It doesn’t seem so very long ago that I stopped identifying with the Saturday staff at Bhs and despite being a good 7 or 8 years older than them (and wobbling about the fact they were born in the 1980s) still felt like I was ‘one of them’ sharing wild stories about what we’d been …
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Professional Big Brother
Of the sweet seven year old variety rather than a 1984 stylee every move you make sort. One of the things I forgot to blog about the holiday was the storytelling. Since I’ve started doing the odd storytime at the library and all but memorised the books I’ve read there the children often ask me …
Freedom to be spontaneous
Yesterday on our trip to Sainsburys Davies and I nearly bought some strawberries but they were pricey and although British it still seemed crazy to be spending money on them and their packaging when we could go and get our own. So this morning once we were all up, dressed and breakfasted we headed off …
no particular place to go
Back to work for Ady today and as usual when you take holiday all sorts of things had happened in his absence. Big shake ups afoot there which will likely mean changes for him once again but he is at least in the priviledge position of knowing employment of some sort of pretty much guaranteed. …
September camping
I’ve spoken to a few people who are up for the idea of a camping trip in September. I’m trying to sort out Davies’ birthday party and need to try and organise the two so they don’t create problems for each other and I think my best plan is a birthday party for D on …
Sunday
Having not made it to bed until about 230am I wasn’t up until 1030am and then had to dash around doing various things before we went out at 1ish. Davies and I dashed into town for birthday presents for Boo and Buzz, I sewed up an undone seam on my dress, unplaited Scarlett’s hair which …
Are you ready for this?
We decided in the end to go straight to Cornwall after initially planning two nights in Dorset and then three in Cornwall. I’d googled for campsites near the Eden Project which was our only firm plan for Cornwall and noted postcodes for three promising sounding ones, packed the 2007 Camping and Caravan Guide for the …
Biding time Sunday
This morning we gathered up everything ready to get the car packed up, this feels like the most protracted holiday preparation ever :rolls:. Ady had homemade cards and some aftershave (not thankfully home made although I’m sure Scarlett could have risen to such a challenge admirably, less sure Ady would have worn it :lol:) for …
Saturday…
We’re now officially on holiday. But due to it being Fathers Day tomorrow, an effort to stretch finances and knowing that my parents will sulk if we are away for that we are not going on holiday until Monday. The plan if the weather remains halfway decent is to head to Dorset on Monday and …
Life and death
Today was the day we finally got to meet Lorna. Due to having visitors at the beginning of the week, working in the middle and Julie having prior engagements too today was the first day we were both free. Davies and Scarlett have been so desperate to meet their new cousin and were really looking …
Thursday
I’ve been at work today. It was a good day, busy and bustling and it went very quick. I had my 3 month review of my progress after my annual review (they do a big review each year and then a mini quarterly check in to ensure everything is on track). I have nothing positive …
Half a lifetime ago…
Come with me, I’m off on a meander down memory lane again 🙂 It’s 17 years ago today that I passed my driving test. Not quite precisely half a lifetime ago as I was 17 1/2 but pretty close. I was always desperate to learn to drive and for a long time had an ambition …
Sshhh!
We all slept in this morning and Scarlett woke with a runny tummy. I suspect it is a side effect of the antibiotics as she is otherwise fine and unbothered about it, just very frequently visiting the loo :(. The patches are already looking like they are healing though so fingers crossed it is working …
Tuesday
Not the promptest of starts given the lateness of everyone’s bedtime yesterday but Scarlett and I went over to the doctors at about 930am. She has had a patch of skin on her lower leg since Christmas which is itchy, scaly and just isn’t healing. It will look almost healed for a while and then …
Monday
Was Pulborough Brooks day, the once a month HE get together at the local RSPB nature reserve. It’s a great HE get together really as if no one else goes we still have a nice walk round and it’s a fab place to note the changing of the seasons in plants and flowers, wildlife and …
Springwatch
First updates on serious stuff! The chick not only survived the night it had sufficiently recovered to be reunited with the other chicks this morning despite our initial plan to keep in inside the house for a day or two. It is eating, drinking, scratching around, not getting picked on and appears to be pretty …
Highs and lows
I worked this morning, my Saturdays have been jiggled about for the next few months as we are short staffed due to a couple of vacancies on my Saturday off and it is mainly staffed by relief workers so they wanted a ‘second in command’ type person to be around for the morning and to …
Aaaaaand Friday
Even though it is actually Saturday and I’ve only just finished Thursday 😳 I worked today; Ady was home with the children in the morning and my Dad was here this afternoon. I think they all spent most of their day outside judging by all the chalk drawings on the paths. I had a nice …
South of England Show
We did indeed go today 🙂 I do enjoy it there, it’s a really good day out. The first time I went was with the school when I was about 12 and I remember loving it then. This will the fourth year I’ve been with the children I think and both of them recalled it …
Wednesday already?
Off to work for me this morning and a very pleasant morning I had too. Wednesdays are always busy; we shut at 1pm, a hangover from the days when every shop had half day closing on Wednesdays which sleepy little town libraries are still clinging onto. Also we always seem to have massive deliveries on …