website thingy and new car

Okies just a quickie entry cos it's late...G is getting picked up at 7.20am to go to school!!! so have to be up far too early <sigh> ...They're arriving at school far too early too so something is getting done about it LOL...Anyways i now have a new car...Well new to me it's an X reg and from jan2001 so 5½ years old...White citreon xantia and it's lovely :o)...Got CD player and it's hatchback and has them fancy brakes and airbags and stuff am not used to having in a car LOL

After a almost a week of tearing my hair out, having mr very nice man laff at me, having K's boyfriend laff at me and me feeling mega thick i finally got web thingy published...If you see red crosses don't blame me because every single image is uploaded to the relevant space...It' a bit pants but hey ho i don't care i got it done LOL...I managed to do the buttons and backgrounds myself :o) ...I couldn't get counter to work right but hey ho don't care not like many are gonna look at it ROFL...I did get guestbook to work though :o)

http://members.aol.com/typopixey/index.html

back to school day :o)

              

Woohoo school went back today :o) ...Not without a few hitches though...Well one major hitch <sigh> ...G's taxi firm packed in their contract yesterday afternoon...Just great, got told if i could take him and take him home then fine and if not that he wasn't to go in...Then later at about tea time there was a call from transport dept to say a different taxi firm would be taking him...I phoned the escort to find out more and she was as lost as me...Cept i knew more in that i'd been told that G would still be on her taxi...Then she said she'd been told she was being picked up at 7.10am...ARGH, EEEEEEKKKKSSSS bit early that...We're about 5 - 10 mins from hers...So i set alarm for 6.30am and got him up about 6.40am...Luverly not LOL...Taxi didn't come for him till 7.30am and the only reason they weren't mega early for school was one of the kids they sat and waited 15 mins for...Even then they were still early...Oh well it's temporary until some firm gets the contract...Hope it is this firm though as they're same firm as M has...M got up at 7.50am and he was a grumpy toerag about it...Even though he's been counting down the days much to G's disgust...He came home in a foul mood too and will be like this for at least a week...It's the changes that does it...Tomorrow i have to take him to school myself as he has maths at the other school first thing...The base were pleased with G's results :o) ...MrsP was impressed with his geography result <gggg> ...Neither of them will say how school went today though ROFL

My attempts at doing a webpage are taking a while...The programme am using you don't need to know anything about html, java, code of any kind <phew> ...I now have yet another new programme on my machine that i need to learn how to use which i know some of you do...Paintshop pro...Think i need to sit and spend yonks reading through it all before attempting anything LOL...I did manage to make buttons for my webpage though :o) ...I want to try make my own background if i can but that seems a bit hard just now...When it's uploaded and looks okies then i'll put a link in here...It's nothing fancy or even exciting but it's a start

K's back and still on the crutches...They put her in a wheelchair most of the weekend as it was easier...I gave her my gym gloves to use so her hands don't get so sore...If she still can't put weight on it and it's still swollen tomorrow then she has to go to A&E here...Already had to get her an appointment with my gp this morning...She had 2 lumps appear on her neck towards back of head yesterday...Turns out her glands are swollen due to impacted wisdom tooth...So she has antibiotics and got to try get an appointment with emergency out of hours dentist...Because her dentist is in edinburgh now...Wonder if i can manage to leave the boys without them killing each other to take her up to the dentist...IF we get an appointment could take a few days to get through and get one

Heard nothing back from anywhere i emailed :o( ...When the boys were at footie training last nite they got an invite to a 17th birthday party for same day as robbie gig...They weren't happy and that caused tempers to fray but eventually robbie won...Just as well because the tickets cost me a fortune as i bought the most expensive seats...Anyway am going to have a play with the web thingy again

Toodle pip tc

Am so techy thick

        

