A request

Just want to ask that any of you who sent addy to get a christmas card last year if you want one again can you please send addy again...With the death of my harddrive i've lost them all :o(  I did have them written down somewhere as well but can't find that either...And if i make turkish delight that works and you like it i may send some of that with the card...But it does weigh a lot so it would be a small bag...Mind you i still have to make my cards for this year...I know what i want to do it's just finding 2 things i need and then i can sit down one evening and make them all...Send addy in email like and not leave in comment but am sure no-one here is that daft :o) And if you don't want one then please ignore this entry

For Sara and Lainey

For Sara and Lainey a link to something purple <g> It will be at the bottom of this entry...I love purple too even though i write in here in blue instead...A few months back one night in Pub Quiz room we started nattering on about purple things and then about pruple food...We were bored as we didn't have a quiz host at the time...Well we did but he'd just finished and didn't want to host anymore...So for a whole HOUR n HALF we ended up talking about purple food of all things...When someone googled they found the link below and i have it in my fave places now...Yes it is a link to The Purple Store where you can find all things purple...Including purple recipes LOL...All manner of really daft things on this internet ain't there :o) And i have added Laineys screenie so she can read this blog Sara

Welcome to The Purple Store! Clothes, Office Supplies, Flowers, Hair, Cars, Kitchen, Cell Phones - Find anything in purple at...

The Purple Store's Purple Recipes - Purple Food!

Pah!!! and grrrrrr

Grrrrrrr...ARRGGHHHHHHHHH...PAH!!!!!!!! I've spent the last half hour TRYING to a) add some pics and b) actually get an entry saved...For the life of me i can't find how to add them in the good old fashioned way so they're all in a little box at the top of the entry...And i keep getting that they can't be uploaded and then action aborted...Yet a test i did worked...Well it didn't work my end so i deleted it but it did work for others.

It's been a very wet, very miserable, very windy, very cold YUKKY wintery day here...I had to take some pics of either landscape or seascape so ventured down the beach...Those are the pics am trying to add LOL...I love the sea regardless but i especially love it when it is all rough and wild...With those white horses breaking over the shore...I actually find a very wild sea like that extremely calming...But hey am weird <g> ...I decided to drive up by the lighthouse on the headland leading into the harbour to take some pics there as well...Well when i was going across the cobbled bridge the car started to go clumpty clump...So stopped as soon as i could and got out to see which offside tyre had gone flat...You get charged for 0800 numbers on your mobile so i nipped across at the traffic lights to the pub there...The barlady let me use their office phone :o) So i left her a tip...The AA said national waiting time was anything up to 2 hours eeks...Left my mobile number with them and before i was back at the car i had a call saying he'd be with me in around 10 mins...I had to ask some council workers in a drain clearing lorry to move as it was the only space for the AA man...He changed my tyre and tomorrow am going to my garage to see what's wrong with it...We couldn't see where it was punctured when nice AA man took it off...At least i had a spare...And yes i know i could have changed it myself...But what is the point in having a breadown service if you don't use it <g> Right going to try and add these pics now, fingers crossed.

This is looking along one of the outer walls to the harbour...That's not the actual lighthouse but a small one as a beacon for getting into the harbour entrance

This is at the back of that harbour wall and the foreground is froth that the breakers have left behind...I know it's fuzzy but i was being blown about by the wind and rain over there

 

 

