Rain, rain, go away...

Ok, I woke to a lot of pain, and the sound of rain dripping on my steps, not a good way to start the day, especially as, the clock said it was only 4:30 am. Since I can almost never go back to sleep, I lie there waiting till a little daylight begins to show, then get up and stagger to the coffee maker, get the coffee to dripping and crawl back in bed till it is done. Who can face a day of pain, rain, and leaks without at least a pot of coffee down the hatch before noon...
I got a couple of 'new' (to me) books last week, haven't gotten to really look at them, so may crawl back in bed and really give them a going over. One is The Machine Embroiderer's Workbook by Val Holmes book, my first one of hers! As I said, I've only browsed through it so far, but it is set up as a series of lessons, and I am going to try to work my way through them, instead of jumping around all over the place like I usually do. We will see...
The other is The Embroiderer's Countryside by Helen M. Stevens. It is a book on hand embroidery, but very regimented, with *rules*, and I am not a *rules* type person. She does beautiful work, but seems very stilted to me, so will probably enjoy this one for awhile, get what I can from it, then sell it. With the damage to my neck and spine I cannot do much hand work as it is, so I will stick to what I can do on the sewing machine.
It is still raining, and of course, in and out of my house. One of these days I will manage to get the money together to get a roof on here, but it worries me how much damage is happening in the meantime. After the roof is on, I am going to have a lot of ceiling work to do, as I have damage in the living room, entry, stairway, and in here (sewing/computer room).
Think I'll lie down now, see if I can possibly sleep for a little while, only had about three hours sleep last night. :-( Then I need to get up and get some things ready to post on ebay...

WOW! It has been over a year since I've posted here... It has been a bad year, everything falling apart in the house, and me being ill, plus my spine is getting lots worse, and not much can be done about it.
My mother took ill in October, spent part of November in hospital, then most of December and January, before passing away on February 1 of this year. I'm lucky to be sane, let alone functioning at all, but things are slowly getting better, and the pain of losing my mother is easing up a little, but still a long ways to go.
I've been doing a lot of work on my website, and do feel good about that. Just wish I had enough energy to keep at it, but must quit and lie down for an hour or so, several times a day, so as to not completely collapse like I did in May.
On a brighter note, I added "buy it now" buttons to my manual pages, and it has been helping me get more orders, so am grateful for that, every penny helps. I've just added auction software to my website (thanks Stephen!) and now have to learn how to set it up and get it functioning.
Also going to add a shopping cart and set up a store. I am sick and tired of ebay and all their fees. So, will work on learning these two software programs and take control of it all! I'm not going to let myself be cowed by all the new things to learn, will try to take my time and get it right.
Well, off to tackle the dragon!