I hope it improves from here on. Hugs to you and yours. 
Spent most of the day making a replacement kingfisher for the gallery then almost as much time tidying up after myself!! Just back from a lovely walk on the common - its usually too muddy to walk there but was lovely and dry today so made the most of it 
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