He DID it!

My son passed his driving test! :) Yay, first time, to say I'm proud is an understatement, I'm brimming with pride! Now we have to do whole looking for an old but reliable banger thing (I love old cars, specially those with lots of added character) and its got to be cheap to run coz he's still a student. I'm so naive, thought it would be great to put him on my insurance only to find it would cost me over £3000, needless to say he's not driving my car!

The inspiration for these sweet little earrings came from a storm cloud that I skirted on my way home from work. Amazing colours made more lovely from the sun filtering through the edges. Anyone who knows me knows I adore a good storm, the more extreme the better although here in the UK ours are probably a bit on the tame side compared to you guys in the USA. Tiny iolite, green amethyst and pearls hang from a small hand forged and textured ring, watch this space for a matching necklace.

3 beautiful and big American turquiouse beads, lovely aren't they, I've got one more stashed safely away. Lots of sterling silver in this design, I had great fun making it :)

Anyway, thought I'd check in and say hi to my pals, hope you all had a fab weekend in the sun, hasn't it been lovely but wow, ain't it cold at night!

I promised

My first ever beads!

Yay

I've been making beads! A friend kindly let me use all her bits to have a go, she is also a beginner so we scooped up all her odd colours that she didn't like and we made beads all Sunday morning. I forgot to take my camera so you will have to wait for pics, they are a motley bunch and not very pretty but I did manage to get them round eventually and my spots are not very well aimed!

Of course now I'm hooked so saving my pennies for a torch!

R A S

I'd like to introduce my eldest son Matthew and his girlfriend Catherine, handsome isn't he? Well, I think so even if he does need a shave!

And I'm cool with the whole girlfriend thing, she's very lovely actually, a really nice girl even if she is treading on my toes and stealing my baby boy away from me, I'm cool.........I am.....I really am............ Thankfully, we haven't got to the stage of girlfriend stopping over "all night", not sure how I'm going to react to that one, he is nealy 19 but she is just 17 and I'm hoping her parents are as protective of her as we are of him! Do I want to wrap him up in my arms and keep him close, you betcha.................here's why.

At the age of 11 he suddenly started to have small seizures, I say small in fact for a mum they are bloody terrifying! After a battery of tests and hospital stays they ruled out epilepsy which should have been a relief but as they couldn't come to any conclusion except he has a really slow heart rate we weren't comforted much.

By 13 we saw an amazing doctor who finally gave us a diagnosis, RAS or Reflex Anoxic Seizures. For those of you who might want to know a bit more here is a link to a fantastic website www.stars.org.uk

Through this I've had to learn to let him do all the things that scare me to death, swimming, riding his bike, just being out of my eyesight!

Why am I telling you all this.................after nearly 2 years clear, with his driving test in a couple of weeks and starting college tomorrow, last week he had a seizure, a big one! We're still waiting to find out if he can take his test, he may be allowed, he may never have another fit, most kids grow out of it.

So, I've got my fingers and toes crossed, he's a good little driver!