I’m back up, having already had the nightly nightmare which means i’ll be up until about 2.30am trying to shake it off. Sigh. Brain transplant anyone? Mine’s free to a good home, or even not that good a home actually, i think it would be better off in someone with slightly less tendency to think. […]

… the minute i say i’m laying off education AND guilt for a few weeks, they all go and get industrious, which is great, though it makes me feel simultaneous irrelevant AND out of touch 😉 Fran has finally (i think this really IS finally) learned the art of reading for pleasure and knowledge. Her […]

My Geomag Dalek and Maddy’s Hama Bead TARDIS.

… but we didn’t let her read the manual first. It’s only right to try it out before we even get out of bed 🙂 I think i’ve got a lot to learn but we had such a nice morning of people posing, that posting the results was irresistable.

Looking back over the last few days through photograph albums that Gran kept reminds me of what a long life she enjoyed and my time with her was relatively short. It’s hard for me to imagine what she was like as a child, as a teenager or as a young adult or how the devastating […]

Last week has passed in a definite blur. Let’s think…. Educationally things mainly seem to revolve around art, Singapore maths and independant reading at the moment, with a large side order of Doctor Who and Swallows and Amazons. Doctor Who brings on lots of interesting conversations, both scientific and moral, nevermind a bit of history. […]

Some good, some not so good. Thursday we went to the park; this shouldn’t be a big deal, but over the last year i’ve found it really hard to go out of the house without adult backup. This is as pathetic as it sounds, it comes down entirely to the fact that i need total […]

Now, this looks like a proper animal.

Hama Bead Press System at BeadMerrily 4 years it’s taken me to get them to let me have this 🙄

… i will never, never, never remember it all… ooooh, ooh, ooh, oooooh…… A week. No chance. Right. Last Wednesday was our Wedding Anniversary, our 9th and certainly the toughest year we’ve done. Kate came and babysat, did french plaiting and read stories and Max and i had a couple of hours out. Must do […]