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.
Thursday, 3 September 2015
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
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
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
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
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.
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.
Monday, 31 August 2015
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:
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:
Sunday, 30 August 2015
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.
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.
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.
August 28th 2015 - Happy Birthday
August 28th 2015 - Happy Birthday
Happy 6th Birthday to my lil "dinky dot", I can't believe you are 6yrs old today, where has the time gone???
Me, my hubby and friend we were staying with put up Thomas Tank banners ready for him to wake up to. We didn't do too many because it wasn't my house. But lil man was happy.
He had already had some of his birthday presents before his birthday - like his scooter so that he had the 6weeks holidays to play on it and he had his presents from 1 of his godmothers before we went away so he could thank her. We left his cards on the table but not his presents as we didnt want the dogs to rip them open!
He was really pleased when he opened his presents - a thomas tank wallet (to put his birthday money into he said) and a thomas watch, a thoms tank dvd he has been asking about for ages, a set of speedstcks and lastly and most importantly a thomas tank mega bloks set that has Butch the recovery lorry in, he has wanted it for ages but it was discontinued 18months ago, I found it on ebay though! He had £5 and a pack of malteasers from his great nan, a jigsaw from his other godmother, £10 from my sister and £5 from his best friend/girlfriend, and his other godparents sent him £20 as well.
He is 1 very lucky little boy. We spent the day playing, and sorting out food etc as we were having a small party in the evening. All of the food had thomas trains and labels, we played thomas games etc.
FOOD
we had: sir tophams sausage rolls
Diesel'sfuel stop for the drinks
Percy's pizza slices
rosie's rocks of grapes and raisins
Farmer mccolls fruit & veg car - carrot & cucumber
Thomas's treat car - barney bear cakes, iced gems and party rings
Toby's twiglet lumber
Charlie's crisp car
Charlie's chicken bits
James's jelly
Thomas the tank birthday cake from asda
GAMES
We placed sweets in gre and black balloons and said that they were fallen rocks and they had to burst them in order to move them from the track, once burst they had teh sweets but had to clear up the bits of balloon as "they were still on the tracks"! (saved me cleaning up).
Here they are trying to burst them
We played "pass the train" instead of pass the parcel. The train was an empty box with no lid and I covered it with a train front, back and both sides, inside it we put sweets. When the music started they passed the train around and when it stopped whoever had it took out a sweet. We made sure that everyone had 2 sweets (there were only 5 there but should have been more). Then on the last go whoever had the train won it and the rest of the sweets. This happened to land on birthday boy and he said would share them with everyone.
We also did musical bumps and musical statues. The last game we did was "pin the light on thomas" (bought off ebay). This is played in the same way as pin the tail on donkey etc. We "cheated" for the 2 12year olds and turned the image upside down but 1 of them still won!
We had planned to play coal toss (bean bags into a bucket) but we didnt in the end as the kids we're happy to just dance to the music and disco lights.
Happy 6th Birthday to my lil "dinky dot", I can't believe you are 6yrs old today, where has the time gone???
Me, my hubby and friend we were staying with put up Thomas Tank banners ready for him to wake up to. We didn't do too many because it wasn't my house. But lil man was happy.
He had already had some of his birthday presents before his birthday - like his scooter so that he had the 6weeks holidays to play on it and he had his presents from 1 of his godmothers before we went away so he could thank her. We left his cards on the table but not his presents as we didnt want the dogs to rip them open!
He was really pleased when he opened his presents - a thomas tank wallet (to put his birthday money into he said) and a thomas watch, a thoms tank dvd he has been asking about for ages, a set of speedstcks and lastly and most importantly a thomas tank mega bloks set that has Butch the recovery lorry in, he has wanted it for ages but it was discontinued 18months ago, I found it on ebay though! He had £5 and a pack of malteasers from his great nan, a jigsaw from his other godmother, £10 from my sister and £5 from his best friend/girlfriend, and his other godparents sent him £20 as well.
He is 1 very lucky little boy. We spent the day playing, and sorting out food etc as we were having a small party in the evening. All of the food had thomas trains and labels, we played thomas games etc.
FOOD
we had: sir tophams sausage rolls
Diesel'sfuel stop for the drinks
rosie's rocks of grapes and raisins
Farmer mccolls fruit & veg car - carrot & cucumber
Thomas's treat car - barney bear cakes, iced gems and party rings
Toby's twiglet lumber
Charlie's crisp car
Charlie's chicken bits
James's jelly 
GAMES
We placed sweets in gre and black balloons and said that they were fallen rocks and they had to burst them in order to move them from the track, once burst they had teh sweets but had to clear up the bits of balloon as "they were still on the tracks"! (saved me cleaning up).
Here they are trying to burst them
We played "pass the train" instead of pass the parcel. The train was an empty box with no lid and I covered it with a train front, back and both sides, inside it we put sweets. When the music started they passed the train around and when it stopped whoever had it took out a sweet. We made sure that everyone had 2 sweets (there were only 5 there but should have been more). Then on the last go whoever had the train won it and the rest of the sweets. This happened to land on birthday boy and he said would share them with everyone.
We also did musical bumps and musical statues. The last game we did was "pin the light on thomas" (bought off ebay). This is played in the same way as pin the tail on donkey etc. We "cheated" for the 2 12year olds and turned the image upside down but 1 of them still won!
We had planned to play coal toss (bean bags into a bucket) but we didnt in the end as the kids we're happy to just dance to the music and disco lights.
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