The Last Two Months in Brief…

… no sooner was I back then I was gone again.  The last two months have been very busy, very strange and very stressful and I just haven’t managed to get myself together enough to write.  Facebook may well be playing a part in my lack of blogging, I seem to be addicted
A brief timeline:
Pre-Christmas:  [...]

Read Full Post »

More patching

Our fourth trip to the eye clinic today.  Little’un’s eyesight is still improving and we are refining the patching method so as to encourage further improvement.  Intead of doing fairly benign tasks such as eating lunch or watching the telly whilst wearing her patch, Little’un must now use her close vision more and do tasks such as colouring, [...]

Read Full Post »

We are now patching

We were back at the eye clinic today.  The sight in Little’un’s lazy eye has improved vastly and the optometrist is very happy with her progress – she can see far more clearly from the lazy eye than she could at our last visit.  Because she is very longsighted in that eye she still needs to [...]

Read Full Post »

Happy Birthday to me…

I have spend the whole day laid up with yet another chest infection.  I’ve been making good use of my ventolin inhaler today.  Looks like I may have to think about a preventative inhaler through the winter months to stop this happening.  Gah.
Anyway, I was out on Friday night, celebrating the 30th birthday of my [...]

Read Full Post »

Little’un’s Squint #2

We were back at the hospital yesterday for a check up on Little’un’s wonky eye – happily no eyedrops required this time and no old men with eye patches and beards present - so it was all over and done with quickly, painlessly and without embarrassment.
Her glasses are doing the trick for now, particularly as she is [...]

Read Full Post »

Accommodative Esotropia (a squint to you and me)

Little’un has recently developed a pronounced squint so today we have been to see the Orthoptist and Opthalmologist to get it looked at.  Turns out she is long sighted so she now needs to wear glasses.  Any tips on getting a three-year-old to keep her glasses on/not break them/not use them as a toy will [...]

Read Full Post »

I am poorly sick. Again. Meh.

I hate being ill.  I am bored senseless but as soon as I try to do anything more strenuous than reach for a cup of tea I double over, coughing and wheezing, into a wobbly mass on the floor.  It ain’t pretty, I tell ya.
I have resorted to typing the name of everyone I have [...]

Read Full Post »

All is well at Tangerine Towers*

Let me tell you about the last few days…
Little’un is not sleeping well at all.  She has been waking up several times a night, demanding CD’s, cuddles and stories (at 3am – I don’t think so!).   I decided to take a few days off work to get it sorted.  Sleep management through the night, actual [...]

Read Full Post »

Wheel of the Year – February

February’s Wheel of the Year pics are (finally) here.  I started taking them on Thurday 1st and finished them this afternoon.  The intervening time has been spent coughing, gasping for air, listening to firstly Little’un and then The Yorkshireman cough, stopping my head from imploding, being completely unable to talk, visiting doctors (all three of us) and [...]

Read Full Post »

New Year, New TigerFeet

“The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.”
-Samuel Johnson
This quote, somewhat serendipitously, is what appeared on my desk calendar today.  For today is the day I take my pride and cast it aside in yet another an attempt to lose some weight and get fitter.  I’m [...]

Read Full Post »