Tired LOL

Daughter was up most of the night ill :o(  ...I thought she had a touch of hayfever as she has been sniffing and sneezing last few days...She won't take anything as she can't swallow pills!!!...It's a pain and i keep saying the hayfever pills are so tiny you can barely see them...She was fine until last night when she was watching Bad Girls <shudder> and she started complaining she was freezing...She was burning up though again...Later after being in bed for a few hours she was sick...She was sick again this morning but seems to be fine now...Hope the rest of us don't get it whatever it is as i've had enough of horrid bugs lately...Plus school breaks up on fri for the summer holidays...ARRRGGHHH!!!! joy of joys and so much fun LOL...Actually summer hols i prefer to the short christmas or easter ones...Youngest takes about 2 weeks to get into different routine...With the short 2 week breaks that can be a nightmare...At least with 6 week summer break then he can have some fun time...

I was late for my review at the gym but the trainer had time to see me anyway :o) ...So now i have 4 new weight machines added to my programme...Never knew my shoulders, upper back and upper arms could hurt so much ROFL...I only managed 10 lengths of the swimming pool as i was so knackered...Guess my body will get used to it next week...It did the last time LOL...He's threatened me with starting on free weights too after my next review...I am going to point out to him that i don't want to end up looking like some muscle bound female version of charles atlas LOL...This better work the way i want it to...The whole point of starting at he gym was so i won't end up needing lots of surgery to remove excess skin etc once i reach my target weight...It does appear to be working that way on my arms and legs so far :o)...My tummy is different though...The layers of fat although they are disappearing the skin doesn't seem to be toning up so much...Oh well the amount of sit ups am doing is now upped...I hated situps, they always seemed to boring...They still are boring really but doing them lying on the swiss ball does make them easier to do...I was doing 2 lots of 15 and now am doing 2 lots of 20...That's only 40 so not that many i guess...

Youngest has activities week just now...Monday was sports in morning and BBQ in afternoon...Yesterday he did crafts and a rounders tournament...He came joint 3rd at rounders :o) ...Today the secondary pupils went to do forest walks about 24 miles away...He said the weather was nice there and it was sunny...As his face is looking more tanned then it must have been LOL...He is really tired from it though...I did ask if maybe we could go there one day in the summer for a walk and take a picnic...I got told NO i would find it too hard ROFL...Nice to see he has faith in my physical well being LOL...Tomorrow he is going *tubing* when i find out what that is i will let you know...Have bought myself a sirloin steak as a treat for tea as daughter not well enough to have more than just soup...See i can still do mean mum <ggg> ...Going to have a nice long soak in bubble bath after that...Toodle Pip xx

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Am back LOL

Okies you may have noticed a lack of entries in this space since last tuesdays one...This is because my windows went all corrupt on wed and i had to put my poorly PC into the puter shop :o(  ...I got it back at weekend but after starting to set everything back up my BB refused to work so i didn't come on often as it costs to use dialup...But my BB is working today WOOHOO!!!!...My puter is almost back to how it was WOOHOO!!!!.

So what's been happening whilst i have been away...The all day autism strategy event i was at last thurs was very interesting...A young man who used to go to base eldest is in did a talk about how his life had been...He was, as most aspergers are, blunt and straight to the point...This didn't sit comfy with some of the professionals in the room <GGG> but they did take his comments on board :o) ...This young man has just finished 1st year at uni studying clinical psychology...He was written off by educational psychologist saying he wouldn't get much in his standard grades...He got the highest pass you can in ALL of his subjects <ggg>...He was then written off by ed psych for his highers...He got 2 A's and 1 B...A so called professional down in cambridge wrote him off saying he wouldn't be able to go to uni...Well he's just finished his first year and is doing well...Now isn't that just THE BEST WAY to show these *professionals* how wrong they are when they write off our kids...My eldest is hoping to go to uni and i think the ed psych has learnt her lesson as she hasn't written him off :o) ...We also had a talk from a parent of an autistic child who has lots of problems...His talk was very good but it did make some people feel guilty that they weren't doing as much or similar for their children...As i knew this family for years i pointed out to those i knew, who were thinking that way, that his son is very much different to their kids...It is disgusting that the likes of that family have to pay thousands and thousands of pounds to help their child...The young man had said in his talk that he didn't want a *cure* for ASD to be found...The parent said he hoped that one day he could *cure* his son...My own personal opinion of this is that i never hoped for a cure...The *cure* i think this parent really means is for his son to become as able as my eldest lad and the young man...We then had a talk from one of the parents from my support group...Then we did workshops saying what needs putting in place and all the bad practice that still goes on with ASD in my city...Hope they listened...It's disgusting that people are still getting the same crap when their child is diagnosed as i got 12 years ago with eldest lad <sigh> .

