Ha Ha Happy Halloween

Hi half term is upon us again, the kids are getting excited and trying to decide what they want to dress up as for Halloween, i have decided to have a small tea party this year rather than trek the streets.

I have been taking a while getting rid of a cold that started about a month ago it subsides and comes back again making me feel a bit low and ratty, which has been difficult stopping myself from shouting at the kids. They have got their own back though as the other day i had a new skirt on and i was bent over making the beds when my son said i had a horses backside. Charming huh.

So i think during the break I'm going to tackle this thing with some rest (morning TV in bed) and good immune boosting meals and top up on some vitamins hopefully this will put things right as when the children are back at school my schedule is pretty packed and i won't have time to be feeling under the weather.

Budgeting for Christmas

Well i am back again, i can't say that all that much has happened this week the highlight of the week was the girls had won a colouring competition and received some craft books and pencils for their effort.

I have been looking at jobs and have visited the lone deal adviser who has been supportive, i did see a job that I'm going to apply for, as this is my first application in ooh about 12yrs I'm hoping to get some help from a friend.

I have also been trying to do some dare i say christmas shopping. Money is starting to get even tighter now that i have had to use the heating, on the odd occassion and with the food prices going up i started worrying about being able to afford at least a few of the things that the kids are asking for.

So i have started out by making a budget which i'm hoping to stick to as i have reduced the amount to spend on each person. I had to have a talk with the older chldren about their expectations as they were wanting really expensive items.

They went away and come back with somethings that were more workable for me and possibly them in the long run as they have really thought about what they need/want rather than what thier friends have got or wants.

Gibberish

Yippee! Have finally got the door fixed (after much complaining). I spent some quality time with my son at the weekend as i thought that that might help with his attitude of late. Which seems to be working so far, i think that he just needed some attention from me.

Which has been difficult lately as he has been really busy with commitments and spending time with his friends, which has all been his choice. We have agreed to make time every week to just mess about together.

My 4yr old has turned into a resident artist, she has taken to drawing on walls and doors around the house as she "could not find any paper" we have plenty of paper she just did not ask for it.
We have also had a problem with her swearing in Somali, which she has picked up from school and i had not picked up on obviously as i don't know any Somali, in my ignorance i just thought she was talking gibberish.

FRUSTRATED

Hi i have been having issues with my son this week, he got a detention for "play " fighting with his friend and got into trouble for not doing some homework, that was last week so i told him that he had to come straight home from school this week and that he could not go out till he had done his homework.

He came home on Monday started his homework, anyway to make along story shorter i ended up letting him go out so he could go use the computers at the library, so he could get the information that he needed. Then he has been coming home late from school because they have been going to the park on the way.

So I'm feeling frustrated, i have talked to him, but it feels like he is ignoring what i say one minute and turning it all around to suit him the next, aghhh.

Also I'm still having problems getting my door fixed, i have made a complaint and still nothing is happening, so i think I'm going to have to harass them on a daily bases till it is sorted, unless a better solution comes up.