That was the week that was

Phew, it has been a hectic one. Monday - holiday, Tuesday - shopping, Wednesday - work, Thursday - Dentist. Did the packing today to make sure we weren't over the baggage allowance. Our small cases are packed tightly and still have a couple of kilos to spare then off for a quick trim.

As most of the birthday cards I made have been posted, here is a photo of the ones done so far this year

Ouch!

One of my back teeth felt a bit 'odd' last night - rough round the edges and possibly a bit missing at the back. Phoned my dentist this morning and got a 2.30 appointment hoping it would just be a new filling but when she drilled it there were several fractures, some quite deep. As I am off to Australia next week and a standard crown wouldn't be ready in time I opted for a ceramic crown - a little expensive but will last longer than me!

I have spent 3 hours in the chair and had my tooth drilled right back, all old filings removed then a CAD camera scanned and plotted the shape of my new crown and it was made in a special machine which carved an exact fitted 'tooth' from a small ceramic block in about 20 minutes .

Just had it bonded in place and you cant see the join - its a perfect fit. Although it's an expense I could have done without, I would have been in agony flying next week and would have had my holiday ruined, probably needing emergency treatment which wouldn't be covered by my travel insurance.

Who do you think you are?

40 years ago!

While I was in bed with flu I watched several programmes in the series 'Who do you think you are?' It made me think perhaps it would be fun to do my family tree so that my granddaughters in Australia would have some reminder of their UK heritage.
Christmas 2009

As all my aunts and uncles, parents and a few cousins are no longer with us and other cousins and their children have married, moved and are no longer contactable, I had to rely on my memory. Of course, when doing trees you find they have multiple branches that get very tangled and go off in all directions - 4 sets of grandparents for my husband and I (5 actually as one remarried) for starters

Talk about not being able to see the wood for the trees! - in 3 days I have named and written down 118 relatives connected to the McCue/Tarrant family tree. It is so addictive too. I've found a couple of skeletons in the cupboard and look forward to learning more about our various ancestors in the coming months.

December? - Happy New Year

Not much action on here for December as I caught a bad bout of the Flu while singing in a choir and was bed-ridden for a few days and had a hacking cough for weeks. We had a quiet Christmas with Iain joining us for Christmas Eve, Christmas day and Boxing Day.

Finally feeling a lot better and the cough has almost gone. Hardly been out of the house for weeks except for a few quick food shops. Managed to make birthday cards for friends who have birthdays in January and February but won't show them all yet.

Busy sorting out clothes to pack for our annual holiday in Australia - can't believe another year has gone since the last one and this time next year we will be getting ready for the one-way trip hopefully!

More cards

Partridge in a pear tree?

Wallet

Christmas trees

Double slider card

Made loads of cards at the weekend from scraps in my box or ones left over from previous classes. You can see that I also managed to finish my samples for a 'Black & White Christmas' class at Carshalton this morning

Snow's going

After a rainy night our snow has almost gone - except for the frozen ruts on the road. Might venture out tomorrow if it doesn't ice up again.
Yesterday afternoon the sun came out for a while and it was beautiful. All the trees and plants were covered with ice crystals.

What a difference a day makes!

Before the heavy stuff arrived! - It's knee deep now

Main bus route from Epsom to Reigate!

the one with the lights on ended up turning 90 degrees with his rear between parked cars

Our Road

On the way back from the Surgery

(Waterfield) also a bus route

Not going anywhere today

(Headley Drive)