Hey there Bloggies!
Been a bit quiet in here hasn't it? I am still hiding out with my sore, festy face. Thanks for all your lovely comments and messages of support. Your thoughts are much appreciated! I did venture out in public on Sunday, to take Miss 8 to see the Imperial Ice Starts perform the Nutcracker on Ice at the Canberra Theatre. The show was absolutely fabulous, but I didn't feel very comfortable until the house lights dimmed and no-one could see me ;-).
There is no sign of my face healing yet. This course of medication is supposed to carry on for six weeks, but today I am going to tell the skin specialist that I am just not up to it. Two weeks shattered me, six weeks is not in my skill set! I'm thinking I'll just have to go back to the knife wielding surgeon instead. In addition to the four large, ugly, weeping lesions on my face I have had headaches, tiredness, mouth ulcers, weight loss (yeah, that one's not so bad ;-) and general discomfort. All of this on top of preparing to move house/life...like I said, not in my skill set. And when there is an alternative...well, you do what you can.
I was very fortunate to have been alerted to a fun online course on the weekend, by one of my buddies, Patrice. She emailed me the deets of Jessica Sprague's fabulous FREE Photoshop Top 5 course. So I started that last night and I am learning lots of great tips and tricks along the way.
This is the photo I edited from colour to black and white for Lesson 1...
It's no masterpiece, but I love the bright light reflected in my wee Thumper's eye as he stares out the window. What is he thinking?
More baby photo tinkering, because it is sooooo much fun...
Well, we're getting low on food here and I don't feel like taking my travelling sideshow down to the shops, so I think I'll go make a cake for the kids to have for afternoon tea. That'll have the extra benefit of warming up the house at the same time. It's very chilly here today!
ETA: My quick page from Lesson 2 of Jessica's fab course...
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4 comments:
Oh Sam,
sounds like you've been having an awful time :( and on top of having to pack up eveything for moving!Taking the time out to have some fun learning new photo editing tricks sounds like such a good idea and the results with Thumper are certainly worth it! Hope life improves soon.
Kim x
Oh Sam this is all so horrid for you. Sure you can't stick it out a little longer? I mean, hey, weight loss? Show me the antibiotics! Lol sorry shouldn't make light of a serious situation.
Wow loving what you've done with your first lesson. I just used the one they gave us to play with. Must go in search of others to 'change' I'm going to do lesson two tonight.
Check your inbox for some little surprises to make your day. Take good care!
xox
You poor love. try and stick with it, its all going to be worth it but you know whats best for you hun. Love what you have done with the photos, looks so much fun! Xxx
Sending you (((hugs )))Glad you found something to take your mind off everything at the moment even just for a little while. What a great idea to take a course online. Fantastic layout. Sandy :)
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