Friday 18 May 2012

me made may,scabs and pestilence

Day 2 - MM tee shirt from Built By Wendy Home Stretch book, me made scarflet, me made Tate skirt
Over the past two weeks we have had a litany of minor childhood illnesses.  This has been a learning curve for.  And so in regard to Me Made May day 2, I peaked early this month!  I haven't had much time or energy for the flickr group or for blogging.  My favourite red white and blue combo was on Day 2.  The next day the nagging sore throat I had had only at night for a week developed into tonsilitis.  I felt too crummy for photos.  I felt so crummy I fell asleep on the baby playmat next to Rocket Girl.  Two days later T developed an ear infection that had him up crying at night so we celebrated the May Bank holiday with a trip to the out of hours doctor.  Then he also got impetigo - I didn't know what that was! I do now. 
 
Day 10 Simplicity 3835 top



Day  14 - Simplicity 3835 top, thrifted jeans and cardie

The ear infection didn't go away with the first lot of medicine, back to the doctor again.  The impetigo came back, up.his.nose...eeek.  Not nice.   Back to the doctor again.   Then just a couple of days ago Rocket Girl looked suspiciously spotty.  Back to the doctor again.  I thought maybe she had caught impetigo, but no, she has chicken pox. At 4 and half months.  Phew...now I am home with spotty, contagious baby waiting to see if Little I gets the chicken pox...T has already had it.  So my may pictures are a bit sporadic. Though I have had only two days not wearing me mades!   The eagle eyed among you may notice I managed to get my hair chopped off in the middle of this mayhem...it was the fastest haircut ever I think.  I went to a little salon five minutes walk from my house while a friend sat with T and Rocket Girl.  It is a salon frequented by old ladies and now me!  Head massage??  Don't make me laugh.  They don't do anything as fancy as wash your hair unless you specifically reqest it.  They just quickly chop chop chop.  I has about 4 inches cut off and plenty of layers put in.  It had got so long, but I don't look cute with long hair -I just look like a witch!  My new hair when just washed looks a lot like a Beatles moptop but I can live with that. 

Day 15 - Simplicity Portfolio top,thrifted jeans and cardie, and chaos all around
On day 15 I initially put on my denim Portfolio dress - an old favourite.  Then bending to pick up RG I heard that sound, dreaded by any sewer, Krrrr---ippppp...ppppp....it ripped!  The underarm seam had given up,probably because I strained it by wearing the dress until 7 months pregnant.  Hmmm..  It is waiting to be fixed.

Anyway, in the midst of all this scabby, drippy, yucky illness infestation I had my birthday. Not such a great one but I was given a pair of pinking shears and have been gleefully pinking seams on old me mades ever since.  It is quite a satisfying job.  I also got a tin of Illy and new mug from my lovely friend E.  So here I sit, spotty (but mercifully happy) baby at my feet, drinking coffee and going pink, pink, pink with those shears.  Small pleasures, small pleasures.


Day 16 3835 top - this one is a bit too tight across the bust.  Please note special freaky blurred head effect





 

17 comments:

  1. Oh my, I hope you are all on the mend. I think the MMM wasn't supposed to be this challenging or not in this way atleast. Love the skirt though and simplicity top. x x x

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    1. Thank you - I have invested in some vitamins and iron! I do love the Tate skirt and find it very wearable.

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  2. Things always come in threes! I hope everyone heals quickly. You're doing splendidly to keep up with wearing me-mades AND get a haircut!

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    1. Thanks Donna - the haircut was so fast I was only gone from the house for half an hour! I feel much better to have had all that length cut off though.

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  3. Wow, that is a list of sickness, poor family Minnado!
    I hope everyone's on the mend now....and happy belated birthday!!
    Well done for keeping up with the Me Mades despite all the goings on. Nice haircut - looks really cute!!

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    1. Thank you ScruffyBadger - I am liking the haircut - before I was dragging it into a ponytail every day and that was not good! xx

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  4. Oh my, that sounds terrible. Maybe someday you will read this post and think, "How the hell did I get through that?" Oh yeah, I was moving so fast, I look blurred on camera!
    And you also got a haircut and wore me-made clothes. I think you have earned extra points! back to clothes I love the red, white and blue outfit. Get well everyone!

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    1. I too love the r,w and b - it looks as if that is the high point of MM may for me! We are working on the getting well. xx

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  5. Wow, I'm surprised you kept going with MMM with all that going on! My eldest got impetigo up her nose when she was about 6 - not pretty!

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    1. Yes, impetigo is so not pretty isn't it? T just looked really like an unloved orphan especially with the addition of cotton wool stuffed in his ear too!

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  6. Well at least nobody came around and painted a big red cross on your door whilst shouting "unclean,unclean".Better a job lot and get it all done and dusted that's what I say.
    Belated many happy returns to you too and wishing that all of you are all back up and running in tip top condition soon...the haircut looks really nice too by the way!x

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    1. You make me laugh - especially as I had thought about painting a big cross on the door. xx

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  7. Oh dear ... I hope you all are feeling better soon! That sounds so miserable. I cannot believe you are photographing yourself in the midst of all of that! Rest up Debbie! And a belated happy birthday to you :-).

    PS: have to say, that Day 2 outfit is lovely! So cheerful and well put together and very, very you.

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    1. Thanks Jessica, I am only doing a few photos and not very good ones at that!

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  8. Happy belated birthday! So sorry to hear about the impetigo and chicken pox and all the other sicknesses! We had the chicken pox earlier this year, all three after each other. I'm really impressed that you got the haircut! That is something I never get around doing. I love the Tate skirt!

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  9. Ack! I'm so sorry about all the illness! I'm one of five children, so I certainly remember how sickness just circulates through children! Yuck! Your haircut is really cute!

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  10. Aww, that's quite a lot of illness on top of each other! Hope your kids get better soon! Good on you for sticking with MMM all through that. I think Day 2 and 14 are my favorite outfits, I really like those colours on you! The haircut is also very nice, I like the bangs. And happy belated birthday!

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