My Nan's 90th

At long last I am getting around to posting about what I did for my nan's 90th birthday, this is it. I worked all day one it the day before her birthday yeah I know talk about leaving it to the last minute but I got it done and everyone seemed to like it.........Over the photo I wrote the following:

Today makes the 90^th birthday of an amazing woman my nan Flo James. She has always been known as Flo and it wasn’t until she came to the nursing home that I heard her called Florence.

My grandmother was born Florence Torrens on the 31^st May 1921 in Wauchope her mother was Mary Ann Cameron and her dad was David William Torrens. She was one of 13 children her siblings where: Ethel, Irean, Trudy, Robert, William, James, Eva, Isabell, Dorrie, Mavis and Nita.

Nan has been married twice her first marriage to Merve Townsend resulted in 3 children: Mavis, Ronald and Diane. On the 23^rd of December 1950 in Hamilton Newcastle she married the love of her life, Ronald Francis James with whom she had a fourth child Francis.

Nan has been blessed with 15 grandchildren each of her first 3 children have had 5 children each they are as follows: Jo-Anne, Jeannie, Susan, Sandra, David, Noel, Eddie, Ashley, Shirley, Jason, Robert, Wayne, Marie, Geoffrey and Debbie.

She has many great grandchildren as well as some great great grandchildren to many for me to name here.

Unfortunately Frank and Pearla have not been able to have children.

On the 17^th September 1972 nan and pop was to lose a daughter with the death of Diane.

On the 4^th November 2010 she lost pop and despite what some people may think she know he is gone and is deeply sadden by the fact.

Now that she is spending her last days in a nursing home I feel that it is a shame that more of her family do not visit her, mostly she receives visits from Frank and his wife Pearla and her daughter Mavis and granddaughter Jo-Anne. Now I am not saying that other family members don't visit her just that they do not visit very often.

I have always been close to my nan and feel blessed to be her grandchild she has always been a person to open her heart and home to all that needed her.

Tuesday already........................

Today is cold and wet again the type of day where I don't want to go anywhere but alas that wasn't the case after getting up at 8am and ironing Tim's work shirts my mum sends me a text asking if I wanted to go to the nursing home with her and of course I said I would.........so we have been over and seen nan, she look ok she was in one of the big blue chairs sleeping which is what she does most of the time now days.

I want to say thank you for all the well wishes I am feeling better now still have a headache but not as bad and I am still able to do stuff.

Now I am home and it feels like I am home alone although I am not as Tim is in bed sleeping he worked last night and I have no idea when he got home but do know that I have to wake him at midday. When I got back from the nursing home Jessica and Leo had gone out her car is here so she must have gone out with her sister. So the house is nice and quite and it feels good not to have Leo running around making a heap of noise.

Today feels like Monday yesterday being a puplic holiday has thrown me out a bit I don't know why maybe because I went over to my parents place for lunch yesterday instead of on Sunday.........

Now for some family news my grandson Blain is going to have a half brother or sister/ new cousin as his father and his father's girlfriend are having a baby and since his father's girlfriend is his mother's cousin the new baby will be also be his cousin...............can you get your head around that.

A day or two in bed

Hi all here I am on a very wet Sunday morning watching Little Leo while his mum sleeps and while hubby sleeps in too. Now I know many of you are thinking nothing new there Jo-Anne you do that all the time, true.......................however I still have a migraine after taking strong pain relief I am just managing to sit and do nothing.

This migraine started yestetday morning and I did spend most of yesterday in bed after going shopping with Kathy-Lee I didn't want to let her down again and have her pissed off with me again so I sucked it up and went.

When I got home I went back to bed and stayed there till I got up this morning when Kathy rang to see if I was still going over to help her hang photos, when I started to say that I still have a headache she got the shits and said don't worry about it mum and hung up........oh well she will get over it............my girls find it hard to understand that a migraine can last longer then one day.

I will be going back to bed soonish and getting Jessica up to look after Leo I am in a lot of pain but as long as I do not have to move or think about anything I am ok. Will do a bit of blog reading and commenting before I go back to bed though.

TGIF................

1. If you could pick any name on Earth for yourself – would you change yours and what would it be?

Nope I love my name but I do get annoyed when it is spelt wrong.....it is Jo-Anne not Joanne.

2. If you’re a worker-outer…what time do you partake in such activities? There are SO many theories about when it’s best and not best to work out….like the morning is better since you have an empty stomach or the night is not good because you won’t be able to sleep…etc, etc. – so I’d like to hear your theories.

Anytime I can myself motavated to get off my ass and do something.

3. If you drive a car – what kind is it and if you could drive any car – what would it be?

I drive either of my daughters cars as at this time I do not own a car, I would love to own a small station wagon.

4. Can you be totally honest in answering this next question and tell me what you think of tattoos? More importantly – what do you think of the people who have tattoos – specifically women?

I like tattoos but find people who are covered in them off putting I do have one tattoo on my left arm and would like a couple of others but not to many.

Slept all night

I went off to the doctors yesterday afternoon, it was a late in the afternoon appointment which I do not like but can't always get in when we would like. Anyway Jessica had to come home and pick me up drop at the doctors go and get Leo from Day Care and come back and get me............easy right..

Nope not so she is late picking me up to take me to the appointment then when I get out she isn't there to get me so I ring her and she is at her sisters with car trouble...........grrrrrrrrrrr I ring my mum who doesn't like driving at night anymore but still she comes and gets me and takes me Natasha's where I thought Jessica was but when I get there no one is home..........wtf So I walk to Kathy's place please all remember it is bloody cold here temp around 11 degrees, so I was freezing..........Yes they are all at Kathy's having tea/dinner. Jessica borrowed Kathy's car as she said didn't want to drive her car at night till she knew it wouldn't die on her.............

So anyway I bring her car and Leo home and she goes out to her cousins place for the night. By the time I got home Leo was asleep it was only 6.30pm but I decided not to wake him and instead carried him into bed. I put a heater on for him as the room is so cold and at 9.20pm I go to bed just after I get into bed he comes in and gets into bed with me tells me I am so warm and goes back to sleep.............I think the reason he woke up was because I turned his heater off when I went to bed.....His mother was really annoyed when I told her that he slept all night.

Stylish Blogger Award

TIMOTHOLOGY

Gave me this award and I am supposed to tell seven things about myself and give the award to 15 friends. Here goes:

1. I love watching tv shows like Lockup & America's Hardest Prisions
2. I enjoy my own company
3. I am the oldest of 5 children
4. I have one tattoo
5. The only piecings I have are my ears
6. I suffer from depression
7. My best friend is my mother

Now I have to think of 15 pals to pass it on too..............mmmmmmmmm Ok

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2 Tablets not 1

Yesterday I was telling you all about me being in a mood well last night I figured out what was causing me to be in a mood............I have been out of one of anti depression tablets for over a week and that is the cause.

When I mentioned this to both hubby and Jess I was told to go and get my tablets and my response "with what" I have no money and can't afford to get them and Jess said she would pay. She has however gone out this morning and I do not know when she will be home so no idea when I am to go and get my medication unless I take Little Leo wtih me.........mmmmmmmmm what to do............

I take two different tablets for my depression and really do need both one just one I am ok for a few days but the longer I go without my second tablet the worse I get..............without the one I am out of I get moody if I go without the other one I end up crying all the time..........

So in order to funtion like a somewhat normal/sane woman I have to take both of them.....................