I’m all better now!
I am very happy to say that my broken arm is healing well and that my cast is off at last! YAY! I tell you, there’s nothing like losing the use of your dominant hand (and arm) for a month to make you appreciate what you have.
I did become quite good with my left hand and even managed to do some scrapbooking - there was a competition about to close that I really wanted to enter so I thought I would give it a go and I managed pretty well. Unfortunately I can’t show you the layouts as I don’t want to jinx anything (some magazines can get funny about you showing your entries online) so nothing to show just yet. It would be amazing to win - especially having done the entry with a broken arm! It is the For Keeps Awards for Excellence 2007 - the main prize is to get onto the magazine’s design team for next year.
Having the cast removed the other day was actually horrendous. After cutting it off with a scary sounding mini electric saw, they then yanked my arm around to see how well it could move. I ended up in tears and nearly vomiting and fainting from the pain. At one point I looked up from the exam bed I was sitting on to see five doctors/nurses all standing around looking very concerned, and muttering things like “it shouldn’t be hurting that much”.
I have to say that not one of them handed me a tissue or gave me much sympathy as I lay there gasping and crying from the pain. Anyway by the next day it was a lot better and today better again so I am very happy to nearly be back to normal again.
Of course I am on a high now - being able to drive and brush my teeth and do so many other ordinary things much more easily again. So I am full of resolve to not waste any time - for example I am thinking of making it a “rule” to get one of my craft books out and pick a project and complete one every week. I love buying idea books and looking through them but I have sewn precious little from most of them.
I am also going to do my art journal entries more reguarly again and keep my workspace tidy so that I don’t always have to tidy up a big mess to get started on something.
How gorgeous is this? My auntie sent this little set for Emma (and one for my baby niece Grace) because she just fell in love with them and I can see why! I just LOVE the name Bunny’s Bistro. Emma loves them too. Thanks Mickey. 
More regular blogging from now on I promise!
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tags: art, art journal, children, cutlery, kids
Hi there I am also imprisoned in a cast and as I am sure you know it sucks! I hope to get it off in 2 weeks,can’t wait it take me twice as long to type and to do just about anything else for that matter! And it’s so uncomfortable!So I read your post and i hope I don’t do that when they take my cast off but I am pretty scared.My name is David by the way from N.Y.