Andy and Matthew went fishing down the canal - all night!!
Andy walked there with all the stuff and I took Matthew in the car with a few bits because his foot is still sore to walk on.
When we got there Mark was with Andy, he was just on his way home from work and he walks along the canal to get home.
He stayed with them for quite a while.
The just caught one bream and managed to get plenty of sleep. Matthew was as warm as toast in his sleeping bag and he slept on my deck chair!
I'm glad they had some time together.
Sarah x
Saturday, 7 June 2008
Friday, 6 June 2008
Poor Matthew
I took him to have his verrucas and a wart on his hand frozen on Tuesday. It was quite a drastic prodecure. He was fine on Wednesday and went to school and ran two relays and came second in both! When he got home he said that his foot felt sore. Its right on his heel so it's the part that takes all the pressure.
By late Wednesday evening he could hardly walk! He's been hobbling around. Thursday morning he was crawling about on all fours so I didn't send him to school.
I said it looked like it had formed a large blood blister so later on he sterilised a needle and punctured it and got quite a lot of fluid out that eased the pain slightly.
He had a red line along his foot which was a bit worrying. He stayed off school again today and I took him to the doctors.
He checked him over and said it was very sore and swollen but that it would probably scab over in a couple of days and by Monday it should stop being so sore.
I think he's quite liked all the attention and being looked after ;o) I can't tell you that last time he had a day off school!
Here's a pic - not for the faint hearted though!
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Oh and by the way.....
We seem to have given up with the 'losing' the dummies idea. She's not ready yet bless her. She did try but she just can't do it.
I don't want to make an issue out of it, I never did it with my others and they gave them up when they were ready.
So then - it's business as usual - a dummy and noonoo at bedtime lol!
Sarah x
I don't want to make an issue out of it, I never did it with my others and they gave them up when they were ready.
So then - it's business as usual - a dummy and noonoo at bedtime lol!
Sarah x
Katherine's 16th birthday!
Well I can't believe she's 16!! How did that happen??
I decorated the house with pink birthday balloons after she'd gone to bed Tuesday evening and I put balloons and a happy birthday banner on the front door.
I took her to school in the morning as she went in to do some revision. Then I met her and her friend Chelsea in the town just after 10.30am. We had a lovely couple of hours mooching around. Chelsea got Katherine to choose a birthday present and that took the longest time! We had a drink in the cafe and then Chelsea went home and I took the girls into WHSmith to choose a book each with some book tokens they'd been given.
Katherine got her tokens for services to the school and had to choose a suitable book for the presentation evening later in the month. She chose an A level psycology book as that's what she'll be studying at 6th form college. Isobel however chose a Cinderella activity book lol!
We then took Isobel to pre-school and collected Mark and went to Maccy D's for some lunch. I was very good and only had a chicken salad deli thingy and a cup of tea.
After we went to Morrisons for a few bits and I got called a 'rude cow' but a grumpy woman who I accidentally stood in front of when she was looking in the freezers - some people hey!
We got home and Katherine and Mark walked up to collect Isobel from playgroup as it was such a lovely sunny day.
Later on 13 of us went for a meal at the Milestone in Hinckley. We had a really lovely evening. The food was fantastic and at two meals for the price of one it can't be bad!
Katherine had some beautiful flowers given to her, some from her Nan and some from us. She also had her first 'legal' drink in a restaurant, although she didn't finish it as she had to dash off to you theatre.
We had a 'fairy' party at the restaurant and I gave everyone a little silver wand lol. We got her a lovely cake and did the whole happy birthday thing and she blew out the candles but then had to go.
Later on Mark and Steve came round (Mark was working until after 9). Katherine arrived home from youth theatre shortly after and we had some fun and games here.
On the whole I think she had a lovely day and the stress and worry of her GCSE's seemed to fade into the background for a while....
I decorated the house with pink birthday balloons after she'd gone to bed Tuesday evening and I put balloons and a happy birthday banner on the front door.
