Archives for 2006

Good things first – the Melrose stairs, a bit of bad tummy and swollen tonsils have done their work – i’m another 1lb lighter this week. So that makes 11lbs since Christmas Eve now. I’m not sure that anyone could really tell yet, but i can. Plus my husband is practically wasting away; i’m going […]

I’ve just watched someone get arrested for being drunk and disorderly in public. Novel way to spend the early evening 🙄 It was all a bit pitiful really; late middle age couple, bloke clearly alcoholic and not perhaps 100% himself anyway, being pleaded with to leave the NHS Walk-In Centre by 2 policemen, who eventually […]

I’m sitting up and waiting to be able to take my next lot of painkillers for an increasingly gungy throat so i might as well blog. Have been utterly unnerved by something and don’t feel brave enough to take my normal painkillers, so am making do on nurofen. For a few months, i’ve had occasional […]

www.flickr.com I didn’t take a single photo at Melrose this year. However, in a mutually beneficial arrangement (in all other senses other than the fact their camera died) the FamilyFrench took over ownership of my camera for the week and the result is bountiful and beautiful photos of the week. I’ll do a proper update […]

Perfect party for Maddy and SB today. So lovely to see so many friends and they all seemed to have a lot of very high energy, high sugar fun 😆 Maddy was thrilled and is delighted with all her presents; she has packed her new bag with dollies, pens, books and hairstuff and fallen asleep […]

This morning was a blur… Fran was practising skipping, Maddy and i read several more books together, Amelie was playing Cbeebies. We were supposed to get to Tesco but didn’t quite manage it. The afternoon was good, we went to Activity World and there were several new faces there, which was excellent. Maddy was overjoyed […]

Fran is desperate for some “more grown up films” to watch, all of a sudden. I’m at a bit of a loss since there is nothing i remember from childhood really and althoguh i like films of classic books, i’d kind of like her to read the books first. And i can’t stand Rugrats or […]

Something to love about everyone. Max went up and put away the washing. I posted a letter to a government agency before they started threatening me. Fran said “What i love about Josie is how she comes and tells you what has happened and even though she doesn’t tell you in words, you know what […]

Poor Amelie. First i feed her a breakfast cereal covered in milk powder, then i make her eat her lunch before i’ll take her out to buy a long promised present for being so good about not having milky stuff. Now, i was justified in doing so i think, she’s fine about not eating things […]

BBC NEWS | Education | Reading and naughtiness ‘linked’ So let me get this straight; if at the age of under 5, you are not emotionally mature enough to have good pre-reading skills, then going into a classroom environment is not good for you? Oh, and while we are at it, if you aren’t emotionally […]