A crafty day.

Here are the goodies from the craft shop i got in Gorseinon yesterday all ready to start making my christmas cards for this year and today as it has been so wet cold dark and miserable here i thought i may just aswell make a start.
I have shocked myself this year with what i have managed so far i really didnt think i did too well last year with the cards i attempted to make but as it was my first real go i guess i shouldnt really be too disapointed i guess everyone has to start somewhere and i am just hoping to keep improving with practise :-)

We recieved this lovely gift in the mail this morning from Karen from the smo board she sent Donny a lovely get well card which i read to him and have put on the fire place and she sent me some more lovely halloween stuff and i just love it!!! she really knows what i like and just how to spoil me thankyou Karen :-)

I also finished off my halloween tree today and the boys helped me decorate it when they came home from school and the little houses underneath it are the ones i recived from Debra over on the smo board as part of a halloween exchange last year they just arrived a little too late for halloween so they are alll freshly built ready for this one.Its my first attempt at a halloween tree so im hoping it looks ok :-)

Monday catch up

Well its been a few days since ive found time to post as ive been so busy with everything here but i thought id take the time to let you sll know what it is ive been up to/. Well i finally finished the fantasy exchange on the old sss yahoo group im asuming that it has been recieved by now even though i havent heard and i mailed it first thing thursday morning and as it was just going to England so it should be there by now as it went first class so here is the dragon dreams chart i did the photo doesnt do the sparkles justice though and to be honest i really didnt want to post this one i loved the way it finished so so much but you cant always keep everything now can you!!! which is a real shame i must say oh well hopefully what ever i get back will touch me just the same :-)
Ive been spoilt again the last week with some lovely gifts first was this beautiful fabric from Trish from the smo board she told me she was sending the halloween fabbie but i really had no idea about the christmas one not that i mind at all as it is beautiful and such a lovely suprise thankyou trish!!!!
I also recieved my dmc from Maru which i won in her contest on the smo board and she has sent me some lovely colours all wrapped up in a beautiful trick or treat bag its was so beautifully done i really didnt want to open up the bag and take out the dmc so thankyou too Maru :-)

I would also like to think Twig off the smo board as well for sending Donny a lovely card to say she was think of him and what hes going through i have it sat on my fire place right now i put it there after i had read it to him and he also would like to say thankyou for your kind thoughts so thankyou so much Twig :-)

I have been busily trying to work on my santas dragon while i have been home the last few days i really am trying to get some done but i have been putting it down to do Donnys meds so its not hours at the time so progress is slow but i am getting there i promise i will take some photos by the weekend so you can all see. I also painted my halloween tree this week and the boys have told me its looking pretty cool which is nice to hear as always!!! i walked town saturday afternoon with Leon trying to get black glitter while Jake stayed at home with Donny but came home with none so we went up to the craft shop in Gorseinon today and i finally have some along with another £9 of stuff to make christmas cards lol i always seem to spend a fortune in that place which is why i try to avoid it as much as i can. I did make a start on my christmas cards on sunday afternoon before i watched my football match and i have a total of 4 so far hmmmm not very much but i guess its a start afterall!!! I will post photos when ive done a few more i promise!!! Back to the halloween tree i am running a contest on my message board the winner of the best tree will get a nice prize so if youd like to try please feel free to come join my board the link is in my links section.

Not good news.

As you all know today i was back up the hospital with Donny for his check up after his medical problem with his eyes reared its ugly head again last month well after the check up this morning we have found it has now returned in both eyes which really isnr good. He is now on meds every two hours in the newly infected eye and 4 times daily in the eye that hasnt cleared up. He can still see nothing in the eye that was first affected again and now next to nothing in the other especially when he has had his meds. We have to do this again for another month and wait for a new appointment to go back they are quite hopeful that the infection in the newly affected eye has been caught early but we will have to wait and see.

I needed to slip to tescos on the way home for a few things and had to try guide him around as he could see nothing when he came out of the hospital and then i brought him home where we have been for the rest of the day with the curtains pulled to try keep out the sun light id really deosnt do that much though as my curtains are cream. I made a phone call to the drs this afternoon as i need to get my flu jab as i cannot afford to be ill and the cold i had last week was bad enough so im going to get it done tomorrow i really dont want to go as i hate needles but i will.

While Donny was in the hospital this morning i slipped to the pond which is right by the hospital and i found the perfec thing to make my halloween tree im so excited i have posted a contest on my message board to get everyone else in on the fun!!!! When we got back from the hospital i kept myself busy trying not to think too much about the news we had today i baked a loaf of bread and cooked us some soup for lunch and then worked for a few hours on my santas dragon then i baked a chocolate loaf a pork dinner and some chocolate cakes before i had a bath and settled down to watch eastenders im now watching the man city match on the telly we normally watch bones because Donny likes it but ive just had to wakr him to give him his drops ive put the heating on so its nice and warm in here even though the wind is howling and its really pouring outside so its knocked him for 6.

Id just like to thamk all the ladies out there for your support at this time it means a lot to me.

Final halloween exchange finished for this year

Just a quick post today ove been busy cleaning this morning and ironing this afternoon and i shall be off soon to get tea started but before i do i wanted to share with you the halloween exchange i made for one of the ladies off the sanman board as she recieved it yesterday i almost didnt want to send it it came out so cool i did the skeleton and the moon in glow in the dark krenick also the heading on the tombstone so it really comkes to live in the night time. I just hope she enjoys it :-).

We are back up the hospital tomorrow for Donnys check up so please if you can id be really grateful if you could keep us in your thoughts and send some possitive vibes our way that would be great!!!

Sunny monday

Its another beautiful sunny day here i dont think its going to last much longer but im going to try and make the most of it i have a full line of washing out and another ready to join it to double the pile of ironing i have this afternoon lol We had a pretty quiet weekend here we did finally have the living room window replaced so now we are secure again after 3 whole months and it makes such a differace having a double glazed window in there i can tell you.I had a funny looking visitor on my washing line as you can see from the photo it will teach me to leave my pegs on the line!!!! but i can tell you ive never seen a spider that colour before ever.

