Catching up.....

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We've been home for a few days now, arriving on Friday evening.  I had the sermon on Saturday, followed by lunch and the afternoon with my mother.  It is chilly back in Sydney after the warmth of Bundaberg and I've put the doona on the bed, dug out winter clothes and the ugg boots, and am putting the heater on in the house.  Need to go shopping for some decent track suits.  And this afternoon I finally got the last load of washing done - we filled our clothesline three times, between washing clothes, linen from our bed at home and in the caravan, and blankets. Most of it is dry and folded and put away.  The ironing basket is getting full again, so I'll have to spend some time catching up on that soon.


But I've spent some time over the last couple of days starting to catch up in a far more pleasurable way: catching up on the blogs I follow.  It has been a while since I have been able to do so, and what a lovely way to spend one's time! How inspiring too, to see what you are all doing.  I took the time today to read through a couple of blogs detailing the progress of building dollhouses  - if I've overwhelmed you with comments I apologise vbg.  


When I see the quality of work that is being done out there, I am in awe of your talent and patience.  Not to mention the technical skills.  Colour me green.


I have put in several orders over the last couple of days too - for some medieval furniture and tuscan furniture in quarter scale, some lighting but mainly for 1:12th scale items.  I seem to be getting the urge to tackle some of my 1:12th scale projects again.  I had planned to be working on my commissioned house as my Project of the Month for one of my online clubs but I am having difficulty doing so - I am still conflicted about the era I want to set it in and that makes it hard to decide on the furnishing and decorating.


Meanwhile I am catching up on sleep, getting over the fatigue from travelling 1500 kms or so in two days.  Peter was also tired, surprisingly so for him.  And he was waking during the night with pain in his hip.  On the day we left Bundaberg (Wednesday) he had suddenly exclaimed that he was being bitten - painful bites.  He couldn't find anything that was doing so.  But on Saturday morning he showed me his leg - it had several patches of angry, red, blistery areas about 1" across, over half the upper thigh.  By Sunday morning it had spread up his leg and across to the middle of his back.  He went to the doctor on Monday - and he has shingles.  No wonder he has been in pain and is so tired.  For once he is willing to rest - very unusual for him.  But I am insisting despite the fact that he wants to start preparing to build my new studio.  That can wait.  I just want him to get well.


So we will have a quiet time for a while.  Unless I keep him company Peter won't rest.  And he needs to rest and build up his immune system again.  


Hopefully I will also have a chance to catch up with more blogs, with the birthday exchanges I need to send out, and to finish catching up on that sleep lol!