I didn’t get downstairs until nearly 10am this morning but for once it wasn’t because I was languishing in bed, I was sorting through the wardrobe getting stuff out for camp and trying to find this very expensive stuff I bought for the first Kessingland which you paint on over make up and it turns …
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And I would walk 12000 steps
Another training day today, at Worthing again. This morning was all a bit of a flurry as I didn’t come downstairs until about 815am and then was rallying D&S to eat breakfast and get dressed so I didn’t actually get to drink the tea I’d made before Ady came home to take me into Worthing. …
Really must start blogging on the day I’m blogging about
Yesterday was a slow start day with me caught up in online stuff while the children played. Davies X boxed but played about 4 different games rather than staying infront of the same one for hours and Scarlett played some elaborate game with soft toys and plastic animals. I did do a load of washing …
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Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday
Fell asleep on the sofa again last night so didn’t blog. 😳 Nice day yesterday, I got up with D&S and we made fathers day cards for Ady. Very mad trying to get them to write at the same time as D knows letters and can do a lot of the spelling himself whereas S …
Ady, Ady, Ady, Ady
Sung to the tune of Kaiser Chiefs Ruby. Just because we’ve all been singing that all day today. We had it on in the car and then Julie put Kaiser Chiefs cd on at their house and later we were in the garden with all four children in the playhouse and realised they were all …
to the point
I worked, it was fine. Mum was here this morning, Dad was here this afternoon, Ady was home by the time I got back from work. I’ve worked too much this week, missed my babies and not enjoyed the too wide variety of childcare that has been necessary. Davies has come down with a streaming …
I remember way back when
An interesting day today. I had a full day of training sessions. In the morning it was Bibliographic Services training – the department which purchases all books, music, films etc. for West Sussex Libraries, processes them, works with the budgets to decide what to buy, what to replace etc. and then recieves in all the …
Rat attack!
I worked this morning, which mostly involved lots of gossiping about Torchwood and Doctor Who, discussing chickens and me hobbling about on my foot. I am really surprised that more brusing hasn’t come out actually as it is really aching now and while I can walk pretty fine on it barefoot when I’m wearing shoes …
Making the most of the garden
Today was a free day with no arrangements made and I had various possible plans in mind but as it turned out the children were very happily engaged with various things; making Doctor Who characters from lego, playing with the toy animals, watching Class TV etc. so I didn’t bother disturbing them. I did several …
Boys and Girls
Ady and Davies had a great time at the airport. It’s the second time in as many days that Ady has had the chance to see Davies in a different environment to usual so I quizzed him lots on that. He said Davies seems to stick with the adults still rather than be in the …
Blogging in twos
Feels a bit like Noah’s ark at the moment on this blog – I’m only managing two days together at a time 😆 I did intend to blog last night but I fell asleep on the sofa, very early indeed, leaving a glass of wine half full and then staggered straight to bed when I …
Almost over…
Yesterday I was woken to the sound of rain. Not good as we were planning a trip to the South of England Show for the day. A quick phone conference with my Mum about the state of the weather meant my Dad went off to work and we agreed to talk again in an hour. …
I do remember this morning
it’s just that it seems such a long time ago. There is a certain exhaustion that just comes from being at work for too many hours. I felt it yesterday (and I only worked the evening but it had been a busy day with the children) and I really felt it today. Back in my …
And part three
Blimey, that was a long day! I did indeed tidy, hoover, clear out my car and get changed before heading off to work. It was an event to mark the winner of the Orange prize for fiction announced tonight at Shoreham library and was staffed by me and three senior library staff. We had 32 …
Part Two
The weather changed from threatening rain and being all cold and gloomy all morning and the sun broke through just as we arrived at the PYO farm. Another HE friend met us there so there were 9 of us altogether. We picked strawberries, peas, broad beans and onions. At one point Scarlett stayed with the …
A day of three thirds
starting with Carnival Child this morning. I can’t find a link to the company who present it although I can find evidence of it travelling all round the country. It was held at the local secondary school so for the second time in four days Davies, Scarlett and I found ourselves walking into a school …
They’d better not all be bloody cockerels!
Today was our only free day this week – we had MM and Beavers yesterday, tomorrow we’re seeing a play in the morning, fruit picking in the afternoon followed by Badgers and I’m working in the evening, Thursday I am working all day and evening and Friday we’re off to the South of England Show. …
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Something’s coming and it’s a….
Magical Mondays today, we picked Ali and Freya up and arrived super efficiently on time. Ali did a drama session today which Scarlett joined in fairly well with before getting fed up and wandering away from and Davies and I stuck with to the end, with Davies really enjoying it. I’m sure it helped that …
Stuff I’ve forgotten
Davies has learnt to wink. With both eyes. I can only wink with with my right eye closed 😉 Yesterday Davies emptied a wallet and piled all the money up in denominations, counted each lot and then asked how to work out how much he had altogether. Some of the piles he could add up …
Send me a postcard, drop me a line
catching up 🙂 Friday I worked, it was a pretty good day, made even nicer by Ady coming to meet me for lunch after his exam. He thinks he did ok – he has the second and third exams this coming Friday and then we just wait until mid August to get his results. Julie …