Saturday....

It is a grey miserable day today, no rain & not hot but not cold. Hopefully you have better weather where you are. Lucky me though, has a kid free weekend, when my sister took the girls for the weekend, so they could go & see the Lego Christmas tree & store fronts in Sydney with my niece & nephew. I would love to have gone, but there is no way I could walk around Sydney these days.

As I said the other day, I bought some Porters brand chalk paint in explorer blue & old chuch white, to update some of the mismatch furniture that will be going into my craft room. The advantage with this paint is no sanding or priming. It is that easy. I have started with the table, just an old pine top table win black metal legs. I figured it was the easiest this to replace if I really do a bad job. I was pleasantly surprised just how easy & quick it was. I have completed 2 coats...

First coat, a bit patchy for my liking.

Second coat, a more even finish...

Sorry I forgot to get a before shot. I haven't finished yet, I wasn't able to get the wax the other day & it won't be in store until next week. So between now & then I can decided whether to experiment with some distressing, painted stripes, painting some sort of feature in the middle. I'm not sure. At the moment it is a great expanse of white, but when it's in place, I know my sewing machine etc will break that up. So I'm really undecided. 

Being a kid free weekend, I figured I will take advantage of this, by sorting & wrapping the christmas presents that I have been stashing in my ensuite, away from prying little eyes. I think I am finished all the shopping, but you never know. It's the first year too, that I have bought the girls different things to each other, before they always wanted the same, some things are the same but a lot is different, I just need to make sure it all looks even now. So best I get started.

Talk soon x

Thursday....

Busy day today, for me anyhow. I accompanied mum to an appointment at Katoomba hospital. I still can't get comfortable in hospital, regardless of the amount of time I've spent in them, but mum is always happy to be my support with appointments, I thought I should return the favour.

Mercifully the appointment was really quick, so we were out of the depressive place in no time. I love exploring katoomba, I just hate the hill... The Main Street of Katoomba is a really steep hill, not good for someone whose oxygen saturation drops dramatically with any exertion. I did have my trusty oxygen tank, & had many regular pit stops, so I survived, not that I climbed the entire hill. We stopped & had lunch at a little cafe decked out Art Deco style, it was very dark & moody thanks to the dark wood panelling on the walls. As it was raining & miserable & rather chilly, I really felt likes nice homemade soup, the bonus was the daily special was beef & vegetable soup. It was a fantastic choice, that is until mums order came out, waffles with caramel sauce & ice cream, I mean really, thanks mum.

So we wandered into a few stores, including a cheap bookstore. I am determine to locate some japanese sewing books, the ones with clothing patterns. I have seen them on other blogs and really want to try them out. But no luck.

On the way home, I stopped into Blue Mountains Interior, in blackheath, where I splurged on 2 litres of chalk emulsion. I am going to try to transform my kitchen dresser and a table with the paint. They will then be located into my slowing evolving craft room, I can't wait, I bought myself an early christmas present of a brother qc2000 sewing machine, but I won't let myself use it until I finish setting my craft room & it's dedicated space. It is just taking soooo long, especially when I can only have short bursts of activity or risk a major migraine from the ever changing oxygen levels.

Home now, exhausted, my generous hubby made dinner, girl 1 & 2 are bathed & in bed, & I'm honestly trying to convince myself that it's not too early to go to bed.... The debate will continue....

Talk soon 

xx 

Let the journey begin....

Hi, my name is Nicole or Nik, as my friends call me. This blog will be my online account of my life coping with a rare terminal disease, possible double lung transplant, my interests and hobbies, and generally how I fill my days as I await the call that could change my life. 

Any organ transplant is a massive ordeal for anyone to go through. But when it is your only hope of living, it's something that you wish for but dread at the same time. So I hope you can join me in this journey, and share with me your experiences and opinions.