Fri went to a group meeting, then gym, then housework LOL...Sat took eldest to skiing lessons and got him booked into a week of snowboarding lessons over the summer hols :o) ...The rest of sat i spent trying to set my puter back up with everything LOL...Oh and on sat youngest FINALLY got a card from his father in the states with a $50 note inside it...I was at skiing and daughter told me his reaction...He said 'We have to send it back as we cannot use that in this country it is useless' ROFL...Will go to main post office and get it changed for free...Am having to emphasise that $50 is less than £50...My ex can be such a twit (change the i <gg>) at times <sigh> ...Sun the boys were at respite and that about it.

Yesterday went to youngest school sports day :o) ...It was really good and it was proper old fashioned, competitive school sports...Why the PC brigade want to get rid of them i don't know...Children have to learn to win and lose and to cope with that...They try to do away with competitive school sports days then moan and whinge we have not enuff top class sportswomen/men!!!!...ALL the children had a great time and really didn't care at end of the day if they were first, second, third or last...Youngests team came second overall so he was happy...Last night at footie training it was the last week before the summer hols...They all got a certificate and small football :o) ...Went to weightwatchers last night and this week i lost 3 n half pounds :o) ...I don't feel half a stone thinner over last two weeks but my effort at the gym must finally be getting seen on the scales WOOHOO!!!...I have my review with trainer at gym tomorrow morning :o) .

What else???? Daughter has been narky because she has emails she needs to read and stuff she needs to download...So will let her on in a bit LOL...The weather has been up and down but mainly warm and sunny...Pollen count is through the roof so we all have a touch of hayfever but eldest is really not well with it at all...This si even with his regular anithistamine :o( ...Going to try get him to GP tomorrow see if they can give hm something else.

Am not gonna read back all the entries i have missed on everyones journals in one go or i will be on here for hours...Do hope everyone is well out there in journal land :o)

Toodle pip for now xx

Youngest

Forgot to cut youngest's hair last night so i was a bad mum LOL...It actually isn't that long just now so it looked fine for the *awards* cermeony at school this morning...Managed to get daughter out of bed to come with me <ggg> ...He got a certificate of achievement from his teacher for spelling and maths...He got one from the french teacher for excellent achievement in french...He got one from the PE teacher for recognition of good work in both PE and swimming...He also got a special certificate for team effort in being a school prefect this year...His drama and french that he passed SQA access 2 in he will get his certificate in august when they are sent out by the SQA...So am a proud mum...This is my son who 2 years ago was languishing in a different SEN school bored to bits because they didn't let him use his brain...EVERY child in the school gets some recognition for their work and achievements over the last school year...The primary children get a year book full of pictures of their work...the secondary children they make certificates for them and any places they have been to where they have been awarded something they save to hand out at todays ceremony...The children who are leaving to go to college or into work get a very special leather bound record of their time at the school...They also have 2 very special awards that are given every year...One was donated by a member of the public and it is given to the child from the primary section who has been the most deserving over the year...The other is donated by the local prison and is given to the secondary child who has been most deserving...Last years award for the secondary pupil was given to a girl who had been a real high flyer in both primary and secondary mainstream...Then she was either struck down with an illness or had some kind of accident (can't remember which)...She had been on course to get really high grade passes and go to university...She was left disabled by what happened to her and ended up in the SEN school...But she'd applied herself to achieve as much as she still possibly could...This years winners were no less deserving :o)...I must admit i got a bit teary today, it's so special what this school does for their very special pupils...Next week is activities week at his school then it is summer holidays for 6 weeks.

