A little tied up...

with appointments/meeting at the moment and cannot see it letting up, lol....

I thought life was suppose to get a little easier when Steven left school in July, but so far have had 47 appointments/meetings either with or about Steven and lost count of the phone calls I've made or received in that time for him too. Got another 5 appointments/meetings this week and so far got 2 phone calls to make...

Also last week I made the decision to let the lad on Thursday go, it wasn't an easy decision to make, but I felt Steven was not getting anything out of it... The first couple of times he took Steven out was fine, he was using public transport, (trains, buses and even a boat ride), so doing social skills I asked him to do, then the last 4 times, all his done is taken Steven for walks. He also said he couldn't do some weeks, so was looking at the dates he gave me, and it seemed he could only do every other week from now till Christmas, so also no continuity, so poor Steven won't know if he was coming or going.
Another thing I noticed was Steven never seem to get excited when Jonny turned up, but then would you, knowing you were about to walk solid for 4 hours with no stopping for a cake or drink in that time, I too would not be pleased and there was no social skills required with walking across fields and bridges.

I don't seemed to have had a lot of luck with the Thursday person, the first one handed her notice in before starting, so then got a girl for a few weeks before she went off to uni, then I get Jonny...

I didn't realise it would be so hard finding someone to give my son some 1:1 for social skills, for going on buses, trains, going across on the ferries, stopping for a drink, choosing a cake, handing over the money...

am I asking too much?

Saying of the week...

'A hug is a great gift; it costs nothing and one size fits all'

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'