I took her to school in the morning as she went in to do some revision. Then I met her and her friend Chelsea in the town just after 10.30am. We had a lovely couple of hours mooching around. Chelsea got Katherine to choose a birthday present and that took the longest time! We had a drink in the cafe and then Chelsea went home and I took the girls into WHSmith to choose a book each with some book tokens they'd been given.
Katherine got her tokens for services to the school and had to choose a suitable book for the presentation evening later in the month. She chose an A level psycology book as that's what she'll be studying at 6th form college. Isobel however chose a Cinderella activity book lol!
We then took Isobel to pre-school and collected Mark and went to Maccy D's for some lunch. I was very good and only had a chicken salad deli thingy and a cup of tea.
After we went to Morrisons for a few bits and I got called a 'rude cow' but a grumpy woman who I accidentally stood in front of when she was looking in the freezers - some people hey!
We got home and Katherine and Mark walked up to collect Isobel from playgroup as it was such a lovely sunny day.
Later on 13 of us went for a meal at the Milestone in Hinckley. We had a really lovely evening. The food was fantastic and at two meals for the price of one it can't be bad!
Katherine had some beautiful flowers given to her, some from her Nan and some from us. She also had her first 'legal' drink in a restaurant, although she didn't finish it as she had to dash off to you theatre.
We had a 'fairy' party at the restaurant and I gave everyone a little silver wand lol. We got her a lovely cake and did the whole happy birthday thing and she blew out the candles but then had to go.
Later on Mark and Steve came round (Mark was working until after 9). Katherine arrived home from youth theatre shortly after and we had some fun and games here.
On the whole I think she had a lovely day and the stress and worry of her GCSE's seemed to fade into the background for a while....
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Painting!
Andy has been painting the bathroom today! It really needs freshening up. We have tongue and groove wood all round and it's quite dark. We are painting it a really light cream colour it's looking so much lighter in ther already!
Andy had more counselling last night and it went much better for him. I'm so relieved. He's made another appointment for two weeks time.
I've been working at JCC today, invigilating a 2 hour history exam. It was fine, no problems. One girl just wrote her name on the paper and sat and did nothing for the whole two hours. What a waste of time!
Andy has had a good couple of days much to my relief.
I went up to the church office today and had a long chat with a friend, who is also a counsellor and that helped.
He's such a great guy and all the kids that hang round with our kids love him! He even helped write the lyrics to a song at band practise on Sunday night and they said he's 'awesome'!
He said yesterday that he can't believe all the nice stuff that people say about him because he's never felt that anyone really likes him :o(
Well they do and they think he rocks!!
Sarah x
Andy had more counselling last night and it went much better for him. I'm so relieved. He's made another appointment for two weeks time.
I've been working at JCC today, invigilating a 2 hour history exam. It was fine, no problems. One girl just wrote her name on the paper and sat and did nothing for the whole two hours. What a waste of time!
Andy has had a good couple of days much to my relief.
I went up to the church office today and had a long chat with a friend, who is also a counsellor and that helped.
He's such a great guy and all the kids that hang round with our kids love him! He even helped write the lyrics to a song at band practise on Sunday night and they said he's 'awesome'!
He said yesterday that he can't believe all the nice stuff that people say about him because he's never felt that anyone really likes him :o(
Well they do and they think he rocks!!
Sarah x
Monday, 2 June 2008
Sunday, 1 June 2008
Awful night
Had a difficult day with Andy yesterday. He did come to the church opening but he wasn't himself. He was stressed and anxious all day and I couldn't seem to snap him out of it. He did seem to chill out a bit at tea time but it didn't last for long.
When we went to bed Andy started cuddling up to me and I knew what he wanted but I'd had such a stressful day that I couldn't just switch off how I was feeling and relax enough to do all that.
