Guest sn0wdr0p Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 Chesney - I must tell my husband that. I was a little obsessed with the little house books even to the point of reading Laura Ingles Wilder's biography. I don't get away with anything girly now as I have three sons and a husband all obsessed with cars so I am stuck watching Top Gear, Wheeler Dealers and numerous car modifying programmes as well as looking at the three wrecks three classic cars on our drive which are currently being restored - slowly!! Luckily my 14 year old son wants to be a doctor so I do get away with watching Holby City, Casualty, 24 Hours in A&E etc. He even enjoys One Born Every Minute - my 21 year old however almost throws up at the sight of it and can't stay in the room when it is on. Quote
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 I'm reading the thorn birds again! Trying to stay away from devolved paperwork and let my staff have a go. I've started a list of things they should be going each month, anybody already got one or have any ideas? Quote
AnonyMouse_19782 Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 I'm reading the thorn birds again! Trying to stay away from devolved paperwork and let my staff have a go. I've started a list of things they should be going each month, anybody already got one or have any ideas? I've never been that organised Cait! Excellent idea though, but I would say, give them an outline of the types of things that need doing regularly and let them find out for themselves - bit like the children, they will understand it more if they devise it themselves 1 Quote
AnonyMouse_19762 Posted May 28, 2014 Author Posted May 28, 2014 I'm reading the thorn birds again! Trying to stay away from devolved paperwork and let my staff have a go. I've started a list of things they should be going each month, anybody already got one or have any ideas? Thorn Birds - one of my mum's favourite reads! :1b I don't have a list Cait :blink: that is a wonder really as I am a bit of a list queen Weather is still a pile of *** here - am just thinking that perhaps I will do some paperwork............ Quote
AnonyMouse_26037 Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 Weather still rubbish here too although I have a plumber coming to look at my leaking shower later on so that should mean less water inside! My cold is settling on my chest so breathing is becoming an optional extra and I'm acquiring one of those 'seal barking' coughs. My neighbours will be loving me! 1 Quote
AnonyMouse_19762 Posted May 28, 2014 Author Posted May 28, 2014 Weather still rubbish here too although I have a plumber coming to look at my leaking shower later on so that should mean less water inside! My cold is settling on my chest so breathing is becoming an optional extra and I'm acquiring one of those 'seal barking' coughs. My neighbours will be loving me! Sorry you are having such a hard time - get well very soon x 1 Quote
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 Weather still rubbish here too although I have a plumber coming to look at my leaking shower later on so that should mean less water inside! My cold is settling on my chest so breathing is becoming an optional extra and I'm acquiring one of those 'seal barking' coughs. My neighbours will be loving me! Sorry to hear that, mind you don't pull a muscle in your chest coughing like I did last winter - took weeks to heal! Feel better soon 1 Quote
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 I don't have a list Cait :blink: that is a wonder really as I am a bit of a list queen Well there's a job for this afternoon then! What are you waiting for??? Quote
AnonyMouse_26037 Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 Thank you all! I'm mainly just feeling sorry for myself. I tend to specialise in noisy coughs - brings out the nice side of my class though who all rally round with pats on the back and asking "Would you like your water bottle?" Quote
AnonyMouse_19762 Posted May 28, 2014 Author Posted May 28, 2014 Well there's a job for this afternoon then! What are you waiting for??? Hmmmm, er.......no far too busy 1 Quote
AnonyMouse_9650 Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 As the weather here is also a pile of *** (to use a Sunnydayism) I have been being Miss Goody Twoshoes and having written a list been working my way through it. I also (having changed GPs) had a short break to have a "health check". Well what a hoot - I am not tall enough for my weight (note to self need to grow upwards and not outwards and instead of sitting at the computer doing ever more paperwork move more) however my blood pressure and cholesterol are just dandy. Tomorrow I have the treat of a raft of blood tests (that will teach me to change GPs) - whoopee I just can't wait. Like lots of poorly people here the little blighters got me at the end of term and I too have enjoyed a hacking cough, runny nose, sore throat etc. - having passed it on to Mr Soupdragon I am feeling better (much to his annoyance as he is feeling grotty) - that will teach him to mutter the immortal words "I never get anything". Hopefully the weather will cheer up a bit as I am coming close to the end of my to do list - I have even written up the tome that is my annual report and questionnaire :blink: 3 Quote
AnonyMouse_19762 Posted May 31, 2014 Author Posted May 31, 2014 This being not tall enough for your weight is a real b***er - have the same problem myself! So weather has picked up and I have been gardening, gardening and then I did a bit more.......gardening! :1b Slight sense of panic now - it's Saturday evening and there is a fair bit of paperwork to be done - won't take long :blink: Quote
