Scrapboxx & a Scrap Box

Well....
yesterday i did it... i broke the drought! Would you believe that the last time i REALLY played with paper and did anything more than a card or two was in MAY!!!!????
Yesterday i recieved the latest scrapboxx newsletter (which i have to say i look forward to every month. Thanks Maria :D) and fell in love with a LO that Kim Archer had done for the back to Bassix challenge.. i had to have it... the first time ever i have scrap lifted in entirety a LO, but since its for my own personal use, wont be published online.. not even in my blog, i didnt think there was any harm... and i have given the artist full credit. I hope that she see's it as the greatest form of flattery... today, i love you Kim!!
Without this newsletter and this gorgeous (i hope it is going to be published) LO, i would have still been deep in drought.
I had all the items to create the layout & make the embellishment... i didnt go any further than my scrap-box. (no pun intended)
It has been the longest time since ive created anything and it felt so good. In April i got sick and by May i was unable to scrap... as i started to get better, i had to see my doctor about my hands since they were hurting around the clock and it got to the stage that i was almost unable to hold a craft knife let alone hold a ruler still. To a scrapper... and a serious scrapper at that, this was a nightmare. I became depressed about the thought of not being able to do one of my favourite things again.. my other, is quilting... just as depressing was the thought... i found it harder and harder to be inspired, to be creative as i knew that even if i was inspired, i could not do much because my hands would ache so badly and i would regret it days after.
Anyway... my worst nightmare became reality when i was diagnosed with Rheumatoid athritis... but it doesnt stop there... after a series of xrays was taken, it was discovered that while i dont have serious degenerative changes yet, i have a god aweful cyst in my wrist (on the hand side) that is pressing on muscles and restricting movement in my fingers.
I also found that i had a deficiency in b1, b2, b12, a low white blood count and was iron deficient which was associated to chronic tiredness, i have two bone growths on my left foot that are growing into soft tissue.. While, this means that i cant walk very far some days when the pain is so bad, it means that i should be able to sit and scrap.
Medication has eased the effects of the deficiencies, pain medication and anti-inflamitories are helping with the pain and Kim Archer, it seems is helping with the inspiration.
Between them all, i think i will be okay!
:)
Happy humpday everyone... i have some scrapping to do!