I worked all day. There is a new girl at work – actually there are two new girls but I’ve not met the other one yet. The one I have met seems nice enough, very library-ish. I did storytime today, it was busy with 18 children and 18 adults and the kids were all very …
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Bloody table ;)
Way back in about November I sent off for a load of free stuff from the RSPB.We’d done the Climate Action Awards one afternoon and I’d found details of the Wildlife Action Awards too so in with the free stuff I ordered the manual for that. It’s been sat around ever since waiting for me …
Swimmingly
Started the day with tea (I’ve been boiling the kettle once and then filling the camping flask for hot water for the rest of the day – working well and very green :)), chicken whispering and child feeding. I also made up a batch of bread dough , some of which I cut off for …
Takin’ it easy
Today was supposed to be Pulborough Brooks day. We’ve not made it for quite a while – I know December was the day after France so we didn’t get there and today we were supposed to be taking Tasha, Toby and Vinnie with us too. But I staggered out of bed just before 9am (I …
2009
Some social stuff it would be nice to get together for if anyone is interested 🙂 May 8th/9th/10th It’s the Sustainability Centre’s Green Fair on Sunday 10th May. Last year we camped there Friday and Saturday night and packed up Sunday evening after the fair. I’ve provisionally booked to do the same this year. It …
Are you waiting for me Michelle?
Cos I’ve been waiting for you and I just know whoever gets there first will mean the other one doesn’t bother with such a comprehensive account! 😉 Friday Was back to work for me. Ady was home in the morning, Frazer came over at lunchtime and Dad came over mid afternoon so Davies and Scarlett …
Day Four…
It’s been an odd week. I was so looking foward to getting back in the swing of things again after Christmas but with Scarlett being ill we’ve been housebound instead. She is fine today, all but completely back to normal although she had two seperate bloody lip incidents – both by Davies and both ‘accidental’. …
Off sick
Scarlett is way better today and so far the rest of us are not ill. But I was officially off work sick today so we stayed in and kept warm. The kids table and chair sets finally got collected today (they were to two seperate people) from freecyclers which they were both pleased about although …
I’m 35 you know
which used to be middle aged but given I am now precisely half my Dad’s age I’m hoping isn’t middle age anymore! I guess it is a definitely more than a third though, which is slightly scary even if I am planning on growing very old and very disgraceful ;). I’m not super keen on …
Jump, jump, jump…
Scarlett being poorly has been the main feature of today 🙁 None of us are particularly ill people so when the kids are so ill it means they grind to a halt I know it means they really are ill. Scarlett said to me yesterday ‘do you know how I feel Mummy?’ ‘no darling…’ said …
Oh, and….
Table is still empty!
Stocking up on karma
Scarlett is down again 🙁 She has a real corker of a cold, streaming nose, horrid cough, overbright eyes, flushed cheeks and permanent temperature. Poor baby hasn’t really fully recovered from pre-Christmas illness which left a nasty cough. She is bright enough in herself and has periods of flagging interspersed with mad running around and …
Declutter continues apace
Work for me this morning. It went quick – I spent some dismantling Christmas displays and putting up new ones. I seem to be doing all the displays for January so I’ve changed the junior Christmas one to a junior Winter one complete with snowflakes. I’ve got a NY resolutions one to do and a …
Operation Table
I still hate tables. I still firmly believe they are crap magnets. I still don’t buy into the need for one to enhance quality of life / create a stable family / sit and do hama beads and french verbs at. However, I do now seem to have one! Over Christmas while the tree was …
Getting dates mixed up
For some reason I had in my head that Em’s birthday was 3rd January. So I thought I’d post her birthday card for it to arrive on the day rather than taking it early (because I love getting birthday cards in the post, it makes me feel all special and birthday-ish). Except I realised when …
Happy New Year :)
I worked yesterday morning and then Ady and the kids picked me up. Due to my slackness the night before I hadn’t managed to pack clothes for Scarlett or I yet so we nipped home so I could get changed out of work clothes and collect pjs and a change of clothes for tomorrow each …
2008
It’s roundup time 😉 January We saw in the new year just the four of us; Scarlett didn’t quite make it to midnight. I turned 34 🙂 Scarlett, having turned five a few weeks before was eligible for all the groups so she joined Badgers, swimming lessons and Rainbows. She has got a lot out …
Daring
This morning was punctuated by people calling for freecycle stuff. We left the last few bags on the doorstep and all but one lot has now gone. Hopefully she will call for it tomorrow, if not it can be relisted as there was other interest in it (shoes and boots). We had arranged to meet …
It’s Monday Jim, but not as we know it.
Ady’s work closes between Christmas and new year so depending on which days of the week the bank holidays fall on he gets up to 2 weeks off work but has to keep back however many working days that is from his annual leave.This annoys me as much as it is nice to have a …
Sunday or something
It’s that messing with your head about what day of the week it is over Christmas time isn’t it? Ady wanted to do something to the chickens today – he’s lined their coop in a thick waterproof stuff which will hopefully keep them warmer and muffle the cockerel’s crowing too. So he spent some time …