Why I chose to start this blog.
I have been a crazy mad energetic woman most of my life.
When I was 6 month pregnant with my first child I wielded a sledge hammer to re-landscape the garden. 3 months after my second child was born I set up my first mini enterprise, and for last 11 years running a couple of businesses.
My main business for the last 9 years has been running a florist full time, and my spare time included me embarking on ridiculously ambitious projects such as refitting the shop in 48hrs whilst my children slept, demolishing and rebuilding an outbuilding and then more recently I made a wedding dress for myself and then one for my sister. I worked through most of the nights, I worked hard and played hard all the days and never gave my energy levels a second thought
2 Years ago I moved in with my new husband and was so excited at to what the future would hold. Our new family unit, our new house, our new happily ever after.
And then things changed.
It started with a few aches and pains and my bedtimes got earlier and earlier. The pains got worse and the drs visits got more and more frequent.
Then I got diagnosed with one of those crappy illnesses that you are landed with for life.
A fabulous combination of Fibromyalgia and chronic pain syndrome.
My days of endless energy were over and as things have gotten worse so has my days in the business that I love.
The last thing I want to do is spend my future days unemployed, sitting on the sofa watching daytime tv and feeling sorry for myself.
I have always loved different crafts from my floristry, sewing and painting, to diy, gardening and cooking.
So my plan with this blog is to share with you all my good days and bad. How I manage my pain, and how I’m trying to keep my brain active to fight the fog.
Hopefully I’ll inspire a few of you to attempt the crafts that I succeed with and give others a bloody good laugh at the crafts I epically fail at.
And I hope to let you see what living with this illness is really like as well as encouraging others to not give in.