The conference itself is ok but oh boy their catering is letting them down. I liaised with them before hand giving them the huge list of foods I cannot eat, which includes dairy, any uncooked fruit and veg, and apples no matter how they are done. So they offer me cream of tomato soup because cream is not dairy, they make me a dairy free apple crumble and add tomato and lettuce to my burger, not to mention my snack was dried banana chips and dates. No wonder I never go out to eat. It is very embarrassing having to keep saying no I cannot eat that, no that is no good etc. Think when I go back for the second half I will take food with me or ask for beans on toast.
I could not sleep and so was playing silly with the lights on all the adjacent hotel buildings
Monday
No gym run as DD1 is on holiday with the children. Made Lilly some scrambled egg and she did not eat it, so I put it out for the birds and watched them all fly off to their various nests to feed to their young.
Tuesday
Lilly is seriously struggling to eat again and so back to the vets it was. We thought we may have to have an emergency call last night to them but managed to get her through it. Another steroid injection but this time I have asked for tests so next week will be a general anaesthetic and they are going to x ray her lungs and do an endoscopy. When she is feeling crap for some reason she seems to prefer to sit with me.
Wednesday
A walk with Lilly today. Just a short gentle stroll. She has managed to eat this morning so that is a good improvement. Seems to have a bit more energy and is breathing better.
Thursday
Been doing some sewing this week, got two pictures done. One of them for Suzanne at Chicken Ruby. She wanted a multi coloured Flaming cushion cover so this was my design.
Friday
Down at the post office earlier and was watching the demolition of the old community centre, the new one is now in the new school along with the library. Impressed that all the stuff is being segregated into piles ready for recycling.
Saturday
I entered a blog post on Coombe Mill into the #Trash2Treasure linky last month and my post won. This was my prize. Will need to see what I can use it for. Thinking along the lines of button pictures with the tape as a border or maybe some more hama bead art. But that will need to wait until my applique picture list is completed.
Sorry to hear Lilly has been poorly. Hope the vet can find out what's wrong. Love the cushion cover you made for Suzanne.
ReplyDeleteso do I as the poor dog not got a good life at the moment with it.
DeleteSo pleased your tape has arrived safely. I look forward to seeing how you use it. Love the new cushion too, your sewing skills are spot on!
ReplyDeletenot so sure I would use the word skills for my sewing but love it regardless.
DeleteOh no! How annoying about the food. Why can't people just follow simple instructions.
ReplyDeleteAww! Poor Lily...I hope she is better soon.
Well done on your win. I do like that tape :) x
VERY annoyed about the food, as you say it should not be difficult.
DeleteI never knew sparkly duck tape existed! Hope Lily is on the mend and feeling better. Eating out for you sounds horrendous - vegan is tricky enough but allergies are such a minefield.
ReplyDeleteduck tape comes in amazing colours and patterns, glow in the dark and they even do a chalkboard tape. Hubby was disappointed as he expected original tape when I told him I had won.
DeleteOoh well done on winning the competition. I love duck tape!
ReplyDeletethank you, and yes they do such an amazing range.
DeleteThat is absolutely shocking that they can't get your dietary requirements right! With a proper list like you gave how hard can it be?! The flamingo cushion is amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteWell that was what I thought, but no still major embarrassment.
Deletepoor Lilly, i hope you find out what is wrong with her soon. Can't wait to get my flamingo, i see they're very popular in the UK, taking over from the Unicorn craze now. that's pants about the food, i found when my son was on a restricted diet that the best thing for us to do was phone/email in advance with what he could eat, rather than what he needed to avoid, often we'd take our own food for him to restaurants
ReplyDeleteyes I had emailed a list of what I could not eat, maybe I will try e-mailing what I can eat for the second half of the course instead. Hope you like your flamingo when you see it.
Deleteawwww poor Lily dog, I hope it is nothing serious and she soon feels much better.
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame about the catering - how hard is it to make food that does not involve the you cannot eat? pathetic is what! I would be very cross with them myself.
I love the flamingo cushion design Elaine - its great xx
the catering was beyond a joke really, and yes not difficult.
DeleteSounds so annoying about them not getting your food right, it's not even hard to avoid is it? Hope Lily feels better soon and the x ray gives you some answers x
ReplyDeletethe xrays has given us answers but not really good ones.
DeleteWe had some coloured duck tape from a blogging project a few years back and had a lot of fun with the different colours. Thinking of you and Lily.
ReplyDeletewill come up with something different to use the tape for.
DeletePoor Lilly, how is she doing now? It must be such a nightmare with your food issues, and so frustrating when people just haven't taken on board your comments. #365
ReplyDeletePoor Lilly is still poor Lilly having got worse over the weekend.
DeleteHope Lilly is doing okay now? The food at the conference sounds very frustrating. Love the cushion for Suzanne :)
ReplyDeleteI hope Suzanne likes the cushion when she gets it
DeleteOh no sorry to hear Lily has been unwell, hope she is better now?
ReplyDeleteSuch a shame they didn't get the food right even when you told them!!
Well done on the win