Believe it or not I do exist!

Well, I see it's almost a year since I've put anything on this blog.
That actually must be because my life is fairly uninteresting! In a way that's true, but also because things have happened.
Back in OCT of last year my husband suffered a spontaneous pnuemothorax, or a collapsed lung. He was hospitalized for over two weeks and came out without it having been fully inflated even after having surgery.
It basically took ages and he only received his release from the pulmonary specialist at the beginning of this month.

It had a huge impact on our lives. Certainly on mine because suddenly everything was down to me. All the care for Misha, all the running and chores, all the cooking and cleaning up. But, I muddled through it and actually survived. Miracle - so did M.

In March of this year we made another appearance at Crufts with Misha. It was wonderful because my sister came over from the States to share it with us. Unfortunately Misha didn't perform as well as she should. I doubt we would have gotten very far anyway because the judge seemed to like the large, over the standard bitches.

My sister was here for two very short weeks. I really do miss her and wish we weren't so far apart. I think it will be sometime before we see each other again. Perhaps I will be able to entice her back for a visit when we move into a house of our own. That's providing of course it's in a lovely peaceful setting!

I've picked up my needle again and making slow progress on a small project.
Also, I'm starting to go through my stash and cull out what I know I am not going to use. There are so many things that I like, but I realistically know I will never stitch them. My tastes have changed and I accept that. I can never work on everything I have. So, I'm keeping select charts, fibers, and fabric - the rest must find new homes!

Well, this is all for the moment as I'm wasting some stitching time, so I shall close for now and get back to my project!