Christmas prep to keep me occupied so I don't focus on pain

 What a horrible weather day, heavy rain forecast all day and strong gusty winds, certainly won't be putting washing out today.  At least it's not that cold - not that we'll be going out anywhere.  I see Blogger is still playing silly buggers, some of the new posts from bloggers in my blog roll still aren't appearing until several hours later, whilst others appear as normal.  Makes no sense.  

My shoulder is absolutely killing me today, the pain and limited movement seems to be getting worse rather than better.  I've temporarily stopped doing the exercises the musculoskeletal specialist gave me, she did say to try and do them regularly or else my muscles will get even weaker than they currently are, but if they cause even more pain, give it a rest for a couple of days.  The stronger painkillers don't seem to be doing much, I've tried pain relief gel, Deep Heat cream, freeze spray, heat pad and cold pad, some of which offer only very limited relief, others no use at all.  At this rate, I won't be waiting the 6-8 weeks the specialist advised before going back to her, at which time she said she'll organise an x-ray and a steroid injection.  She said the x-ray will be to determine whether I have a frozen shoulder, which she thinks is possible.....whereas it would seem more logical to me to do the x-ray now?

Hayley the lovely cleaner comes this morning, so nice fresh beds, a lovely clean bathroom and all rooms thoroughly vacuumed.  She's worth every penny, and is such a nice lady as well.  Whilst she's working I'll be making some cheese scones to go with a cuppa soup for lunch.  Yesterday I made beef stew and dumplings for husband, I had a veggie stew.....he's having more of the stew for dinner today, the rest will be frozen.  I fancy a grated carrot and Cheddar stuffed omelette for my dinner, with some air fried mushrooms on the side, I do love mushrooms.  I got husband to grate the carrots, too painful for me.

I'll be getting the tree out this week and decorating it, and will start writing the Christmas cards - bought ones this year, I've not made any myself.  Husband wants to go to The Range in Taunton, they have a nice big garden centre, he wants to look for large pots and potato bags for next year's veg.  The Range also have a really lovely Christmas display which I love looking around.  I'm not actually looking for any specific decorations, but if something catches my eye I might get it.