Me: Make sure you put some nice warm socks on ( Read more... )

Life is just incredibly simple with only one 11 year old child in the house! (Not that I'm not missing the other two though, because I really am. They're back tomorrow afternoon - but then Two is going away for the weekend with his youth group and One is away with Tim on Saturday/Sunday, so I will have basically swapped an 11 year old girl for a 6 ( Read more... )

I've spent the day getting organised and packing, because we are off to the wilds of Scotland with nicolap and family tomorrow ( Read more... )

I loved my school placement today - and almost know all the children's names in the class I'm working in now. I was so worried I'd never know who they all were but it has happened more easily than I was expecting. Phew! Also I decided to order myself a school dinner today, seeing as I didn't have enough food in the house to make my usual pasta ( Read more... )

Last night went a bit pear shaped after I chucked my plate of takeaway all over the floor before I'd even eaten one bite (accidentally I hasten to add!). Eventually had a hot bath and took myself off to bed with a cup of tea and The West Wing on the kids' portable dvd player ( Read more... )

*Looks tentatively at internet which seems to have been solidly fine for the last hour and a half ( Read more... )

I was about to go to bed and then remembered I hadn't posted here today yet! So far this year I've managed a post a day, I'm hoping to complete January at least ( Read more... )

The fridge being my house! *g ( Read more... )

The apple crumble was delicious. I added cinnamon to the apple, and ginger and nutmeg to the crumble mixture. Having been in the house since we got in from school, I didn't really appreciate, until I'd nipped outside to use the loo (yes we have an indoor one but it's much quicker to nip to the outside one than to traipse all the way up the stairs ( Read more... )

Pouring rain is now pouring snow. Not settling of course as the ground is soaking, but much prettier to look at out of the window!

Pointless bickering level among the elder children is set to 'High' today. Meh.

Time for another cup of tea...