He knew I wasn't into it and to cut a long story short all hell broke loose. I went downstairs and sat on my own and then went back up, then he came downstairs and then I came down after him because I was so mad at how he was treating me.
I really could have punched his lights out, I was sooo angry, I had to stop myself from shouting loud as the kids were all in bed.
He complained about all kinds of things, me being on the computer, my mobile phone - us not talking enough together. I felt like all the hard work and effort I've put in over the last few weeks had counted for nothing. I really wanted to run away, I felt like I'd failed and there was nothing more I could do.
We went back upstairs and were calmer and we chatted about all kinds of things. I just couldn't stop crying. Lots of stuff from the past came out, maybe we needed to do it to clear the air.
We didn't get to sleep until after 3am and as a consequence I missed church this morning as I was too tired to go and my eyes were still puffy from all the crying.
Today has been much better although I really do feel like I've been through a war. At one point Andy told me I didn't look very well and to be honest I didn't feel great.
Katherine and Matthew went to Morrisons for lunch with a few friends from church and me, Andy and Isobel ended up going to Asda for lunch. We bought a few bits for Katherine's birthday and then we went to the cemetary as I hadn't been for ages.
All the flowers were dead in the pot and it looked awful and I felt guilty. I put fresh ones in and they really do look gorgeous. I've taken a photo on my phone, if I can I'll upload it onto here later.
Later on we went to Morrisons to get a few more bits that we'd remembered after we'd been to Asda and we got a couple of lovely lanterns that are on offer as I wanted a new one for the cemetary. I always light a candle when I go and the old lantern is looking a bit tatty now.
We came home and put the shopping away and then went to my parents for a while and had a cup of tea with them.
Later on we collected Katherine from youth theatre rehearsals and came home and had tea.
Andy, Katherine and Matthew have all gone to band practise now, Isobel is in bed and I'm getting some much needed 'me time'.
Sarah x
When we went to bed Andy started cuddling up to me and I knew what he wanted but I'd had such a stressful day that I couldn't just switch off how I was feeling and relax enough to do all that.
He knew I wasn't into it and to cut a long story short all hell broke loose. I went downstairs and sat on my own and then went back up, then he came downstairs and then I came down after him because I was so mad at how he was treating me.
I really could have punched his lights out, I was sooo angry, I had to stop myself from shouting loud as the kids were all in bed.
He complained about all kinds of things, me being on the computer, my mobile phone - us not talking enough together. I felt like all the hard work and effort I've put in over the last few weeks had counted for nothing. I really wanted to run away, I felt like I'd failed and there was nothing more I could do.
We went back upstairs and were calmer and we chatted about all kinds of things. I just couldn't stop crying. Lots of stuff from the past came out, maybe we needed to do it to clear the air.
We didn't get to sleep until after 3am and as a consequence I missed church this morning as I was too tired to go and my eyes were still puffy from all the crying.
Today has been much better although I really do feel like I've been through a war. At one point Andy told me I didn't look very well and to be honest I didn't feel great.
Katherine and Matthew went to Morrisons for lunch with a few friends from church and me, Andy and Isobel ended up going to Asda for lunch. We bought a few bits for Katherine's birthday and then we went to the cemetary as I hadn't been for ages.
All the flowers were dead in the pot and it looked awful and I felt guilty. I put fresh ones in and they really do look gorgeous. I've taken a photo on my phone, if I can I'll upload it onto here later.
Later on we went to Morrisons to get a few more bits that we'd remembered after we'd been to Asda and we got a couple of lovely lanterns that are on offer as I wanted a new one for the cemetary. I always light a candle when I go and the old lantern is looking a bit tatty now.
We came home and put the shopping away and then went to my parents for a while and had a cup of tea with them.
Later on we collected Katherine from youth theatre rehearsals and came home and had tea.
Andy, Katherine and Matthew have all gone to band practise now, Isobel is in bed and I'm getting some much needed 'me time'.
Sarah x
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