And I didn’t wear a skirt. I did wear trousers though, obviously. 😉 I had a better nights sleep and although still on the rougher side of well I do only seem to have a cold rather than anything more worrying. I suspect the rest of the family will get it in time for Longleat …
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Am ill :(
Could be worse – could have been yesterday. Could have been later and knocked me down for next week’s Longleat trip (hoping any of the rest of us who are planning on getting it have done so before then). I *think* it is just a cold, along with some residual knackeredness from a mad day …
mini blog
just to test I can do it from my phone.
On Tuesdays we’ll cover…
national travel, science (chemistry), walking through London, meeting up with friends from all round the country, lobbying parliament, public transport foibles and more. We need a bigger checklist for our timetable ;). Up far, far too early this morning but not early enough as we struggled to get out of the house. I’d been hoping …
Bloody hell, we’re almost following a timetable! ;)
Today was Pulborough Brooks day but I’d already decided last night to let everyone sleep til they woke up and when I woke it was 10am, the kids were a good half an hour behind me, which coincidentally would have been the time we *should* have been arriving at PB to start walking round. So …
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Does he wash up?
Friday I worked. Ady was home in the morning and my Mum in the afternoon. Not sure what everyone got up to really but the house was lovely and tidy when I got home :). My day was a usual Friday at work, I did the banking in the morning, did Baby Rhyme time, manned …
Jibber jabber
The sun shone again today which after 3 solid days of rain was a welcome return. I quite like rain but not when it sets it for long enough to start googling for blueprints for arks! First thing (well as first thing as we get round these parts ;)) I found out some theories behind …
Too early in the morning for physics
and actually I’m not even sure it is physics! Davies was asking yesterday about how the whole upside down to each other thing works with different places on the earth (obviously brought about by having friends who were here 48 hours ago but are now literally on the other side of the world and therefore …
Wet play syndrome
A far too early start all round this morning as Ady got the kids up at 7ish and I staggered down soon afterwards to assist in the chivvying them to getting dressed then they all left to go to Julie’s and work. I hung some washing out, let the chickens out, put another wash on, …
If you want dumplings done on time….
do them yourself ;). Another rainy morning and proof yet again, as though we really needed it, that we are not a Home Ed family who should spend too much time at home! I did some reading of blogs, always a bit disheartening when the latest thing is timetables and lovely tangiable proof of learning …
Rain and braids
It started raining during the night sometimes last night and didn’t really stop much all day. It’s the first rain we’ve really had in ages though so although it was annoying in preventing me from hanging swimsuits out to dry ready for swimming again tomorrrow and it made all the chickens look a bit soggily …
Leaving with a splash
Everyone was tired this morning – it was about 1030pm last night when Davies and Scarlett went to bed and I had a bit of a hangover this morning too. Scarlett and I iced and decorated the cakes we made yesterday to take along to the party this afternoon. The party was Archie’s birthday party …
I can catch the moon in my hands…
Ady has been numero uno parento today whilst I have done being Nicola and then swanning around 🙂 The children had Wildlife Explorers this morning – Scarlett first, which gives Davies and Ady an hour alone to look around the reserve, then Davies has 2 1/2 hours in his session which Ady and Scarlett spend …
Friday I’m in love
We had a low key morning at home this morning before heading out to Tasha’s just before 11 to surprise her by being on time for possibly the first time since we first met them! Had a really lovely few hours at theirs with Davies and Toby spending the whole time upstairs playing, Scarlett flitting …
Nicola-nice-skirt
That was me today :). Wearing my £3 charity shop skirt and my £1.50 charity shop top along with some leggings. I had about 6 compliments on the skirt and how I looked today generally, which always makes me wonder if I look dreadful the rest of the time 😆 Work was mostly okay – …
Electrifying Cocoon
Another day ‘in the smoke’ for the kids and I today. Last night it was Scarlett’s turn to kick Ady out of bed and sleep with me. She came crashing into our bedroom at about 1am shortly after I went to bed, claimed she had a ‘runny tummy’, used our en suite loo and then …
If you’re happy and you know it…
Need to blog or I’ll get all behind (and I’d rather be all in front ;)) but I really have to get to bed because I need to be up at ridiculous o’clock in the morning. Arranged to meet Caz, Bid and co at the park this morning but thanks to an awful nights’ sleep …
Biff! Crash! Argh! Wallop!
I decided fairly late last night that we should go to the PYO today. I’ve always thought it closed at the end of October so thought we’d get some apples, maybe some sweetcorn, perhaps some raspberries and any other late crops.I stuck a message out on the local facebook list too to see if anyone …
Appletastic!
It was an early celebration of Apple Day at Stanmer Park today (Apple Day is usually celebrated around 21st October and there are loads more events around the country and locally throughout October so we may yet get to something else too). This was in association with the Brighton Permaculture Association. Stanmer Park seems to …
Things that have made me smile today
I had a nice morning at work. Thanks to some rota / timetable mix up with me doing odd Saturdays I wasn’t expected in on the timesheet, but A, one of the young librarians who was senior today asked me to stay anyway as she wanted to talk to me about various things. So I …