Welcome to December Daily; my favourite project of the year. Day 21 was all about the school's Christmas Concert and lunch out to mark the start of the Christmas holidays.Day 22 was all about the Panto at the Palladium.Day 23 was all about a quick visit (and present swap) with Cachirulo and Los Pequeños.Day 24 … Continue reading December Daily | Days 21-25
Welcome to December Daily; my favourite project of the year. Day 11 was all about Christmas Shopping with The Brainy One.Day 12 was all about a pre-Christmas lunch with two of my girlfriends.Day 13 was all about the purchase of the legendary double issue of the Radio Times.Day 14 was all about Christmas Jumper day … Continue reading December Daily 2018 | Days 11-15
Welcome to December Daily; my favourite project of the year. Day 6 was about donating toiletries, socks and gloves via the school to our local homeless shelter.Day 7 was about a fun evening at the school's Christmas Disco.Day 8 was about a superb day in the Cotswolds with my Goddaughter and her family. I wanted … Continue reading December Daily 2018 | Days 6-10
Supporting a friend who is going through a difficult time. A pot of tea always helps. Thinking about Christmas. Reading Wonder by RJ Palacio. Watching the new series of Outlander on Amazon Prime. Realising that good health is not guaranteed. Making not as many scrapbook pages as I might like. Listening to Stephen Fry read … Continue reading Right Now …
This month, I've been using my crafting time to fill in any blanks in our 2018 album and in The Boy Child's album. There was a title page for the second 2018 album (we average 2 albums per year plus one for that year's travels. I'm not joking when I say that we are running … Continue reading Scrapping in 2018 #14
In late October, The Brainy One was working in Holland and we agreed that The Boy Child and I would fly out to meet him in Amsterdam the weekend half-term began.We were fortunate with the weather; it was mostly clear and bright, apart from our last morning, although there was a noticeable drop in temperature … Continue reading Amsterdam
October has been and gone in a blur of crisp and clear days, sunshine and chilly evenings. Let's see how the numbers look:15 pieces of Happy Mail sent. One black eye (and a whole host of other bumps and bruises). 330 lengths in the pool at the gym. £8.80 won on the Euros ... not … Continue reading Month in Numbers | October 2018
The Boy Child had a reasonable amount of homework set over the half-term break (why do schools do that?) and tucked away in the middle of what was required was the instruction to keep a daily diary … Something that was right up my street, um, his street ...Do you think his teacher … Continue reading Dear Diary
When I said last month that The Boy Child had joined a school where I hoped he could shine, I didn't expect it to happen so soon.The week before half-term, I arrived at school for a 'parents welcome' assembly to discover that yes, The Boy Child was indeed singing. But what he forgot to mention … Continue reading Letting Him Shine
The Boy Child has a set of 6x8 albums recording his school days and I have just begun volume 3 (there's an album for each school). The greatest change for him, aside from leaving mainstream education, is that he (we) goes (go) to school on a London bus. And that definitely needs to be included … Continue reading Scrapping in 2018 #13
