Monthly Archives: February 2010

Started the day by saving £15 a month for the next year I’d ordered a new O2 sim through TopCashBack who were offering £100 on 12 month sim only deals for that week. It finally arrived so I rang up … Continue reading →

there’s been loads happening here this week. Monday is Beavers, can’t remember what went on before it. Kids are going through another phase of long involved imaginative games in their bedroom and then today, the garden, which I do love … Continue reading →

It’s short, but hopefully to the point. This case is being reported as a child withdrawn from school to be home educated and then being starved to death. Factually this is inaccurate – Khyra Ishaq was withdrawn in December, but … Continue reading →

To me. That’s the way it’s supposed to be. I have a rough idea of what a child can do at each stage of their life, and that’s enough. I also know my children well enough to know when I … Continue reading →

Been a while since those lyrics came close to applying Quiet day. Not sure how many times soa fed during the night – I did look at the clock at 9.08 and think ooh, I’ll just have another 5 minutes … Continue reading →

Did the vax thing. This involved a very brisk walk to the doctors after soa decided to fill her nappy just as we were about to leave the house. Oh, and a tantrum on my part when Small refused to … Continue reading →

Spent some time last night trying to work out crochet pattern for Big as she’s now got two huge balls of yarn for blanket making. Not sure I’m quite there yet. Breakthrough at dinner time when I asked Small if … Continue reading →

Am not managing to make it to keyboard to empty my brain except in very short bursts, so here’s a quickie one hand version of today before I fall any further behind. Glorious sunshine, though I suspect the temperature didn’t … Continue reading →

It’s time for the second of the February weekly giveaways over at Sunnydaytodaymama – pop over and enter if you are interested in the book Love and Kisses.

and listen to the satnav. I was so proud of myself yesterday. I got up, got children moving, had shower, breakfast, made packed lunch and was out of the house so that we would only be a couple of minutes … Continue reading →

As mentioned earlier, we got a really good haul of non fiction books from our local Red Cross shop on Sunday. They are forming a large part of our current curriculum so I thought I’d list them out here for … Continue reading →

These seem to be rather in vogue atm. Sunnydaytodaymama is giving away a beautiful batik frog wall hanging, just comment to enter. Debs at Pipistrelle Crochet design has a giveaway for a lavender heart, and Annkrozeika at Top Floor treasures … Continue reading →

Was reading around the blogring the other day, as you do, and I came across an interesting post on Honour and Inspiration. This was the bit that leapt out at me: Okay, we don’t have a car to get rid … Continue reading →

we wouldn’t need workbooks, points rewards systems, timetable charts or anything. It was one of those days that just comes together and everything works, everyone is happy and life generally is good Started well after excellent sleep by getting up … Continue reading →