Christmas 2008

It has been quite different this year. We went to the in-laws for Christmas, which is a first for me (not my husband of course) in the past we have always been just after Christmas as close as boxing day but never actually Christmas day. We spent a lovely Christmas Eve with a group of [...]



Christmas Holidays

The long awaited Christmas holidays are finally here. I have been limping* towards them with a grim determination that, in the last couple of days, has invovled violent and painful coughing. But at least I wasn’t generating cover for anyone else.
Almost as soon as I walked through the door at the end of the day [...]



Bah Humbug

I know it isn’t just me but the kids are driving me crazy at the moment. I am tired, they are tired it doesn’t make for a happy combination. It may have been a little cruel to one class that when I asked them if we had done the Christmas quiz last year and they [...]



One week until holidays – hurrah

There is one week to go until the end of term. I am very happy about that, but secretly a bit peeved because on the last day of term, when we finish early, I miss two free lessons. This means I am not gaining as much as I could be, if for example it was [...]



Widgets

I have added a couple of widgets into my sidebar, one of which is a calendar showing latest posts. The trouble with this is that it makes it really obvious I am a slacker.
The other one is a search bar, but it doesn’t have a heading or anything like that. So if you see an [...]



Deanery Synod

I didn’t go to Deanery Synod yesterday. There were a number of reasons for this, none of them really very good.
There were already two other people from Church going
I had a busy weekend
I have a busy week
I wouldn’t get to the meeting on time
There were already two other people from Church going (I know I’ve [...]



Christmas present shopping

We went to do some at the weekend. I don’t suppose buying a pair of purple shoes for me counts does it?