Daily Archives: Mon Apr 11 2005

Look what we did!

It was fun So that was the afternoon – lots of children, adults, newspapers and tape. Worked well I thought, think ppl enjoyed it. And there was playdough for children while adults rolled up paper tubes, so everyone had a … Continue reading

Posted in Getting to know you, Making things, reeling, writhing | 20 Comments

Friendly and helpful.

I did mention this to someone at Jan and Jon’s this weekend. Anyway, aren’t job ads stupid? Quote (from job ad): ” The person must be able to fit into the existing team and so must have a friendly/helpful personality.” … Continue reading

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I’m dead chuffed with this.

Took me and Big a couple of hours yesterday – some experimentation about how best to make the joints and so on, and a fair bit of time with me cutting up bits of straw, but we both had a … Continue reading

Posted in It's life Jim, Making things | 12 Comments

Vote x.

From Bremner, Bird and Fortune. Election slogans I liked: Vote Blair, Get Bush Vote Conservative. It couldn’t be any worse. And in the news…. “A ‘huge drive’ to ensure that no pupil is able to leave school without basic skills … Continue reading

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Family meeting

Tomorrow (ok today now that it’s taken me so long to blog!) would be Big’s first legally required day at school, were she going to school. She isn’t, before you start worrying that I’m about to post her! So today … Continue reading

Posted in Big, how we do it | 7 Comments