Just a quicky kinda entry here today...I couldn't get easydesigner that comes with AOL to work...Well i've been told i don't have the necessary on my machine to actually see it LOL...Rather nice techy blokey type told me to download a different webpage making proggy...So i've been having a play and although it's simple and easy to use well am still flummoxed ROFL...Stuart i do know how to use the resizing option on windowsXP...I have used it to downsize some things but there's a few bits i would like made bigger and still sharp...Making them bigger with the resizer thingy makes them fuzzy...Unless of course i can find free on the web to download at the size i want...I really wanna think i can run before i can walk with this but that's the artist in me itching to get out...Actually as the counselling and psychology courses are distance learning i may see if i can sign up on a webdesign one too...So far i have a background, the title and a pic and that's it...Oh and a divider but not sure if it's done right...Moving bits i have tried don't seem to move anymore once inserted...Maybe they would once uploaded i dunno...Need to talk to nice techy man again <ggg>

The rain here last nite was horrendous and i was praying it would be calmer out in the north sea on the ferry for K...Dunno if it was but she phoned this morning to say can i pick her up from ferry at 7am on mon morning as she is on crutches!!!...She fell and sprained her ankle so badly that first thing they did was take her to Lerwick hossy...No breaks but her ankle is swollen to about 5 times normal size hence the crutches...I despair of her i really do...Anyways off to have a play again as this is fun even if frustrating

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Call me daft after all my kids do all the time <g>

                                       

Am losing my marbles <ggg> Went outside then had a thought so phoned K...It's 3.40 her train gets in not 2.40 LOL...Doesn't matter really as it is going to be a nightmare down there anyways...Major roadworks causing huge tailbacks down at the harbour which is where the train station is near...Didn't help that a bus crashed into a shop down there either the other day too.

So it's been yet another one of those weeks...The DSS in their wisdom decided not to pay my income support into my bank account...Dunno if same will happen on mon or not...They did give me a giro for it though...On good side i had money paid into my account that was a refund and earlier than expected :o) ...Now i got a new mobile phone last month and dunno if i said or not but i was sad enuff to get the robbie williams one from T Mobile...There was 3 gifts to unlock on it...1 being an exclusive soundbite (which i thought that's what i'll get), one of 500 pairs of tickets to one of his UK gigs, or ONE meet the man himself...Well i sent the text and unlocked my gift...I've won a pair of tickets...Don't know which gig yet...M is not happy at all and can't understand why i didn't get the meet robbie gift...I have been trying for at least 8 years to get him to meet his hero...I don't use the word hero lightly there as he really is a hero to us...It's robbies music that helps to control M's autism, that helps to calm him down, that makes life a bit more bearable...Like i said earlier i've been trying for years and i refuse to give up hope that one day it will happen.

K has been down in edinburgh since tues and is off to shetland for the weekend...The latest SYP meeting is up there...She's got all the bumph stuff from Napier sat here waiting for her...The DSS still haven't got the form filled in that i need for SASS to get her student loan...Actually am sick fed up of the inside of the local DSS office over last few weeks...Incompetent doesn't even begin to describe what i feel about them just now.

My social worker was round again on mon and is back next thurs...Need to start on M's DLA form so she can read it over as it needs wording very specifically...She's also putting them forward for a different playscheme/respite thing...One where they do more things...The club they have been going to is going to carry on after the holidays :o) ...They still have a lot to do to this DVD they are making and both the boys are really enjoying it all...There is a junior (not sure what age that is) film making short course next summer at local college...I need to get more details like age, what it involves and then see if they want to enroll...M definitely wants to get into media like filming etc once he leaves school...It will be hard as he won't have the qualifications but somehow i will do my damndest to get it to happen as he can do the practical side.

