Monthly Archives: March 2005

Grrr

Would someone explain to me how being self-employed, so I no longer have to commute to an office 4 days a week at peak time, means my car insurance premiums go up??? Rip off Britain comes home to roost.

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the weather

isn’t playing. Despite a forecast for dry and warmish, it’s wet and coldish. I’d wrap them up and chuck them out anyway, but Small is hacking away like a good ‘un, so it doesn’t seem like a good plan. Big … Continue reading

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The Art Of Conversation Is Not Dead

Me: What do you have planned for tomorrow? Her: I’ve blogged.

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Another day, another unit

So now I know about classes, interfaces, methods and garbage collection. Theoretically speaking anyway. I’m finding it very hard going, this learning lark – I’m used to learning languages either in a classroom, in which case I go much faster … Continue reading

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5 corners in a square.

In my latest crochet square. Sigh. Guess that two hour nap didn’t do very much to clear my head then.

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I need….

….to turn this machine off! Difficult when my work is on here, my social life is on here, and now my studying is on here too However, it must be done. See you all later – if I don’t turn … Continue reading

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Drat, this is Saturday’s post…

I seem to be permanently a day behind! Let’s see, we’ve had a really lazy day. Feeling a bit rough myself, and sky’s really grey, so pjs were the order of the day, and taking it easy. Lots of imaginative … Continue reading

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Realised I forgot

to post a welcome to Ali, our latest blogring recruit. Sorry Ali, and welcome!

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An unpleasant surprise

but could have been worse, could have cost me £116 to find out. Looks like my nice online training course doesn’t cover more than 1/3 of the material I need for the test I’m supposed to be sitting on Tues. … Continue reading

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DfES guidelines

I’ve just sent this to my local list, and thought I’d share with you lot too: Can I just make ppl aware that the consultation period for the new LEA guidelines from DfES is now underway. There is a dedicated … Continue reading

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Hesfes ticket, plans and Set.

has arrived, and is now safely stashed in my expanding file thing. So when I’m running round like a headless chicken trying to find it, you can all remind me where it is Plan for the day maths and english … Continue reading

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Spots update for Sarah

they’ve gone. I think they must have been little scratches – there are a couple of red marks in the area I saw the spots last night, and no more spots. So back down from full alert to watchfulness again. … Continue reading

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Wonder if making a list

would work as well for me as it does for various other ppl? Wouldn’t have thought so, think I’ll just end up feeling guilty I haven’t achieved everything on it. Managed our reading yesterday (as already blogged) but maths was … Continue reading

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New blogring members.

I don’t know, you don’t get any for ages, then two come at once! A warm welcome to Ilana and Tammy

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Reading update

Big has finished her first proper reading book. We were going for a page a day, and started it, um, a few days ago edited to add, checked back, was only Friday!, but today we got to a stretch where … Continue reading

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Dinner by candlelight

and requests for hothousing. It was an odd day yesterday. Um, struggling to remember much of it – the drawback of regular blogging I think, as usually I don’t have to apply my memory, I can just read back. Do … Continue reading

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Hairdo of the week

From Björk.   Some other gems:- Briton to write Peter Pan sequel. It will presumably be called Peter Pan 2: Revenge of the Crocodile.   ECU: Elite Combat Unicycle   Eastern Active Technologies Where Your Last Mile Is Your Lightest … Continue reading

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Mummy, I’ve got something to tell you.

Pause. Serious expression. “Last time you came to sleep in my bedroom, you snored.” !!

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Let battle commence!

Have finally spent some time out in my garden Dug out nearly a third of last years sad and sorry vegetable patch, and hacked out most of the brambles that have grown back over the ridiculous hump. Started to remove … Continue reading

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The good, the bad and the downright ugly.

Good: Primary geography sparking off map activity this morning, lots of jigsaw activity for both of them, including the 20 Word Puzzles that we’ve had for ages (that’ll be a reading activity then), cooking tea together. Getting an hour on … Continue reading

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