Just stuff

Well school broke up for the summer holidays last fri...Mind you i can't really say they are on school summer hols as they have now both officially left...Mikey starts college on 24th (i think) aug...Well whatever mon in august is around that date lol...Garath doesn't start university until near end of sept...It's proving damned hard for Garath to even apply for a part time job because of his button phobia...Everywhere we've looked at so far is no use because the uniform has buttons on it...Also he can't do barwork because it would be too noisy for him...So his phobia ans sensory issues are now a far bigger problem than they used to be when he was younger :o( 

I bought a sewing machine on sunday in Lidl's...It comes with a 3 year guarantee so i thought it would be ok...John Lewis didn't get the one in i was going to buy from there...This one has a dial on it for different stitches that goes through the whole alphabet lol...I also bought their el cheapo sewing threads set...Some cheap threads are cheap and nasty and break easily but i've been told these are ok...I mainly bought the set for the gold and silver reels and the two transparent reels but there are some pretty colours as well...As they are for using on card then they should be fine regardless...For now though i am making up lots of jewellery...Nacklaces, earrings and bracelets as i will need to have a stock of some kind...What i would prefer is that they are samples and then people can order the same design but with the colour of crystals they prefer...Well earrings don't need to be like that they can just be sold straight away unless someone wants in a specific colour...My niece liked her set and that is all am really going to say about it...Except my sis wasn't too happy with the price...The price i gave her only covered the materials and the postage & packing...I didn't charge for time and she was taken aback at price...Thing is she wouldn't give me an idea of price upfront and i couldn't say a definite price upfront...So possibly a bit of confusion on both sides...All i know is she wanted something pretty and what my sis was thinking of spending wouldn't have covered a necklace let alone a whole set...Plus every time i phoned to discuss it she was too busy and didn't phone back...Oh well ce la vie i don't want to fall out with my sister and if she won't compromise the wayi suggested then not a lot i can do about it...Am a bit upset to say the least and knocked for six and well my confidence is way back down again.

My mum loved her stuff and has banned me from giving her anything for her birthday in october...Well that's what she thinks LOL...She wore her new jewellery to the wedding on sat and as i said to her mum you are a walking advert <g> same as Kerry is...Kerry was back here over the weekend :o) It was lovely to have her home even if it was just fri evening to sunday evening...Our new multi million pound bus station still has NO drop off/pick up point for anyone let alone people with mobility problems...Kerry has always been fobbed off as have i when asking about it...Well on sunday i spoke to a very nice man at the station who told me to complain...Apparently it isn't finished yet and still belongs to the builders...The bus company aren't happy either but i guess complaints from users would have more clout...I know our taxi firms have complained bitterly about it as they of course will be losing trade...Well my letter of complaint ain't going to the bus firm or the builders and i told the very nice man that...He actually grinned when i told him where my complaint was going...Gordon Brown unlike Tony Blair has an email address <g> So all 3 of the councillors for my ward, the head of our council and her deputy, the 3 MSP's for the city, the 3 MP's who's constiuencys are within the city limits, Alex Salmond, whoever is for transport at Holyrood, Ruth Kelly and Gordon Brown are all getting this email from me LOLOL...I have checked up and it is illegal to have no parking for disabled at the bus station, even if it is not finished...Our train station managed to make temporary provision so they can too...Someone somewhere MUST be able to do something into forcing provision to be made...And there is another issue i find really ludicrous in a way...Scotland has had the free Scotland wide bus travel for OAP's and disabled for 2 years now...It was changed slightly about a year ago and there are very specific criteria now...Now the boys get their bus passes because they get middle rate care of DLA...They also get a +1 on their passes because of being on middle rate care...That means someone can accompany them for free as well although they don't have to have someone with them...People on high rate mobility DLA also qualify for a pass however they don't qualify for the companion element...Now that strikes me as a bit daft...Surely someone who has mobility problems with using the bus is in more need of someone accompanying them than someone who doesn't have mobility problems...Even if it is someone to be with them so they can actually get the bus to stop at the bus stop they wish to get off at...Many a time the bus has gone past the stop Kerry wants to get off at because she hasn't been stood beside the door waiting...Thing is she has to wait until it stops before she can get up and stand to get off...Hmmm maybe i should write to holyrood and my MSP about that as well.

As you know our council is broke and needs to make £27M in savings...Well they wrote to the place Mikey goes to for day respite playscheme on fri and told them they won't be funding the last week of the summer holidays...We've been advised to contact social work and complain...Now i don't have a named social worker and it won't affect mikey because he wasn't going in the last tues anyway...But maybe i should still complain...Thing is they have us over a barrel because quite frankly i am scared to phone social work just now because of all the cut backs...If he loses what he currently gets then he will get NOWT

Better get back to finishing off the necklace am currently making up...And there won't be pics as i said am trying to get some stock done...Will be getting better pics done and i need to talk someone into modelling for me...As you can see i've stopped calling them K, G and M as i decided it was a bit daft to keep doing that when this blog is private...Only took me just over a year to decide on that one LOL

Toodle pip tc xx