I decided yesterday afternoon to go through all my stitching and paper craft stash and now at long last it has some order to it so hopefully in the next few weeks when i go to make my christmas cards ill be able to find everything.

I have a busy week planned aorund the boys activites and Donnys hospital apointment on thursday morning you all need to keep your fingers crossed for us that it will be good news please i dont think i can cope with much more bad. Oh well better get my bum shifting and get on with the rest of the housework these beds arent going to strip themselves now are they!! if only hey lol

Feeling much better tonight

I am feeling so much better tonight my tempreture is down and ive only taken two paracetomol alll day my head throat and nose feels much better but my chest is still a bit rough and i am still coughing a bit but that i can cope with.
Thia morning Donny and i recieved this lovely package from Lynda off the sanman board its so lovely to think we have friends out there who are so willing to send thier good wishes we are so lucky so thankyou Lynda it was all lovely and smelled so nice after being against the bath salts.Thankyou again for your very kind thought.
Now i finally have some time here are the photos of my boys with thier newly earned badges first is Jake with his seaman ship third class and then Leon with his cook stewart badge Leon is too young to have this badge as he is still a junior but they made the exception as he is going to be a new entry cadet in the next few months we are so proud of them both.

Still bunged up.

Good thursday morning to everyone i really havent been doing very much the last few days i am still so full of cold you wouldnt believe but believe it or not the more i sit down the worse i feel. I managed to get my car to the garage yesterday morning and now at long last the problem with my main beam is fixed so now i will be able to drive in the dark on my own which will be easier on a friday night with Leon and better that Donny can stay home so the headlights from oncoming cars wont hurt his eyes.

On the way home we stopped at tescos as i needed a few things but i really didnt feel like shopping so we werent in there long but i bumbed into one of my aunties and she told me one of my couisons had been hit off his bike by a car and at the time they didnt know if he was going to make it the first thing they new about it was when a police car turned up at the house and sped them to the hospital with the serions and lights going he had cut a vein in his head and at the roadside they couldnt stop the bleeding and he may of bled to death but luckily they managed to stop it by the time he got to the hospital and 32 stitches later he is week but alive. He is hoping to get back on the bike this weekend as it is the welsh trials but my auntie said she doesnt think he will be up to it he is so brave wanted to get back on his bike like that i dont think i would be. Anyway while we were in trostre Donny took me over to peacocks to get me new warmer pjs as the night before i was complaining i was freezing in bed thats not normally me so i guess it must be my cold you should of seen us me guiding him and him holding me up cos i felt so rough lol.
So when the kids came home from school then back in from playing footie with thier friends over the school i made everyone food the boys had a shower and disappeared upstairs to watch tv so i went to have a bath but the water was running cold i went to check the metere but there was still plenty of money in there even though i havent bought any for over 6 weeks so it turned out the red light had come on on my combi boiler so we had no heating of hot water all night still dont have in fact i did phone and was told to wait untill this morning and call back which i did but now have to stay in all day and wait for a cvall out not that i mind the way i am feeling at the moment. So i gave up and had a shower and put on my nice warm pjs and settled down to finish reading the book ive been reading which i really enjoyed i must say it was difficult as my eyes wrere streamimg but i managed it and then i was in bed just after 11pm to try and get some sleep not thta i managed very much as i kept waking as i couldnt breathe very well.

So i am sat here now in my pjs i dont want to get dressed im too comfy Donny is still upstairs i think i desturbed him lots last night so im leaving him there for a bit im going to try get my dragon finished for an exchange im in on the old sss board i may have to email Lorna later and tell her its going to be later but as of yet i havent recieved mine either ant the post out date has come and gone so i dont know whats going on there i really dont.

Well off now to take some more paracetomol and try get the washing out but saying that the fog hasnt really cleared yet but im hoping the sun will shine through soon.

Halloween shopping

First for all i would like to say thankyou to Karyn for this beautiful card and chart that arrived in the post this morning it was a total supprise and i love it very much so thankyou so much Karyn.
Today through my stuffed up noce and chest i went up to Gorseinon to pick up frozen mice for Psycho so while we wehre there i popped into poundstretcher and they were selling halloween masks 3 for 2 which is great and they were a lot cheaper than tescos so i bought three here are my lot modeling them lolIt wasnt long after we got back that Jake was home from school and then my friend Debbies boy called over with something for Leon he wasnt at school today as he has a chest infection and the poor thing looked awful.Ipicked Leon upo at 5pm from school after his school rugby match and he was buzzing as they had won by a landslide.The boys are at sea cadets noe Leons finishing just after8pm and Jake around 10pm so i will settle down for the night when they are both home untill then i have the ironing to finish from last night even though i really dont feel up to it.

