Oh wow, the Doctor is going to be in a two parter in The Sarah Jane Adventures. I've always wanted this to happen but never thought it would, Sarah Jane and the Doctor go so well together.

Good news for a change, Marcus has found a new job to go to when he's made redundant at the end of the month. Its nice that something is going our way for a change.

My daughter has just given our dog, Tetley a bath. What a mess although he does smell a lot better than he did.

Today my husband was told that he's being made redundant on 30th April. I'll be honest and say that I don't know what we're going to do as most of my wages go on the mortgage so we are going to be in deep shit if he can't find any work. The thought of losing my home terrifies me.

My husband came home from work today with a letter saying that his company are going to be making more people redundant, with the job situation in this town its very worrying as I have no idea where he would be able to find another job.

No work today as we're snowed in, my husband had to walk to work and I was going to do the same but it was blizzarding and as I work out in the middle of nowhere he refused to let me go. Good thing as I received a phone call about an hour later from my boss telling me that the place where we work was still locked up as the owner couldn't get through to unlock.

Also we have a new member of the family, a westie/jack russell cross puppy called Tetley.

Got up this morning to discover that Tamsin my seventeen and a half year old cat had died during the night. I'm sad she's dead but I'm glad she died in her sleep in her own home.

Pissed off to say the least, my daughter has lost her job due to the recession and she has a hope in hells chance for finding another one around here as anything going will have been snapped up by the people who lost their jobs when Woolies shut.

Went to the dentist this afternoon for a check-up, I knew I'd need something done as I had a filling come out on the day Mum died. I could have gone in and got it done earlier on but it didn't start hurting until last Saturday. Now I have to have it extracted plus two fillings done, but they are doing it on Christmas Eve as its the only day that they are open when I'm off for Christmas. They can't understand that I can't just come in at any old time as I work over a mile away from the dentist and I'd have to walk in which would take nearly an hour, I can't afford to lose two or three hours pay just to have my teeth sorted out.

Just when Mum seems to be turning the corner and getting better she goes and has a relapse. This morning dad had a phone call from the hospital to say that they'd had to re-insert the tracheotomy tube. I know it sounds awful but at the moment I really don't like my Mum, its as if she doesn't even seem to be trying to get better.

And this afternoon we went to Auntie Mavis' funeral and the bloody vicar mentioned Mum but called her Milly NOT Maureen. I have to say I had a few strong words with him afterwards.

EDIT: Spoke to dad last night and it sounds like mum may not last much longer.

Can life possibly get any worse?

Three weeks ago my Mum went into hospital to have a heart bypass operation. The op itself went ok but she had a stroke during the op and then had kidney trouble and caught pneumonia afterwards as well as an infection called C Dif. She had to have an emergency tracheaotomy and didn't start to regain conciousness until a week ago. Now she knows who we all are and is being to talk and hopefully they will soon have her on her feet and be able to remove the tracheaotomy tube. Then they will be able to move her to a hospital nearer home.

And now this morning we had a phone call to say that her sister had died during the night. They were very close and we daren't tell Mum until she's a lot better.

At this moment my Mum is undergoing an emergency Tracheaotomy, the doctors are worried because she hasn't recovered from her heart bypass like she should have. They aren't the only ones. At the moment I'm wishing she'd never even had the op.

Well the husband still has his job which is a huge relief.

But Mum isn't doing very well, she has now got pneumonia and has yet to be woken up from being sedated. I went into Bristol to see her yesterday and even if she wasn't awake she did respond to my voice and the nurses told me that she's doing ok in the circumstances.

Mum is very poorly according to the hospital and they told us not to go in today as they've got her heavily sedated. They said her heart is ok but she's having problems breathing and she's got low blood pressure and her kidneys are playing up. They said this sometimes happens, but I want to see my Mum.

What a day, Mum had a triple heart bypass and so far is doing ok.

And hubby came home to say that his company is making at least four people in his department redundant. They don't know who until Friday so we will be spending the next few days on tenterhooks.

Five weeks ago my daughter had an interview for a job, they rang back the same day and told her she'd got it. Since then we've heard nothing so when the company I work for need someone for a couple of weeks to cover someone who was sick, she offered and they took her on. Today they offered her a full time job, and guess what the other job has sent her a letter asking her to go in for an induction.

Now we've got to sort out what she's going to do.

Just back from my holiday in Norfolk. The caravan was superb, bath, ensuite bathroom in the master bedroom, freeview on the tv, dvd player and a proper bath in the main bathroom. What a luxury. Also we had very good weather, four whole days of sunshine, and it only rained for part of the other three days. I wish we hadn't had to come home apart from the fact I was missing my kitties.

The only bad thing about coming home is the fact that my Mum has had her appointment through for her heart operation, now I can spend the next two months worrying myself sick.

Am currently sat on the sofa of the caravan we have rented for a weeks holiday in Norfolk, I'm so grateful for my usb mobile broadband. The caravan is amazing, its even got a full size bath in it.
The A303 sucks big time, it took us over two hours to travel from Wincanton to Stonehenge, they should either make it completely dual carriage way or completely single carriage way, as the chaos caused by continually having to switch between the two is enough to make you tear your hair out.

Had to give Tammy a bath today, have to say she was very good about it, she didn't struggle or try and run away, just sat in the sink and let me do it. Not bad for a seventeen year old cat. Mind you I wouldn't have had to do it if she hadn't fallen into next doors fish pond.