Well my desk finally has something different on it, even though its only
new stash! Doug decided we needed a few hours out of the house, and as
we also needed wild bird food, we drove over to Webbs Garden Centre,
about 20 minutes away from us. Its quite a big, award winning centre,
and there are coach trips all year to it from all over the country. It
also has a Lakeland on site, an Outdoor gear centre, one for hot tubs,
as well as a Hobbycrafts, and the Garden Centre itself is huge, with an
amazing selection of stuff,an Aquatic area as well as a vast range
indoors of all sorts of home/giftware. I did have a browse in
Hobbycrafts, strangely enough, and for once came away with a few bits.
One thing I wanted was some smooth watercolour paper, to try out my
Brushos with some stamping. Got that, check. Some low tack masking tape,
a couple of glue runners, the Stix2, I've tried Hobbycrafts own brand
and didn't like them. Doug picked up some Glue sticks, called Blu
sticks. Goes on blue and dries clear. 50p each. Bargain.I spotted a 3
pack trial size of Aleenes glues. I already have the Aleenes Tack it Over and Over for my U/m stamps, and love it, so thought I'd try some
more in the range. Not a big user of 'wet' glues, but sometimes its what
you need- these three are Tacky glue, Fast Grab Tacky and Quick Dry Tacky Glue.
The
three pack Sellotape rolls were Christmas stock being sold off, so
ready for next year. Assuming that I a) remember I bought them, and b)
can find them. To be honest, neither option is very likely. A Tim Holtz
die, Eiffel Tower and Fleur De Lis,which was £6.50, and as that's
generally around the £12 mark another bargain. The feather die was a
freebie with a crafting Magazine I spotted earlier in the day in
Tesco.There is also a clear stamp there with a cute little bird and an
owl.I have to say that over the last couple of years I've become
disenchanted with Hobbycrafts- I generally rarely come out with anything
other than adhesives- and this trip wasn't really much different, apart
from the Bigz die. To me, it seems like Hobbycrafts try to cover too
much ground, and fall down, especially in cardmaking, by having a bit of
everything, but not a lot of choice overall. For instance, they had
only 4 different Bigz dies, and I think I counted 8 Nestie sets. But
that's just my take on it.
A final note for you, I had my scans a couple of weeks ago, and a meeting with the surgeon last week. Mixed news, to be fair. Firstly, and the real positive from this, is that the cancer has not spread to my Liver or Lungs, its just confined to the rectum. On the downside, the radiotherapy has not shrunk it by as much as he would want before removing it, so I have to have another round of Chemo, this time IV. Don't know when yet, waiting for the Oncologist appointment to come through, so will have to wait to get more details of how often/when/how long for. The good side is that it will be at our local hospital, which is only a 10 minute drive away. Like I said, not what we wanted to hear, so a bit disappointing overall, but the news that it hasn't spread is fantastic.
Have a great Wednesday everyone, and if you are new here and wondering what its all about, get yourself off over to our Head of Desks, Julia, at The Stamping Ground, and join in the snooping!