Monday blues

Ive had a busy day today we had the lady from the council out to discuss the improvments they shall be making to our house in the very near future but looks like we shall be waiting a little longer than most when it comes to our kitchen refit. The gas meter is now going to be moved outside and one of our windows is to be taken out and replaced with a smaller one so that it will no longer be lower the the work tops so its added a good few weeks onto the finishing date so it looks like i will be waiting a little while longer for any time of flooring in my kitchen but i guess good things come to those who wait. The are also going to be looking at why my bathroom keeps being so damp before they fit my new bathroom suite and shower i for one will be so glad as i am sick of having to clean up all the dampness they said having a radiator in there would help but it hasnt and neither does keeping the two windows open 24 hours a day as the bathroom is downstairs this isnt such a great idea either but it has to be done i guess. Hopefully when its all sorted it wont be so bad for my chest.
I have also been down to b&q his afternoon to price up a few bits and pieces and had my exsister in law over for a bit she wanted some advice on guinea pigs and brought over her sons ds for us to have a look at as its having some problems since we were able to fix Leons after i left it in my bag and then stood on it just a few weeks after he had had it i completely smashed the screen it was uplayable but its all fixed now thankfully.Ive done most of my ironing tonight but ive just been constanlty disturbed whilst trying to do so so ive given up for tonight.
I had two phonecalls this eveniong one before Leon even came in to defend himself from the boy whom he was fighting with in schools last weeks mum i thought the whole sitituation was over with as i was hoping it was all out of thier system but looks like its not i dont know what happened as i was not there but apparantly she has seen the fight on one of the phones that had been tapinng it and turns out they wre bith to blame but wanted to ask me to ask Leon if they could keep away from each other fair enough i spoke to him and he said he would well she decided to phone me back to check i did i really dont know what else i can do un;ess i go to school and hold Leons hand i know when they played rugby together for over 4 years they never really got on but i was hoping as they are in different classes they would keep apart ontop of everything else thats going on at the moment i could do without it you know.
Well im feeling tired i have a bit of a sore throat and i can feel i have a cold coming on im hoping it doesnt get too bad a si havent had my flu jab yet i hate needles so i avoid it as long as i can lol so im sitting here with a malteasers hot chocolate and just having a quick catch up.I did have some good news today though i won joint 2nd place over on Joans blackwork contest which i was really pleaseed about so thankyou to all those who voted for me!!

Smells like christmas

well thats what my house smelled like yesterday afternoon anyway let me explain Leon had cookery yesterday he had to make cheese and tomato puffs using ready made short puff pastry you know the ones you buy frozen.Well he brought home one roll so rather than throw it away i decided to make some mince pies as Donny loves them i thought it mayhelp cheer him up a little.

Yestreday was a quiter day at mine we stayed in as they were supposed to be replacing my living room window but we had a call just after 7.30am with the lamest excuse you could ever get for not being able to do it.The sun was shining brightly so i wanted Donny to stay in to give his eyes s break. We did got out at 3pm we went down to pets at home and meet Jake there and then went back to the school by 4pm to pick up Leon from rugby training and he was filthy!!! i guess the fields still havent recovered yet from all the heavy rain weve been having. I then made the mince pies and we left here about 6.15 to get Leon to kick boxing cadets was cancelled last night so we left the car outside the kick boxing and me Donny and Jake walked the short distance over to asda to have a little look while we were waiting for Leon and youll never guess what we saw when we were heading back to the car!!!!! someone had thier christmas tree up and all lite in the window on the way back!!! i could hardlyy bilieve it i mean its september i could never ever do mine so early im sorrry but they were really get on my nerves i decorate for halloween anyway so iwouldnt dare do it so soon i mean Donny complains when i put ours up the end of november LOL we havent realy had out lights on these past two christmases anyway with his eyes the way theve been i dont want them to hurt them and ive juist remebered i have to buy new ones for the tree this year too. We got some chips from the chippy on the way home which was nice i didnt have to cook yeay!!!!

Today the boys have been to a wedding with the cadets we left them go on the bus on thier own i could of taken them but i think they need a bit of independance sometimes and its so warm and sunny so i stayed home with Donny his meds are down to every two hours from every hour today so its giving us both a bit of a breather and given me more time to do stuff and i have cleaned and changed all the bedding today so im hoping to get a bit of stitching done now maybe before it gets dark we have lans to settle down and watch a dvd and make a curry but before that i have to venture into the attic oh boy is that going to be fun as i hate spiders and dark spaces and we have no flooring up there hmmm im not looking foward to it one little bit i have visions of my feet dangling through the celling lol oh well wish me luck!!!

A better day today

Today was a much better day than yesterday i left Donny to rest this morning while i had a bath and a little me time before the hourly meds started, Then we had a phone call from my dad he had taken his car to the garage and when he had got home he had realised he had left his keys at the garage so i had to go drive down to let him onto his own house as i have a spare key i had to giggle its very unusual for him to take out his mobile too it was a good job he did!!! LOL he was just too tired to walk back to the garage as his chest is very bad and he tires so easily saying that its not the first time hes locked himself out oohhh no hes beem knocking my door after midnight after a night out and hes had to have a taxi down to me to get into his own house LOL Anyway after we had been down there we went to morrisons to get a few things very slowly as donny gets so dizzy on these meds we had to keep stopping but he hates being stuck in so i took him and we took our time, We went to take Leon his kit for football trials and brought jake home and i picked up the mail,

And there was a lovely gift waiing for me from Tonya of SSS some beautiful halloween stickrs and some krennock i needed to try finish my santas dragon and a gift voucher for 123 stitch thankyou so so much Tonya it was a real suprise and really helped lift my spirits Tonya also sent me a lovely card from 123 greatings so show me she was thinking of me at this difficault time which was also very lovely thankyou again.

Also today i recieved this beautiful fabric from trish on the smo board thankyou so much i love it and i promise i havent forgotten the aida will be in the post to you very soon thankyou again.
I also recieved my halloween exchange from the smo board and i have been really spoult my partner wanted to make up for the fact that the last two years i didnt get my exchange untill december and boy has she spoilt me!!! mine will hopefully be in tthe mail to her by the weekend at the latest i cant get any stitching done at night now as the light is hard on Donnys eyes so i just leave it off thankyou again so so much!!! The wonderful gifts ive recieved today all remind me how lucky i am to have such great friends

Hospital update

Well i went to pick up Donny from my dates just after 4pm with the kids in tow turns out the 2 eye conditions he has are back with a vengance in one eye only 6 weeks after the medication was stopped i really dont know whats going to happen next even the consultants at the hospital where at a loss ti why its returned so fast and its veryu worrying. He is back on hourly meds with other drops and creams inbetween for the next three days then to be reduced to two houirly for the following 3 days then 6 tiimes and day for the next week and we are back at our local hospital thankfully for the next appointmant in october he is back on the original meds he was on for over 18 months which you are only allowed to take for a maximum of 3 months before it causes kidney and liver damage/faliour so i realy dont know what to expect next we just have to take every day as it comes and just realy hope foor the best im just hoping that he will get through this set back ok as it is a whole lot to take in but i am here for him every step of the way. He is resting at the moment after going through so much at the hospital earlier but even though he cannot see yet again through the effected eye he still has a little vision in the other which is a blessing.