Oh am very up and down with Stuarts quiz thingy...Deciding to answer it whilst my anti virus was scanning was bad idea LOL...I think a lot of my answers are sheer luck too...But it's fun and hey something is only easy if you know the answers...Or in my case most of the time a lucky guess

Toodle pip tc xx

please help

     

Okies quicky entry as i would like everyone to keep their fingers, toes, legs and everything else crossed for me...In sheer desperation i have sent an email off to Robbie Williams management just now...To plea with them to get Robbie to meet M...I have tried some of the radio stations but had no luck...One did reply saying that usually they can help but not for meet & greets...And they are usually organised via appeals to management from hospitals, charities, schools or parents themselves...So i've sent my appeal in...Will say more laters but i just noticed the time and i have to meet K at train station shortly...Just keep hope that this time i am successful please and thank you :o)

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Sat bits

                        

Today me and the boys went to a BBQ for the local autistic society...It was a rather posh bbq held at one of the local private schools...One of the members who is an adult with autism her sister owns the school and they laid on a fantastic spread...The only bit that was actually bbq'd was hamburgers...There was the most fantastic buffet that i haven't seen as good at most other events...Not being a hamburger fan i had a baked potato with some salad...Then i tried to be good and just have a big bowl of fruit salad with NO cream but ended up having choccy fudge cake as well LOL...As the weather was a bit iffy the bouncy castle was cancelled so some of the young kids were a bit miffed...But they went out into the playground and all the lads and men were playing footie in the 5-aside pitch LOL...There was a few people there i haven't seen for years and it was good to catch up...Oh and me and one of the sets of parents bitched about MrsP <ggg>...Everyone who knows G was so pleased with how well his results went :o)

The club the boys are going to on a thurs they are thoroughly enjoying...Especially M he is so into all the media stuff...The previous week was the first time they went to the arts place and they were learning how to edit film and add special effects, music etc on all the computers...This week they were actually filming and stuff...The bloke from the arts place is actually well impressed with my 2 especially M...He was telling us about courses that can be done at the local college...Speaking of which the counselling course i want to do is now distance learning so that suit me fine :o) There was another course but you have to be working either voluntary or paid to do it grrrrr...I am going to phone the woman in charge of it and ask if being a carer for my lads counts as working LOL...Well hey it is related to the actual course.

Rest of this week has been spent form filling for K's student loan amongst other things...Also i popped into solicitors i used for my divorce and they do have someone who can do the guardianship for M...Unfortunately she is on maternity leave just now and although he's not 16 till next may it an take months to set up...The main solicitor was there when i was speaking to the receptionist and they've taken my name and number and going to get someone from their other office to give me an appointment...It's going to be a bit traumatic actually as you have to go to court...I will have to prove that he is incapable of handling his own medical and financial affairs and that i am a suitable candidate for doing it...Basically i am bringing this on his behalf but then have to also work on my own behalf at same time...Hey more stress well whats new there NOWT <shrug> ...I do feel it is for the best as although when G was in hospital the nurses and doctors spoke to me rather than him LEGALLY they didn't have to...Can't guarantee that will always happen and for M that would be disasterous...I could do power of attorney but this guardianship thing sounds better and more in depth...Been making several cards for birthdays and toying with idea of attempting a webpage as an experiment via hometown...Need to speak to a man about reducing my pics for me first without cutting any bits out....Might go and have a play not sure LOL...Am so bad with techy stuff but i wanna learn....Hmm might look see if any website design part time courses at local college too ROFL...Anything to try avoid ironing etc <ggg>

Toodle pip tc xx

Long time no see

              

 

Erm where to start as it's been a while...Sorry i haven't been around much but there's been too much going on to spend time writing in here or even reading everyones blogs...I have but not been leaving comments much but i have been trying to keep up with the reading...Am up and down like a yo-yo with stuarts quiz thingy LOL

So the MAIN thing for today is up here in Scotland it was exam results day...Now M was doing SQA access courses and we already knew he'd passed the 2 he was doing but he still got his certificate through today nevertheless...So he now has music SQA Acess 2 and erm something to do with Enviroment at Access1...Am not allowed to look at it so not entirely sure of the name of the 2nd one LOL...G got his Standard Grade results (gcse's)...I'll explain again how they work before i say his grades...There is Credit, General and Foundation levels and also graded 1-6...Credit is 1 or 2, General 3 or 4 and Foundation 5 or 6...Everyone sits General and then depending on how good you are you either do Credit or Foundation...Credit being the best...So here's G's grades:

