Category Archives: Health

Ahhhhh…..

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Caitlin

(Yep, the philtrum – that piece of tissue between the nose and lip – is wonky in this drawing.  Never mind, it’s another chance to learn…  This one was done with prismacolor pencils, using the cream prismacolor to blend, on … Continue reading →

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Sunday Sunday

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Caitlin

And not much has happened here to report… My back is still crook,  but it’s only a week until I see the pain management specialist and hopefully get the facet joint injections done.  I’m off to the chiropractor tomorrow (mainly … Continue reading →

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Drawing faces… and fingers crossed

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Caitlin

Wonky weird faces, yeah, but recognisably FACES!  Most of these took under a minute.  No joking.  JANE is an AWESOME TEACHER!!  This is the first lesson we’ve had in drawing faces and she breaks it down so it’s very doable.  … Continue reading →

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Two years ago… and trying to accept the now.

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Caitlin

Around this time two years ago I had a hysterectomy – specifically, I had  TAHBSO (which stands for Total Abdominal Hysterectomy with Bilateral Salpingo-Oopherectomy – in other words, a clear out of all the girly bits).  I was in all … Continue reading →

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*sigh* again…

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Caitlin

So I thought I’d recovered from the gastro… I’ve still been feeling a bit crook all week, though.  Hydralyte iceblocks are still A Good Thing – in fact, I’ve just had to send poor Mr Beloved out on a grocery/chemist … Continue reading →

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Gastro, history, and stuff

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Caitlin

So I’m now heading back out of what was one of the most horrible weekends EVER.  Remember I didn’t sleep Wednesday night?  Well, I must have already been coming down with something… I went to my scrapping day on Thursday … Continue reading →

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Resmed are clever…

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Caitlin

ResMed, who make my CPAP machine, are a clever mob.  They generally design components so that they can only go together one way (by cutting one corner off a square humidifier and making the insert match, for example.)  I noticed … Continue reading →

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STILL with the lurgy: a whine.

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Caitlin

/begin whine: So. Mr Beloved picked up this delightful lurgy at the doctors on the 4th – and here it is the TWENTY FRIGGIN’ SIXTH and we’re still crook.  He’s 24 hours ahead of me, and he had to spend … Continue reading →

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A couple more drawings…

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Caitlin

  (These both still need more work…) Still battling this dreaded lurgy – arrgh!  The sprained neck is slowly slowly mending, but I am really looking forward to another massage and chiro treatment on Monday… Had to get a new … Continue reading →

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Bad neck, BAD. And a picture or two from Suzi Blu’s class

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Caitlin

But first, here’s an update on the picture from a post or two ago: (as always, clicky for biggy) The girl on the right you’ve seen before, the girl on the left is newer. (BTW, this is an A4 size … Continue reading →

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