On a lighter note i recieved a letter from the kitchen designers earleir they are calling on monday to discuse the the next steps getting closer to finally having a new kitchen ii cant wait to get new flooring i can tell you!!! and they are finally coming to replace my living room window on friday so i will finally be able to open it after a very long 3 months!!!

Yesterday afternoon i spent baking with Leon we made some banana and chocolate chip muffins some chocolate chip muffins and some chocolate fairy cakes covered in chocolate and decorations it was realy nice to spend some time with Leon as i hardly see him these days now he is in cadets and has joined the school rugby team he has also started kick boxing twice a week and has football trials for the school tomorrow afternoon id love to get some of his energy!!!! Ah well im going now as i have to go pick Leon up soon and then Jake later and im trying to watch Chelsea playing on the telly!!!

I dont know what to do next

Im sat here and im a mess my hubby got up this morning and his condition is back in a bad way we went up to the doctors like we were supposed to if this happened and he went to make the necessary appointment in llanelli hospital and they refused to see him we nor the doctor could believe this as he has been a regular patient for the past 22 months eventually the dr managed to make him an appointment for another hospital which is over an hours drive away at 2pm which means i couldnt even go with him as the boys finish school at 2.55opm hes just left and im a mess i dont know what to do with myself or how to behave at all im hoping someone signs into msn soon but then again i may just clean as soon as the kids come home im out of here im going to go meet him back at my dads as soon as he is discharged but as theyve only just left i really dont know when ill hear or what will happen im not good at waiting and i really dont want any bad news things are supposed to get better not worse its just not fair

Monday again already!!!

I am sat here trying to get updated quickly before the kids walk in through the door and i have the computer taken from me lol. I havent been online much all weekend on saturday i had my dad and his wife over for a few hours and jake had his friend over all day and then i watched the footie well half of it as i was invited to Debbies house as her hubby was away so we had a girly night in with one of her other friends too. It was great some girly chat and a few bottles of wine i came home around 1.30am and then sat up for a few hours with Donny before i eventually crawled into bed its lucky i dont do this every weekend i dont know if id survive!!!!

On sunday i had a quieter day Leon decided her wanted to go to his friends for a few hours his friend has moved now and is living up by the school so even though Leon has never walked there on his own before i cant really say he cant go as he walks to school and back so i had to let him mind you he did phone me as soon as he got there so i knew he was there safe. As the kids are getting older i guess i have to start etting them do more and i have to do less for them or they will never learn to be independant will they??!!! Well as Sam Leons friend goes to kick boxing on a sunday afternoon Leon has decided he wants to go now to how he is going to manage this around cadets playing for the school rugby team and he has tryouts for the school football team on weds i just dont know he is one busy little boy!!! but id rather see him doing things as Jake just doesnt seem intrested in anything at all.

I spent sunday sfternoon working on my smo halloween exchange and its almost done!!! yeay should be finished today then i just have a fantasy exchange to do then i can do something for me at long last Donny asked me yesterday so it that one for you or are you giving that away too? i had to laugh.

Oh well time to get off and do something else i guess.

Spooky suprise!!!!!

I went out shopping this morning after i had been up ro the school to give Leon his homework at break time as he couldnt take it with him becasue the pc decided to have a funny five minutes this morning after going to morrisons and then to tescos i had a wonderful suprise laying in my hall way waiting for me

Back in july i asked on my wish list at the sanman originals board asking for anything halloweeny as there realy isnt much i can get in my small town and believe me ive looked around the last few weeks Karen said that she would send me a few things from Canada but i never realy expected so much lovely goodies Karen thankyou so so much i love everything i cant wait to wear the earings and the socks THANKYOU!!!!!!!!!!!

Spooky suprise!!!!

I went out shopping this morning after i had been up ro the school to give Leon his homework at break time as he couldnt take it with him becasue the pc decided to have a funny five minutes this morning after going to morrisons and then to tescos i had a wonderful suprise laying in my hall way waiting for me :-)Back in july i asked on my wish list at the sanman originals board asking for anything halloweeny as there realy isnt much i can get in my small town and believe me ive looked around the last few weeks Karen said that she would send me a few things from Canada but i never realy expected so much lovely goodies Karen thankyou so so much i love everything i cant wait to wear the earings and the socks THAMKYOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another spooky stitch!!!

My second halloween exchange from my board has also reached the usa so i can proudly show her off to the world:-) Joan is very happy with her which is always fantastic to hear :-)

I havent done much today realy Kev called over this morning to borrow the kids tent and Leons sleeping bag as he is going away for a stag weekend camping in Devon got to say with the weather coming in rather him than me lol he asked me when we were chatting on msn last night and i asked the kids and they were happy so he came over to collect them. As Kev is away i am going over to Deb for a few hours on saturday night theres going to be a few of us so that should be fun. We went down to tescos this afternoon and then pets at home before the kids came home and we got the mice a wooden tunnel with chunks cut out of it to give them some thing to climb in and chew patches loves it she just cant keep off it lol.

The last few days have been difficult for Leon someone told him on msn that the big bang experiments that are happening tomorrow are going to result in the end of the world so i have had to try and reasure a a very frightened little boy that if it was that dangerous surely they wouldnt be allowed to do it and if it does go that wrong we wouldnt be able to have time to worry about it anyway i just dont understand why someone would frighten him like that this boy is someone that used to be in school with Jake and lives just around the corner from us i just advised Leon it may be best not to talk to him again i am waiting for him to be "ill" in the morning but i am realy hoping he can try not to worry about it we have been joking with him all week that ah dont worry about that its the end of the world weds if its something due the end of the week lol so fingers crossed he wont worry too much more.