It started to rain last night and i had to rush to bring the washing in...It poured allnight but we didn't get an actual thunderstorm...Today it is sunny and wamr again after a bit of a dull start...Went to the gym after being at youngest's school...I did the cardiocascular stuff today (aerobic) this is the best type of exercise for burning fat and believe me there is a lot of fat here to burn...The resitance (weights) is good for toning up with...Boy can i feel some of my muscles toning up...I have been doing the situp's on the swiss ball everytime am there although technically i think they are part of my weights programme...I definitely have tummy muscles under the layer of fat there, i can really feel them tightening up...Yesterday i popped into matalan to see if they had any cheap jogging bottoms...Mine are a bit baggy and big on me now :o) ...Got an el cheapo 3/4 length pair for £6...Went upstairs to JJB's shop before going into gym and bought new trainers as mine were very old and tatty...So now i have nice new clothes for going there with LOL...One problem the bottoms had no pockets duh!!! Forgot to check that out when i bought them...So where do i stick my MP3 player i though nooo ARRGGHHHH...No way can i workout to the rubbish music that is on either the box, vh-1 or mtv or other such crap music channel playing in their...Luckily MP3 player has a ring on end of it so i hooked safety pin bit of locker key through there and pinned it to me ROFL...Oh and i lost 2n half lb's last night :o) ...Our meeting leader makes me laff she keeps saying we are going to have the body of a goddess or in the male members cases the body of an adonis <ggg> ...I wish in my dreams, maybe by next summer <fingers crossed>

NOT going to silly reception thing at my old art school tonight...a) can't be bothered and b) there will be no-one their i know and c) A glass of sparkling wine (don't like wine) and a stawberry tart is quite frankly not tempting enuff <ggg> ...I do need to find a sitter for thurs so i can go out and see old friend...We had some bad news at the weekend and daughter is going to a funeral down south on thurs...My ex sister in laws husband was found dead last week in his flat :o( ...They were seperated and had been for a few years but weren't divorced...He was an alcoholic (why they split) but daughter still loved her uncle and wanted to go to the funeral...Her cousins are only 13 & 9 and now have no dad at all :o( ...I would take her down myself but i have a very important all day meeting about autism strategy in the city so i can't go...If the cause of death is what my sis in law thought then the poor man died painfully and alone too and he was only 38...Daughter is very upset but won't talk to m but i do understand it can be a lot easier to talk about these things with someone not connected at all to the family.

Not going to leave this entry on a sad note...Today when youngest came home from school i answered the door and thought it was his sister on the entry system thing...Even though i KNEW she was in her bedroom he sounded so like i her i said hello to her...Youngest now thinks i am totally bonkers not that he didn't realise this already but it's first time he's called me bonkers <gggg> ...Toodle Pip xx

 

 

 

Monday bits

What a complete and utter farce the grand prix was then <sigh> ...Eldest lad gave up in disgust...Youngest was confused so went back to bedroom to play his game...I was cheesed off and angry and want to kick FIA and ferrari's backsides...They go on and on about saftey yet they wanted them to go out and drive in tyres that could quite easily have ended up killing someone!!!!...At end of the day they will blame michelin but i feel sorry for them too...Manufacturing faults can happen to anyone at anytime...It's ridiculous to want to stick to a rule that could endanger lives when it was apparently a manufacturing fault...The FIA could have just let them change the tyres on all the michelin cars and not penalised them...Or have sent the bridgestone cars to the front of the grid and had the others behind in order they qualified in...Sheer stupidity that has made F1 look like a bucnh of squabbling kids in the playground...

It's still sunny today with a bit of a breeze...It's nice to have the breeze as it's not quite so stiffling as it was on sat & sun :o) ...Got washing out on the line again which i won't be able to do for much longer for a while...They are building yet more flats out the back on the right hand side...These ones will be so close that when the building work is going on any washing i put out will probs end up dirtier than they were before i washed them...Been to the gym early this morning and it's weigh in tonight <gulp>...I have no idea what i am going to do about going to the gym in a couple of weeks time...It will be 6 weeks of summer hols and i really don't want to have the boys on their own for the time i am in the gym...They are getting one day a week respite <sigh>...I guess i could still wake up at usual time for them going to school and sneak off to the gym whilst they are asleep LOL...

