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Ahoy me harties!

I did some sewing yesterday, but having to constantly use my sore right eye took its toll, and by the end of the day I had to wear an eye patch to give it a rest.

I was up walking around the house at midnight, waiting for the discomfort to subside enough for me to get to sleep, when I had an idea.  This is what I came up with:

posted by: blytheswideshut at February 19, 2006 17:49 | link | comments (3) |

meme

Ok, I've been tagged, so here we go...

4 Jobs I've had:

Attendant at a bowling alley
Credit card settlements officer at a Credit Union
Centrelink employee and IT person
Family Day Care provider (yay! best job ever)

4 Movies I like:

Ferris Buellers Day Off
Fargo
Napoleon Dynamite
Anything by Pedro Almodovar

4 Places I've lived

Balaclava
St Kilda
Caulfield
Brisbane

4 T.V shows I like

Nip/Tuck
Grand Designs
Oswald (the blue cartoon octopus)
Starting Over

4 Places I've vacationed

Japan
New York
Canada
China

4 Favourite dishes

CTBM (from Bala da Dhaba on Glen Eira Rd, Ripponlea)
Sophie's Goulash Soup with dumplings
My Mum's Salmon Mornay
my vegetarian Mussamun curry

4 Sites I visit daily

Gus
Dooce
Sarcastic Journalist
Darn Tootin

crafty ones:

Wee Wonderfuls
Angry Chicken
Artsy Craftsy Babe
Dixie's Dragon

4 Places I'd rather be

Japan
New York
Melbourne
Sleeping

posted by: blytheswideshut at February 11, 2006 21:42 | link | comments (2) |

Friday, 10 February 2006

Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome I presume?

Let's just say that last week the right hand side of my face swelled up like a cauliflower, then went numb, and now ya'll can just call me 'droopy face'.

After experiencing these strange symptoms for a few days, visiting the ER, then my family Dr, then a different ER, I wound up in hospital for a few days.

The aftermath of the whole experience is that the right hand side of my face is now paralysed.  I look pretty goofy, and talk like a pirate, but I'm ok.  Full recovery from the facial paralysis is expected in less than 50% of cases...so I"m hoping I'll be one of the lucky 50% that actually recovers.

List of things I can't do until further notice:

1. Drive a car
2. Operate a sewing machine
3. Use scissors
4. Watch TV
5. Use a computer (well I can but it HURTS!)
6. Read

basically anything that involves hand/eye co-ordination - because my right eye won't blink or focus by itself, so it drives me nuts to do anything that involves these types of skills.

posted by: blytheswideshut at February 10, 2006 09:30 | link | comments (2) |

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