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Thurs

Well that's my boy after he'd done his audition...We later than i originally planned and am so glad of that...I knew there was major roadworks in Dundee and i did want to allow for possibility of roadworks elsewhere but we still got there with plenty time to spare...I'd never been to the SECC before and i was worried about finding it...I needn't have been, it is so easy to find...I've only been to Glasgow to Hampden for footie and last years Robbie gig and years ago when i went to Star Trek conventions...I do remember how to get to Sauchiehall St from back then like...Well the turn off for the SECC from the motorway is the next one along from that one LOL...And after that it is a very short drive along the Clyde...M was in the 3 o'clock slot along with loads of others...After we queued where you can see people queuing in the background there we went in to the holding area...Sounds like a herd of cattle that but i suppose in effect they are LOL...Thurs wasn't in front of the judges you see on telly...It was in front of a producer but the next stage is in front of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan...They did film a little bit for crowd scenes and such like...Well they said a little bit LOL...Having gone through filming with a film crew before they shot loads of stuff that will either not get used or you will see a few seconds worth of LOL...They had some producers going around chatting to performers whilst they were waiting to be called...Some were filmed being talked to and some weren't...And most didn't get chatted to...M did but not on film <phew> I did NOT want to appear on camera...She was lovely but i could see she was a bit puzzled by the way he answered some of her questions...She asked him how long he had been singing...He told her 16 years so she then asked him how old he was...He said 16 LOL...So she laughed in a nice way and said so you've been singing since you were born...You know he wasn't that far off being right...He used to hum away as babies do after a while and it was always in tune...I got slagged off for buying a drum for him to get from santa when he was 18 months old at one mother & toddler group we went to...I told the other mums that a plastic drum with plastic sticks was quieter than the pan he hauled out and the metal spoon...Even back then he did bang away with a sense of rhythm...At that point i explained about him being autistic, not sure if she knew what that meant but she seemed to...His number was called whilst she was chatting to him but she went over to the guy calling out the numbers and said she'd take M through when she was finished...He was seen at around 5pm...He wouldn't allow me through to watch him actually audition so i don't know how he got on as such...I know he was excited because he does a funny rolling and widening of his eyes thing when he is exicted...He also tends to flap a bit...So i told him to make sure he looked straight ahead or at the person he was auditioning to...Keep his head up and eyes straight...He said he did that and he thinks it went well...He said he was asked what school he went to so he told them the name of his school and that it is a special needs school...He was also asked his age and i can't remember what else he said...He sang Take That's latest single and as we had no backing track he sung it acapella...He will hear near Christmas or definitely by New Year if he has reached the next stage...IF he does then i will be letting everyone know...Oh and i won't be going backstage with him then either...K and G can look after him...K in her usual sarcy way said 'mum doesn't want to risk being on telly'...I said too right i don't and also as Ant & Dec will be there presenting then it would give her and G a chance of maybe meeting them...See am being nice mum not scardy cat mum <G> I do hope he does get through as it will be such a boost to his self esteem...Getting an audition on thurs has already been one but to actually get as far as on stage in front of the judges with 2000 strong audience would be even better...His headteacher and deputy headteacher gave him a Good Luck card :o) His music teacher had him practising earlier in the week to project his voice...He's wheedled a new shirt, new tie and new trousers out of me from all this...He also went to the barbers again to have his hair cut...And he promised her he would go along regularly to make it easier for her to do his hair...So that's a bonus side effect of all this :o) It was a long day and at times a rather boring long day but he coped extremely well...I had bought earplugs to take with me to block out some of the noise...But he didn't need them...Another bonus side effect is that he coped brilliantly with all the crowds and all the noise of people practising and cheering...He even coped with the sound of a lot of drummers drumming and bagpipes and all manner of stuff being played all at the same time...I have to post a copy of his birth certificate to them...They didn't seem to have any idea what his photo ID was LOL...He wasn't the only one and they had a pile of pre-addressed envelopes for doing that...I had forgotten to take his birth certificate because he had photo ID...His concession bus pass has official pass hologram on it and his date of birth on it as well as a photo of him...BTW for the show earlier this year they didn't come to Scotland at all TUT

G is off out to a friends soon and i can't persuade M that we need to go to a pub somewhere to watch the footie grrrr...Oh G went to one of his friends on thurs after he got home from school and we picked him up on way home...IF we beat Italy later today i will be back screaming for you all to hear LOL

Toodle pip tc

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Screams

Oh crikey does this count as a website???? I have been looking at the release form for M for thurs which both him and me have to sign...It's full of legal jargon that i quite frankly can't make head nor tail of...He has to list all websites that he has either created, particiapted in, and any all materials he has posted on any website...He then has to list a description of each and all materials he has posted on any...Well he has a MySpace page that he hasn't looked at for months...That was created through one of his clubs so they learnt about that kind of stuff...And it's private so no-one can access it without permission except for his friends.

He and i presume myself cannot disclose any information about the programme or anyone involved with the programme...Wonder if that means he can't say if he gets through on thurs????? His school is very excited about it all...His music teacher had him practising today and was helping him with his voice...How can you manage to tell someone autistic that he can't discuss anything with anyone????  Am just so wary about all this happening...A year ago i would have said no way are you applying but he's come on so much this year...And he took it upon himself to fill in the application with very little help from me...Basically all he asked me for was spellings of some words and not much else...To be honest am just so proud that he has managed this himself and has decided himself that he can cope...I am worried how he will cope with the crowds of people that will be there...If it is proving difficult then i will grab someone official and ask politely if there is somewhere quiet he can wait...I detest all the sob stories they rattle out on these types of programmes but i am going to tell them when we get there that he is autistic...So that hopefully that can make them see why i am having to talk for him at some points rather than him speaking for himself...And why he speaks the way he does.

