CD Storage unit
When? Saturday
Where? Bedroom
Who? David
What? CD storage unit
How? CD discs
Why? Hobby
Going to group
We asked Mike when his favourite time of day was. Mike said the morning, because that’s when he goes to his arts group.
Stereo
I hear CDs.
I smell cooking.
I see trains.
I taste foods.
I touch Waltons DVD.
I feel happy.
Trains
I like trains.
Building them up on the table.
And taking out garden making bigger.
In 00 gauge my layout.
Cooking
I like cooking. I don’t do it very often. I would like to do more.
My fiancé Simon
We have been engaged for a long time. We had an engagement party. It was good – presents, cards, disco. Our first dance was ‘Time of my life’. We moved in together in September.
Emily
She has short hair and glasses. She’s a good friend and my maid of honour. I met her at our drama club. She’s an actor as well. She likes the same TV as me, like ‘I’m a Celebrity’ and ‘Saturday Takeaway’. She’s a good friend and lovely and kind. I call her on the house phone.
Football stickers
It’s my Tottenham FC Football sticker album. I do this on my own in the mornings in the living room. It makes me happy doing my stickers. It helps me calm down.
Shopping bags
We go shopping one day a week. On a Saturday. I go out to buy all stuff, like food. I like shopping at Sainsburys. I decide myself what to buy. Mine is the purple one.
Decorating
What can we see here? The wall.
What is really happening here? It needs painting. The paint’s coming off the wall. It’s broken.
What can we do about it? Paint it! I can ask the staff.
Happy hour
I play with my CD mix every day at 10am in the morning. It is in my bedroom. I play music for everyone in the house. It makes me feel happy. It is my hobby. My favourite time of the week is ‘happy hour’. It is 4pm on Friday when I DJ in my room. I play music on my own, but people can listen. It’s a way to relax at the end of the week.
Guitar
I play my guitar when I’m not DJing. I play my guitar in my room and in the cabin. I play it on my own. It’s another hobby. Same as my pool table. I bought this guitar It makes me feel happy. I am creating. I play chords and make up songs in my head.
Pool Table
I’ve been playing pool and snooker for a long time. Pool has numbers on and with snooker you have red, brown, yellow, green, pink, and black. I play with people I live with.
Coke Fridge
When people put the coke in my fridge. Julia puts them in my fridge. She is the manager.
Julia
It’s important to have to a good house manager because it makes my life easier. I think Julia is a good manager because she speaks to me nicely. She helps me to have independence. I can have a joke with her - this is really important to me.
Ellen
Everybody misses her. She used to live with us. When I’m in the lounge there is a place for her, and I think about what she is doing. She is looking down on us.
My place at the table
Molly told us who sat where around the table. She said it was important to have her own place.
My housemate in the garden
Molly has taken photos of her housemate in their garden who she has known for a long time.
My housemate in the garden
She recently got a walking stick and says now rarely uses the garden. “I won’t try it. I don’t know where I’m going to put my feet”. She would prefer a slope instead of steps to get onto the lawn.
My housemate in the garden
Remembering
Remembering how I was.
My Cuddly Toys
It’s part of my past. Big teddy is what my boyfriend bought me. My other housemate gave me one, and I bought one. And my keyworker also gave me one. They make me feel special because they remind me that I’m cared about.
My friend Helen
In the living room. I like being in here as it is comfortable, and it was happy times. This photo was taken at what was my home. It is a picture of my friend. We went out together.
My bedroom floor
This is not a home to me. It’s OK but there’s not enough space in my room. I’ve got things everywhere in this bedroom. I’m not really happy about it but I put up with it. I would like a bigger room. I’ve got lots of stuff. When I moved, I didn’t want to get rid of it. It’s my stuff. There was no choice for me. I had to move as they closed the house. I am thinking of getting myself a shed. I can’t put shelves up here. They don’t have shelves in these houses. Even at my other house.
Expanding my creativity
It’s only the last few months I’ve started to get into colouring and creative things. I stopped when my sister died. This is a picture I did at my computer class.
Cuddly toys
I have loads of cuddly toys and cuddly teddy bears. They help me feel at home because I love my cuddly toys so much, I cuddle them in the night–time when I go to bed. My sister gave me the dolly a long time ago. And she gave me a Cabbage Patch dolly. It’s in my box in my bedroom.
Georgia
Georgia is my best friend. I feel happy when I see her. It helps me to feel calm.
Bed
I like my bed so much. I chose my bedding. I don’t spend much time here relaxing. I spend it in the front room.
Dressing table
When I done this play a long time ago with Hugh Grant it felt amazing. When I was on stage doing this play with Hugh Grant, I was screaming I was. I like him. I am proud of this. And then I’m doing another play in July at Putney Arts Centre.
Doing my scrapbook
I do a lot of art work I do. I like drawing pictures and putting stickers in my sticker book. I like doing colouring. It helps me to feel happy and relaxed. I do it when I finish at the day centre about 3 o’clock. Then I come back here and do it. I have been doing it for a long time.
Gate
I hear and see cars. I touch the wooden gate. I feel alright. I wait for Deborah.
Kitchen
I do the washing in the kitchen. I do it myself now. I like doing it myself.
Basket
This is in my bedroom. I like watching Carry on Films and listening to CDs. I listen to my CDs on my CD player. I’ve got them in my bag. These are my photos of my friends in frames. I am going to put them on the wall in my bedroom.
Hallway
I took this photo myself. It’s outside the office.
Kitchen Door
I spend time out here sweeping up.
