Long time no blog

I have:-
a) been busy with the lovely grandchildren visiting.
b) had difficulty seeing the screen & keyboard.
c) had a nightmare at work with damaged machines.
d) as above with a paper order not arriving on time.
e) been trying to master a new crochet pattern.
f) been trying to choose a colour combination for another blanket.
g) been trying to sort out my craft room yet again.
h) been making things for DD Lizzie's forthcoming school fete.
i) been selling on eBay to make money to help Lizzie buy school shoes for 3 of her 4 children.
j) as above to buy a leotard & dance shoes for another DGD.
k) been sorting out all my saved tissue paper & cellophane for DD Helen, she is using it to wrap bundles of her babies outgrown clothes in, she is selling them on eBay.
Phew.