I’ve been looking at the aims and objectives for 2010 just to see where we are with them. What I wrote is in normal type, I’ve bolded my current edits: First up, regular stuff: Wildlife Explorers Both Davies and Scarlett want to carry on with this. They get loads out of it and have both …
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Family
My Mum had appeared here on Monday evening after work last week, spent some time with the kids (I was cooking a roast dinner, so hobbling round the kitchen when she arrived), been all surprised when asking after our allotment and being told we would obviously be giving it up at the end of the …
Work, friends, waterbombs
I worked in the morning. As predicted no one had done the Summer Reading Challenge display and it was ready and waiting for my return from holiday. I wasn’t feeling particularly inspired to do anything creative so used the promotional materials of posters etc that had come featuring the Space Hop characters, did some photocopying …
Many, many clicks
Another at home day today. I’d already decided we’d not have much going on as I wanted to avoid driving and for once we’ve all been fine being housebound. I think nearly 2 weeks away from the joys of things with plugs and toys which take up room and pets who can be cooed over …
Sent home!
Back to work for me today. Although I’d been in on Tuesday night for Book Club it has been nearly 3 weeks since I’ve worked and I was slightly dreading being on my ankle all day. Typically it was already quite throbbing and stiff when I woke up this morning (another dawn waking, earlier this …
If I don’t catch up now maybe I never will!
So for once it will be brief. Well brief for me. Which let’s face it rarely counts as brief by anyone else’s standards. Infact it probably doesn’t even count as standard by anyone else’s brief. Maybe I should get on with it…. 😉 Monday Having continued the 5am waking it was a late morning for …
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Wicksteed and Festival of History
Thursday morning after breakfast with J&J, some time for the children to continue a game they’d been playing on the computer and continued chatting we left for Wicksteed. The past two years we’ve arrived late, getting on for dark on the Thursday – infact last year we arrived so late we ended up begging a …
Havering with dolphins
Last year Scarlett expressed a desire to see dolphins in the wild. I did some online research as to whether this was a feasible challenge here in the UK and uncovered various ‘hot spots’ including Cornwall, parts of Wales and Scotland. We had really hoped Shell Island in North Wales would answer this one for …
Tuesday two weeks ago
The display for Bognor library we’d been working on as part of Home Ed Book Club had been put up ready for the launch of the Summer Reading Game. We wanted to visit to see it all up in all it’s glory anyway so when a plea went out for any of the children involved …
Celebrating Birthdays
We had a nice quiet morning with me doing various online bits and trying to clear emails from my inbox before loading up swimming things and heading over to Lewes. We stopped at Asda on the way to gather picnic supplies. Parking proved to be an issue – both my rather rubbish parking ability (I …
Weekend Roundup
Otherwise I’ll get too behind and forget stuff. Saturday A far too early start given the lateness of the night before but we had to be up for Wildlife Explorers. We are *always* late and I was determined not to be so got everyone up, fed and out way earlier than normal. Just as well …
Shrektastic
I was at work for the day. Dad was here in the morning looking after Davies and Scarlett. He’s not had them for a while as we’ve been managing with them going to work with Ady so both he and the children were pleased to be spending time together. I had a quick ten minute …
It’s a beautiful day….
I’d arranged to meet Julie at PYO this afternoon. Somewhere along the way I managed to invite lots of other people and collect Tasha, Toby and Vinnie to bring with us. In the end we only had one other attendee – Bid & boys who cycled there and arrived pretty much simultaneously to us. We …
Half a life ago…
I worked this morning. Bid was having Davies and Scarlett and being car-less and living right next to the beach the plan was to drop them off with him. I’d allowed 45 minutes which given it’s about 3 miles away was plenty of time to get there and back but I’d not factored in a …
Spending petrol
We started the day with nothing planned other than swimming later this afternoon. But I was fretting about not having a dress for being Fiona in and had realised from my brief foray into dressmaking yesterday that a proper garment for me to wear is way beyond me – fleece puss in boots costumes no …
Everyone had a lie in this morning, including Ady who went to the dentist first thing. The rest of us had breakfast and debated what to do with the day. I realised we only have today and tomorrow free before Friday when we are off to a Shrek gala event and will need fancy dress. …
Solar Powered
Anything solar powered is onto a bit of a winner at the moment :). I’m on the mailing list for Chichester Harbour Conservancy and they have loads of cool events happening year round but we never seem to be around to get to many of them. This weekend other than me working yesterday morning we …
Saturdays post works hard for a living
Work for me this morning. And getting up was a shame as I was having a very delicious dream ;). I enjoyed a good bitch at work about the state of the library service. All public sector workers have been sent a letter from Dave & Nick asking for radical ideas for cost cutting so …
Thursday and Friday
Thursday Early up for one and all as D&S were off to work with Ady for the day. Once they’d all gone I spent some time researching roof bars on the internet and looking into hiring them. Turns out that’s not cost effective :(. I had a good day at work. I talked to my …
Dentist, bread and splashing
Dentist for me and the kids this morning for our six monthly checkup. It would have been for Ady too but he is currently having some sort of dental issues which may or may not need expensive treatment and I am keeping out of so he has his own appointments for the next couple of …