Monday madness

Wow my house is quiet on a week day now the boys are back at school but its nice to sit and stitch for a while in a bit of quiet lol. This is Sues rr she choose a snowman theme as well so i am hoping she will like this sleepy little fellow in all honesty thats exactly what i fee like doing right now too!!! I had too late a night last night watching a film on the telly and this morning came all too quickly but ive been fine all day. Had a lazy morning stitching and watching tv then i cleaned before we had peole out testing the fabrics in our walls and ceillings they were here over an hour then i got dragged to town because Leon has decided he wants to try out for the football team on wednesday so i had to go get him some new togs hes going to need them for pe anyway so thats not so bad ......what was bad is what happened next.............

Jake had a little left over from his birthday money and today he decided he wants to join in with me his dad and Leon so he has decided to pick a team in the premiership with the rest of us lets just remind you all that i am Chelsea Leon is Man utd and Donny is Liverpool well Jake doesnt do things by half oh no here he is shpwing off his new team

for those of you who dont know its Arsenal oh boy is that going to be fun,,,,,,,,,,,lol

Another halloween exchange to share.

Here is the halloween exchange i recieved from Joan this morning from my halloween exchange on my board and i love it thankyou so so much Joan i love the way you made the orniment and i have posted pictures of the front and back for you all to see.

We have had a very wet past few days i dropped the kids at school yesterday morning and got very wet just going from the house to the car and back but by 11am it had brightened up and the sun was shinning but inbetween we were still having very very heavy showers my dad called round earleir and he said the water by him was so bad it was very near to coming into the house again and it brought back memories form when i was about 6 or 7 when it flooded so badly the house was almost a meter of water inside it i just remeber getting up and the water was half way up the stairs. I went upto down yetserday after getting a new battery for my car (yeay!!!!) just need to replace the old one now and they have had some halloween stuff into asda at long last but still not really what i was looking for so i shall still have to wait a little longer. When we got back i made the kids some cakes and they were happy with that when they came home they have been spoilt as the day before i decided to make some rissoles an an apple crumble i have so much more time when they arent here but i dont know how long that will last lol.

Last night the boys went to cadets anyway and i watched the final of big brother i have no idea what im going to watch instead in the evenings now lol.

Well i am about to drag Jake down to pets at home with me for a walk as we need more food for the mice Leon is off out fishing with Liam i am waiting for the rain to come back and have them both come home like drowned rats again lol. Have a good weekend everyone.

Morning out

This morning was still very wet here so i decided to take the boys to school in the car Donny was up so he came with me. We were going to go to tescos before coming home but he suggested maybe we go to Gorseinon for a run to see if i could pick up some halloween stuff so i jumped at the chance lol .We drove up by poundstretchers but it wasnt even 8.30am so everything was still closed so we went into a cafe and had a bacon roll and a cup of coffee which makes a nice change .
When we came out poundstretcher was open but i was very disapointed as there was still nothing only 2 packets of foam stitckers so i grabbed them anyway. I then drove into gorseinon as poundstretcher is on the out skirts and down to the craft shop i was happy once id gone in there i got some stitckers for my christmas cards and birthday cards and some lovely pictures and some fairy 3d thingys i also got some buttons that i have to be honest Donny had to find for me lol what am i like!!!! im still on the out look for some halloween fabbie but i think im going to have trouble with that as we have no material shops anywhere near us and im still looking for more halloween stuff to maybe it will come in soon especially as they are already selling christmas stuff in tescos would you believe!!!!

The boys with me are very disappointed at the moment as the camping has been cancelled this weekend due to the bad weather we are having our town center was flooded on monday asda the market and a few other places where flooded and the forcast for tomorrow is looking dreadful at least they will be safe at home with us they are hoping to go in the next few weeks instead so i dont think i will be off saturday night now but there will always be another time.

This morning was still very wet here so i decided to take the boys to school in the car Donny was up so he came with me. We were going to go to tescos before coming home but he suggested maybe we go to Gorseinon for a run to see if i could pick up some halloween stuff so i jumped at the chance lol .We drove up by poundstretchers but it wasnt even 8.30am so everything was still closed so we went into a cafe and had a bacon roll and a cup of coffee which makes a nice change .

When we came out poundstretcher was open but i was very disapointed as there was still nothing only 2 packets of foam stitckers so i grabbed them anyway. I then drove into gorseinon as poundstretcher is on the out skirts and down to the craft shop i was happy once id gone in there i got some stitckers for my christmas cards and birthday cards and some lovely pictures and some fairy 3d thingys i also got some buttons that i have to be honest Donny had to find for me lol what am i like!!!! The phot uploader is playing me up so the photo is upside down but you get the idea lol im still on the out look for some halloween fabbie but i think im going to have trouble with that as we have no material shops anywhere near us and im still looking for more halloween stuff to maybe it will come in soon especially as they are already selling christmas stuff in tescos would you believe!!!!

The boys with me are very disappointed at the moment as the camping has been cancelled this weekend due to the bad weather we are having our town center was flooded on monday asda the market and a few other places where flooded and the forcast for tomorrow is looking dreadful at least they will be safe at home with us they are hoping to go in the next few weeks instead so i dont think i will be off saturday night now but there will always be another time.

Thankyou Louise!!!

I got a lovely halloween exchange from Louise this morning and i love it so so much Louise you have realy realy spoiled me i feel so so lucky to have you come join my board and join in in such a big way thankyou xxx

My babies first day at comprehensive school.

Here he is my baby all dressed in his new uniform ready for his first day at comprehensive school hes going to kill me when he sees this but i dont care lol im sitting here patiently waiting because they are due in the door any minute now. Jake ran when he seen the camera so i dont have one of him lol.

