Wishing You The Merriest Of Christmas's & A Freaking Fantastic New Year...

I just thought I would write a very short & sweet blog before the hubby comes home as I don't know when I will next have the chance to wish you a Merry Christmas.

Things seem to be ticking along smoothly for now, I have been stressed (especially this morning) with constant blood tests & communications with Harefield due to my tacro levels being too low, but I am grateful that is all that seems to be going pete tong lately... Hopefully as long as both parties are on the ball, I should still be able to enjoy what I hope to be a fabulous festive period.

I have a busy week after today, meeting up with friends & getting the big christmas food & drink shop done with Stefan on Friday. He finishes that day from work & we have 12 wonderful days together which I really cannot wait for! He so deserves a break! We are going to take Christmas Day as it comes, we hope to stroll into town for a festive drink or three & then come home to cook, chill & be merry!

We will be seeing family either side the christmas day as usual & hope to spend some time with some good friends throughout. We haven't even thought about New Year's yet, as I've said before I think the night is very over rated, as long as you are with who you want to be I think that's all that matters....

So how do I sum up this year? It hasn't in all honestly been what I thought it would be, but nobody ever know's whats around the corner. I have had some very scary moments, but I have come through them even stronger & more determined. Whatever has been thrown at us, has also made Stefan & I all the more solid as a couple. He truely is the best thing that has ever happened to me & I am blessed to call him my best friend, let alone my loving husband.

My Whole World

I have made some incredible friendships & spent time with some beautiful people I hold very dear to my heart. Sadly, we have also lost some great people, I cannot bare to think what their famililes will be going through at this time of year, especially those with children. I will be thinking of them & sending them all my love this Christmas, as well as my beautiful girl Kerry who is still desperately waiting for her transplant call & is gravely ill. If I could have a Christmas wish I know what it would be...

We have had lots of new snake baby additions & also sadly lost some. They are still the best thing in my life, my absolute passion & bring me so much happiness. I have had good times with some great friends & also lost touch with a few which has surprised me, but that's life I guess, you are constantly learning, growing & changing. I became a very proud godmother to the most beautiful little girl & also raised a lot of money for my local CF charity EDCF, from a tiny idea in my head, then making it into a reality that went down a storm. (Total figure to be announced in the next blog!)

I feel extremely lucky to be sat here writing this to you, I know I have said it several times before, but thanks to the kind & selfless act of a wonderful gentleman that I will never have the pleasure of meeting, I am here, breathing in deeply, walking up & downstairs & so bloody excited for the next week or so I can't even express! My baubles for both him & his family are pride of place & shining brightly on my Christmas Tree & I will be toasting to them all on Christmas Day.

I really am excited for the next year ahead, I don't have much planned right now but my heart & soul tell me things will be going right & it'll be one to remember (for all the right reasons!) so this is where I will be signing off...

To each & everyone of you who has supported me throughout the year, followed my progress, bought my charity bags & been fantastic friends & family.... Have the most amazing Christmas & all the very best, in love, luck health & happiness for 2014.

I will see you on the other side. All my love, Kimberley xxx

Thank you as always for taking the time to read. xxx

Feeling Accomplished & Forever Grateful

So my last couple of Charity bags will be going to their new homes by the end of this week & then they are all gone. 50 of them. I am so chuffed, (& relieved!!) With the amount collected in from the bags themselves, a few bits I sold that were donated by my friend Hayley, & the cost of the bags & some of the contents deducted, I have rasied a massive £415 for EDCF!!!!
Put that together with the Halloween bags amount & I have raised a whopping £600 in just under two months for EDCF - Quality Of Life Fund. I am so so proud, I really can't thank you guys enough for all your support in my projects. To my special dearest friends for helping me out with some of the contents & the brilliant people who then went ahead & bought them. From the bottom of my heart thank you, you have really helped me achieve what I set out to do. I will be posting out a cheque to EDCF soon as the last of the monnies are collected this week. I really hope that it will come to some great use for fellow CF families around Devon.

This Makes My Day!

Happy Children With Their Goodie Bags!

Other than delivering my bags or meeting people to have them collected, I have been spending time catching up with friends who I haven't seen in a while since my fundo op & recovery & it's done me the world of good.

Hayley & I Messing About In Matalan

Cute With Bunches! LOL

I love having girlie time with my closest friends, a cuppa & a gossip can make you feel on top form again. My bullet wounds are healing well & I am eating reasonably ok. I am introducing a mixture of foods back into my diet but just very small quantities, as it doesn't take long for me to get full & bloated, but I am getting there slowly.

