MAGS Easter run...

Not sure if you remember the Christmas MAGS run (stands for Motorbike Action GroupS) well they were out in force again last Saturday... this time with Easter eggs and money they had raised along the way, (over £500, which is going to buy a special adapted bike for school)...



We were lucky with the weather this time, it was a lovely dry and sunny, and about 148 bikes arrive....

....you can imagine the site in front the school and the noise when they arrived....






Here are some of the Easter eggs they had bought for us....









Then it was drinks and Hot Cross Buns in the school canteen and hall, where they presentation us with the money they had collected....

....then all out to see them leave to go up on Portsdown Hill for a well earned ice-cream (in the rain, cos just as they started leaving it started to rain, lol)

Steven found the bike he wanted....which I liked as it was a 3 seater, so I could chill out on the back, lol....

When the bikes started to go, we stood to the side watching, some were louder than others, so every now and again, Steven would jump or squeeze my hand when a noisy one left, lol, yet he was still with a smile on his face and flapping like he does when he's happy....


In all a lovely end to a lovely day.....

why is life so cruel?

Another one of Stevens friends past away at the weekend, he was only 21...

...also saw one of my neighbors this afternoon after picking Steven up, for her to say her friend who got told 4 weeks ago had cancer, also died at the weekend...

...it seems so unfair....

WOW where has the time gone.....

Cannot believe it's been over 2 weeks since my last post, but to be honest it feels a lot longer, so why have I been absent....

Well I've aged a year, my baby has turned 18 and had a party, my son has been away on holiday over the Island of Wight to Little Canada again, been away for a over night break with hubby, been taking my dad for hospital and doctors appointments, (he's not been too good at all) have had LEA and council meetings about Steven, seen day care centers, spoke to colleges, child and adult respite meetings, and to top it all, hubby is working away all week till the end of May, so in all a very emotional few weeks.....

Will take a photo of the lovely cards and gifts that both Steven and I were lucky enough to receive for our birthdays from my crafty friends, thank you to all that sent us things.....

Also will sort out some photos of Stevens 18th party....

I've not done any crafting in the 2 weeks, as just be so shattered in one way or another, emotionally drained, not even been on any website and hardly on the computer....Thank you to my friends that have kept me sane with emails and sorry if I've not got back to you as yet, but hopefully next week is going to be a little easier, as not so many appointments just quite a few phone calls to make, but saying that, they might lead to more appointments...

So watch this space, lol,

right so it's bye for now, as I'm off to try and catch up with some blogs.....

Monthly craft update...

Have had a busy February, so didn't have much spare time so.......

.......for my Christmas challenge that gina (MRS TSV) on do-crafts site, I altered just over a dozen notebooks for presents.... it's a great way of using odd bits of paper up.... I put elastic round them using my Big Bite that I had for Christmas....

and for CC challenge of 'using something old up'.... well did a different type of 'using something old up' this month, as I dug out some crochet hooks, wool, crochet cotton and a book 'learn to crochet' that I've had for years...

... had kept meaning to ask my nan to teach me to crochet as she's made some lovely items over the years, from blankets to place mats.... but like most things, I always was too busy and it was always, oh I'll do it tomorrow, but tomorrow never seemed to come and she pass several years ago.....

well over on do-crafts some of the girls had started talking about crocheting and started with making crochet hearts and flowers....a lot of them have never crocheted before, and that got me to think of how I'd always wanted to learn, then remembered about my stash upstairs in a draw and went and dug it out....

so here is my efforts at crochet hearts in red wool and beige crochet cotton....am hoping to have a go at the flowers soon, as now I've started would like to keep it up and hopefully when I feel confident enough would like to teach my great niece's, so keep an old craft going.....