Monthly Archives: June 2007

This week and next I’m on the evening shift, due to a gap opening up suddenly in our coverage. This means I’m not seeing the children very much – I stopped at a friends on Monday night and didn’t come … Continue reading →

About an hour and a half ago… The last time I really lost my keys, Tim had absent-mindedly hung them on the hook near the back door. (I say really as opposed to all the times I can’t quite locate … Continue reading →

of a useless website. “Form could not be processed due to the following errors: * Invalid referer: ‘www.kirkleesactive.co.uk’. ” Hm. And what was I trying to send them? “I can’t find the standard opening hours for swimming at Hudds on … Continue reading →

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and a long week since posting. Properly, anyway So is there anything to recap? I’ve had days with the children Mon and Fri – Mon I was supposed to go in to the office for the evening but I was … Continue reading →

I spent yesterday collecting Lily, my eldest, from university in London and delivering her home to Halifax. Three hours drive down the M1 to East London. An hour and a half going up and down four flights of stairs with … Continue reading →

Yes, we appear to be getting spam posts. No, I can’t tell how it is happening. Yes, I’ve upgraded to the latest stable version of wordpress. No it doesn’t appear to be solving the issue. Yes, I’ve mailed wordpress security … Continue reading →

Welcome to Claire, raising the next generation I rather think I put another couple of ppl on recently without doing intros, so do feel free to trip around the ring and say hello to the newcomers!

I had Egg on the phone earlier, some automated system that wanted to query some transactions that had made against our card. When I keyed in that I didn’t recognise one, it cut me off It then took some time … Continue reading →

recently, thelactivist pointed me towards this story of an asylum seeking mother separated from her breastfed newborn. A Home Office spokeswoman denied that guidance had not been followed or that Ms Maseko had been refused help at Yarl’s Wood. But … Continue reading →

It was Small’s party day, as no doubt you’ve gathered by now Big and I tootled up to the school early to make food and set up, and Ailsa’s two daughters were there, and got stuck right in with us. … Continue reading →

Montessori Walk The Party Some pics from Small’s 4th birthday party today. We all had a lovely day – it was a super setting for the party, the (Montessori) school is simply a nice place to be, on the banks … Continue reading →

Education or school? If you put it that way, it sounds hugely contentious, yet ppl use the terms home education and home schooling interchangeably without really blinking. School to me means structure, desks, sitting in rows, waiting to be recognised. … Continue reading →

I am glad to hear that the rumours of Doctor Who’s death have been exaggerated. Also, I must admit I am looking forward to more of the Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood is ok, but I really wouldn’t miss it much. … Continue reading →