Wimbledon is on the telly WAHAY...I do like watching tennis although am utter rubbish at playing it LOL...Fingers crossed the young scottish lad does well...Daughter got a letter from student loan people today...She will be getting the full amount for the loan :o) ...They haven't given her payment dates yet though...My mum keeps asking if there is anythign she will need for going to uni with...Keep saying i have no idea as we don't know what type of accomodation she has been allocated yet...Daughter did say this morning thatthey don't provide pots, n pans, crockery etc etc in the self catering accomodation which she has applied for...Will have to start adding in household stuff every time i go to asda LOL...Am offski to eat some strawbs but without any cream...Toodle Pip xx

 

Think am pink rofl

Well the sun stayed out for the BBQ :o) and my arms are looking a bit pink even though i had on factor 25...Oh well never mind i don't go brown regardless...Last year it rained for it so much better having plenty sun...This was the last saturday club before the summer holidays and they always have a BBQ for the last one of the year...The boys enjoyed themselves although youngest is really funny when he goes to one...He won't eat any food at one BUT he will stand and either cook (if allowed) or 'supervise' the cooking LOL...He did that today and consequently absolutely honked of smoke...Being the kind of day it was i now realise i need to go shopping to buy them shorts or 3/4 trousers as they have grown again...How inconsiderate LOL...

Wasn't Dr Who just absolutely fantastic tonight :o) ...I have really enjoyed watching it and got more and more into it every week...My teenagers love it too so those who said only middle aged geeks would be watching it can go stick that in their pipe and smoke it...They LOVE the daleks...Think i will be buying the DVD's as i missed a few and well Christopher Eccleston is easy on the eye <g>...David Tennant looks rather tasty too though am really looking forward to the christmas special :o)

No text from daughter saying about the election thing except for one to say it hadn't taken place yet and she doubted she would get it...Phoned my best friend and she was asking if i could daughter to brother sit one night next week...Dunno which one yet but an old friend is going to be up here for a few days :o)...Will be good to see him again he moved to glasgow to do a psychology degree a couple of years ago...Am watching the programme about live aid on bbc2...It's interesting to see all the behind the scenes stuff and all about what really happened...Bob Geldof does come across as a bit of a in yer face git who pissed everyone off especially midge ure...I still like him there is just that something charismatic about the man...Ok yeah i used to fancy him when i was a young teen and i loved the boomtown rats...Sometimes you need someone who will stand up and do the no nonsense bit and he certainly does that...Anyways just noticed the time and the boys ain't in bed yet...Mind you tomorrow is sunday no school and no respite so they can sleep late HAHAHA!!!! yeah right...Toodle pip xx

The sun has got his hat on LOL

The sun has got his hat on hip hip hooray the sun has got his hat on and he's coming out to play :o) ...Hope you're not all deaf now from my awful singing <ggg> ...It's very warm and very sunny...Got lots of washing out drying, more ironing <grump> ...Oh and i do know some men who LIKE ironing just they happen to be married or gay...My younger sisters hubby likes ironing so she lets his do most of theirs LOL...My ex was actually better at ironing than me but he didn't like it...When i am rich (hahahaha) i will pay a man to come do mine for me <ggg>...Weather is so hot eldest was sweltering at skiing this morning...Where the slope is there is nothing surrounding it to stop the sun blazing down...Mind you it also means there's nothing to stop the rain and wind pounding down either...I am NOT moaning about the heat it is a tolerable level unlike what was forecast for down around london and south coast of england...In ski gear though it must have felt they were cooking...The instructor let them finish a wee bit early as they were too hot and tired to cope today...We're off to the BBQ in a few minutes sadly my legs are still not in a decent enuff shape to wear shorts...Hope you all have a great day in this sun as am sure it won't last...Toodle Pip xx