Suwi's Place

 Went to GOSH on Friday and the doctors are VERY pleased with Amy's eye. She can see twice as well as she could two weeks ago! So it's back to school on Monday..... with ME! Yeap, I have to go too! Just for a while ....to reassure the teachers her eye is not about to jump out and run around the class room on it's own!!! I have a prescription for her new glasses, but she can only have ONE PAIR, Amy needs THREE pairs! Two clear (one as a spare and for home and one pair kept at school so she always has them) and a pair of sunglasses! This is just so nonsensical! But hay it not the health service that has to deal with a visually impaired child with no glasses when her only pair are being fixed??? She breaks them a lot...yes, I know your not surprised! LOL Like a lot of children with Downs Amy is sensitive to light but the health service do not think this matters either???? So she can have one pair of reacterlight bi focal glasses, plus her old glasses that are bent and to small for her... plus of course the little fact that the prescription is no longer correct! *sigh*.

Below is the entrance to the new wing at GOSH

Reception in the new wing

Amy with some of the artwork

Above a doorway

And running up a wall

The old reseption area with a music man

Some wall placks

Oh, and a MASSIVE thank you for the e.cards, Amy was over the moon with them and I have printed them off for her to keep.

Other than the hospital on Friday I stayed in most of the week, I did go to parents evening on Wednesday with Sophie (mum had Amy) who is doing VERY well and apart from a small glitch a couple of weeks ago (I think this in part was to do with Amy not being well) all her teachers are very pleased with how she is progressing! Next school year (Sept) she starts her options (leading to her final exams) They all have to take the basic subjects.....

English, Maths, ICT, Science etc plus for subject of their choice. Sophie has chosen Dance, Drama, Child Care and Food Tec. Plus, the school are trying to arrange for her  to go to collage for an extra course in Food Technology. This might help her eventually get a job so I'm hoping it goes well for her.

CATS...Jem is still a bag of bones but is a little more bouncy so her meds must be working? Didi is no longer sneezing but it was a nightmare trying to get her to take her pills! 

Got a lot going on next week so I managed to get next weeks The Priors filmed ready for Thursday. Normally I'm still editing it Thursday morning! LOL The writing is not a problem I'm on about episode 66 and I have the outline up to episode 92...yes, I plan a long way in advance. I do have story ideas even beyond this! I also have ideas for two other stories but these might not be photo stories as such as the photo's take such a long time to do??? We will see how things go it might be easier once I have my doll room set up?

I had some time this week to count my dolls....a very long process! I have 990, these will make quite a well populated town when it's built! I have an OOAK, two FR's and I think six Barbie/Kens on order so I'll soon be hitting the 1000 again! Yes,again... I did sell a few 100 off last year! I have a couple 100 Barbie's and Kens to sell at the moment some are already on my 'for sale' page and I hope to add more soon.

While I'm talking dolls my Agnes and her outfit arrived this week! Her eyes and hands are fine I'm pleased to say, I read that some people have had loose hands and wonky eyes (dolls not people that is)....  Oh, I also got a book I ordered last AUGUST 'Barbie Doll Photo Album' not had a chance to look at it properly yet though!

And Finally HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all the mothers out there as it's was Mothers Day in England on Sunday 14th March.Mum came round about 12 but dad had buggered of to golf (again) The girls brought my a Calancho plant each and some flowers, plus I'm going to get something else on vacation. We brought my mum two photo frames and a Grandma mug. Mum wanted to know why I had not put any pictures in the frames but I said I would put vacation pictures in them...so she was happy! Dad and the girls cooked dinner which was very funny and they mad a bit of a pigs ear of it but it was fine in the end. A little true story which might explain in part why I'm the way I am! Dad has a twisted vain on his finger it's

above the joint in the middle of the finger... you know, the KNEE joint???? Yeap! I said to dad oh, you've hurt your knuckle? No! he tells me he's hurt his KNEE joint???? Mum says I should not mock the afflicted ....but dad is so much fun to mock!!! Yes, I'm EVIL!!!!