Half way through June already

Where has the time gone?

This Tuesday we get the new car, I want to get excited but, not there yet.

Health problems are still annoying me muchly. Too much pain for too long.

Happy to have Jasmine along as part of the family now. She really is quite lovely and her and Javis work so amazingly well together.

My birthday was lovely, more so for the friends and family than anything else, birthdays are always about who we love to me.

Have an important meeting with social services tomorrow, I hope that goes as well as it should.

Sean starts work at the end of the month … yay! His college grades were good too. He has a lot to be proud of himself for but, he’s not there yet so don’t get too big headed, this means you are firmly on the road to somewhere rather than wandering down a dark alley like you were a couple of years back.

Trust and Honesty are still my two main expectations in life. As long as we all keep to the truth we can work anything out.

I am, at the moment, able to sit down without swearing, this is a result!

I LOVE FUDGE!!!

Half way through June already

Where has the time gone?

This Tuesday we get the new car, I want to get excited but, not there yet.

Health problems are still annoying me muchly. Too much pain for too long.

Happy to have Jasmine along as part of the family now. She really is quite lovely and her and Javis work so amazingly well together.

My birthday was lovely, more so for the friends and family than anything else, birthdays are always about who we love to me.

Have an important meeting with social services tomorrow, I hope that goes as well as it should.

Sean starts work at the end of the month … yay! His college grades were good too. He has a lot to be proud of himself for but, he’s not there yet so don’t get too big headed, this means you are firmly on the road to somewhere rather than wandering down a dark alley like you were a couple of years back.

Trust and Honesty are still my two main expectations in life. As long as we all keep to the truth we can work anything out.

I am, at the moment, able to sit down without swearing, this is a result!

I LOVE FUDGE!!!

:-)

Yay

:-)

Yay

Oh dear!

I hear poor Robin has a shop injury … he was gliding up a slope to a sweet shop in France in his wheelchair when the wheelchair tipped backward … the slope is OK and so is Robin. But seriously, hope he’s OK and enjoying himself in France with David.
A family member got some distressing news earlier and I am very NOT happy about it! No matter though, this family is strong and, sticking together we’ll get through anything.
Met a new friend the passed day or so and she’s very nice indeed, we approve muchly.
Zoey, yes, you are reading this right, got her hair cut this morning … this is the result:

Yep, I Knew you’d be impressed! We think the top looks good on her too but she won’t wear it other than for this picture.
Got a scare earlier when the garage told me they needed to have the car authorised from Motability today! A couple of phone calls sorted it, just glad I could!
Busy day tomorrow in the lovely weather over at Pitsford with Zoey, Javis and Immy 

Oh dear!

I hear poor Robin has a shop injury … he was gliding up a slope to a sweet shop in France in his wheelchair when the wheelchair tipped backward … the slope is OK and so is Robin. But seriously, hope he’s OK and enjoying himself in France with David.
A family member got some distressing news earlier and I am very NOT happy about it! No matter though, this family is strong and, sticking together we’ll get through anything.
Met a new friend the passed day or so and she’s very nice indeed, we approve muchly.
Zoey, yes, you are reading this right, got her hair cut this morning … this is the result:

Yep, I Knew you’d be impressed! We think the top looks good on her too but she won’t wear it other than for this picture.
Got a scare earlier when the garage told me they needed to have the car authorised from Motability today! A couple of phone calls sorted it, just glad I could!
Busy day tomorrow in the lovely weather over at Pitsford with Zoey, Javis and Immy 

A busy Month …. but then, I knew it would be!

After the wonderful time in Disney it was off to Alton Towers for a couple of days, a couple of very expensive days which could easily have been a fraction of the cost had we realised Zoey was not going to play ball. She didn’t want to do much the first day, had to be asked over and over what she was going to do and, on the second day she just wanted to spend money she didn’t have rather than doing rides, something we could have done the first day. So, turns out we could have not bothered with the second day at all, could have saved loads on an overpriced hotel and meals .. we live and learn I guess.

The following week and we were in a lodge in Suffolk ….

Northamptonshire Carers own two lodges here and we went partly as a short break for Zoey but also because me and Javis were volunteering to create a promotional video for the place. On that last note, we were not overly successful seeing as just about all of Suffolk was closed. Not many people on the site also meant that any video we did couldn’t really show the place as a great social environment what with only us and one other group in the bar!

With regard to Zoey, she wasn’t playing ball here either. Even more money was wasted on activities she seemed to want no part of when we got there despite asking to do them when the break was arranged. It has literally cost me hundreds of pounds of my own money arranging all of this and yet, Zoey seems to have got nothing out of it at all. Very expensive and frustrating.

I shall have to think a lot more carefully about spending money on Zoey in the coming year.

I am still keen on my photography but it is having to be object based at the moment as, apart from kids and grandkids, all my models have deserted me. Even Tesco can offer some opportunities though, even with a silly mobile phone camera …

My favourite flowers, carnations.

I have also ordered a new car. I know, I said not again for three years but, the Renault is giving me 27.8mpg and I just can’t afford it so I needed something more sensible so, I have ordered this which I should get in about 3 weeks or so ..

It’s a Seat Leon Copa 1.6 diesel thingy which promises at least 50mpg, we shall see but it had better do!

A lot of time has also been spent working on the Northamptonshire Carers new website but I have hit a brick wall. There are some technical issues which are gonna take some time to sort. This is the look of it but, it may end up being shelved …

Weather looking good for my birthday Saturday, I’d give any and all gifts away if I can just have a happy day with no tension

A busy Month …. but then, I knew it would be!

After the wonderful time in Disney it was off to Alton Towers for a couple of days, a couple of very expensive days which could easily have been a fraction of the cost had we realised Zoey was not going to play ball. She didn’t want to do much the first day, had to be asked over and over what she was going to do and, on the second day she just wanted to spend money she didn’t have rather than doing rides, something we could have done the first day. So, turns out we could have not bothered with the second day at all, could have saved loads on an overpriced hotel and meals .. we live and learn I guess.

The following week and we were in a lodge in Suffolk ….

Northamptonshire Carers own two lodges here and we went partly as a short break for Zoey but also because me and Javis were volunteering to create a promotional video for the place. On that last note, we were not overly successful seeing as just about all of Suffolk was closed. Not many people on the site also meant that any video we did couldn’t really show the place as a great social environment what with only us and one other group in the bar!

With regard to Zoey, she wasn’t playing ball here either. Even more money was wasted on activities she seemed to want no part of when we got there despite asking to do them when the break was arranged. It has literally cost me hundreds of pounds of my own money arranging all of this and yet, Zoey seems to have got nothing out of it at all. Very expensive and frustrating.

I shall have to think a lot more carefully about spending money on Zoey in the coming year.

I am still keen on my photography but it is having to be object based at the moment as, apart from kids and grandkids, all my models have deserted me. Even Tesco can offer some opportunities though, even with a silly mobile phone camera …

My favourite flowers, carnations.

I have also ordered a new car. I know, I said not again for three years but, the Renault is giving me 27.8mpg and I just can’t afford it so I needed something more sensible so, I have ordered this which I should get in about 3 weeks or so ..

It’s a Seat Leon Copa 1.6 diesel thingy which promises at least 50mpg, we shall see but it had better do!

A lot of time has also been spent working on the Northamptonshire Carers new website but I have hit a brick wall. There are some technical issues which are gonna take some time to sort. This is the look of it but, it may end up being shelved …

Weather looking good for my birthday Saturday, I’d give any and all gifts away if I can just have a happy day with no tension