mayday customs

Last night when i was chatting on here i had a friend ask me if we had maypoles in scotland...Said not where i live that am aware of...I then said had anyone got up early to wash their face in the may dew...This got me some comments of i was not right and scotland had no running water LOL...Then one of my friends said jokingly she'd always visualised me and another scot from on here to be living in braveheart type huts and how disappointed she was when she saw all the houses...Tell you my friend who said that ain't all there <G>...So i told them that washing your face in the may dew is an old celtic custom from beltaine...To anyone reading this who hasn't heard of it if you wash your face in the may dew on 1st of may then you will be granted beauty and a fair complexion...Told friend this must be why i don't look my age <G>...Shame it didn't work on the beauty part LOL...Personally i think it's a far nicer custom than dancing around a pole wearing a daft costume looking a wee bit daft...

Been so lazy today...Set alarm and got daughter up early as she was going out...Went back to bed as boys both asleep and i had a headache...So i dozed in bed until i eventually decided i better get up at about 11.30am ISH...Boys were ok i know they had brekkie and were playing on their games consoles...More washing <sigh> got some hung out though because was sunny again today...Contemplated tackling the ironing mountain range but got sidetracked by dusting, cleaning and general tidy up of living room instead...I had finally got around to buying a new blusher brush for dusting my dragons with...It's easier using a soft brush than trying to get into all the nooks and crannys with a cloth...There was more dust on them that would like to admit too...Not because haven't been cleaning them because it took me so long to get a brush again...Have to dust regularly because of eldest lads asthma...I do need to find a new place to put my craft stuff...It's mounting up and needs a new home as i pinched the bit where i keep it all to move some dragons too...

Went to WW put on 2lbs <sigh> had an excuse which was valid so that was ok...Yeah i have been eating rubbish but also t.o.m. and always put on weight then...Eldest lad is off out swimming with his carer...Luckily i gave him a lift as pool they were going to was closed as tis a punlic holiday...So we drove along and spied carer and picked him up and took them to pool at beach...Seems a daft day to close to me as i would have though they would have lots of business on a bank holiday...It did give me an opportunity to ask carer if he would be able to take the boys out more often in summer hols...So need to phone head of disabilities team <grrrr> and ask him if possible to transfer funding to carer...They are funded for 2 days per week in holidays at respite playscheme...I got the dates for the summer hols in end of last week...They have been allocated 1 day each week...Before when this happened their carer was able to take them out extra days...That was when i still had a named SW though...Also my named SW was friends with their carer so basically they arranged stuff between them LOL...Head of team better do what i ask him to or i will be very angry and will tell him i will go over his head to his boss <G>...I would rather carer had extra time with them than respite playscheme they go to anyway...Their particular group is only in 1 day a week in hols and sometimes they end up in with a far less able group...Eldest gets very bored when this happens and youngest gets aggressive again...Anyway Toodle pip xx