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Thursday, 15 October 2015

October 15the 2015 - SALE

SALE the word all women love and all  men hate as it costs them money!

This sale that I am referring to is in my local b&m store, they have some halloween bits reduced already, not sure if they are last years stock or what but I don't really care either!  I picked up a set of red had print lights (will be used when I do my bathroom as a blood scene) they were reduced to £1.  I picked up a fairly large purple glitter plumpkin again reduced to £1 (my friend is having this she just needs a tealight for it.)  And a mini purple pumpkin that was 10p (again going to friend).

I am also keeping an eye out for cheap witches hats for next year, so again I will be hunting the sales for them.

Wednesday, 14 October 2015

October 14th 2015 - money matters

Today is wednesday, this means that as per earlier in the year I am back at school.  This term the short course we are doing is called money matters.  We will be looking at ways to save money, banks and building societies, budgeting, making gifts vs buying them, loans and credit unions, sales and offers and anything else that may be money related.

Hopefully it will be helpful and enjoyable like the previous courses have all been.  The difference this time round is that the children will only be in for 1 session and not a short time every session, but that is for the reason the course is aimed at the parents and not how to help the children.

October 13th 2015 - Good days

For today's pin I am going to share a post about good days vs bad days linked to chronic pain.  Today is a good day and I am not in that much pain and have been able to do things.





I appologise for the rude words in the post but it is very true, anyone that suffers from chronic pain will agree that this is how it is.  The good days are few and far between and they dont very often last long.


Monday, 12 October 2015

October 12th 2015 - Frankenstein repair kit

Following on from previous Halloween posts and apothecary bottles I have spent today making a Frankenstein repair kit.  

This has to be one of the easiest apothecary bottles you can make.  You need the following items:
An empty spice bottle.

An assortment of screws, nails, bolts, pieces of wire, springs etc.

Combine them together and seal the lid to itself and then to the jar with a strong glue like UHU.  Allow to dry.  Then you can add a label that says:

And you  have your finished frankenstein repair kit in a bottle ready to add to your apothecary shelf.




Sunday, 11 October 2015

October 11th 2015 - Paperwork

Today's pin is off my secondary account that I use for St John Ambulance.  It seemed very apt for today as I have spent most of the day doing Paperwork in one form or another for St John Ambulance.

I have printed documents, I have placed some in envelopes to be sent off to other people, I have made documents on word, I have edited and saved documents off the internet, I have sent and received emails and messages, I have made lists of  things we need etc.

I am glad that I am finished with it for today.

Saturday, 10 October 2015

October 10th 2015 - Christmas shoebox appeal

A few months back I picked up some fluffy socks and gloves in a sale and put them up ready for the Christmas Shoebox appeal.  Today I have sat and worked out what else we are going to put into the boxes.

The boys at infant/junior school do 1 box each as their school takes part  in it.  As with previous years we try and do 1 boy and 1 girl (and then what ever the 3rd child wanted).  I still need to buy quite a bit and need to find 2 boxes, but I still have plenty of time.

So my lists are as follows, those with line through I already have:


BOYS
GIRLS
Fluffy socks
Fluffy socks?
Bug puzzle game
Gloves & hat
Comb
Brush, Bobbles & clips
Notebook
Notebook
pens
pens
Sweets
Toothbrush & toothpaste
Gloves & hat
Skipping rope
Robot jigsaw
sweets
Toothbrush & toothpaste
Girly jigsaw
Soft teddy
Soft teddy

Friday, 9 October 2015

October 9th 2015 - syringe

I had thought about a syringe to go with my nurses outfit.  I also thought about making them full of jelly, but that might scare the kids at the party.  So I was going to buy a pen version except the only ones I could find were from china and wouldnt be here in time.  This left me thinking...... and it came to me, I have 3 children who have calpol and such in the cupboard = syringe!

I started hunting and found more medicine spoons than the local chemist has, lots of the syringes that come with ibuprofen but not a single clear syringe.  There had to be one somewhere in my house, so I kept looking.  I found one in the draw with the pasta and rice, I can only assume it has fallen out of the cutlery drawer and in there.  Well it was going to get a make over.


Take one syringe :

  and some extreme repair glue*:








Remove the syringe plunger, fill the nozel end with the glue, making sure it is fully covered so that you get no leaks later on. Allow to dry.

Next mix some fake blood, pva glue and a drop of alcohol hand gel and combine well by shaking, you should have a nice bright red mixture, you may need to add a drop or 2 of red food colouring if it looks pinky because of the pva glue.  Pour this mix into the syringe so its between 1/2-3/4 full.  Wipe the inside of the top of the syringe with a tissue so that it is dry.

(YOU NEED ABOUT 5 HANDS NOW!)  keeping the syringe the right way up so nothing spills out, you need to coat the rubber end of the plungers part with the extreme repair glue, make sure it is all covered as you don't want any leaks.  Carefully push the plunger into the syringe so that the rubber end is just into the main body of the syringe.  IF you push too hard you may dislodge the glue at the other end.  Place more extreme repair glue around the whole end of the syringe so it is fully sealed.  You may need to do a 2nd coat once dry to be sure there are no gaps.

You should now have something that looks like this:
I have added a keyring loop through the side of syringe and an ID fob clip so it can be attached to my outfit.  Great prop at no cost as already had the stuff.

*extreme repair glue is brilliant as it is a flexible rubber type glue that it fully waterproof - it is used to repair tents and hiking shoes. can be bought in wilkinsons.