Today's plans

I'm taking Peter to the doctors this morning because for the last few days he's been complaining of a burning sensation in hs back.  Then this afternoon me, Heather and Adam are off to my best friend Sarah's house to visit her and her daughter Katie.

Peter has to see a physio regarding his shoulder.  His right shoulder blade is a bit lower than his left, but the doctor isn't sure whether this is due to him compensating for the pain or whether it has always been like that but it is just presenting itself today because of the pain.  He's also got some new cream to put on his face for the acne and some paracetamol and ibuprofen on prescription.

Another addition to the family

Me and Graham went out this morning to do a couple of things in town and on the way back we popped into Pets At Home to buy another roborovski hamster. When he bought Peter's hamsters yesterday, there were those two plus one other but the other one is female and so can't be kept with her brothers. But Graham couldn't bear the thought of her being left on her own, so we bought her today and bought a larger tank to keep her brothers and put her in the smaller one. Graham's called her Babooshka or Babs for short LOL

So far .....

Woke up this morning to find that we'd caught 3 baby mice. Yay!!! Graham's gone out to pay the rent on his room at the Community Centre, hopefully set the mice free and then he's going to Maplins and Pets At Home. I'm going to get washed and dressed and get the housework done. We've got our housing officer, Caroline Fox, coming at 2pm today so I want the house looking fairly good by the time she gets here.

Peter went out with Graham to set the mice free and ended up buying 2 roborovski hamsters from Pets At Home for Peter to replace the terrapin turtle of his that died last month. They're soooooo gorgeous! He's named them Robert and Richard.

Tuesday

Had a good day today.  Me and Peter walked into town and the I took Peter to The Bridge for his anger mangement session.  Walked home and on the way home bought Heather and Adam a pair of trainers each from Wyndsors World Of Shoes and only spent £9 on both!  Well chuffed. :-)

Well, today .......

I took Peter to his podiatry appointment today.  His toe is healing nicely and he has to go back in a month for another check up.  Went to the pet shop after with Peter and priced up how much a ghecko would be for Peter.  He's now decided he wants a leopard spotted ghecko.  The pet shop we'd get it from does a deal whereby you get the ghecko, tank, book and everything else you need for £85.  Told Peter it will be a long while before he gets it though cos that's a lot of money.

Today

Me, Grey and the kids went into town to have a look around the International Market.  We bought a load of salami for £10 but just really went to have a look at what there was and to spend time together.  Peter got himself another DS game and I bought Adam a cheap pair of trainers as make-do ones for now because he's desperate.  It's been a fairly good day apart from when we got home Heather was still whinging a bit (she was a bit before we left) and soon fell asleep.  When she woke up she was a bit on the hot side.  She seems fairly ok in herself for now and has had an ice lolly.  I'll keep an eye on her.  I'm not happy with the way she just keeps getting poorly.  She never has a rest from it.

Terrible news

I had a text from Maria this afternoon telling me that Noreen is a lot worse.  She's severely dehydrated and she hasn't eaten or had a drink in 2 weeks, so it's not looking good.  I asked Maria if it was getting close and she said yes.  Got to tell Peter now when he comes home, not looking forward to that at all.

Made it!

I finally made it over to mum and dad's yesterday with the kids.  Although I have seen them since xmas it's not the same because it's always them making the effort to come over here, so it was nice to be over there for a change.  Heather and Peter ended up sleeping the night too, so I just came back with Adam.

When I did get home however, I found myself locked out of the house!  For some reason I'd left the house without my keys and when I got home Graham was still teaching at the Scawsby Community Centre.  Luckily we didn't have to wait long for him to come home, just 1/2 hour.  He brought home a chinese and we ate that before sending Adam to bed.

Another day

I'm coming off here in a minute and going into the kitchen  to tackle the mountain of pots and see what cleaning I can get done before lunch time.  Then, with any luck, me and the kids are off to my mum and dad's this afternoon.  I'm ashamed to say I haven't been over to their place in 3 months.  It's not because I haven't wanted to, but someone has always been too ill either to go or receive visitors.  I'm determiend today though, no matter what, that we're going.  Graham won't be going but that's because he'll be teaching.

Today

I didn't start the housework till about 2.30ish this afternoon, but I did manage to get loads done.

I started off cleaning all the doors upstairs and the door frames.  Then I moved onto Heather's bedroom while her and Adam had a play in the bath.  Got them out and dressed, the started on the boys bedroom.  I've just finished now and it's nearly 8pm.  I wet polished both bedrooms, changed all the beds and put toys in the correct boxes.  I'm really happy with what I've got done today.

Tomorrow I'm going to try and get the bathroom and my bedroom done.

Dentist

I had my appointment at 11.20am yesterday with the dentist. He took an xray of my teeth on the right side of my mouth, where the problem is. He told me that the problem is basically down to me grinding my teeth. I've been doing that for years, since I was little mostly in my sleep, but I used to grind them when I was awake too. The treatment today was to simply grind my bad teeth down a bit and I surprised when almost all of the pain went. He told me that if the pain remains or gets worse in the next two weeks I have to go back and he'll either have to do root canal (no thanks) or get me a mouth guard to wear when I'm asleep to stop me from grinding my teeth in my sleep.

What a busy day!

My good friend Sarah Arnold took me into town this morning to get my money from the Credit Union and then I did a couple of other errands while I was in town.  Then she brought me home and we stayed here for a bit until she had to leave for her doctors appointment.  She left her kids with me while she went.  When she got back, she then took me shopping.

After I got back from shopping it was time to say goodbye to Peter.  He's gone to Hull for a couple of days with his friend Adam.  After that my tooth started hurting AGAIN and so started me getting a bit nervous over my dental appointment tomorrow.  It's the not knowing what's wrong and what kind of treatment is needed that is getting to me.

Funny Day

Mum, Dad and Paul were supposed to come over today for lunch/dinner and bring round Easter eggs Dad brought back from Sunderland from Grandad and Aunty Anne, but Mum wasn't very well today and Paul's stomach was still a bit upset so Dad just came over with them.

I spent nearly all day on bloody Facebook - sad or what!

Easter Sunday

We went to Graham's mum's for dinner today and had a lovely roast beef dinner.  We had to leave early though cos Graham was showing signs of developing a migraine.  MIL gave us some ham and cakes to bring home so we could still have our tea though, bless her (yeah, we don't have food in our house! LOL).

We came home to find the side gate open, which is unusual.  But we checked the windows and doors and found nothing missing or broken so we can only assume that someone came round to see us, we weren't in and they just left the gate open on their way out.

Drawing

I had another drawing lesson from Graham last night and I'm really pleased with how my drawing is coming on.  He's been teaching me for a couple of weeks.  I never believed in a million years that I would be able to draw someone's face!  I've still got a long way to go before this one is finished, but it's really good so far.

Jobs for Saturday

If possible

Ironing
Washing - Done
Drying - Done
Hoovering
Painting (walls)
Clean hamster cage

Oh dear

The kids have had a very late night tonight. It was almost 10.30pm before they were all in bed. It doesn't happen all the time though, so I think we can make an exception. Back to normal tomorrow though.

Toothache

I started with a toothache on Wednesday night and it's got worse since then.  I've got an appointment to see the dentist next Wednesday but it's killing me.  I'm in so much pain.  I wonder if I have an abscess.  I haven't had toothache for years, not like this anyway.  I do have sensitive teeth, but this isn't sensitivity.

Adam has a horrible barking cough.  It sounds awful, although he's not feeling poorly.

Weighed myself yesterday with some new scales I bought and I'm 15st 7lb which I'm very surprised about.