I went along to the school this morning to get a head start on what goes on there in the clerical job. The short answer is ‘not a lot’. Fliss probably spends less than half an hour in any one 3 hour shift actually doing work to do with the school and the rest of the time checking her emails and doing other paperwork for the trust etc. I had a couple of cups of tea and chatted awhile and then headed off for home. I walked into the village to check for post from Derek as there have been 2 boats we’ve not bothered meeting this week then came home the top nature trail route which is a nice walk with good high views of the village and the steep bit out of the way at the beginning rather than the end. I stopped outside Jinty & Ross’ as I looked up from pacing along and glanced across at the mainland. Those are snow capped peaks in the background, my camera phone failed to capture it really but it was just stunning.
Ady was tidying up around the horse box, moving all the crud that had accumulated around it down lower. I get really fed up when there are piles and heaps of stuff around the static so had ranted about it before Christmas and Ady had built three pens near the animals to put everything into, cover with tarps and store until we get sheds / outbuildings sorted. It’s still a heap of stuff but at least it’s all in one place, out of sight of the static and organised. It all looks loads better 🙂
We had lunch and Scarlett took Bonnie out for a walk on the lead. Ady went to finish stuff off outside and I did a little bit of crochet and chatting to Davies. Ady had gone to the freezer to get some mince out for dinner but got chatting to Sandy and forgotten to get the mince out so Scarlett and I walked down to do it and popped in to use Fliss’ microwave to defrost it. Joss and Fliss ended up coming back up to the croft with us for the walk and popping in for a cup of tea and chat. Fliss hasn’t been up for ages so that was nice although the soya milk I’d got in for her had gone off and Joss whirlwinded through all the drawing stuff Davies and Scarlett had out so it was not the relaxed hosting it could have been.
They left and Scarlett tried to do some melted crayon art as she’d bought a box of crayons in the pound shop last week with the intention of doing that but they didn’t melt well so she was disappointed. I made some bread dough and then rang my parents. Scarlett helped me make a flat bread with roasted garlic and rosemary which she has always refused to try before but having seen all the components being things she liked tried some of this evening and loved :). We had dinner and watched Winterwatch and I rang Julie who I have been playing answerphone tag with since just before Christmas so it was good to actually talk 🙂 While I was on the phone Ady and the kids had been looking at some of the brochures that had come for kit houses so we talked about house design for a bit before they went to bed.
It’s been a productive few days and Ady and I are feeling very positive for the coming year. Just need to fit in some proper time with the kids now. They both have stuff they got for Christmas that they are wanting time with one of us to do.