I started to write a post this morning and got taken up with googling something for it, which then crashed firefox so I lost the post and never managed to come back to it. I will do though, one day 😆 Davies played Xbox this morning, Scarlett got out a puzzle book and because I …
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It’s only words and words are all I have…
Erm yeah, three days… I’m tired so I’ll be brief: Friday I worked, I learnt how to do the banking, so there were books, cash, books, borrowers, Mum and the children came to meet me for lunch which we went and had in the cafe she used to own when I was little – very …
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As close to typical as we get
I’ve been trying to think when would be a good day to do a photoday this year. Not one of my working days cos they’re not typical or what I hope characterises our days, not a weekend cos they are exceptional with Ady around. We’ll have to see but actually today would have been a …
Yay!
Delivery taken with just 13 miles on the clock, air con, in-car dvd player with 2 sets of headphones, new car seats for the children, roof bars incase we manage to fill up the twice-the-size-of-the-Golf back, fold down into the car very rear seats and a fuel card to keep filling it up with diesel, …
Things making me say grrr
* Ady’s work at the moment. He is doing his exam in just over a month and because it’s their manic busy time he is getting no chance to study. He’s doing 14 hour days, barely seeing the children, coming home and collapsing in an exhausted heap and then trying to study. I’m trying really …
Badgertastic
Davies was Badger of the Month (although I’ve just realised I put Badger of the week on flickr :oops:) I ordered several library books on painting pebbles and henna body art from work and some of them had arrived today so Scarlett and I headed down to the beach with a bag while Davies was …
Strike One!
Doing wonders for the reputation of reliability of working mothers everywhere I was late for work this morning 🙁 I woke up before the kids – who predictably on the one morning a week when they actually need to be up by a certain time were both still fast asleep at 8am. I was dressed, …
snips, makes and bakes
Not nearly as muffiny school at home as it sounds I promise ;). The children were up early again this morning, but I was not. They found themselves breakfast and watched a taped Dr Who episode while I slept off yesterday. When I did get up I put loads of washing away, put loads more …
A Grand Day Out
Trying to think of a branding for Nic organised days out – NicAwayDays? NicTrips? NicScertions? 😆 Yesterday we went to Legoland. It was, I think, our fourth trip there. We’ve done two with Ady and two without him and with him is definitely preferable. I’ve perfected the art of packing a bag which doesn’t break …
I knew it was an error to book early Sunday morning swimming lessons – we all woke up barely an hour before we had to be at the pool this morning so it was a mad rush to get breakfasted, dressed and out of the house in time. Last week there were two out of …
Gazing into an empty wine bottle
well not quite, but pretty damn close 😳 The headache cleared with the walk into work and the quiet and soothing environment of the library. There were four of us in this afternoon including Frankie who I like most. She has this habit of coming and saying things to me in a very low voice …
About to leave for work
I’ve got a headache – drank too much wine last night 😳 Children and Ady seem even noisier than normal. D&S are outside caterpillar hunting for the butterfly garden – they have one so far. Can’t decide whether it is day two or day three of Hatchwatch II but we are being more solicitous in …
I saw the sign
As we pulled into our drive today Davies suddenly said ‘did Granny and Grandad have a sticker in their car with children in a not broken triangle when you were a little girl to show you and Uncle Frazer went to school then?’ I explained that no, they didn’t. He then wanted to know why …
Painting by numbers
The weather’s been lovely here again today, very windy but lovely and sunny just the same. We had to go and transfer some money from one bank to another, which are at opposite ends of town and I’m still on a quest for sunsuits for both children too. Also Davies had some funny squidgy faces …
I was crowned today…
‘Nicola – Queen of the library’ but you lot can still call me ‘Nic’ 🙂 Actually it’s not nearly as glamorous or regal as it sounds and doesn’t include a sparkly tiara or a bouquet of flowers. It was a nod to my efficiency and speed of work apparently. My predecessor used to have the …
Big
We had two possible plans for today, weather dependant. If it had been fine we would have gone for a walk round the lake at Arundel, if the weather was poor we were going to Fun Junction. I was hoping for the lake, the children were hoping for FJ and the rain decided us on …
The Great Moral Debate
So my whole tent dilemma and another thread on a forum I visit, and some real life chats today has got me thinking about morals and rights and wrongs. Ady and I have been talking about The Law a fair bit recently too, mostly as criminal and civil law, statute and precedence have been things …
For Layla
official tent picture Our tent
Forgive me Father…
Last week when our new tent arrived the order was somehow duplicated and we got two delivered. Once I’d realised I was quite delighted and fully intended keeping the extra one to sell and recover some of the cost of the one we’d paid for, but a quick ask around proved my sketchy idea that …
Just another Magical Monday
I was woken this morning by Scarlett yelling up the stairs for me to come down and wipe her bottom. So that was nice 🙄 Once I was up it seemed rather pointless to go back to bed so I was up and about pretty early. The children were watching The Pink Panther video we’d …