Mooloo's "Making my future, one stitch at a time"?

Savvy_sewing

I seem to have lost my last post.
Today would have been my parents wedding anniversary. So Biggest of Mooloos, and I took Mum out for Sunday lunch.
This evening DGD and I made her Ibis costume for Egyptian day at school tomorrow.
Then I watched X factor and Downton Abbey.
Not a very exciting evening.
Time for bed now as I have a busy day tomorrow. There is a full week of work in, which is good and will keep me busy.

Oh it's back.
Strange

Savvy_sewing

I feel as if I could sleep for at least another 4hours!
My eyes are tired, even though I slept most of the night. There is so much on my mind as usual.
Today I have a lot of curtains to work on. So as soon as my shop assistant/reception lady comes in I will be moving from the ground floor up to the top workshop so I get the space to do them. In between her hours and the shop still open I will have to work back down stairs on the smaller jobs like the trousers. Etc
DGD gets her lunch at school today as its their Egyptian day. So no pack up needed today. I shall take some soup for me. I have eaten so much lately that I need a few soups and salads!
My lower back and my right hip are playing up, so I doubt it would be a good idea to walk to school and work today. I was planning too. To help me with the exercise and to save on petrol, not to mention hanging around chatting at the school gate.
As soon as I have had my shower I shall apply the heat lotion and see if that will help.
I have had a letter from the doctors offering me a health check so I should make an appointment with them at some stage.
Time to finish my cup of tea and get on. Have a good day all.

Savvy_sewing

I'm ready for bed.
I got the curtains done, and a few other jobs, but not as many as I would have liked. I was interrupted a lot in the afternoon and so on my own meant I didn't get to sew much after 3.30!
DGD has received a Head Teachers award at school which was a surprise as she never mentioned it was given to her on Friday!
Her costume went down well too. Dispite most wearing shop bought ones.
This evening was Brownies. Fancy Dress, Halloween! She ended up going in her glow in the dark pj's!!
We still need an outfit for Saturday afternoon.
I shall be busy all week, and think I might have to bring work home as well as DGDs costume.

Savvy_sewing

Fretful night with complicated dreams. I don't feel very refreshed this morning. So much on my mind.
The bank balance in my personal accounts are at the lowest in my memory since bankruptcy in 2006. Eek
But the shop is scraping by. On the plus side there is plenty of work to do this week, that will keep us busy all week. So I can't complain this week. Here is hoping for the peace to do it all.
Of course I still need more work to keep coming in to keep the "conveyor belt " going.
The alarm for the last get up for the morning has gone so I better get out of bed and get going or we will be late for school.
Have a good day everyone.

Savvy_sewing

Yeah I had a better day. I worked on the trousers and the other lady worked on the coats. Between us we sewed some £260 worth of work.
Result
I also had two little girls for week 4 of their sewing lessons.
So considering everything it was "the best day ever" so to speak.
Now I am ready for bed.
( on the home front DS wants me to take him to his granny so he can mend her shed).
Biggest of Mooloos is bringing an old friend of mine to see me, and twin two's DLA arrived and I transferred it to her bank today, and for once she had only borrowed £1
I can say that I am relieved to have had a good day when things had felt so bleak lately.
Night x

thorsoak

Mooloo - I do appreciate that I don't know your son,only have the impression that I have gained of him over the years ...but ......would he be wanting to go to "help" granny now that he knows that the Bank of Mum has closed its doors? Forgive me if I am completely on the wrong track here. xx

Savvy_sewing

thorsoak wrote: »

Mooloo - I do appreciate that I don't know your son,only have the impression that I have gained of him over the years ...but ......would he be wanting to go to "help" granny now that he knows that the Bank of Mum has closed its doors? Forgive me if I am completely on the wrong track here. xx

No, he did go to her to replace the roof ages ago, but needs to put wood battens on the ends which he couldn't get the day he did the shed originally as the shop was shut, it being a Sunday. Since then his motorbike is outside mine. So I don't think he is doing it for the wrong reasons.
But I can see why you would think that.
It's raining here so that makes it highly likely that he won't do it.
We will see.

Savvy_sewing

DGD has started a cough in the night. I have a feeling that she will struggle at school today and I will have to go and get her if it becomes worse through the day.
Lucky I am flexible today but the rest of the week will be difficult to manage if she became unwell, juggling her and the shop.
I don't have a fall back plan for if she is ill, ( nor me either)
Typically it is half term next week and she is booked into the holiday club, at £25.50 a day, that I will still have to pay even if she doesn't go. And on Wednesday we are supposed to be going to Cadbury World with her Auntie as her birthday treat.
Not a time to get ill. Well there never is, but you know what I mean.
Time for me to get moving.
Onwards and upwards!

Savvy_sewing

Decided to keep her home today and rearrange my day accordingly.

Savvy_sewing

Two days at home and I was going stir crazy. I shall be glad to get back to the shop today.
DGD had the added complication of thread worms. So a trip to the chemist once again. I had hoped that it was a thing of the past after nursery school.
I feel so frustrated that I can not help other then the medicine and getting her in the bath a few times. Not sure how it helps but it usually distracts her for a while anyway. Hopefully the medicine will have worked and they will be gone today.
I popped into the supermarket with her yesterday as we were in desperate need of loo rolls and tissues. DGD needs some help, when I said she couldn't have sweets, she actually smacked herself across the face and said she was bad! I was horrified. I immediately stopped and asked her why she had done it. Hugged her, told her she wasn't bad or I would not have been buying the mini Lego figures in the trolley, and explained that I said no sweets as this weekend and next she would be getting a lot of sweets.
Then in the bath last night, she said she hated her life. I asked why and she said because it was not a normal life with her Mummy and a Daddy.
Earlier I had been to the school for parents evening and found out that she is struggling a lot, rather disruptive and unsettled since her Mum has had the new baby.
It's time to call the Social post Adoption team for advice. To re speak to the deputy head of the school about seeing the school nurse, and moving that counciing up, fast. I am not trained in dealing with this kind of thing and she needs help now. Her self esteem has vanished and my wonderful little girl is lost some where.

On the work side, I brought home some work to do but my overlocker is broken and I had a basic machine with limited stitches at home so I was limited to what I could do. But made some bunting and put header tape on some curtains for the changing room.
Today I will be in the shop on my own, so I will just have to do the best I can.
There are still loads of actual making jobs to do.