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Monthly Archives: August 2007
It’s not every day when a former Cabinet member drops in unannounced for a cup of coffee
Fri Aug 31 2007 – 21:48
Sisters
Thu Aug 30 2007 – 19:37
of which I have three, and we managed to meet up with two yesterday.
We hadn’t seen the youngest one for so long that Small didn’t recognise his cousins. L is 6 months older than him and starts school full time next week, and O is 10, going up to middle school this time. Apparently [...]
Animal Farm, Teletubbies and Boating
Wed Aug 29 2007 – 22:07
Tuesday, left Jax behind this time, and took three children out for the day.
Collected Lily from Halifax and set off for St Leonard’s Farm (former setting for Emmerdale apparently).
Fair collection of animals, for petting, poking and feeding, derelict ride on toys, a playground and an aerial runway. An overpriced cafe serving second rate food. All [...]
Busy day
Tue Aug 28 2007 – 14:53
Tim took the kids out early this morning. I hope they didn’t get stuck on the M1 – listening to the radio later it sounded horrific. I’d hoped to be able to go back to sleep after they left, but having to referee just one more fight while Tim packed stuff into the car [...]
Return To Roche Abbey
Mon Aug 27 2007 – 16:25
Roche Abbey is one of the children’s favourites. Pooh sticks, hide and seek and general running around being the order of the day.
Unfortunately, Big was feeling a bit…
while Jax was feeling a bit….
But it had its moments anyway.
Memories
Mon Aug 27 2007 – 9:51
I’m going through paperwork, trying to work out our finances. In order to do this, I decided to clear out the expanding file that’s been taking up space on top of the dresser in the dining room. I found a printed out email, dated 28 Jun 2001.
Text is:
Sorry, mad day as usual!!!
Address.
Directions.
Phone number.
See you [...]
Good news for all you folks in Sheffield, Hull and Glouester
Sun Aug 26 2007 – 17:41
A £20bn new Thames barrier could be built to prevent potentially disastrous flooding in London. That is about three hundred quid for each person in the country.
I think London looks rather pretty this way and at least it would finally stop those irritating demonstrators in Parliament Square.
Where are the children?
Sun Aug 26 2007 – 17:38
Continued yesterday with a walk out with the offspring to look for blackberries, while Tim went out to shop. We walked through the large (mainly ex-council) estate behind our house, and didn’t see any children playing in gardens, or on the road. Then we walked down through the woods and along a path [...]
Quiet week on the blog
Sat Aug 25 2007 – 15:25
as I’ve been at work. Tim’s been out and about with the children, but sadly remiss in blogging about it (hint, hint). But now I’m off work for another week, so I’ve time to chat again
Today I’ve tried to start getting organised. I’ve done nothing in terms of household finances [...]
One of a kind
Mon Aug 20 2007 – 16:44
“Daddy, what is Coca Cola®?”
Can’t be many seven year olds who need to ask that one.
She is now on the computer surfing the Lego site. She likes the Eiffel Tower (lots of pocket money) and is complaining that the flash movies are taking too long to load. I have told her I will get [...]
Finished.
Thu Aug 16 2007 – 20:59
That’s a big thumbs up from Big on her first Rumer Godden, Tottie: The story of a doll’s house. She’s come down for another book from the offthepath stash, and chosen Beezus and Ramona. I’m really glad that she’s suddenly enjoying reading so much
I’ve found work really tiring this week, and [...]
Fascinating reading.
Wed Aug 15 2007 – 20:18
I did a google search for montessori secondary education, and found some fascinating articles. I particularly enjoyed this one about a group of teachers from UK making an exploratory trip to the Netherlands to see how they do it over there. Reading it aloud improves it immeasureably
I’d quite like to read [...]
slowly, slowly…
Tue Aug 14 2007 – 22:03
to work, and slowly slowly back. Accident being recovered on the southbound side of M1 within roadworks this morning was obviously far more interesting than actually driving northwards, and tonight southbound was blocked by another accident further north. So plenty of time ruminating in a stationary car, lovely.
Very very odd to be back [...]
Survivors
Tue Aug 14 2007 – 19:07
Over the last week or so Jax and I have been watching Survivors.
"Survivors is an outstanding 38 episode drama series with a cult following that first aired between 1975 and 1977… the series concerns the aftermath of a plague which had wiped out over 99% of the world's population and the experiences of a [...]
Energy Saving
Tue Aug 14 2007 – 9:10
I saw an article at The Register about Energy Buster .
I must say at first reading it seemed like a fantastic idea to be able to terminate all the stuff around the house which is on standby, but the more I thought about it, it seemed to me that we would need quite a few [...]
First day back
Mon Aug 13 2007 – 22:25
well, kind of. First day working anyway. Managed to drag myself out of bed when the alarm went off at 8, and was working by 8.13. Only having to go to the next room may have had something to do with that Spent the first three and a half [...]
Not a normal lie in
Sun Aug 12 2007 – 21:23
After I went out to sleep in the tent last night, I had a very broken night’s sleep. It rained about 3 ish, then Big woke up just after 6, slightly disgruntled as Small had, in the night, crept off his mattress and under the divider into her room. So I dragged him [...]
A new phase
Sat Aug 11 2007 – 23:38
Small has entered a new phase of learning – I’ve spent the whole day answering “why” questions. I’m hoping this won’t take desperately long to pass, he’s very inventive in his curiousity. Why are they called windows, anyway?
Yesterday we finally got around to putting the big tent out to air. Today we [...]
no, really?
Fri Aug 10 2007 – 20:13
Many schools spend too long drilling children to pass national tests instead of giving them a proper education, the government’s exams watchdog has warned.
bbc
Wonder when all those nice inspectors will be calling on those children’s parents then?
Further down the article:
Schools minister Lord Adonis said: “Despite some popular misconceptions, children do not spend their days [...]
Letters Home
Fri Aug 10 2007 – 13:02
Letters Home is a series of half our programmes on Radio 4 at 9.30am in which immigrants offer their impressions of Britain.
I bumped in to one the other week and found it fascinating, and have just read the feature about this today’s From Manchester with love
