A Hat Trick Of Dentists!

 

The last two days have been so hectic I have barely had time to catch my breath!

Starting with yesterday, I had to pop in to town for some party essentials, leaving Teen One in the middle of her presentation work.

 

 

I am not quite sure what its all about, something to do with the theatre is all I know, only because she asked if we had any old red velvet curtains at church...and needless to say I was able to oblige...with new red velvet curtain fabric!

Grandma had made new curtains for church several decades ago and I remembered seeing a roll of the fabric in the store room...nice when stash comes in finally!

 

 

A friend was calling in for lunch, so I made some pumpkin, cheese and bacon soup, mainly because I still have pumpkin left over and our student doctor said it was the best soup he had tasted!

Of course I reserved a large jar full for him.

My friend and I caught up with family news, then it was time to do some more matching of presents to Friday club names.

I think I may just have cracked it.

Anyone who has ever had to organise presents for kids clubs will know what a headache it can be, especially when you are trying to use up left over presents from previous years, and be sure you haven't already given them to regular attenders.

For the last two years I have made a list of who has what ( why didn't I think of that years ago!) so that has been helpful.

The next headache is ensuring the presents look the same value...its not good enough to spend the same amount, as some items look so much more expensive.

The whole thing is time and mind consuming!

I am disappointed that I have a couple of large-ish presents I bought in the sale earlier in the year, that I haven't managed to allocate to anyone.

Oh well, there is always next year!

 

 

This morning was Parent and Toddlers, then setting the church hall up ready for the party food, which meant all the toys going away and all the tables and chairs set up.

I then popped in to the wool shop...I know I know...with enough stash to fill a year and  a project still on the needles, but I have been asked to make a pram set for a dolly's silver cross pram, so I just HAD to buy the wool for that as I didn't have any navy and white.

Of course I am now itching to get on with it!

 

There were a couple more errands to run on the way home, half way through of which I remembered I had left the food list for the party at church, so had to double back.

However, it was a "meant to be" moment as I saw Grandma at the bus stop after her dentist appointment.

I then popped into another shopping centre as I had forgotten some bits from Poundland yesterday.

What a surprise....this branch of Poundland was selling all £1 items for 90p!

As I had to buy a dozen sets of felts tips I was thrilled!

 

 

 

I made it home just a few minutes before Teen Two, who had a dentist appointment to attend.

We whizzed down there...only to realise I had left the Christmas present I had bought for them at home!

With Teen Two having a clean bill of health and a polish up, we came home, then went back again with the treats we had bought.

Hubby sent a text to say he too was at the dentist and has a whopping bill for new dentures.

He had a new crown fitted last week...which fell out after three days, so we are hoping to get a refund on that ( the second problem with same crown) to go towards to denture.....it wont make much of a dent but every little helps!

His NHS dentist had referred him to a private dentist earlier in the year and the too-ing and fro-ing between them is frustrating to say the least, but the private one does give superior treatment it has to be said.

Lets hope the denture lasts a long time is all I can say!

 

 

What is left of the afternoon  has been spent changing bed linen, enough household chores to keep my head above water and finally a cuppa and some googling whilst dinner is cooking.

I am hoping for a quiet evenings knitting to recharge my batteries.