Five On Friday

This and That

Hello you lovely lot I hope that you have all had a great week, this week hasn't been too bad for me but I have to say that last week was a different story.  
1. Me
If you can remember I told you that I had two impacted wisdom teeth that needed to come out, well I'm glad to say that they have well and truly gone but what followed was not pleasant at all, my face was bruised and swollen and I was in quite a bit of pain but what really got me was the day following surgery I rinsed my mouth and it came out of my nose! Apparently this is quite a common complication because the roots of the tooth are so close or in some cases inside the sinus it can leave a hole which is what has happened to me.  It may close up itself or I may need surgery, in the meantime I'm having to be careful how I eat and drink and I'm not allowed to blow my nose which is a bit of a pain as you can imagine. Has anyone else experienced this I would love to know how you coped. 

2. Gardening Things
I have been trying to get the garden tamed and to do that I need good weather, I'm pleased to say that the sun actually shone yesterday and I was able to get out and tackle the front garden.

I love this Eucalyptus tree but it was a very stupid decision on my part to plant it right at the front of the house as these trees can grow up to 20 feet, my Aunt did warn me but I was sure that I could keep it under control, the plan was to have it as a 4- 5 foot bush haha some hope.
Before...

 and after

I do feel just a bit silly perched on top the ladders in the middle of the street but I think that my neighbours are used to me by now the crazy lady over at number 21. :)
Still quite a bit of work to do out there but at least I've made a start.

3. Christmas!!??
Yesterday my daughter and I visited a local garden centre as we often do because they make the most yummy cheese scones and cupcakes but this is what greeted us when we got there...

can you believe it? Christmas stuff out already it's just the first week of October for goodness sake we haven't even had Halloween yet.  It quite put me off my coffee and cake I can tell you, what do you think is it only me or do you not mind that Christmas is coming earlier and earlier every year. I know we start early on our Christmas crafting but that's out of necessity.

4. Crochet
If you read my blog post at the beginning of the week you will know that once again I have succumbed to not one but two CALs, thank you for your lovely comments it's nice to know that I'm not the only one that has this addiction, anyway I'm pleased to say that I have managed to completed part one of Cherry Hearts Spice of life CAL 

I love this one because it's an ideal stash-buster blanket, I'm making mine in Aran yarn and it's quite a challenge trying to get the colours that I have to balance but that's all part of the fun I think, I'm loving it.

5. My Blog
I was very surprised to find that Linda's Crafty corner has had over a million views 1,038,399 to be precise and counting, I don't often go into my stats and did so quite by chance, it's very humbling to know that I have been visited by so many lovely crafty people. So I would just like to say a big thank you to all of you for visiting and please come back again and again. :)

Have a great weekend! 

Linking with Amy's Five on Friday.