The experience of work experience! :o)

Well, this year I had plans to try and blog a couple of times a week, but I've failed miserably at that one. LOL

But still, we all have tugs n' pulls on our time.
It's just nice that we can get on here and share bits of our lives and cheer each other on :o)

Thankyou lovely people for all your kind thoughts for my eldest daughters work experience last week.
After the first day, she had a good week seizure wise, and thoroughly enjoyed her time working in a hotel.

Some of the other children on their work experience didn't have such a nice time :(
It appears that there are a lot of stressed 'adults' about in various work places who took their grief out on children.
To be honest I was slightly shocked that children on work experience could be sworn at and bullied.
I honestly would have had a fit had my child been sworn at and bullied, and quite frankly can't understand it. I mean why let the children go there in the first place.
Is this really 'work experience'?
It's been a while since I was 'out' in the workplace. Is this how people treat each other now?
I would genuinely like to know if this is as rife as I have been led to believe over the past couple of weeks.
I have three children who will be out in the work place in a few years, and this has all left me slightly worried to be honest.

I would have maybe thought a couple of children could have been exaggerating.
But about 30 (!) children left their work places due to one reason or another.
They're not having work experience at our childrens school next year now :o(

Anyway, if you have any stories/ opinions, good or bad, please share :o)

Well any way on to nicer things :o)

This is the view from the road by the hotel where my daughter worked...

I really wouldn't mind staying there I can tell you!

This is my daughter doing one of her 'jobs' of setting the tables...

She even made all the napkins into their shapes!

I feel lucky that she had such a good experience, and couldn't thank the hotel enough for giving her the chance to experience the work place at first hand.

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Well, I've picked the first of my cherry tomatoes.

Mine are on the left. They were tiny, but they are absolutely delicious!

The ones on the right are shop bought cherry toms as we didn't have enough of our own yet. lol :o)

These are our runners...

And here is the first (and probably only)harvest of rhubarb which we made a crumble with (and some cooking apples!)

This is our first ripe apple picked this year (today actually).  They've ripened much earlier than last year.

I'd say by about a month! 

Just shows you what a month of sun in April does!

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This is my 'extreme crochet' LOL

I made a new hook out of a wind break pole (!) Did I show you that a few weeks ago? I can't remember now.

Well, the hook is 25mm wide and about 9" long.

I used 18 different odd balls of yarn. You know, all the ones that you don't know what to use them for on their own!

And it crocheted up the most cosiest little pad.

In fact my bottom is perched on it as I type this :o)

I loved all the colurs together too. It looks very 'jewel like' :o)

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The buddlia has come out this week (butterfly bush). but the weather hasn't been very nice for butterflies!

And this lovely little rosebush decided to bloom beautifully too.

To be honest I'd written this bush off earlier in the year.

As I moved it from another place where it wasn't doing very well at all, then it 'died' on me.

So I gave it gallons of water, kept talking to it and telling it that life really wasn't so bad,

and it's presented us with four gorgeous blooms :o) (As well as a bit of black spot ) lol.

Well, that's about it for this time people.

Hope you're all fine n' dandy and having a great week.

Take care now.

Love Donna xxx