Catching up on stuff, although I still have a very long list of stuff I really should be doing, might do a list tomorrow and publish it to shame me into getting on with it 😉
Managed to get a bit done this morning actually – got in a dry load of washing from the line, pegged out a wet one (which is still there, slowly dripping due to the torrential showers we enjoyed here this afternoon!), put a loaf of bread on to bake, put away clean washing from pre-Kessingland and all I’d managed to get washed and dried since we got home and then set about tidying the playroom.
Had a cold hard shock about our finances this morning when I went to do my regular monthly juggling act and realised I am pretty much down to just the one ball – which makes juggling a mite tricky 🙁 Might blog about that in the correct place if I can face it later, but for now it has at least sent me into a creative frenzy of trying to sort out other out of control areas in my life and may even serve to bring in some cash… don’t do worrying very well actually, I am just too flippant of nature and within the hour I had gotten over it and was planning tent purchases again 😉 But it did spur me into going through all the toy cupboards with the express intention of getting out anything which both kids have totally outgrown toy wise and either chucking or settling it onto the ebay pile. Ady was being struck by the same sort of post holiday ‘we really could be more minimalist in our stuff approach’ mindset and we lazily debated doing some sort of spring clean of the house room by room… not sure we have either the time or the genuine inclination but at least we have a sort of half baked plan eh!
Anyway, the ebay pile currently teeters with great height at two jigsaw puzzles 😉 Having been all pissed off at SIL selling on clothes I had passed down to her from Davies instead of selling them on myself which for some reason really bothered me I do have at least one bag full of outgrown clothes from each child which I could also get up on ebay too – hey maybe I could raise enough cash for a tent 🙂
Took phone calls from Karen and Ali and my Dad during all this (Karen to clarify the cancelling of their trip down south after the Portico party, Ali to say she was standing on the platform awaiting a train and my dad to ask me to text my (29 year old) brother to remind him it is my Mum’s birthday tomorrow!!!)
Ali arrived in the middle of a newly accessible toy rediscovery frenzy which had puzzles and geomags strewn about the place, made some pink bread (a new Ady creation!) peanut butter toast which was largely ignored by all children and left them to get on with it while we had a lovely chat. Talked through a couple of things with Ali which were really nice to unload to someone and reassuring to get perspective and understanding on, gave her the unedited Kessingland stories and heard about her childfree weekend away, lovely couple of hours in hers and Freya’s company as ever 🙂 Kids played really well together. Tarly was adorable, Freya joined in the half naked child trend which exists in our house at all times and generally made herself at home which was lovely and Davies managed all sorts of convoluted games with train tracks and Taz and Tweety soft toys.
Ali left, despite offers of coats, brollies and a lift to the station to brave the rain back to the station and I tried to persuade the kids to eat some honey on fresh baked buttered bread, gave up and fed them coco pops (their choice!) then my Mum turned up closely followed by Ady. She left, Tarly went to sleep and I whizzed off to stock up on food for the week. Came home to find Davies still awake and looking at an Usborne Beginner book on Ancient Egypt, which very coincidentally is the theme for this week’s home ed group. He was saying he was scared of the tombs and masks so I read it all to him, we talked about it and he is now informed, not scared and looking forward to group 🙂
Funniest moment of the day was very possibly when Davies was getting all the little road signs out that go with his brio stuff and asking what the words said. He knew all the letter sounds for ‘STOP’ but didn’t want to attempt blending them to ‘read it’ nice to know he did pretty much have them skills to do so if he could have been bothered to make the effort though 🙂 Anyway, he had this yellow sign with two R’s and a cross and he wanted to know what started with R R. Tarly leapt straight in with ‘Ooh ee, ooh arr arr, ting tang, walla walla bing bang!’ from Witch Doctor which I found utterly hilarious 😀
Tomorrow a mad day already, half made plans to see Ros, friend bringing children round for tea who revealed by email today her and her DH have split up and mum’s birthday so they will be over for dinner in the evening. Don’t expect much in the way of blogs!
somehow I can’t believe that last sentence!
Comment by Sarah — 04 July 2005 @ 11:33 pm
Just the 3 blog entries from you tomorrow then I expect? Don’t worry I’ll buy a small book to fill in my reading time!
I got a bit wet but it didn’t rain for very long while I was actually caught out in it, so dried out on my way too. I’m still mystified as to why I suddenly thought it was sensible to take Tarly’s trousers, which quickly became wetter than the previously-wet nearly dry ones. What was I thinking? D’oh.
Freya was very annoying on way home, much changing of mind about things like coats/buggy/sleepy cat/bag stuff. Grrrrr. See you next Monday.
Comment by Ali — 05 July 2005 @ 12:02 am
I have a 32 yr old brother like that. I’ve been nominated by the others to phone him and give him the ‘do you realise Dad’s just got married’ speech and extract his share of present contribution from him. It’s quite boring and I’m inclined to just leave him to it as he seems happy enough in his oblivion but it seems that I have a duty to take my turn and I can’t stand the nagging I’d get if I don’t nag him 🙁
Glad you had fun at Kessingland. Our finances are always knife-edge, it’s just sooo boring, isn’t it? (and I don’t even *like* shopping!)
Comment by Heather — 05 July 2005 @ 6:58 pm