I had a course today, whenever I have my PDR I always say I’ll do whatever training is on offer and a couple of computer courses had come up, I’d been put forward for them and accepted so along I went. We were doing seat-of-our-pants childcare again and Ady took Davies and Scarlett out with …
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Four little snakes and the big bad pig
Pulborough Brooks in the morning. I was expecting a big turn out as the weather was so lovely (clear, crisp and sunny, if still very cold) and we’d been hoping to finally cross paths with a localish Home Ed family we’ve made contact with online and been told by various people we have very compatible …
I *will* catch up!
And to today 🙂 Caz and Bid arrived at 10am to collect the sofabed that has been in our playroom. We got it way back last year or maybe even the year before from freecycle on the basis that it might encourage the kids to use the playroom more and would be a spare bed. …
Another stupidly long and busy day
We don’t seem to stay still for very long… Up and out early to Wildlife Explorers. Scarlett was first for an hour and her session was about cuckoos. They did some colouring, watched a film about cuckoos and then went out onto the reserve to look for signs of spring. Scarlett said they found buds …
Curiouser and curiouser
I worked all day on Friday. We’d had a last minute childcare crisis which meant Frazer came over to be with Davies and Scarlett in the morning. He was, predictably, late and stinking of cigarettes but the kids were delighted to see him and so I headed off to work, arriving a mere ten minutes …
Thursday, pretending to be real home educators
we even talked about curriculums! A much needed lay in all round this morning saw a lazy start to the day. Ady had picked up a box set of Simpsons videos yesterday in a charity shop so Davies and Scarlett watched some more of those until it was time to head off to Tasha’s. It’s …
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Delegating on a Wednesday or ‘we are not what you think we are’
I worked in the morning, Ady dropped Davies and Scarlett off with Julie. Work was good, I like Wednesday mornings as they are very busy with all the delivery to unpack and the books leaving to get packed up. Wednesday is often the biggest delivery of the week as it tends to be the day …
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Swimming, and not a lot else
Today was a day with rather too many ‘in a minute…’ and ‘not right now…’s in it. Hate them as I always look back and wonder just what it was that could possibly have been more important than spending time with someone asking to spend time with me :(. Fortunately they don’t happen very often. …
chatterback
I wanted to take the jeggings back today. I felt slightly embarrassed about having bought them at all so wanted to reclaim the cash and pretend the whole sorry incident had never happened. Women of a certain size of a certain age should really get over themselves as far as following fashion is concerned, particularly …
Transition Town
I woke to the smell of curry this morning, which is slightly odd on a Sunday morning these days (not at all so odd a few years ago) as Ady was cooking up one of the dishes ready to freeze for an Indian Extravaganza of cooking for next Saturday night when we have Mike and …
Late night out a-go-go
Friday Oh the things we’d been going to be doing on Friday. First we were going to the RI for a lecture. But then when I checked ‘my RI’ we didn’t appear to have booked it after all and despite emailing to ask if we were booked in or not I never got a reply. …
pour myself a cup of ambition
I had a bad dream last night which stayed with me on and off all day. It was about Scarlett being at a Girl Guide event and Ady and I taking Davies off out somewhere while she was there (some sort of Science thing, I distinctly recall Dr Hal being there) and then forgetting to …
Clearing my inbox
The sun was shining this morning, so determined to get out, get the car started and give it a run and not fester in the house moping about feeling rough after breakfast and a bit of lazing around reading my book and watching Wild Tales and then Gastronuts (you were right Alison, it is *totally* …
Move along….
nothing to see here. My feeling rough continued and I felt crap by the time I’d sat on Tarly’s bedroom floor while she went to sleep. She then woke in the night and came into our bed where she lay, sprawled out, hogging most of my pillow coughing and sniffing 🙁 for what felt like …
Rain stops play
Up with the alarm this morning and into the car to head off for a seed bomb workshop. I’m not fully sure what a seed bomb is myself, hence the need to attend a workshop really but as the website advertises it as ‘everything you need to grow a seed except the water’ it seemed …
Playing catch-up
Friday I worked all day. I did Baby Rhyme time in the morning and it was a frustrating session as a couple of the mums didn’t bother singing along or even paying attention to their babies but instead chatted with each other 🙁 Really hard to deal with that in a non-confrontational way and it …
Popcorntastic
I had a lovely long lie-in this morning which was much needed after waking with the alarm every other morning this week (I hate waking with the alarm and suspect every life choice in the last ten years has led me to the fortunate situation where I only have to wake with the alarm 2 …
Just keep swimming…
This week while I was doing my lengths (42 number watchers ;)) I noticed a sign up for the Swimathon. I enjoy my weekly swim, in as much as I know it’s good for me, it beats sitting in the rather nasty, run down, too hot environment of the spectators area listening to the other …
Working and walking on Wednesday
I worked this morning. It was busy but went very quickly. Ady took Davies and Scarlett out with him for the morning and dropped them off at the library at midday for the last hour of my shift. Unfortunately they squabbled and I did some hissed grring at them which upset Tarly. Childcare is being …
Tuesday on the go
Early start again for us today as Davies and Scarlett had appointments at the dentist. After we had our six month check up last November / December we had a phonecall offering us Children’s Educational Visits. We’d not been able to make any of the sessions they’ve been running – and they kept trying, I …