Monthly Archives: December 2005

It’s taken much longer than it should have, but I’ve had a little blog layout reorganisation. I’ve also included my first affiliate link, to the lactivist store Please feel free to spend money there Today has not been as pleasurable … Continue reading →

I’ve got a favicon and an improved template. Thanks love. Thought you were going for a bath though? eta question – can I use cooking chocolate in fudge? Or should I get chocolate while I’m going out for the other … Continue reading →

DVDs, radio programmes, tv shows with door bell sounds or phones ringing. Radio ads with sirens in. :rant:

I have on my desk a Royal Mail “Sorry, you were out” card. Time – 11.50, date today. Erm, no. And if you’d knocked on the door or rang the bell, you’d have found that out – we heard the … Continue reading →

but as I barely saw the children today, I can’t really However, I have been doing some very educational research on my own part. You may have noticed that there’s been some talk in the press about an education White … Continue reading →

Zero Dollars a Little Talent and 30 Days – Day 20 – Blog Comments Roll in, New Milk Bank Shirts and Analytics Get Fun By the end of the day, I already had some data showing up in my ClickTracks … Continue reading →

Small slept in til gone 10 this morning. This is a vicious cold bug, I do apologise to anyone we’ve managed to infect with it Anyway, right now I’d like to go out. I think a bit of fresh air … Continue reading →

Some of you have been tootling off to the lactivist haven’t you? You’ve no secrets from me Anyway, now that I’ve cleared that up, what has been happening nearer home? It’s been a quiet day here, mainly due to my … Continue reading →

Not going to work today – don’t think my colleagues would appreciate the glory of this cold. Always good when you ring in sick and actually *sound* ill enough on the phone for them to comment So a quiet day … Continue reading →

From the times The Department for Education and Skills does not entirely agree. It argues that “for the vast majority of pupils the quality and range of teaching and resources available in state schools is far greater than can be … Continue reading →

The cat’s been sick in the dining room I saw a flea last night My browser upgraded and broke itself nothing is going right. I went on holiday with friends last week but still feel I’m out of touch five … Continue reading →

keeps the irritating ivr marketers away.

And I love my Big Small and I retired to bed again today – he fell asleep after a calpol inspired battle at 11.30, and I waited until NHS Direct deigned to ring back so that I could ignore their … Continue reading →

‘Only 100 words’ needed to read According to a Beeb article “England’s strategy for teaching children to read could be overloading them with superfluous words, researchers have suggested.”

This is, a little, different…

Making it to Devon. Making it back from Devon. Not throttling children at any point during above two achievements (although I came really close when we were parked on the M42, I was trying to listen to the traffic report … Continue reading →

Zero Dollars a Little Talent and 30 days – Day 18 – Another Round of Shirt Ideas, Building Credibility in the Community and a Reader Lends a Hand An email came in from Danny Sullivan with some ideas based on … Continue reading →

Small: I don’t know. Wow, a sentence.

crocheted skirt wonder if I could adapt the pattern. Thanks for the link Bryony, will enjoy perusing over there when I’ve a bit more time.

Fully expected to be dragged out of bed at crack of dawn by visiting child, but instead all three of them migrated downstairs and sorted out their own breakfast. Well, I’m assuming someone did Small’s for him, but they all … Continue reading →