Mathmatics ~ Credit Level 1

Technological Studies ~ Credit Level 1

Graphic Communication ~ Credit Level 2

Geography ~ Credit Level 2

English ~ General Level 3

PE  ~ Intermediate 1 but no overall grade as this was various modules as part of short course

I am especially chuffed with his english grade as he has always so struggled with english and him being able to get a 3 is like some others obtaining a 1...Also his geography am well chuffed with because MrsP (you all know how much i love her LOL) has always been so dismissive of him doing geog...Claiming that no-one with aspergers/autism can manage to cope with it...I'd so love to go in there and stick 2 fingers up at her and say i told you so...But i won't because he's still got 2 years left there...Maybe when he's on his last day ever there <ggg> ...The PE was his short course and i really don't understand these intermediate grade things at all so please don't ask...Today was a day that i didn't dare dream that i would see when G was younger...I am so chuffed to bits i really could cry and maybe just maybe let myself think that he can go on to achieve a degree after school...But hey we have highers next year first.

My mum got home from hossy for 2nd time last fri and well she's still being cantankerous, forgetful and moody and we'll just leave it that she is back home as i'd rather not talk about it all.

K has packed in her course at Heriot Watt...She missed too much with being ill and with languages it is very hard to catch back up again...However she is going back to uni just a different one LOL...She phoned Napier uni (in edinburgh) to ask if they had places through clearing on one of their courses...The bloke on the phone took all her details and said he'd have to speak to the academics of that course and he'd phone back within 15 mins...Well 3 mins later he called back and she has a place :o) ...What he had done was he took her details for UCAS and went to phone them LOL...So she is starting 1st year again but at Napier doing Psychology & Sociology...Now although she is good at languages i do think this is more her thing and be right up her street...She'll be alright for student loan & bursary as you're allowed 1 mistake.

My bathroom ain't getting fixed until end sept :o( ...I still don't have a proper car and i still ain't had a break LOL...I saw my GP yesterday and he's now put me on anti depressants that make you lose weight LOLOL...Think mainly to coax my body back into not being so lethargic and kick start the weight i put on to naff off again...I refuse to buy new clothes even though i have nothing that fits just now as such...My social worker has been round again and coming back again next week...Think my putting on a face act is slipping a bit but maybe it should...I have a DLA renewal form to fill in for M and the category i am hoping to get high mobility for him is just so utter pants...To qualify for low mobiliy the child can walk but needs someonewith them to make sure they are safe. Or the child can walk but needs someone with them to help them find theur way around in places they don't know well...This is what M gets just now...Well yeah BOTH apply to him but like on a PERMANENT basis...The category that i am hoping for High rate is, the child is severely mentally impaired with severe behavioural problems...One snag here they must need help with personal care both day and night...It is UTTERLY ridiculous that for someone on with autism who has severe behavioural problems like M has to have to need care at night...It's not fair and it's WRONG...IF i let him out on his own the chances of him being arrested for lashing out at someone are extremely high through no fault of his own...You know i don't care if i have to semi fib on the dratted form to get what is right for him...Anyways help during the night hmmm might go into those questions another day...If i start just now then i will be ranting on for ages and am in a good mood and rather not spoil it...We're gonna work on wording it the right way so he can get what he really needs.

Am away the day after the Robbie concert to meet up with a group of friends from online and am really looking forward to it...Am also really looking forward very much to sharing a room with one amazing, mad, bonkers woman who i admire a heck of a lot for her bravery...And i know she reads this and she can shaddup and just take that how it is meant so there :o) I won't name you cos am nice <ggg> ...I just hope i don't keep falling out of bed all night this time like last time we shared a room LOL...Don't ask please!!!...Goodness knows what am gonna wear as i said nowt fits me cept scaggy old jeans and one pair of tracky bottoms...It's going to be fun and although i can only manage the one day due to the Robbie gig i am determined to enjoy myself and behave for once <ggg> Been loads more happened over last couple of weeks but some i won't put here and some well it's all a bit too much...Oh but WOOHOO to Jensen Button on sunday that grand prix was one of the most exciting i have watched for a very long time :o)

Toodle pip tc xx