The UPS and DOWNS of February

Good grief. Is it really over a month since I posted?? How dreadful! I did say I'd post more often didn't I?? Some resolution that turned out to be. Anyway, here's February. A good in patches month with some serious UPS and DOWNS.
UP
At the beginning of the month I managed to catch a Dolly bead for Beth, Dom came to spend the night and we went to a great 18th birthday party. We also went to watch Phobe as Dorothy in her drama group presentation of The Wizard of Oz


DOWN 12th
Concern about little cat grew and grew and although he did pick up a bit - the infamous purr returned - in the end we decided enough was enough and we let him go. We'd had him for just under 18 years, so it was a terrific wrench and there is a little black furry hole in our lives. I feel as though I have lost another link with my daughter. She loved him so much: I hope they are together at last - she waited a long time for him to join her. She wanted him buried with her, and 17 years and two days later he joined her. I'm planning to scrap his life. maybe if I can do HIM I can get up courage to do HER. .


DOWN 15th
My trip to the consultant. Things are gradually getting worse, and this time I was asked if I wanted to start treatment. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! We agreed to give it another three months and monitor things. I've made up MY mind not to start until after my birthday in June - I want to enjoy the party!
UP 15th
Phoebe's 9th birthday tea. We went straight from the hospital, so were a bit shell-shocked for a riot, but the kids had fun and there was cake, and she is BEEEautiful!
DOWN - 16th
My aunt invited me to go to Folkestone with her so she could visit a recently bereaved cousin. I really didn't want to go right then, leaving my poor DH lonely in the house missing Mog and worrying about me, but I felt I had to go. Miserable trip as I don't fit into coach seats, but nice to see places that are writ large in my childhood memories. Aunt did warn me that she snored - but not quite how loud, so I had very little sleep for the two nights we were there!
UP - 17th
Visiting the cousin I hadn't seen for over 40 years and finding another scrapper! Actually she does MASSES of stuff, especially flower-arranging, but she had family photos I'd never seen before and will get copies for me, HOORAY! She's coming this way in April so we will meet again then.
Aunt also visited an old friend - again someone I have known forever, except I didn't know she worked at Bletchley Park during the War and gives talks on the Enigma Machine.
UP 19th - 21st
Home again and off to watch Phoebe dance at the local Festival. She really is good. She danced in 7 classes and got 3 second places and 3 third. One of the seconds was for a tap duet for under 12s - her tap partner is 11 - It was SUCH fun and they were really good together. they looked as though they were having fun.

DOWN
Just feeling so tired after all this that I stayed in bed. That's ridiculous. There's SO much I want to do, and then I just sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
UP 24th
Out for a Chinese with friends
UP 26th
Waterlooville Happyscrappers with two new members. The talk was about Beth's Crop on Saturday, and the possibility of moving venue if it's cheaper/ nicer

So that was February 2007. It looks as though March may be going along the same lines. we already have two funerals and two birthdays, plus Mother's Day, a family photo shoot and Phoebe's next show. And I wonder why I am tired. . .
OH, and I did some scrapping. Four layouts for Beth's class here, as well as a lot more ATCs. Now off to do some inchies for a swap. . . WHAT possessed me - INCHIES - how small is that!!