I can also now show you the halloween exchange i made for Louise as it arrived safely yesterday and im so glad that she was happy with it it is the first exchange of this sort we have had over on my board and so far its going realy well.

September brings more rain.

I had a fantastic evening last night our friends and thier children did come over for a good fe hours last night and it was so lovely to have our house so noisy and lively for a bit and a good time was had by all infact Debbies youngest little boy who is almost 4 broke his heart when it was time to leave he just didnt want to go!!!! but his daddy had had quite a few drinks and was ready for his bed lol.

Today has been awful my street is flooded again after the heavy heavy rain we have had its still raining now just not as bad thank goodness. It started out not so bad this morning and the 3 boys went fishing around 11am well by 2pm i was trying to drive through roads of rivers going to collect them it was awful Leons phone got ruined he was just so so wet i had to peel thier clothes off them and get them into the shpwer and get a wram drink down them in front of the fire i am so hoping this weather goes before next friday or they are going to have a rubbish weekend away camping which is such a shame. I have also admitted defeat and decided to empty the pool and put it away hoping we have a much better summer next year cos this year we dont seem to have had one at all.

Only one more day of them home and then they will be back at school yeay!!!! lol saying that its hard to beieve my baby is going to comp they both seem to be growing so fast it just doesnt seem fair.

One last word id like to tell all the ladies to stay safe over in New Orleans where the hurricaine is heading especially Shirley and Denise please please stay safe!!!! and let me know that you are ok as often as you both can.

Happy saturday

Ive had a nice peaceful day today the boys went fishing with my friends older boy who is 15 it was quite a walk to the pond and back but they all enjoyed so much they are going back tomorrow!!!

Yesterday i had a nightmare with big black hairy yucky spiders!!! I went to move my curtain yesterday morning and wentr screaming arcoss the room when i saw a massive one just inches from my fingers much to the delight of the boys!!! and then last night another one went running across the living room floor!!! ive seen enough fpr one day LOL

Oh well i have a busy day tomorrow but im looking foward to it all will be revealed i promise!!!
So as it is already tomorrow i shall be heading for my bed quite soon.
Have a great sunday everyone!!!

Finally some stitching to share!!!

This is the second part of the RR i am doing this is Louise's she choose snowmen as her theme i was the first to stitch on it and i realy hope she likes what i have choosen for her and its not too big!!! and im so late in getting it to Sue with all thats gone on this week today was the first time in what seems like an age i got a few hours to get some stitching done.

This morning i took the kids for a walk to town to get thier new shoes for school while Donny stayed home and waited for the repair man to come fix my cooker and im telling you its much worse taking boys than girls clothes shopping they are way more fussy than i can ever remember being it took almost 2 hours for them both to finally decide what they wanted!!! but its done now and they are all ready for school on wednesday and i can hardly wait to see them back they have been so bored as the weather has been so rubbish this holidays im just hoping that they have a good weekend when they go camping a week tomorrow with the sea cadets.

So im sitting here listening to one of my cds for a while before i settle down and catch up on tonights big brother.

Thankyou Rose!!!

I know i said that id be back to show you all the lovely gift i recieved from my friend Rose but time just seems to have gotten away from me the last few days and things have still being going wrong for me a lot. But anyway lets talk about something nice for a change instead lol. On tuesday was my wedding anniversary when the kids had cadets we did plan to go get fish and chips and walk along the beach where we met 16 years ago but on the night it was cold dark and wet a typical summers evening at the mommet here in wales so we just came home and cuddles up on the sofa tobgether instaed before we had to go collect the kids at 10pm i was kinda glad to be close to the dog the way he has been with his paw aswell didnt want him climbing up on the sofa and hurting himself. But we had a lovely evening together with no kids for a few hours.
The lovely card you can see here was a total suprise my very special friend Rose from New Zeland didnt even tellme she was sending it to us it came on saturday but as i seen it was addressed to us both i didnt open it untill tuesday and i feel so blessed to have her as my friend she went out of the way and made it especially for us which makes it extra extra special thankyou so so much Rose!!!!

I also was lucky enough to win a contest on the smo board and i recieved these lovely beaded kits in the post yesterday this is something i have never tried even though i have 2 small xmas orniment kits which i also won of the smo board last xmas and i really would like to try get these done this year i just need to spend more time stitching and less surfing i thinks LOL yeah i dont quite think thats gonna happen!!!!

We took the dog to the vet in swansea yeaterday and yes i got lost on the way there and almost managed to get is killed in the prosses i realy need to get out in the car more then maybe i wouldnt be so nervous we came back on the motorway which is a no no for me usually but i have to say it felt much safer than the way we went up anyway the dog is going to be fine he either had an infection or athritas she gave him two injections and said he should be fine and hes back walking on all fours now which is one less worry out of the way yeay!!!

I was sat watching big brother on c4 as Donny was chatting away to Loll and he offered him a bottle of the home made rose wine we had just made so i slipped down the road just before 12am to give him and Paula a bottle hmmm it was almost 2am i got home as Lol went well as your here im going to yours and as they are coming to repair my cooker today ive been up since 8am so ive had around 5hrs sleep so im still half asleep everyone else is still in bed and im waiting on the repair man im hoping he comes soon as i realy have to go into twon to get the boys shoes before they return to school next weds.

I guess its not over just yet.

Today i tried to slip down to tescos in the car to get the boys shoes and a bag for when they return to school next week and guess what?? yes youve guessed it the car broke down again i just couldnt get it going no matter what i tried in the end i had to call out the rac too get it started. Turns out its the battery again and it needs replacing so on yop of everything else this month there is anther thing that needs paying for and soon i give up!!! someone out there somewhere most definatly has it in for me.

