Monday 15 July 2013

.... and the winner is.....?

Hi everyone,

Oh dear, over a week since I posted!  I am so sorry, I have been stitching but I just have had little time to fiddle around with loading pics, etc.

My Dear Mum., although home, is still not well - she seems to be slowly fading away from us.  I am finding this very hard to deal with and I find that I am busy with endless phone calls with my sisters as we try to come up with strategies to make life easier for my parents and to respect their wishes as to how they live their lives.  Work, of course, is busy and I have had a few medical appointments myself with the upshot being that I will be going into hospital in mid August for a procedure (nothing dire - so please don't worry) which necessitates two nights in hospital and over a week off work!  So, my time is being pulled in oh so many directions!

I do have lots of bits and pieces to show you but that will have to wait until next post (Linda and Debbie) as I am just trying to dash this post off before dashing to the train!

Of course, the real reason for this post was to announce the winner of my 2nd Blogaversary Giveaway.

Drum roll please....



The winner is    Ilene.  Congratulations, please email me with your snail mail address and off we will go.

hugs,

27 comments:

Anonymous said...

congrats Illene,well done and know what you are going through Kaye with your parents we are going through the same with mine,sending big hugs.xx

Queen Of The Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries said...

Congratulations Ilene and thank you Kaye!

Thinking of you and sending Prayers your way at this time Kaye xo

Linda said...

Congrats to the winner. Sending you more hugs and happy thoughts.

Linda

KimM said...

Congratulations to Illene. My heart goes out to you with your Mom. Mine is still in the throes of recovering form her craniotomy and stroke....each day is a blessing, no matter how coherent
she is. We are in the process of throwing her an 80th birthday open house 21JUL.....I'm hoping we have a grand turnout for her.
Blessings to you and yours,

Anonymous said...

Hello Kaye

Congrats to lllene!

I am sorry to hear about your Mom, she will be in my thoughts. I have a similar situation with my lovely 83 year old Dad. It's very hard.
Sending you {{hugs}} from the UK.

Parsley said...

So sorry about your Mom. My thoughts and prayers are with you and her.

Barb said...

I will keep you in my thoughts with all you are dealing with.

Catherine said...

Continued thoughts and prayers your way!
Congrats to your winner!!

Christine M said...

Congratulations to Ilene. Thinking of your Mum and sending you hugs Kaye. You take care of yourself too. Hugs, Christine xx

Mii Stitch said...

Congrats to the winner!

Christine said...

Congratulations Ilene, sending good thoughts for your mum

Valma said...

congrats to (very) lucky Ilene =D
big big hugs and all my thoughts to your mum
xxxxx

cucki said...

Congrats to llene..
Sending lots of prayers to your mom.
Hugs x

Noela said...

Congratulations Illene. Hope things improve for your family soon. Hugs....

Chris said...

Keeping you and your Mom in my thoughts and prayers.
Woohoo Ilene!

Sarah in Stitches said...

Congrats, Ilene! Kaye, I really hope things go well for your mother, and for your medical procedure too.

♥ Nia said...

My heart is with you sweetie {{{hugs}}}

Shirlee said...

I am continuing to keep your mum, dad, & you in my prayers. I will now add a request that your surgical procedure goes well & is successful. Many hugs, dear friend.

Vickie said...

I am praying for you and your mom and your family. I am sorry.

Bernadett said...

Congratulations to the winner.:)

Lija Broka said...

Congratulations to the winner.

And my thoughts are with you and your mum too. Hope everything will sort itself out.

inga said...

congrat:)

SoCal Debbie said...

Congratulations to the lucky winner! I giggled when I saw that you mentioned me by name! Ha! Get on with your stitching (as Linda & I crack the whip....LOL).

Brigitte said...

So sorry to hear about your mom;s condition. It's not easy to deal with all of it. My thooughts will be with you and your mom.

the grey tail said...

oh Kaye, I'm so so sorry to hear that. sending all my hugs to Mamma and Papà.
try and rest a bit, don't worry about posting. we can wait for you get a bit of a break.
happy xxx and congrats Ilene!
hugs,
chiara

retdairyqueen said...

Oh Dear Some how I missed this post Kaye
Thank you
Such a worrying time for you
Hugs

Sally said...

Thinking of you Kaye. Sending lots of hugs to you and your family.

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