We're doing a challenge badge called Do You Want To Build a Snowman? (and yes it is inspired by that film) at Rainbows this week and next week and one of the activities we're doing tonight is Ice Hands so the freezer at work is currently full of frozen gloves with beads, ribbons, foam shapes and glitter suspended in the ice *G* The girls are going ( Read more... )

Whilst trying to sort my room ready for decorating (the carpet is being torn up two weeks today exactly...) I've been listening to the absolutely wonderful recordings of The Screwtape Letters by Andy Serkis (and assorted others). It's been quite a while since I last read the book and although certain passages are still very familiar to me others I' ( Read more... )

We have been (whisper it very quietly) throwing things away at work this morning! We have one of those cellars that is full to the brim with stuff that nobody knows is there but because you can't stand up straight in most of it nobody ever spends time sorting it out so we have a cunning new plan involving doing just 15 minutes tidying each week and ( Read more... )

So presumably by now Mark Cavendish and Peta Todd are Mr & Mrs ( Read more... )