Work all day for me today. It was all fairly routine and normal aside from being in charge of Baby Rhyme Time. We used to do Storytime every week and Baby Rhyme Time every month but the changing of children going to school so much earlier (as in pre-school at 3) has altered the demand …
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So bye bye a miracle pie
Davies and Scarlett love American Pie (and Vincent actually too), mostly thanks to Ali and I making them listen to the whole song while we sang along way back last summer (in the old house!) but we listened to it at the weekend and talked about what the song was about and answered Scarlett’s question …
Superworker, walkthroughs and badgers
I went to Shoreham library this morning as I had my annual review and Wendy, the colleague doing it had to cover the enquiry desk there for the first hour so I went and joined her at that library and worked on the counter there for the first hour. There is a really different vibe …
What day is it again?
At 11am the doorbell rang, which could have been either of the visitors we were expecting at 11am but it was the estate agent. I showed him round the house, he exclaimed ‘whoa, oh wow!’ when entering Davies’ room which I thought was surprise at the size (last time someone came round to value the …
Wood on the beach
ain’t no big surprise. I weakened today to the siren song of January sale shopping. Yes I know January is almost over (but I’ve not have any money for most of it) but often you get the best bargains right at the end of the sales anyway. I did several loads of washing, sorted out …
Wood for the seas
Aside from the DS lite saga this morning it was a fairly lazy day. Ady plucked the pheasants and partridges for dinner and the children spent some time with him while he did that. I am by far the most squeamish of the four of us and I’m fairly strong stomached so there is very …
Oh how the saga continued…
I managed to reserve a pink DSlite at Argos last night. Well actually I reserved two as the first one didn’t send a confirming email so I didn’t have the reservation number. That isn’t the first time it’s happened from something from Argos and I can never decide if it’s because actually you haven’t reserved …
rage lite
I had the very odd experience of waking up in an empty house this morning. Ady had taken the children with him to go and collect his car at about 745am and somehow they’d failed to make enough noise to wake me before they went so I remained fast asleep until the alarm went off …
A swimming Rainbow Badger
I imagine she’ll be called worse in her time, and she’s certainly had tribute paid to her in more conventional terms before but tonight that’s what she decided she was :). But in classic Julie Andrews style we’ll start at the very beginning (it’s a very good place to start) – sorry if that puts …
There are other ways……
the ultimate in school avoidance! 😆
Art
I’ve been enjoying looking at these pictures this morning.
Blur
I was at work all day today. Ady stayed home in the morning with Davies and Scarlett and my Dad was here in the afternoon. Davies has got some display space booked at the library next month for a week after he asked about the paintings and artwork that was displayed there by someone else …
All of the above
I was off to Worthing library this morning for training and so didn’t have to dash straight off as soon as Lucy and The Rs arrived. In some ways I guess this is more unsettling for D and S but I kind of rely on them being totally fine about me going to work now. …
Oh yes!
I did my usual morning rounds of getting breakfast, letting chickens out and feeding them, feeding the cat and so on before finally sitting down with my tea – oh I could so be a farmer 😆 Davies and Scarlett were playing with plasticine which they carried on with pausing to eat, get dressed and …
Seven for a secret…
I got up this morning to find Davies in the bathroom ‘dealing with broken glass here Mummy’. He’d been getting a drink and clunked the glass against the sink breaking it so was calming dealing with it in a very safe and non hysterical manner – guess he might be ready to teach to make …
Watery emotions
Today started with technology, Davies was Xboxing, Tarly was DSing and Ady and I were on our laptops. The children wanted bacon for breakfast (and again for lunch actually, pigs seem to be in favour :lol:) and then I insisted we put March of the penguins on that I’d borrowed from work. Loved Morgan Freeman …
Reading and Writing
I’ve been off gallivanting today with Ali at a writing day. It was a good one too. I love the writing days, I have spent time in the company of a range of people I would never have otherwise crossed paths with and as well as the valuable writing exercises, the feedback on my own …
Mind elsewhere…
processing a bottle of wine at the end of a week where I’ve only allowed orange juice and lemonade to pass my lips of an evening (of course I’ve still been drinking meths and cooking sherry during the day, but at night I have abstained ;)) and on a rant about the stuff I’ve watched …
Woo hoos abound!
Today was Tilgate Park day. I’ve decided to try and ensure we do a few more out and about home ed meets so want to plan one a month for local folk. Tilgate may well end up being the venue each time actually as people from Crawley, Horsham and further up into Sussex are able …
Badger Badger
Ah this morning feels a very long time ago! I worked this morning and when I arrived Yvonne said to me ‘I just have a feeling it’s going to be one of those Wednesdays’. And it was. I was on the Enquiry Desk for the first hour and dealt with two queries I had to …