Well…

Posted on December 10, 2005 by | 2 comments

Not sure if I’m going to write a huge amount! We had a great week in Okehampton – thanks Sarah for arranging it. Got to chill and chat with people i just don’t see enough. Slightly more tricky due to broken arm, but hey, amongst friends!

Highlights: has to be BB walking! SB picking up with her friends with great ease. Pennywell. Good food and drink. SB hugely excited to meet Father Christmas.

Lowlights: broken arm. long painful journey, SB being sick!

Credit due: Sarah – for alsorts. Alison and Sarah for being commis chefs, and Jax for being my sous chef for the curry! Ady – for lots of things! Kirsty for remembering my books – thankyou. [that map one is really good!] ‘Tilda for her creche idea!

home-ed moments: well apart from the socialisation, drama re-enactments, story telling, crafts etc, I have enjoyed SB’s determination to count to 100 [can get to 59 now], and managing to write I luv uu [sic] in a card for me.

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More home comings

Posted on December 9, 2005 by | 5 comments

Been away in Okehampton with some other HE friends, just releaxing after the journey home, which was rather more tedious than the outward one. We left a bit later for homeward journey and hit the busier roads at the homeward end. In particular road works + heavy evening traffic = long queues which meant the last 30-40 miles took about an hour longer than it should have.

We had a great time, maybe blog bit more later, big highlight of the week though was Butterbean really getting a grasp of walking and showing it off to all and sundry, time to find the camera and upload the piccies and sort out some dinner. Stringbean slept in the last bit of the journey so don’t expect an early night

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calming down

Posted on December 4, 2005 by | 1 comment

chris much better. i’m not, but really expected!
we are hoping to set off tomorrow – and i have packed [very slowly!] the clothes.
will text if we don’t.
i have loads of ebay bids on dressing up clothes, and will see if i have won any on return – chris laughingly thinks i will win the lot, but not wiht my max bid!! prob none.
BB well and jolly, and SB hasn’t caught anything

Actually done a fair bit of home ed stuff – lots of reading, story books, books on engines – plus ad hoc experimenting!] Hama beads, mental maths. lots of role play, sindy playing, lego playing. Some christmas cards – not too glittery actually!

Mistakenly looked at finances after an im with Jax – so back into depressed mode! But decided to ignore until after Xmas, and just be prudent until then – apart from an increase [dramatic] in the alcohol budget.

We unfortunately missed SB’s last stagecoach show, as I broke my arm the week before, we weren’t told, hadn’t been the week before that as Nic visiting, so this week she was taken by grandparents, who stayed to watch it. I’m less upset than I thought I would be – prob because the grand scheme of things problems are a bit large at the moment. SB did us at least 6 ballet shows to make up!

BB a treasure also, very happy laughing and cruising around. [shouting!] only the odd unaided step though. May bring her walker toy with us. Sh’es got great dimples.

Looking forward to seeing everyone.

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thanks sarah

Posted on December 4, 2005 by | Leave a comment

I’m ‘Any way the wind blows’!


Which Line from Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody Are You?

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And there was light

Posted on December 2, 2005 by | 5 comments

[sung in full 'Creation' mode]

c’mon Merry, where is ‘our house is part of the village lights’ badge? Its not particularly tasteless, and went on last noght – or are you planning to come round for the evening to inspect?

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SECOND CALVALRY CALL

Posted on December 1, 2005 by | 9 comments

Chris’s parents now with us, as Chris has had a relapse and can barely move. Will get doctor out tomorrow if not moving, as this really has been going on for a long time. Probably still flu/viral, but even so….

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quiet

Posted on December 1, 2005 by | 4 comments

well nearly, sb at nursery.
parents gone home as dad has exam – help!
BB and I went to docs – she has a chest infection and on antibiotics. I was listening to her wheeze and ruttle all last night so knew not good.
i have been told off for excess use of arm – just tell me how not too with 2 children, one of whom is 1 and ill, and just wants to bf, refusing all food and bottles?? I know i have too, our livelihood depends on my arms!
Chris is still ill. my patience has gone, though not his fault, just cos I have none left. Will send him back to docs i think.
may not make our holiday next week so *really* pissed off.

Anyway HUGE thanks to my parents for enabling us to survive thus far, and also to SB, who has tried her best to be a star. She is only 4, and needs Mummy and Daddy attention too.

Me and my officemate [who has had a bad year] are going to have a hippy cleansing of our office at the new year to welcome in more positive vibes – go on you lot, how shall we do it?

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Down but not out

Posted on November 30, 2005 by | 3 comments

l feel issue ridden, but not a good time.
BB still dread-ful with purulent eyes.
-*also helping me to typ++e ++++++++a+t th+e- moment – mainly the plus sign, you will have noticed.
lots of sleeping and milk.

SB did 4 pages explode the code with nanny, lots of sindy playing. drove me wild with her bouncing on the spacehopper – only suppose to be done in corridor, but knocked my arm. bowled bb over and final straw my much needed cup of tea. and with it my patience,
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [bb again]
cue totalmayhem and appaling cheekiness and strops. finally settled with sitting beside me quietly for 3 mins, doing an errand [getting bb's cardi], a hug and some tears. she was an angel for the resr of the day. odd. need to get this under control, as cheekiness horrid.

lots of book reading [mostly reading books, included ulysses, a+--nd caught mum to giggle at goriness. She learnt it in latin!], lego and the spent over an hour on a maths cdrom dad brought. we aLso did come german

dad nearly finished pink bedroom, and chris has managed to help a bit.

my arm killing me, if anything worse as had to keep BB ok, as unwell she is not into mummy substitutes.
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Go away, go away, go away

Posted on November 30, 2005 by | 8 comments

Just go away lurgy, I have had enough , I I want to get on with life. It going , but not quick enough :-( :-( :-(

I just want to fall asleep and it all be gone, but ervery morning it isn’t. Annoying little b*****s. And of course so does helen, whos patience will be running thing

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Some ed achieved

Posted on November 29, 2005 by | Leave a comment

yesterday we did a hama spiral glaxay [rofl], some addition and takeaway with beads, and read many books including the buddhist tales from barefoot.

Today we did 4 pages explode the code, 4 pages singapore maths, making letters with maxi hama, christmas cards – stamps and sitckers – for the early HE list. A sudoku grid. Nanny took her to the park to wear her out [failure]

BB has dreadful conjunctivitis, but is trying to be a gorgeous smily star anyway. She got to push the dollies pushchair today – what a big girl! A few single steps, and finally got the swapping hand on hidden thing gag!

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