Archives for 2006

… exactly 32, according to text from my mum to mark the minute. I think i see where i get my character traits from…. 😉 Apparently, it wasn’t till it was almost dark at 4pm, that anyone told her who i was and that i was okay 🙁 Thanks for all the B’day wishes!

BBC NEWS | Business | HSBC sees bird flu hitting staff Of all the tabloidy headlines – the story isn’t really even remotely what the headline says!

We have terrible trouble with their names!!!!! 😉 In accordance with resolutions, we added science into the year 🙂 Or more precisely, Tammy did. She set up a series of impressive experiments on air, which i’ll go back and blog properly later, but right now i have about a billion bits of paper on my […]

A School Bullying Policy Wherever possible we will use the “No Blame” Approach Step one: Interview the victim and explain what will happen. Ask for a poem/writing/picture that can explain their feelings; This should be within a day, if possible. Ask for names of supportive friends. Step two: Convene a meeting of the Helpful group […]

Of one sort and another 🙂 Max and i had our first weigh in this morning, on our self-imposed healthy eating lark. I lost 2lbs in a week, added to the 2lbs i lost between Xmas and New Year. So i am completely thrilled with myself 🙂 It has made such a difference to have […]

Boot One Boot Two Boot Three Boot Four Boot Five Boot Six Okay… none of these actually make me snort (and in fact i like one or more of them) , not in the way the ones that annoyed me did anyway… but they are all size 13, so in effect all intended to be […]

Done – and in profit for my first year of trading, in black and white on that there excel sheet. Phew! Now i just need to fill in that form and post it and the job is, as they say, a good’un. *Must be more organised in future!*

Scraping the title barrel these days 😆 Today has ended a generally pleasant “getting back to it” week. I feel much more upbeat about things now that i have Amelie properly back. I feel like i can start to get some sort of rhythm back into the day now, which is a massive relief. i […]

Or perhaps it is just a little out of my league… I’m hunting unsuccessfully for oil pastel tutorials, not wanting to buy more books because i am being frugal and thinknig that this OUGHT to be freely available formart enthusiasts on the net. Sure it would have been a few years ago. It is sort […]

Today was the first day back to nursery for Amelie – at about midday i suggested it, she looked doleful and i finally decided that spending half the morning persuading her to do something she half wants and i don’t want is really, really silly. So i phoned up and withdrew her. Phew. There, i […]