Earlier I put on a long rant, thought better of it and then took it down.

But I'm still a bit cranky, I've got a pinched nerve and I just yelled at my son because he's being annoying.

Yesterday I was asked to do a favour, put names onto a couple of towels for a wedding gift, I agreed even though I knew it would be a hassel to find everything I needed to do it, including the digitising program which had been removed from the computers during cleanups. After agreeing I was told it had to be done same day. I had plans to see my son's soccer game, lately I haven't been getting many weekends off, I was not going to miss that. Finding everything took time and it meant I missed out on doing the things I like to do on Saturday night, I'm not a party animal but there are tv shows I like. Was up til the wee hours working on the towels, they were finally done by about 1 am and then there were other things I needed to do, like load the dishwasher and other miscellaneous things. I got to bed after 3 and took over an hour to get to sleep, I had to be up before 9.30 because that is when the person I was doing the towels for told me she would be over.
I got up at 9 just in case she was early but then she didn't turn up til after 12, telling me she decided she didn't need to get it so early. I just stood there and took it, I've got to learn to stand up for myself and not feel guilty about saying no. I was trying to some housework when I got a pinched nerve in my lower back was going to have a hot bath but instead went to bed. I did manage to get a short nap in before being woken by my son who wanted to show me the potatoes he just dug up. Told him he can cook them for my dinner and took a nice hot shower. I'm feeling more human but am in need of chocolate, a cup of tea and a blanket. I'm milking the pinched nerve for a while, sent my daughter to the kitchen to get them for me.






My morning wasn't that unproductive, while cleaning the kitchen and sorting my machine embroidery bits and pieces so I can locate them easier in future I came across a bees wax candle making kit, so rolled myself 2 candles. The kit cost $5, each candle took about less than a minute to roll up, to make the wax soft enough to do so it just needed warming with my hair dryer. So 2 minutes of sheer crafting pleasure has given me 2 yummy honey scented candles that I can eat if I wish. Or I can just chew on the real honey comb I have in the pantry.



I also melted some wax left over from a beautiful vanilla scented candle, poured it into a candle glass and placed a tea light in it while it cooled. When the tea light is burned out I'll replace it with another.