Happy Halloween...

Thought I would share a photo of my little devil, he was off to a Halloween party at Russets (his respite centre).

As he doesn't like me staying with him there, (he classes it as mum free zone, lol). I paid one of his carers he has through the week to take him, he thoroughly enjoyed himself.



It was his first Halloween party, hopefully the first of many.

Saying of the week...

'Sometimes I wake up Grumpy...
Sometimes I let him sleep in'...

Few cards...

I've had a few birthday this week, so thought as the cards have now been received, I would share them you...







I have quite a few men's birthday next month, so that WILL be a challenge, lol...

I hope you've all had a good week and have a good weekend, don't forget to pop in for my 'saying of the week' at tomorrow teatime...

Steven's Prom...

Steven had he's prom back in July, but thought I had posted the photos, but looking through my drafts I had not so here they are...

It was held at the Marriot Hotel and was quite emotional. I bought him a Tuxedo for it, we were going to get the limousine like Sam had, but we had been in one for a wedding a few years ago and to be honest Steven had trouble getting out of it, (as did I, lol)...

This photo was taken while we were waiting outside, it was a bit of a long chilly wait (his sister Sam and her fiancé Matt are behind me)...

So we sneaked into the hotel and managed to find a comfy seat for us and his nana to sit down on....

The next two were at the pre meal drinks, (notice Steven is not drinking, as he had downed his wine within seconds of getting it, OK before you say it, he gets more like his mum more everyday, lol)...



Then it was the sitting down to the 3 course meal..

Then after the presentation and meal, Steven danced the night away, with his sister...

his mum...

and dad...


If you look at all the pictures of him dancing with his family, you will see Steven is looking elsewhere, why you may ask...

cos he's a right flirt (that's what his sister called him, lol)

he had been dancing with the young ladies all evening, in fact he was one of the last ones off the dance floor... but I don't like to put pictures on my blog of people unless I ask them first, so sorry your stuck with our ugly mugs, lol...

Sayings....

Well not much to show crafting wise at the moment, as Steven has not been sleeping too good, (which means neither am I) so when he goes to bed, I'm not far behind. But I did manage a bit last Thursday evening while Steven was out for dinner with his friends, I started my children's Christmas cards, but as they're not finished yet, cannot show you them, lol

Anyway a few weeks back I started going through my old magazines and found some old cross stitch ones. I had great fun looking through them and keeping the pattens I liked, (well you never know when I might get time to do some), but also found the quotes and saying page, where people sent in the ones they liked. So have been reading them too and decided to keep the ones I personally liked.

Well, I thought once a week I would share one of the sayings I liked with you, so here is the first...

Saying of the week....

'Age doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese or wine'

Blood and spiders

Well this week has been interesting on Saturday Clive and I ended up at Bognor Regis buying another micra to replace Clive's one he has had over 5 years (Sam is having the old car). We started here in Portsmouth at 10.30am looking at cars and got back home at 4.45pm, lol... The only reason we could do this was because Steven was a Russets, hence travelling around all day till we saw something we liked.

Then in the evening we went down to our local theatre 'The Kings' to see Magic of Motown as we were lucky enough to have been given free tickets, we were also invited to 'Hi tea' before the show, but we got back from buying the car to late for that.

Then yesterday I quickly nipped up into the attic to finish off a birthday card as I needed to get it in the post for today, and while I was up there thought I would pinch one of my secret stash sweets (fox glacier fruits) to crunch it and break a tooth, lol....


So phoned the dentist up, they offered me an appointment for this morning, but as I was due to donate blood this afternoon, I've left the tooth to get sorted till Monday. (it doesn't hurt and to be honest, I'm not in any hurry in getting to the dentist as don't like them very much, they make my eyes water, lol)....

Anyway this afternoon I managed to give my 41st pint of blood OK, I know people might think I'm mad leaving my tooth, but I use to give blood with my dad, and I want to carry on giving it, silly I know, but I want to do it as long as they will take it, in his memory.
OK, I'll never reach his 109 pints that he gave before he died at the age of 68, but I will give it my best shot.

Also this week I saw a very unusual spider in my garden, it's body was the colour and size of a medium mushroom...



Hubby said it was just another garden spider, he did call it something, but all I know it's bloody big and better stay put in the garden...

Oh and lastly thought I would show you that my poorly cut fingers are healing nicely now...



PS... have also started my Christmas shopping this evening, as found some new DVD's for Steven and another couple are due out before Christmas, so at least he will have something to open over Christmas :-)

Petition

Below is a link for a petition to save a children's Respite unit in Portsmouth.

http://www.gopetition.com/petition/39345.html

People think is easy for parents to put their children into respite, but it's not, it's finding a place that you feel comfortable with, a place you feel your child will like, a place you know they will be safe in and as a parent of a special needs child, places like that are hard to find. That is why Beechside has to be saved, it is all those things and more, not only to me but a lot of family's over the South.

It was a place where my son could meet up with friends for tea, sleepovers, BBQ to name a few, things that other children take for granted, it's a place that they can socialize with children their own age, a place they can have a break from parents, brothers and sisters, they don't want to be with their mum 24/7 when they are 13-18 etc, what teenager does.

It's a place where the parents know they are safe, so they then can chill and have time with their other children, do normal things like sleep and eat at the right time.

I know I've emailed a lot of my friends and fellow bloggers with the link and some have already signed and I want to say a BIG THANK YOU from Steven, his friends and their parents and carers, it really is appreciated.

blog award...

I'm very lucky to have the following blog award given to me from Val...



Thanks Val..xx