We shall be taking the dog to the vet early tomorrow morning i phoned up and as he is eating and drinking they gave him an appointment when they had a free one. We removed the bandage from his leg earlier and his poor paw is quite swollan so the sooner we find out whst the problem is the better all round.

Shall be back later i had a very beautiful gift this morning that i would like to share with you all i just need to get some stuff done first then i will be back with a photo,

What a week.

After the mess i had to clean up om sunday night and all day monday i realy didnt think this week could get any worse and boy how wrong was i.
On wednesday i decided i had had enough of being stuck in because of the rain so me and the kids went on a bus trip first we went to Camerathen and got soaked through as the rain was very heavy and as we had left a sunny Lanelli not one of us had a coat on so we decided to jump back onto the bus and try Swansea and suprise suprise when we got there it was also pouring with rain so we got soaked through all over again we still enjoyed just got very very wet lol, When we returned to Llaneelli the sun showed its face once again and everywhere started to dry up but it was all just a little too late for us ohhh well maybe next time it will be better.

On thursday my new cooker decided to brake everytime i try to switch on the back hob it keeps tripping my electric well hell it never just rains on me it just seems to constantly pour i wonder what i did wromg in a past life to deserve all this grief and wait for it cos it doesnt stop here oh no that would be far too easy now wouldnt it,,, they are coming to try repair my cooker sometime on thursday.

On friday we had a dry sunny day i went shopping in the morning and cut the front and back lawns in the afternoon before getting dragged into the pool with the kids so that was a much much better day.
On saturday morning i went to use my straightening irons on my hair and yep youve guessed it one of the heating elements has gone is this my 3rd thing?? is it all over yet??? in a word NO not yet ........... me and leon baked some fairy cakes and as it was raining again we played sing star for a few hours which also took my mind of things for a bit.

Sunday.... the first day of a change of luck??? HUH dont be so silly........... Today was quiet i was trying to get as much stitching as i could in as well as watch the footie the grand prix and the closing of the olympics which was all on the same time so i had thigs taping and trying to watch 2 things at once.Well later than afternoon we had been playing with the dog the same way as usual we all settled down for dinner and then i fed the dog when i called him he couldnt put any weight onto one of his front legs we have no idea at all what he has domne he was fine when he went to sleep and when he got up this morning there is no change at all and as ts a bank holiday i cant even get him to a vet and i am dreading finding out just how much that is going to cost me ontop of everything else thats gone wrong this week.

So even though tomorrow is my wedding anniversary hopefully we vcan get the dog looked at but then it looks like i will be spending the day in the vets please who ever is holding this bad cloud over my head remove it i dont know how much more of this i can take i realy realy dont.

My topsyturvy weekend

On saturday night me and my lot went over to Kaye and Pauls for the evening along with Debbie Kev and thier kids too we all had a fantastic evening we went over around 6ish and we where getting home around 1.30am!!! needless to say the kids didnt get up untill after 12pm on sunday morning LOL Kaye had cooked food for everyone i realy dont think i could be that brave lol and she cut my hair for me it realy needed doing it was half way down my back and now its just over shoulder length so its a whole lot different!!!! Its our turn to have everyone over next time we just need to arrange a day we havent been out like that for ages and then we go out twice in a week lol

Yesterday was a very different matter though we where watching a movie with the kids last night after me and Leon had baked some chocolate muffins and i had cooked some chicken wings in a tikka sauce and some wedges as the kids were going to bed Jake came in after going into the kitchen for a drink and said there were huge puddles of water my washing machine has leaked from the bottom and flooded my kitchen what made it worse was that it had gomne underneath my wooden flooring so we were ripping it up at almost midnight last night and trying to clean up all the water my kitchen is a complete mess thai morning and now i have no flooring in there either so id better get going with the clean up hhmmmm cant see me getting much done on my rr today.

Thursday fun

Last night me and the boys went round to our friends Deb and Kevs for the evening for a few drinks when we got there Kaye and Paul where also there with thier kids we had such a ball the men all in one room chating around the pc and me and the girls in the kitchen chatting about this that and everything alse as you do we were all drinking Kevs home made red wine well all of us except Deb who was sticking to her malibo and coke as she wasnt brave enough to drink the wine as its soo strong lol we had such a great time that we didnt get home till 1am and the kids didnt get up until almost noon today Kaye and Paul have invited us all over to thiers on saturday night and im realy looking foward to that too.

I spent this afternoon cutting down the hedge in the front garden and did it just intime before the rain started again im sick of the wet stuff all the time ah well

Right im off now to take the boys to cadets so i can slip to tescos and get back in time to watch big brother.

Its been a long day

I have had another busy day today first i had to pay a visit to the dentist and anyone who knows me well will know that this is no easy thing for me as i am terrified after an inncident there when i was a small child i knew before i drove myself down there that i was having a filling but as i knew it had to be done i bravely went and Leon offered to come with me to hold me hand (which was very sweet of him) i took him with me to keep me company in the car, I have a big problem with anesthisia i have to have a bigger amount than most people to get it to work on me and it always takes longer so i am quite used to going in having 2 injections rather than 1 and having a longer wait in reception than most too but today was different, Alex (my dentist) decided it would be better as it was onlyu a small filling in my wisdom tooth that it would be better if i went without the injections and just have the tooth filled i was horrified!!!! but i agreed to give it a try if it would mean less pain for me tonight and it was fine i was shocked but glad to have it over with quicker i must say.

leon had made plans with Chelsea to go to the local indoor swiming pool this afternooon the kids get to swin free there at certain times of the summer holidays which is great and as he has just learned how to swim i didnt see the harm me and Jake went up with him and we sat in the over looking gallery so we could still be there without cramping his style not that he seemed to mind as he waved a few times to us lol. Well it was a disastor from the start within 2 minutes he had managed to almost drown himself on the big inflatable play station they had down the deepend but he was fine in a few minutes and managed to enjoy the rest of the hour so did i i must say sat with a cppichino and half a bag of malteasers and the book i am currantly reading i managed to get quite a few chapters read even though it was very noisy there.