AnonyMouse_26037 Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 I haven't been gardening but I have relished being able to hang the washing outside instead of having it draped all over the house. I was babysitting last night - love it when a 9 and 11 year old both say hopefully "Will you be reading to us tonight?" Today has mostly been spent sorting. I finished school work on Thursday evening so none of that is hanging over me. Today I have created enormous piles of 'stuff' for the bin/charity shop/tip/recycling and an even more enormous pile of stuff to take back to school - I have finally accepted the fact that my ambitious plans to read/plan/re-think the entire nature of EY provision (and music, science, PSHE, Collective Worship, Anti-bullying work) at school are just not going to happen because I have all the related files/books/random bits of paper in my dining room! Sorting is very therapeutic although I have just taken something out to stash in the shed and discovered 2 bags worth of "boxes that are good for junk modelling" that I clearly stashed in there at Christmas (the last time I wanted this to look like a proper house rather than a Blue Peter storage facility) and completely forgot about - they will be going in to school next week. I have also made Eccles cakes for the first time - afraid they've all gone though as I took a tin full round to my babysitting family. I'm happy to make more on request though - they were easy! Quote
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted June 1, 2014 Posted June 1, 2014 Slight sense of panic now - it's Saturday evening and there is a fair bit of paperwork to be done - won't take long :blink: Errr... Sunday afternoon and....... How can it be the end of the holiday already - I was just getting into the swing of it! 4 Quote
AnonyMouse_19762 Posted June 1, 2014 Author Posted June 1, 2014 Errr... Sunday afternoon and....... How can it be the end of the holiday already - I was just getting into the swing of it! I know.........I don't want to go back :blink: most unlike me......... 2 Quote
AnonyMouse_19762 Posted June 1, 2014 Author Posted June 1, 2014 Snap!!! Same here sunnyday.... :( Oh dear........perhaps we will feel better when the time comes - hope so! Quote
AnonyMouse_16365 Posted June 1, 2014 Posted June 1, 2014 Eccles cakes! Yum. Count me in for a batch please, Froglet. I presume virtual cakes are zero calories! 1 Quote
AnonyMouse_26037 Posted June 1, 2014 Posted June 1, 2014 Eccles cakes! Yum. Count me in for a batch please, Froglet. I presume virtual cakes are zero calories! They've got fruit in - must be good for you! 2 Quote
Guest sn0wdr0p Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Really busy in our out of school club last week and with my deputy on holiday and my own children off school as well I was stretched in all directions. Deputy back today so I have taken the day off with my own children who don't go back until tomorrow so we are going to squeeze a weeks worth of fun into one day. Making beetroot and chocolate brownies this morning, out for lunch (hope they don't ask for McDonalds - I have trained them well and they usually go for a deli type option) then off to see Godzilla. We tried a beetroot chocolate cake in a cafe a few months ago and my 14 year old loved it so I have found a recipe on the BBC Good Food website - hope it's a success. Haven't made eccles cakes since my second year at high school and I still have my exercise book with all the recipes in from 39 years ago. Don't think I will ever make the Green Tomato Chutney again which is on the first page. Quote
Guest sn0wdr0p Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Oh my goodness I have made a terrible mistake. Just found out that my 14 year old should have been back at school today. Not sure if I have been duped by him or not. He does seem genuine that he thought he was not going back today - and is not at all happy that I am sending him back after lunch. Youngest son does not go back until tomorrow. Bring back letters from school which I pin to the noticeboard in my kitchen. I personally hate parentmail. Quote
AnonyMouse_26037 Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 We had an INSET day today and luckily no children turned up. I have had my first day back brightened because I've just made the mistake of reading the title of a thread on FSF and opening another and then wondering at the answer. The title I read was: "A big wish re analysis." in the Weavers future development suggestions forum for Tapestry. The thread I opened was the one about summer cooking/baking activities and the post was "milkshakes using fresh fruit?" Now I think Tapestry is great as it is but if it did start producing fresh fruit milkshakes I think I'd buy it just for myself! Do you get different flavours for different aspects that you complete an observation for?! Quote
AnonyMouse_3139 Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 For every one, like me, who really doesnt want to be at work, think of this...Instead of looking at 7 long weeks stretching ahead, look at it as (from today) 34 more Ups! A guy on twitter said it and its making the future look cheerier 1 Quote
AnonyMouse_26037 Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Well, I have 37 more ups but either way it does sound more positive! Quote
AnonyMouse_19762 Posted June 2, 2014 Author Posted June 2, 2014 For every one, like me, who really doesnt want to be at work, think of this...Instead of looking at 7 long weeks stretching ahead, look at it as (from today) 34 more Ups! A guy on twitter said it and its making the future look cheerier 34 - fantastic news - I can manage that :1b Quote
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