Let's Stop Bullying.

We see it all the time and we hope that it doesn't happen to our children but some time's it does and we are there for our children for them to talk to us and we can try and sort it out to stop it from happening again.

But why do people feel the need to bully? And it's nit just kids, it's adults as well. Bullies are horrible and they make other people's lives a living hell. The bullies don't know how they really hurt people and some can't take the bullying anymore and end up taking their own life's or the bullies go to far and end up killing them.

We have seen it all over social media just lately and what I have seen is totally disgusting and completely wrong. They are not like what bullies use to be like when I was younger, and they use to call you name's they have now started to use there hands, feet or whatever they can get hold of.

This needs to stop and the bullies needs to be named and shamed. I for one would not be happy if they were my children and they were doing that to other people. They are even doing it to disabled people including the elderly. Thus even happens in care home.

We think that our loved ones are safe and well looked after in these home's but they aren't and again they are recorded and put on social media. How can anyone do this to someone is beyond me. I was bullied when I was younger but not to the extent that they go to nowadays. It has gotten wrote as the years have gone on from children at school to babies that are very young to the elderly that can't fight back.

When will this stop and what's more how can we stop it? To many children, babies and elderly people are getting hurt and worse killed. What has this world come to?

Open Day At Southampton General hospital.

We had an open day at our hospital on the 24/09/2016 to show everyone behind the senses of what they do and the departments they work in. I took my children to it and they had so much fun. They got to sit on the emergency motorbikes. They got to see the intensive care unit ambulance as well as walking through a grant inflatable breast to look at the signs of knowing when to spot breast cancer.

They got to walked around the hospital and go into departments that they normally wouldn't be allowed to go into. They were very interested to find out what they do and how they find out what is going on with people DNA or even their cells. They even found out about dry ice and how it works. They even had fun with having a fake cast on which they loved and found it very funny. 

They got to see a lot of the wards and how they help people and also how long they might have to stay there for. They also found out that on one of the wards they help little children fighting cancer and how they make them feel like they are at home for their time on the ward, they also have enough space to help with parents staying with the children.

We also found out how DNA is found in people and how they use it to help find things that may have or is in a family DNA. We also went to the children's outpatients ward where they found out what they do and where they take children to have their bloods taken.

The open day started at 11am and finished at 3pm. But in my opinion that wasn't long enough as there was so much to see and do and there wasn't enough time for the children or adults to have a look around.

We are hoping that they do it again next year as the children loved it and maybe we will see all the things we didn't get to see. But other than that the kids enjoyed it very much.

Here are some more pictures.

Thinking About Christmas.

We all need to think about Christmas and when it's the right time to start, am I starting to early. Some people like to start in the January sales which is fine ad you can get thing at a bargain price. Other people like to wait until it's closer to christmas as they start to drop prices and you can pick up a lot more for less money.

You can get some really good things for less money in most stores. Smyths does 2 for £15 on there toys, argos does 2 for £15 and 2 for £30 and toys r us also do lay way which is you pick what you want and pay a % of the total price then every week or month you pay what you want to pay.

As long as it's paid off 6 weeks before the end date of the lay way it's fine. Once the payment has been made you will take the goods home with you. There are other stores that does good quality toys like home bargains, b&m bargains and poundstretcher.

You can never start to early in fact starting early is good as you can speak it over the rest of the months ahead before everyone else start hitting the shops before the mad rush to get their gifts for everyone they are buying for.

Have a look around and compare prices before you buy as you may find the same thing somewhere else but cheaper and who don't want to save money?

The Internet is great for comparing prices and making a list also helps. You will be amazed by how much you will save and you will be happy with your results.

Making A Business From A Hobby.

We all have a talent that we are good at and we think about how we can make something from it and also to make a little bit for ourselves. It's very easy to do and you can findemnify plenty of video's on YouTube to help you.

I love to make handmade cards, some people make cakes, jewellery, dummy clips ect ect. I am thinking about selling some of my handmade cards for less than what they sell them on the shops. And that is something you will need to think about is your price.

You need to make them cheap for your customers otherwise they won't buy from you. The other thing you will need to think about is making sure that you don't fall in the "self employed". You won't be classed as "self employed" unless you pay someone to help you. You also don't come under "self employed" if you are selling something that is a hobby.

The good way to sell something is in a group or page on facebook also making a website for your products. Some websites you have to pay eachieve month a fee and there are others that do it for free. I would always do payments by PayPal, bank transfer or cash on collection. Always make sure that payment is made before the product has been sent or collected as that way you are covering yourself.

Always give a time line on when the order needs to be made by so that way you are giving yourself time to get anything that you made need and also time for you to make it. Always start off slow until you get enough intrest then you can start making it grow.

Remember people need to get to know you and trust you. Put pictures of your items to show your work. People will see you and start buying from you if the price is right. Also ask for feedback for other people who might buy from you so that they know its real and not fake.

I hope my advice helps you.

My Son And Medication

For a long time we have been trying to get our son the help that he so desperately deserves and after 10 long and hard years we finally got it. He has been on his medication now for 2 weeks and it has helped him so much.

We never thought that we would get it and we are thankful for the person that helped us and saw that our son needed extra help. Our son has ADHD and has had it for 10 years. He was diagnosed when he was 3 years old, he's now 13 years old and have been fighting against it for so long on his own.

He was so happy when he got his medication and the smile couldn't get any bigger on his face. The medication say they last for 12 hours but unfortunately they start to wear off at about 4pm. But thankfully we are getting another tablet for him to take when he comes home that will help him when we are out and about.

Having a child with ADHD isn't easy and no one tells you what help there is for you. You are left on your own and no one tells you where you can go for any advice or even a group or forum for people with ADHD or living with it.

If anyone of my readers knows of any forums that they know of please let me know as I would love to join them or if any of you know of any websites or places to go then please comment below.

I will keep you all updated on how he is going wit his medication and if I get any advice I will include it in my blog for any one else that is going through what we did.

I will say one thing though, if there is anone going through what we have and are on the edge of giving up don't and keep fighting coz it will pay off in the end. We nearly gave up loads of times but what made us keep fighting was watching our son go through something that wasn't in his control and it killegal us.

Your hard work will work.

Starting Slimming World.

For a long time I've been wanting to lose weight and doing on my own wasn't helping me or seeing a change, so I started looking for things I could do or places I could try.

So I started Slim Fast and that didn't help, I had done Weight Watchers in the past and again I didn't see any change so I stopped doing them.

My friends all started to talk about Slimming World and that they have joined their local groups and said that I should as well (if I wanted to).

At first I was in two minds as to join or not but then I started to see that my friends were getting results and their weight was going down, it really helped them.

So I started to look at information about it and asked any questions that I had. Then I found out later by one of the groups that really made me happy.

They often offer (in the women magazine) for free membership so all you had to pay is £4.95 per week.

If you couldn't get the offer them the membership would cost £5+£4.95. The £5 is a one off fee but you would need to pay £4.95 everytime you went.

 I am going to join my local group and I'm hoping it will work for me as I would like to lose most of my weight before I go back to butlins in may 2017.

I will be happy if I can get down to a size 16-18 or 18-20 in clothes (not sure what that is in weight) but it will be a weight that o will be happy with.

My weight started to build up after having my children and then I ended up with gale stones and having to have my gale bladder taken out.

So the weight just started to build and build. I will keep an up-to-date weigh in every week and will keep you all informed how I'm finding the group.

I will let you all know what my weight is before I start Slimming World and keep my week-to-week weight and how much I have lost or gained.

I will also include recipes for you all. Until then, speak to you soon.