September 4th 2015 - The Beacon

September 4th 2015 - The Beacon

There are only a few days left before the boys go back to school, and despite the fact my knee is still really sore we took the boys to the local museum today - The Beacon.

There is lots of hands on touchy stuff for them to try and use which is great for kids of all ages.  They really enjoyed the Sellafield exhibition as that had lots of things including big foam things to make a way to get rid of nuclear waste (balls).  They spent ages trying to work together (very hard for my sons) to build a track.

September 3rd 2015 - Fleas

September 3rd 2015 - Fleas

Horrible nasty little things!  My poor kitten is covered in them and she doesn't even go outside yet.  She has had a couple of baths and now has a flea collar on but still has them.

I found today's pin online, it is linked to removing fleas from kittens via a head lice comb and tub of water - however, with plain water the fleas can limb back out quite easily.  This pin says to add a drop of washing up liquid to the water and mix it together - it makes the water denser and the fleas sink to the bottom.  I have removed loads from the kitten and have given the older 2 cats new collars.

September 2nd 2015 - Redbubble

September 2nd 2015 - Redbubble

For the past few years I have been a member of a site called Redbubble.   This site, allows you to add your art work and photo's to it and then add a price to them so that you can sell them.  For today's pin I have linked to a whole board that has a few my photo's in that are for sale on Redbubble.

I take photos of things that catch my eye, they may not b to everyone's taste but are what I like.  There is an assortment of photos on there from parties and wedding, to transport and animals, all of which are for sale from stickers to greeting cards and clothes and cups to notebooks and wall art.

I have spent the past few days adding new work and editing some of the older pieces that are on the website.  

Please stop by my shop and take a look - http://www.redbubble.com/people/amylw1/shop

September 1st 2015 - Bowling

September 1st 2015 - Bowling

I can't believe that today is the 1st of September.  This year is going way to fast.  We only have 6 days left of the summer holidays and then  the boys are back to school.

Today we took the boys over to Eclipse Bowling in Workington and Blake's friend Rosie met us there.  The 4 of them seemed to have a good time.  Blake managed to score 104 and won, this was due to him getting 3 spares.

August 31st 2015 - Bank holiday weather

August 31st 2015 - Bank holiday weather

Saw this pin and had to laugh as usually it is very true of bank holiday weather!  HOWEVER, it is NOT the case for today up in the lake district.  The sun is shining, its very hot and lovely!  A really nice day.

And here is a pic to prove it:

August 30th 2015 - Done too much

August 30th 2015 - Done too much

Today's pin is great and just about sums up today:

This is lined to my knee and chronic pain (again!) 

Yesterday we went to Thomas Land as lil man's birthday treat.  We had hired a mobility scooter for me to use which was great.  However, lil man wanted me to go on a couple of rides with him and this meant that I had to get off scooter and join a que (I stayed on scooter as far as I could).  However, standing and the short walking and the jolting of the ride has left me in absolute agony.  I didn't sleep much last night due to the pain either.

I have managed to get up and put my pj bottoms on with a normal top.  I have been to the toilet and I have served tea up (not cooked it) and this is a BIG achievement for the amount of pain I am in.  I am glad I did yesterday though as lil man loved it.  I am going to be in pain for a few days to come.

August 29th 2015 - Drayton Manor/Thomas Land

August 29th 2015 - Drayton Manor/Thomas Land

What a long day!  It was lovely but very long.

We were up, dressed, fed, car packed and out of the door by 08:30am.  What should have been 1hr 35mins drive took over 2hrs.  This was partly due to having to slow down through Leicester town centre and partly due to us having to do an emergency toilet stop at the side of the road and then a delay to get into the car park at Drayton Manor (we we're queing for 20minutes!)   By the time we had got parked, got my wheels out and sorted the suncream/hats and picnic bits it was almost 11am, we got our tickets and went in.

We met up with my friends husband and children just inside, they had gotten there before us.  Sadly my friend was unable to be with us as she had collapsed a few days before and was still in hospital, but rather than let her children down her husband said he would bring them and meet us.  None of us had ever met before (even my friend), we have only communicated via internet and phone for the past 5 or 6yrs.

My 3 boys and my friends 2 boys and 1 girl all got on really well together.  My boys are a bit older than my friends children and I asked my eldest 2 to look after her youngest 2 on the rides.  As it was a hot bank holiday weekend the place was packed and the ques were long.  It took 45mins to get on 1 ride!  So whilst they were on that ride I joined the que (on my wheels) for the next ride, once they came off it they came and joined me in the que!  This meant that they didn't have as long to wait for the next ride.  We did this a few times.   We also split up and the older kids went to que for 1 ride with adult and the younger ones stayed on smaller rides.

We all had a great day, the kids went on many rides and cost us all a fortune!  It was a shame I didn't get to meet my friend, but hopefully we will meet at somepoint in the future.  Her children are lovely and her daughter kept holding my hand.  The boys all played nicely together and her husband has a similar sense of humor to me.

We left Drayton Manor at 5:30pm and set off home, we needed to avoid the M6 toll road as we refuse to pay and said we would stop at mcdonalds when we found 1.  Obviously this did delay our trip home.  We finally got home very tired at 10:15pm.