The In-Between Time

Hello,

It's been a while this time hasn't it!?

Well, I've been recovering from the last bout of chemo and just trying to get my life back on track a bit now. I am still feeling very tired at times but my energy is returning gradually and two weeks after the last chemo pill I am already feeling better.

I haven't really been doing much, working for a friend putting LOTS of things on eBay (more tiring than it sounds and dangerous when I browse.....!).

I joined Slimming World on Thursday (I have done it before) in order to lose some weight. Well, it was a shock when I got on the scales I can tell you! It is so wrong to weigh more than your boyfriend!
Anyway, Ash said he'll do it with me as we both need to change our eating habits although he's not too happy that Crunchy Nut Cornflakes aren't a free food.

I have been catching up with people a bit more and it was brilliant to FINALLY catch up with Sarah who I haven't seen since she got back from Oz (6ish weeks ago!).

The allotment has calmed down a bit now. Our big harvesting time was around that last chemo which was a pain but we got HUNDREDS of runner beans (some of you will know, as you've been/bean eating them!)
We have also had quite a good crop of tomatoes. A shame since my mum gave us the plants but she lost all her crop due to blight. We had some potatoes and lots of courgettes too, some spring onions and a few red onions.
We lost our broccoli in the space of about 2 days to pigeons - next time we'll put them under a net. Our carrots and parsnips didn't so well at all although the marigolds that I planted around the carrots as a sacrificial plant have done brilliantly!
We've dug up that bed now and are preparing to clear it all for the winter unless we decide to put in a late crop.
What we'll probably do is just leave it and start again next year with a few different crops and some that we know will do well - runners definitely!

We went blackberrying the other day - something I haven't done in donkey's years - and got a bit scratched but picked some lovely berries to make a pie (non-Slimming World - oh well!)

The other thing I suppose I should mention is that Ashley and I have just passed our 1 year anniversary! It's seems to have gone very quickly but also it seems like we've been together forever. We're seriously considering the possibility of moving to Cornwall next year to live as we can afford to buy a house down there and we love it - it's a much more outdoor lifestyle.

So that's my update, I'll be going in for surgery on the 19th September and there'll be news of a new arrival when I write again. Uncle Ashley is getting excited because he'll have a baby to squodge!

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Lots of love to you all and thank you for your continued support

Lizxxxxxxxx

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