Archives for 2006

Yesterday Max bought Watership Down for the girls; now, leaving aside my “you can’t watch it till you’ve read it” obsessions, this would have been fine. Not so fine is that a) i was pretty sure Fran would bawl for England and b) well.. you’ll see. So this morning we heard them all get up […]

Easing back into the swing of things now, everyone seems to be rising up out of the ashes of illness, thank goodness. Josie would be a whole lot happier if some of her molars would come through, but i guess they will eventually. I do wonder what the evolutionary point of sore gums while teething […]

I’ve had a remarkably quiet day, the children all started playing a variety games early on and pretty much left me alone all day. Maddy and Amelie started off by opening a rollercoaster stand, complete with food stall, money, tickets and a rather alarming number of serious injuries to riders 😆 Still, i saw plenty […]

Feels so much brighter all of a sudden, doesn’t it? We actually had the back door open for a bit today and it made such a difference to feel fresh air around my nose. Today has been a “get set for March” day really, so while i could fake education, there hasn’t been a lot. […]

*Lose 3lbs a month – yep! Be up to date with my tax figures all year – ahem *Do one set of new patterns for the site each month – yep! *DO one worthwhile newsletter a month – yep! *Add up personal finances – yep! Offer more science – oops. Offer more art, both appreciation […]

The girls seem to like Education City. maddy spent a long time on it this morning, then Amelie did, and Fran and i spent ages together on it this afternoon. After the maths wobble of the other week, i want to see if she really did have gaps in what she understood, so i set […]

Hurrah, my sinuses are my own again! Got a shed load of stuff to achieve tonight so i’ll blog todays relatively meaningful achievements now. Fran: spent ages on some English tests, then a handwriting book, then did some new knitting (dolly blanket squares) and then played on EducationCity doing this and that. She seems to […]

Max and i have been unbelievably coldy this weekend, to the point where just doing ANYTHING has felt like ridiculously hard work 🙁 What a waste of a weekend. Still, in the interests of trying to do something, we spent yesterday in the car travelling the wilds of the fens and in doing so, visited […]

Your wise quote is: “Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life” by Leo Buscaglia. Yes, love is indeed what you desire in your life. If you have it or not is another matter, but it is in your eyes the most important feeling. You tend to be a romantic dreamer and […]

This week has been one of the hardest weeks of ordinary mothering-grind that i have done in a long time. It was definitely comparable to being heavily pregnant and reminded me most of the unremitting toughness of being at home with 2 small and relatively boring small people. I never really did enjoy the bit […]