Oh crikey this is all so exciting yet at same time such a worry for me and well maybe i am worrying too much....I HATE legal speak LOL...Half the stuff on this form is same thing repeated in slightly different phrasing....I better remember and ask permission for the school newsletter just in case LOL.

It's BALTIC again am going for a bath to heat up, heating is on full blast and it's still baltic

SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We had SNOW yesterday evening...It had been horrendously windy all day and even driving through the streets my car was getting blown about...G had his flu jab in the afternoon and i was slightly late in picking him up...How he wasn't blown off his feet waiting for me i don't know...His school is fairly exposed to the elements and he was waiting by the car park which is at opposite end from the entrance door...We got a fair old buffeting (sp?) in the car on way back to the surgery...As he didn't have to go back not having anything last period i did dutiful mum thing and we went for a late lunch...But the period before i had picked him up he had his weekly cookery lesson...He'd made sticky toffee pudding and it smelt divine...We didn't have that until gone 9pm as we were too full from rather late lunch...Am not the worlds best at reheating stuff but i stuck it in the oven and hoped for the best...I HATE using the microwave...Well my lad makes a pretty mean sticky toffee pudding i can tell you...I dragged the poor lad to John Lewis and it's outside the shopping centre...It was sleeting then and still the high winds...First i knew it was snowing was M texting me..His meeting had just finished...Now he is managing to go down on the bus, get off at correct stop and go to the meetings himself...After meeting finishes he crosses the road and gets the bus home...His text said 'It's SNOWING!!!!'...So i phoned him and asked if he wanted a lift...He said yes, so i went and collected him and sure enough it was snowing in town...Too windy for any of it to stay around like...Later at night some did stay put on the roofs of the cars in my street...Today he texted me after college...'It's RAIIINNNNING!!!!'...Phoned him and he was moaning...I said well take the bus, he grumped...I said you want a lift don't you and i was right...Told him tough luck as your brother is due home in a mo and doesn't have keys...He took the bus...Methinks i will have to teach him to text 'mum can i have a lift please it's snowing/raining' ...Instead of just informing me of the weather conditions <g>

No snow today but bitterly cold and still very very windy...K phoned last night bored silly and wanting out...She did get out today though...They found nothing untoward wrong with her brain which is good news...And basically they confirmed the non epileptic seizures thing...The doctor in the hospital doesn't like using the word psychological...I guess because he reckons that implies it's all in the mind and put on...When it's not, it is very real and those who have them are unaware of doing anything deliberately...She was about 4th or 5th person he had seen that week about same thing...So it's fairly common...At a guess me not being medical i'd view it as instead of stuff from in the past suddenly hitting you with a brick and turning you to depression that it takes you totally unaware...And manifests as very real physical difficulties instead...Her hair bless her is a gunky mess...She spent ages in the shower before she left to try and get worst out...She's said that she reckons some they're going to have to cut out...Easier if it's a bloke he could just clipper it mega short but not if you're female and have longish hair and don't suit mega short hair...Speaking of which i need to go make tea and have a nice soak in the bath...Oh and well done to Glasgow on getting the honour of holding the Commonwealth Games in 2014...They shouldn't have the same financial problems as the London Olympics have because Glasgow already has the vast majority of the facilities needed...Now doesn't that make more sense...Apply for to host a competition you already have the majority of the facilities already available for LOL...To any of you who read this who live down where those tidal surges were expected i hope you were ok and not affected by them at all

All excited

Several weeks ago M took it upon himself to send off an application online for Britains Got Talent...Today he got a letter from the TV comapny...He has a first audition next thurs in Glasgow at the SECC in the middle of the afternoon...So he's gone off to his YAC meeting high as a kite...He said i'll get to meet Ant & Dec...No said me they're in Australia...Well i'll get to meet Simon Cowell...No i don't think so said me as this is just an audition to get to the next stage...God help me if he doesn't get through to the next stage in January...Anyways we're still all excited about it...He has to learn a verse and chorus of whatever song he is chosing to sing...Think it's Take That rather than Robbie for just now...He has different songs planned for every stage ARRGGHHH...Hey ho keep everything crossed for him please :o)

