I have been busy with commissions !!!

I seem to always be saying that I have been very lax in updating my Blog. 

I have however been busy with commissions, which has given me a huge boost as far as confidence in the quality of my work. 

Here are some pictures of recent projects that I have completed:

Followed by a request from my husband for a hat and scarf for the winter:

The sweater vest being worn at work by the new owner, set up the question, what else do you make, and showing them the above project got me a new commission:

I really really like the grey and black scarf and hat, but my husband's favourite colours are Red and Black, and who am I to argue.

Work is also going really well, I have been doing support work the last three weeks, and back taking calls the last few days. More training from next week, and then more time doing support work. While my husband is driving to work and back, I am knitting or crocheting my current project, and I feel that time is not wasted looking at the view, when it is mostly dark.

My current project is the following shrug I made for myself and which I am now making for a colleague in Purple:

And I wore this long sleeved shrug I made last winter to work, and have had interest in making this one as well:

This blue shrug is made in a very thick yarn,and knitted up very quickly, and works very well with a broach pin to hold the two sides together at the front.

So as much as I have neglected the blog, I have been busy. As always I hope to be more consistent in updating in the future.

Oh and before I forget, today is the 3rd anniversary since my cancerous right kidney was removed, and I feel great!!

Good News on our Status in Canada!

Our Work Permits that were applied for in November have finally arrived.  And there is additional good news in that I was not 'Out of Status', which is what a lawyer told me, which changes the picture a little regarding my not receiving unemployment all this time off work. Whether I will now be paid back the unemployment I should have received, has not been answered yet. But Immigration are refunding the 'Restoration Fee' which will see us through the ongoing shortage of money.

Because we had not work permit, our social insurance cards expired, as did our health cards, so things could have got tricky, if I had had any health issues in this interim period.  And the timing could not have been more perfect, I received my new Health Card, and the next day received a call for my appointment to go for a CT Scan.  The background to all this, is that I was diagnosed with Kidney Cancer in August '08, and my right kidney removed in October '08, and other than follow-ups like this, I have had no other issues on that score. So with the CT Scan due on Thursday, I have in theory no time to build up and worry over this, and hopefully will hear from my family doctor in a few days time on the report. I will be going to see my surgeon in Halifax in early May, where we catch up on how I am doing.

I find that I get on with life in between scans, and really for the most part do not dwell on what could happen, but of course with having been out of work, and not getting unemployment, and really financially we have been and still are in dire straits, I have had far too much stress and worry this winter.  It is fine for people to say that there is no point in worrying about something you can't change, but if the phone is ringing off the hook with non-payment issues, what can I do but worry.  And the one thing they tell you in regards to any Cancer is that you should avoid stress and worry, so this will be on my mind going for the scan, and hoping this winter has not had far reaching implications on my health.