I’m preparing to become a grandmother; at least, i think that must be what i am doing. I can’t see me using up this supply of exercise books any sooner than that! The website didn’t have quantities on it (duh!) but i sort of assumed i’d get about half as many as i did. Yesterday […]

I can’t remember who i was with when we watched an interview with Keira Knightly and thought it wouldn’t be long before she did a Diana film… and now she has! Or hasn’t, if you believe her.

Last week was really unpleasant. MF was on holiday, PTF had to leave the establishment precipitously and people seem to have started Xmas shopping on Amazon. Added to the special on BeadMerrily of free postage if you spend £35, it was a hectic week and there was only me to do it. I had a […]

My sister’s husband drew these for us at Christmas; we’ve finally got round to framing them and they are up. They really are SO beautiful. Josie. Amelie. Maddy. Fran. A very talented man, i am sure you will agree.

One of my favourite authors is Eva Ibbotson and of her books, Madensky Square is probably my favourite. Always has been. I’ve been avoiding it the last couple of years, unconsciously, but i read it this week. There are 3 or 4 paragraphs that say so clearly how i have felt for the last 2 […]

All 6 of us had a lovely day with friends at the Beans annual themed party. I didn’t take any photos, so you’ll have to do with the costume Maddy made for Chimpbone the Monkey. She kills me 🙂

“Researchers in the US say that they have solved the mystery of why flies are so hard to swat. They think the fly’s ability to dodge being hit is due to its fast acting brain and an ability to plan ahead.” Well, thank you. Is it me, or have we ALL known that for years […]

We’ve just got Josie around during the day this week as the big three have all been busy doing “Oliver!” When you suddenly find yourself only concerned with parenting one little person (and perhaps this is a specially keen feeling when you HE and perhaps spend a lot of time feeling everything needs to be […]

Says it all really. Max has been doing some rather fab bits of Visual Basic with the kids, showing them how to programme a lunar module to land on a moon surface. it uses a booster rocket that you have to tap to stop the mph of the lunar module exceeding 22mph and if you […]

It is a resounding thumbs up for Galore Park here; this is a set of text books created for prep school by teachers sick of the sight of dumbed down National Curriculum tat. From what we’ve used so far, they resemble most closely the books i used in Junior School and the early part of […]