Slow day. Should have tidied, but didn’t. Lay on sofa and read. Tried to discuss something of utmost importance with Fran, which resulted in her sobbing uncontrollably at the mere idea 🙁 Did thank you cards (it isn’t just you Kris!) Pondered life a bit. Packed parcels. Didn’t otherwise do anything useful. I do like […]

… and i hadn’t had enough sleep, thanks to sudden onset molars from the Josie Division. Ah well. Other tooth news; Maddy’s brown teeth are not bad, just fluoride damaged/ damaged by illness during pregnancy. The thing is just an ulcer, and healing. She was brilliant at the dentists; leapt on the chair and behaved […]

Possibly one of the all round most enjoyable Portico visits ever. The highlight of the day was a well rehearsed and fabulously performed version of Jack and the Beanstalk – with Violet as narrator, Gwenny as Giant, Ernest and Buttercup as jack and Baby jack, Fran as the harp, Maddy as a golden goose who […]

Portico’s, Puddles and Beans today, all together on what has, i guess, been a fairly significant day in terms of the lives of friends elsewhere on the blogring. I’m glad they were all together today as i think hearing that good friends were returning to school threw them all for a bit of a loop […]

How a 2am finish has meant i’m up at this time i do not know…. 🙄 We spent quite a bit of yesterday just sorting and tidying, thoguh quite a bit of conversational ed happened at the same time, notably a conversation on the making of matches. Can see a topic there, if the moment […]

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

Thanks Sarah 🙂

I think “education” probably ends for January today – we’ve got guests most of the rest of the week, next week is busy and then it will be February. *SHRIEK* The girls are being generally very good about my decree that lots of visitors and holidays means that we basically work fairly hard the rest […]

Despite cake, wine and weekend away – i managed 3lbs off in my second week. It was actually off for most of the week too (i did a few sneaky checks) so i am really proud of myself. That is 1/2 a stone since Xmas eve. 🙂 Should have done this ages ago 🙄

Maddy is very concerned about numbers at the moment “why do numbers just go on and on?” she asks everyone she meets. Clearly “because you can always add on 1” is not cutting the mustard. 🙄 She’s been asking all sorts of strange things this weekend, some quite good stuff, though i can’t rememeber it, […]