Still here !

I bet some of you wondered if I had disappeared off the face of the earth..... as it has been a whole week since I posted. But I am still here and well, just had a busy and at times stressful week.

Firstly I had to take Laura to the dentist on Wednesday morning to have 2 teeth out. (All part of the Brace fitting etc) Laura has a very bad track record with the dentist as she is very nervous about going and once refused to have a filling when she saw the needle!! So I was just as nervous as her not knowing how it would go. Luckily she was really brave in the end, although I had to stay with her and hold her hand, she got through it relativley easily. She just has another 2 to go in a few weeks.

Then on Thursday Stuart was unwell with flu like symptoms...... I had to check up the facts on Swine Flu, just in case as we have lots of cases in the midlands..... but I think it was only a bit of normal flu. Even so I had to wait on him hand and foot !!!!! At the same time we were trying to confirm the DJ for the school Prom on Friday night (some of you may remember we are part of the parent support group and organise it every year) We kept leaving messages on his phone but had no reply, we thought we would have to find someone else at short notice but finally on Thursday evening we tracked down a new number for him..... and sorted it.

Then on Friday - Prom Night - the weather turned, we had heavy rain in the afternoon and we had visions of not being able to get the group photo they always have. Luckily in the end the rain held off and we had a fantastic night once again. Although Stuart was still unwell and didn't attend. On top of that Becki was upset on Friday as she found out for the 2nd year running she hadn't been picked for an award at Presentation Night..... and Laura had. We were sad too because she works very hard, has predicted A/B grades on all her GCSEs but just doesn't get noticed! Yet the child who got excluded for a few days last year for drinking alcohol in school got an award etc etc... it seems very unfair.

As you can imagine my stitching has suffered from all this...... but I did have 2 finishes earlier in the week that made up for it.

Here is my Lilliput Lane that I have been doing as a SAL. Never thought I would finish this, the back stitch was a nightmare...... but here it is -

I also finished Friends are like Angels, which I just love -

And then this is my Poppy card for Becky's teacher..... a bit to go still yet but I'll aim to get it completed by next week.

I have done some of my Family Tree this week, but not much, so I am going back to work on that now.

I have 2 weeks of not having to take the girls to school now as they have works experience. Laura is at the primary school just minutes from our door working in the Foundation years.... so will walk and Becky is going to Stuart's school to teach dance, so Stuart will take her. Bliss !!

Until next time......

Ginnie x