well the weather is still not great its still very windy and we are still having very very heavy showers and according to the experts its going to stay that way for most of this month which is a shame but gives me planty of ime to stay in and do more baking!!! i will leave you all with a picture of the blueberry gateux i made on monday

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Fun weekend

I am just so tired tonight i will be falling into bed as siin as Donny gets back from our friends house a few doors down. Last night he was over there aswell with his friend while his wife was out ma and the boys were watching a dvd all 3 of us sat on the sofa with a bowl of dorreyos and some popcorn they went off ti bed around 11pm so i settled down on the sifa to watch big brother and then army wives well i didnt get to watch what i wanted lol the phone rang just after midnight and i was told that Paula was coming over to see me well a few goggles and drinks later it was gone 3.30am before she decided she was ready to go home and when she went home her and Lol where still chatting to us on msn Donny had already been home a while but as thier kids aswell as ours wer in bed we couldnt all be in the same place at once so a webcam does the job well lol

So im begining to suffer now lol but ive been playing burnout on the 360 for the last few hrs so that kep me awake!!! i also scubbed the fish yank today its sparkling at the moment at least i have a few days to recover before i go to my other friends for a bbq (weather permonting) wednesday night she phoned me earlier they were just back from a long weekend away and were all very tired.

Well goodnight all hope you all have a great week.

Struggling

This week has been a long one for me I have been struggling with my asthma i guess all this wet weather isnt helping much ive been upto town with the boys this afternoon and its still pouring with rain and very very windy I WANT SUMMER!!!!!!!!

I lost my car for 3 days this week my friend had it at his garage for me giving it a once over before the mot and i am happy to say it passed so thats one less worry for me at the moment with the tax due the end of the month at £101.75 for 6 months yes i nearly died when i opened the envelope this morning it seems the moneys going out faster than its coming in ah well thats live i guess.

I had a desperate plea from my other friend on thursday night on facebook she was having problems with her pc i called her but that wasnt helping so i decided to take a drive over to see what the problem was well tuens out that her hubby doesnt like to do the windows updates lol so msn wasnt working i helped him instal real player so they could get music on thier sons mp3 player and my whole family are going over monday night to try get the pc sorted have a bbq(weather pwermiting ) and a few drinks that will be fun :-) he gave me a bottle of his home made red wine to bring home as i was too lazy to walk across and took the car me and Donny drank it last night when the kids are at cadets i dont normaly drink red wione as i dont care for it much but Kevs certinaly kept me warm and rosey cheeked as i walked across to meet the boys LOL hard to believe we started them off making home brew and now they make more than we do.

I spend yesterday afternoon watching the olypics opening ceromony and wow it was fantastic i realy realy enjoyed it and manged to get some work done on my halloween exchanges.

My dad was down this morning and i cut his hair for him as a thankyou for running be about to take aand fetch my car ive been down to his to drop the game off for him as he wasnt back for his father in laws i left it so he has it when he returns it was burnout revenge i love that game so much i was so disapointed when i got burnout paradise for my birthday earlier this year as its so different in fact i havent played it again since i got it in february lol

Oh well i have the living room to myself for a bit longer while the boys are upstairs then im going to make a curry and we are all going to settle down with a movie tonight its starting to get dark already its just so so miserable here in wales.

Eeek spiders!!!!!!

The joys of having sons........

today after i got back in the pouring rain after droping my car off at the garage i decided it was time to clear out the bathroom cupboard so we can rip it down before we get a new bathroom suite sometime in the new 12 months then they can rearrage the bathroom so we have more space.Well in the nig bathroom cupbaord thats where we store all the empty wine bootles and beer bottles for when we make home brew i run out of boxes to put them in to move them into the shed and Leon said dont worry mammy i have a spare plastic one upstairs you can have that great so he went to collect it for me. He passed it over the stairs banister for me as our bathroom is downstairs and i just caught the glmpse of something black and eight legged my reaction must of been quite big as Leon and Donny fell about in giggles at me when i looked and seem it was joking i could of just died lol Leon should know better as i am terrified of spiders but i love the wicked sode of him Jake was in the living room but also managed to laugh at me its not fair living in a houseful of boys!!!!!

Baking cakes

Leon and i have just starting baking cakes at the moment we have currant cakes and chocolate chip ones baking in the oven and when they come out we have chocolate and chocolate chocolate chip ones to go in :-)

Leon passed his cook stewart third class at sea cadets last week and brought home his badge for me to stitch onto his uniform before tuesday he is doing so well there we are soproud he was the only junior to achive such a high level you normaly dont get the chance to do this when you are a junior but he will be a new entry just after xmas so they allowed him to do it i will try get a photo of him for you to see before he goes tuesday.

Our new arrivals.

We havent had a good week this week weatherwise we have had everything from thunderstorms strong winds heavy rain and sunshine so the kids have had a week indoors. On wednesday we had to drive up to Gorseinon to get some food for psycho as we cant get frozen mice in llanelli sowe all got in the car and braved the winds and rain to go up to get some supplies well taking the kids into a pet shop is never a good idea now is it lol neadless to say the photos say it all we came home with 4 new family members Blossom,Spike,Patches and Gremlin four ladies that have found a new home in the kids bedroom i cant keep them downstairs as it wouldd totally wind up the snake.

I have been busy stitching away for the halloween exchanges i am in so i cant show you what i have been doing but i can show you my square that i have finished on the first round robin we are holding at starydreamers fabrics mine in halloween themed and i have done it on a piece of fabric i have dued and i used dmc krenick and sss to do it.

I also have an update of my santas dragon it is starting to look like something at long last but still has a long way to go i did say xmas 2010 remember lol Donny asked me this morning if it would be done for next xmas as he cant see me doing it for this year maybe i should show him!!!!