Just about a year ago i set up a more private blog just to use for rants that didn’t seem wholy appropriate to a blog on an HE ring; i didn’t use it for ages and ages, then it came into its own when we were debating moving, so i could rant about house buying […]

Maddy and Fran were fab in their show; Maddy was absolutely fantastic, so at home performing and (IMHO) the best in it. Her teachers were chuffed to bit with her and i positively glowed to see her. Pictures for friends and family on flickr, as they have other peoples kids in them, but unfortunately i […]

I just had my busiest weekend EVER – 27 orders from beginning to end, all decent sizes (WHY did i not sell jars of beads before?) and 6 big enough to require a courier. Wet summer suits me! I’ve just finished, having packed intermittently all weekend – thank goodness the children are being self-sufficient today […]

1) ONE HOMESCHOOLING BOOK YOU HAVE ENJOYED Yeeek… it has been ages…. always liked One to One though, very comforting in the early days 🙂 2) ONE RESOURCE YOU WOULDN’T BE WITHOUT Oh goodness… the internet! (And The Book People…) 3) ONE RESOURCE YOU WISH YOU HAD NEVER BOUGHT Some of the official Montessori equipment, […]

I’ve been mum-the-taxi this week; F and M have had swimming lessons at 8.30, A at 9 and then F and M have had to be at their musical theatre rehearsals from 10-3 so there has been a fair bit of rushing in and out and when you add BM being extremely busy into that […]

… are completely s*dding pointless. Remember i did these splash courses so that hopefully they’d all end up in Level 2 together? Guess what… One in level 1, one in level 2 and one in level 3. 🙄 Well of course 😆

Because clearly a fundamental communication error is occuring, otherwise how would my children translate “please put the clothes you don’t need into a pile in the hall so i can take them upstairs” into “please kick my clean washing across the kitchen floor and liberally sprinkle it across the hallway where we can all walk […]

This morning we had to be in the pool (well, F and M did) by 8.30. We made it, we were early, i think that we were little short of the choir of angels singing the hallelujah chorus as we got there, not shrieking, not running, not late, not at each others throats, not having […]

Thursday morning i parcelled early then we headed off to Claire’s for a day of playing with Charlie and lovely toys. Midway through the day i got THE TEXT to say my new niece was on her way, so i was mildly distracted, but as usual i managed to come away from seeing Claire having […]