Our Week

Well this has been a pretty busy week for my household. Monday evening I went to see a friend for a few hours I have not seen Kel for a few weeks so decided to go round and have a bit of a catch up. I went armed with snacks and we just sat talked and snacked it was great fun. Kel introduced me to wasabi popcorn now im a bit boring when it comes to food im a very bland eater and if you put anything even slightly hot or spicy in front of me I will run a mile lol. Im ashamed to say I did not even try the wasabi popcorn but thought it would be nice to share a picture as I found the concept of mixing something sweet with something spicy some what unusual so here it is wasabi popcorn:

On Tuesday my health visitor came to see me about Brandon. He is due to start school in September and I still have not recieved an appointment for his diagnostic interview. The diagnostic interview will tell us how far up the autistic spectrum Brandon is and the best way we can help him both emotionaly and educationaly. I was told we would have to wait 8 weeks for an appointment that was 4 months ago now so my health visitor chased up the appointment for me and I was not very happy with what I was told. Apparently the specialist made a mistake it was not an 8 week waiting list but an 8 month waiting list. Needless to say I am very annoyed by this do these people not realise that this is our life they are guessing at and untill Brandon has had this interview I am unable to get him the proper help that he needs. So for the time being we are just sitting tight and hopeing an appointment becomes avaliable sooner rather than later.

On Wednesday I was lucky enough to recieve a nice lot of clothing for Ben and Brandon from a friend of mine. She has 2 boys one is a year older than Ben and one is a year older than Brandon so whenever they outgrow something or the season changes she gives it to me for my boys. I got some swimming shorts for Ben and a few tops and for Brandon I got quite a few pairs of jogging bottoms and lots of tshirts which are a real help with the warmer weather coming in. The cost for all these items was nothing she gives them to me for free I usualy just buy her 2 little boys some sweets to say thank you.

On Thursday Brandon and I went to the launderette and the library. Now I know the launderette is not a very frugal idea but with Mr Tumble dying on me, the backlog of washing I had, and the weather not being good enough to get it out on the line I felt I had no other choice. I got 3 loads of washing done and divided them between 2 black bags so approx 1 and 1/2 loads of washing per bag. I used 2 tumble dryers in the launderette and it cost £2 per machine to get it all dry so £4 in total. I am now back on top of the washing and providing I keep on top of it I see no need to replace Mr Tumble or use the launderette again instead relying on my outdoor line and indoor airers. Not only will this save me a small fortune in electric but it will also be a small contribution into reducing our carbon footprint and helping the environment. While the washing was in the dryer we popped into the library to return our dvd's and books we also took out 4 new dvd's which we will have fun watching this week.

Hope everyone else has had as productive a week as we have
Much Love
Claire xx xx xx