I lost 4 months to PIP
The dreaded brown envelope, telling that my DLA was ending and that I needed to apply for PIP, landed on my doormat at the end of March. I had been …
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If cats claimed PIP
Having gone through the process of filling in my PIP application thought it would be amusing to do one for Timmy my old and doddery cat. Mind you he is …
Pain Poem
My daughter just showed me a song she has written at school about her friends and it inspired me to put fingers to keyboard about how I feel today. Lots …
Man makes
Men are so difficult to make cards for and what do you do when your husband has birthday less than a week before Valentine’s day, so you have 2 cards …
Another year, nothing changes!
This picture really resonates with me. I hate that I have not been able to work for 20 years. I really want to work and have a purpose and an …
What have I made?
Apart from a lot of mess and many mistakes? After making stuff for Emily’s school fair, I rather ran out of steam and the run up to Christmas is exhausting. …
2018 at the Shaws
Our main event this year was Emily moving to High School. The process seems to take most of the year with working up to Sats, attending school open events, choosing …
One More Step Along The World I Go
I am not a regular church goer, but when our local church were doing a Songs of Praise service, I asked if I could join in. I was welcomed with …
So frustrating
As ever as I am struggling with being ill and trying to get things done and keep people happy and do things I want to do. I am currently juggling …
Autumn makes
These are my makes over the Autumn, I don’t have the energy to describe them all, but if anyone wants to know which dies or patterns they are made from, …