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Well after having full blown flu M gave me his cold...Which for me turned into a rotten stinking one and gave me an ear infection...So antibiotics and antibiotic ear drops...I hate eardrops they dribble out unless you keep your head on it's side for about 15 mins after putting them in LOL...Apart from when i had all the 'tummy bugs' (which were actually my gall bladder) a couple of years ago i haven't felt this miserable or poorly for years...I wanted to have my christmas cards all made and am torn between two ideas...To either glass paint them ALL or a different idea i have...Basically using the masking fluid and watercolours again...I got new watercolour paints back at end of sept...Can't remember if i mentioned them...They were really cheap and dead cool...They're metallic/pearlescent...It gives a lovely sheen to what i use on the cards...K had me make a card for her to give to her b/f to celebrate their 2 year anniversary of being together...Well it's hard to do a card for a young lad for that type of thing that isn't mushy...I have a metal stencil that is hearts and not overly flouncy and mushy...So i used the masking fluid over the stencil...Then i used the copper watercolour paint over it...Peeled off the masking fluid and then used the stencil to draw the outline in copper pen...Then i got a black card blank, put copper paper on it then the watercolour paper over that with the design...And put on a 'just for you' tag...So blokey and sentimental but not mushy :o) He liked it she said.

Our weekend away at Ks was a nightmare...The forth road bridge has roadworks on it every sat & sun just now...They've been going on for a while and the queus are horrendous...So me in my wisdom decided to detour via kincardine bridge...And on the motorway it says you can use that alternative route...What it doesn't say is that there are roadworks there as well that are WORSE...Put it this way just as we entered kincardine itself i phoned K to say we would be late and we were stuck in a queue at kincardine bridge...50 mins later i phoned her to say we had finally crossed the dratted bridge...I know no using mobile whilst driving...I didn't as such i phoned when we were staionary...50 mins to travel ONE mile ARRRGGHHHHHH...Ever since i've had a mobile phone i never used or answered it whilst driving...Eventually we got to her fellas flat and loaded the car up with half her gear...We left the boys with her fella and drove out to her new flat...Then we went back and collected the rest of her stuff, the boys and her fella...Although she is out of edinburgh the flat is lovely :o) There are a few details they need to sort out with the letting agent though...Like the kitchen door being slightly squint so doesn't shut properly, a slight leak from under the toilet cistern, the drier part of the washer/drier NOT working...The freezer was being a pain but they found out why and fixed that themselves...It was set too low LOL...What i still can't get over is the kitchen has hob, oven, microwave, washer/drier, dishwasher, fridge, freezer and there is some crockery, pans, utensils, cutlery etc...BUT NO kettle!!!!!!....Oh and the oven has a grill but no grill pan...But NO kettle i find so strange...It's a BASIC requirement...the lad she's sharing with bought a kettle...K has bought a toaster and taken all her kitchen stuff she already had...She's bought a TV stand and waiting for coffee table to be back in stock...I told them that rather than sharing the costs better that they share the buying...As in each of them buy something outright...That way when they part ways there's no arguements as to what belongs to who...She has the double bedroom and the lad has the single bedroom...Not because K has a fella but because it is the only room that is carpeted...So it's better for her when she gets up...She's still got all the ongoing health problems so a carpet is easier for her mobility...I took them shopping to asda...And again the next day to argos, poundland etc...The lad she's sharing with has never lived away from home before...He's having to realise he has to make adjustments LOL...He'll soon learn...We stayed with K as there is plenty room for us to stay with her...We also came home via the forth road bridge LOL...Times for waiting on the electronic signs said 80 mins...Funny that we queued and got across the bridge in 25 mins LOL

K is going into hospital on wed until fri...This is for the tests that they didn't do earlier on in the year...The tests she was refered for LAST november that her neuro thought she'd get done in January or the spring at the latest...The tests she went over to Glasgow for in may or june that she was only there for an hour for!!!!!...She'll be in glasgow and wired and hooked up to these machines...So basically she's gonna be confinedto bed for 3 days :o( Not like we can just pop in to visit her either...She's taking uni work in with her to do but still she's going to be bored silly...As she will be hooked up to machines then using her mobile will be out of the question...Wonder if they have normal Tv or that stupid patientline thing that costs an arm and a leg.

Anyways that's all for now folks toodle pip tc xxx