Work for me this morning. Lots of squeeeeing from work colleagues as they learnt we have tenants lined up and I have handed my notice in. I put a poster in the staff room for a leaving meal so we’ll see just how genuine their affection is 😉
I had a nice morning, with 2.5 hours on the enquiry desk which is pretty much my favourite place to be as you get to sit down and have internet access and people come and ask you interesting questions. Today I was asked 6 times whether our library was at risk of closure. I am so pleased to see that the various coverage of library closures around the country have sunk in, particularly the very clever taking all the books out protests in various places. I was very proud to be part of and to demonstrate to Davies and Scarlett the thought out, peaceful, non violent forms of protest we took part in during the months following the Badman report as Home Educators. Being a part of the mass lobby, the mass petition of parliament, banner wearing, bubble blowing, mass picnics etc were all in line with how I think our voices should be heard, in rather stark contrast to some other protests I’ve seen recently… Hopefully some of the very clever initiatives to protest about library closures will have an impact and raise awareness, they certainly seem to have done so locally.
Home for lunch and I found Ady doing sterling work clearing the garage having done one dump run and brought everything out of the garage. Davies and Scarlett were playing in the garden. We all came in for lunch, I listed a couple of things on freecycle and then we did 3 runs to the tip. We all felt bad about taking things there that if we’d not stored in our very leaky garage for years might have been useful for someone else – water damaged tables and chairs and some other furniture.
We came home on the final run via the hospital so I could finally return my crutches from my broken ankle last summer, Halfords to return the spark plugs as my car seems to be running okay so it makes sense to have the money back for now and maybe replace them when we come home and Sainsburys for some veg for dinner.
The kids had some more time in the garden, Ady lit the smoker to burn a load of confidential paperwork while I lit the fire and checked emails. The others came in and Davies & Ady watched Pirates of the Carribean while Tarly and I cooked dinner for her and Davies, played a couple of rounds of PvZ and then I had a bath while they ate tea which she got in with me having finished eating with Ady and Davies watched the end of the film.
We forgot Bad, Good, Learnt today so I had to get them both back out of bed to do that 🙂
Ady:
Bad: Threw stuff into landfill which could have been useful if we’d thought about it before
Good: Garage cleared
Learnt: HSBC stands for Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation
Davies:
Bad: Took stuff to the tip & the tip makes me feel sad
Good: Finally got to watch Pirates of the Carribean with Daddy
Learnt: If being chased by a bear your last resort would be to make yourself look as big as possible & make lots of noise
Scarlett:
Bad: Saw a bit of Pirates of the Carribean which was scary and I might have a nightmare tonight
Good: Bath with Mumma
Learnt: People throw things like soft toys away with care at the tip
Nic:
Bad: choice in Sainsburys for on offer vegetables made me take ones in plastic bags
Good: My car started and is running really well
Learnt: Peaceful, well thought out protests do work.
I cooked dinner, we tried and failed to watch The Comedy Awards and I’m now wussing and falling asleep over my laptop.
At our old tip, there was a huge mound (of hardcore or something, I don’t know) which was where the tipmen put all the soft toys, all over the sides, and always with a big teddy on top. Nothing so romantic at our new award-winning recycling centre 😉
Comment by Alison — 22 January 2011 @ 11:18 pm