Me & My Beautiful God Daughter, Honor

Love This Girlie So Much xxx

We have exactly two weeks today to Christmas & I am getting very excited. Stefan & I are going to take the day as it comes but hoping to go for a drink or two with some friends late morning then come home to cook, drink & chill together for the rest of the day. We are intending to see family Christmas Eve & Boxing Day as our usual 'tradition'. I really can't wait for Stefan to finish work for Christmas, he has a good amount of time off to relax & I enjoy his company so much. We have been really enjoying the weekends & evenings together recently, thankfully because my health hasn't been too much of an issue (& I really hope it continues that way) we haven't had too much to stress & worry about which makes all the difference.

Chase Soaking Me! Playing With Bubbles :)

It's coming to that time where I have been looking back at this year which has seemed to have flown by, & thinking how lucky I have been. To be honest I haven't had the greatest of months, I have spent more time in Harefield than at home, had both my kidneys & heart fail on me. But I still came back fighting & as often as I may have had my down moments, I am alive & kicking. I am walking about without oxygen & if it wasn't for that angel that saved my life, I wouldn't be here today writing to you. I wouldn't be spending time with friends & making future plans with my soul mate. I absolutley love my life & can't express how grateful I feel.

I hope to write again just before Christmas & wish you all an amazing time, So until then.... Enjoy the festivites & look after one another.

My Zante Wishing You A Merry Christmas!

Happy 56th Birthday Mum xxx
Thank you as always for taking the time to read. xxx

Got The Kick Ass Back In Kimberley!

My last post wasn't a very happy one, but I'm pleased to tell you that I have come on leaps & bounds since writing it!

I am still recovering from the fundo, but slowly bit by bit I am introducing different foods back into my diet. I was fed up of taking pain killers so stopped them, cold turkey. I instantly felt abit better. I was so pleased when I was able to drink my first cup of tea. Swallowing tablets isn't too much of an issue now as long as I do it slowly & one at a time, I am hoping that this may improve, as I used to swallow my creon 6 tablets at a time because I take so many with food, it gets abit frustrating!

Anyway, as long as I chew the crap out of my food & slowly eat it, I don't seem to be having too much hassle. All be it very small portions, (toddler / children sized meals) because I fill up so quickly, but I have managed soups, hotdog sausage & noodles, over the weekend, a chicken parcel wrapped in bacon & saute potatoes & even a small roast! I was even able to slowly eat a slice of cheese & tomato on toast when my friend Darren took me to lunch on Friday - I was so chuffed! I am really hoping that I get to enjoy my Christmas treats now without too much pain!

On Thursday I had my trip to Harefield, I went along with my Ladylungs for company & also CFer Neil was attending too - Dave & I went to visit Keith & Mandy who were on the ward at the time (I put my head round Janka's door as well but she was fast asleep) The clinic started really early & again I got to see my consultant, who was really chuffed that I was recovering ok & apparently looking 'so well' - He took me off my fungal antibiotic which means I need to have blood tests very frequently for the next few weeks because my tacro levels will plummet & need increasing, but after a little talk I chanced my luck & asked if I could be seen in the New Year... He agreed & after giving him a little chocolate treat for Christmas we both left the room smiling! I was so pleased I brought in some goodies for all the staff as I really do not wish (in the nicest way possible) to see them until the first week in January!

On Sunday my sister held a charity christmas coffee morning & craft sale at Follaton hall in Totnes, I got there a little early, helped set up & then helped out at the cake table for an hour until I was too tired & went home to rest. It was a great success & she made £322.02 towards her trek in aid of Live Life Then Give Life.

Chocolate Christmas Pudding Cookies I Made For The

Charity Coffee Morning

Yesterday I had my first lot of bloods taken for my levels, then went to see Dave & Marie until my appointment at Exeter to have the horrible corflo tube in my tummy changed back to my little mickey button. I was so relieved when it was done, just another step in the healing process & made me feel a lot better in myself.

A Gorgeous Tree Decoration

Sent To Me By My Special Friends

Sarah & Ros xxx

My charity bags have gone down brilliantly, I only have 9 left & will put another facebook post up later in the week to let people know. I am very grateful to all those who have supported me & bought a couple, thank you.

It's the 3rd December today & I really hope that other than a few blood tests, I have seen the back of any hospitals this year. I have the next couple of weeks to really get into the festive spirit, enjoy seeing some special friends & then hopefully have a perfect crimbo. None of which would be possible if it wasn't for my donor. xxx

My Gorgeous Husband / Soul Mate & Best

Friend - Selfie As Joey Essex!

Can't Wait To Spend Christmas With You...

Until next time...

Thank you as always for taking the time to read. xxx

Photo Originally Taken For The LLTGL Calendar

Which Sadly Is No Longer Happening (Long Story)

Thunder & I As April ! Photography By Steve Bennellick!

May 2013