Everyone I work with and nearly everyone I speak to either wants to have a duvet day or has had one. This terminology has only been used in the last 5 or so years by the media; as in the olden days it was just call 'skiving'. Being only a part-timer, I use this term loosely as any time I spend at home after going to work or college is spent working for nothing - what I mean by this is no financial payment. I obviously get great personal satisfaction from picking up socks, underpants and jeans from one bedroom floor and from the other clearing Lego so minute you need a magnifying glass to see it (I am getting old and need my glasses changing, in fact it might help if I sometimes wore the damn things). The weather is still foul but the sun did attempt to come out at 2.15pm on Friday then teased us only for about an hour before buggering off and raining/drizzling again. There could be more snow by next Wednesday, whoopee! With my mum's help I have finally cleared the back garden of wooden pallet carcasses, an old wicker chair and 3 tonnes of rotting leaves. The garden was starting to resemble the beginning of one of those 'life of grime' documentaries on t.v. that I may have on the odd occasion seen - yuk!
Max received a 'Superstar Award' at school this week for '"being kind and sharing a book with another child" we were all really pleased about this as last week he had been unkind to several people - particularly two. The first was to shout at the school crossing patrol lady that she looked like she'd eaten too much shepherds pie and later on that day insulted his best friends mum by telling her she looked like she could do with "dropping the weight." In these moments, apart from wanting the ground to swallow me up and then beating my youngest boy, what does one do? No amount of parental experience could have helped me in these situations - apart from obviously making him apologise and then beating him when we had got home! (the last bit I didn't do but really wanted to).
Ben is still working hard at school. (No letters from school for several months now!) Next week he goes, with the rest of the History A level students, to Berlin. Various places of interest will be visited - the Reich tag and a Concentration/work camp as well as several German bars etc. The latter being very important to soak up the cultural differences and tastes of Germany through lager and schnapps! Ben has also taken up cooking, mostly curry and mostly vegetable based. Nobody but myself has tried them but a glass of water was needed and fire extinguisher after just one mouthful. Yikes! On Thursday night he was out until 3am (Nottingham pubs then onto Rock City), got up at 7.30am off to school about 8am - Oh to be young! He looked after Max for us last night (Friday) as Nick and myself went out for a pre-valentine meal! He's out again tonight and we've no idea what time he'll be back! At least when they're little you can tuck them in! (Lamenting Mummy tone - sorry!)
Sorry no photos today. Love from (but not feeling particularly) Magic Janey.
Max received a 'Superstar Award' at school this week for '"being kind and sharing a book with another child" we were all really pleased about this as last week he had been unkind to several people - particularly two. The first was to shout at the school crossing patrol lady that she looked like she'd eaten too much shepherds pie and later on that day insulted his best friends mum by telling her she looked like she could do with "dropping the weight." In these moments, apart from wanting the ground to swallow me up and then beating my youngest boy, what does one do? No amount of parental experience could have helped me in these situations - apart from obviously making him apologise and then beating him when we had got home! (the last bit I didn't do but really wanted to).
Ben is still working hard at school. (No letters from school for several months now!) Next week he goes, with the rest of the History A level students, to Berlin. Various places of interest will be visited - the Reich tag and a Concentration/work camp as well as several German bars etc. The latter being very important to soak up the cultural differences and tastes of Germany through lager and schnapps! Ben has also taken up cooking, mostly curry and mostly vegetable based. Nobody but myself has tried them but a glass of water was needed and fire extinguisher after just one mouthful. Yikes! On Thursday night he was out until 3am (Nottingham pubs then onto Rock City), got up at 7.30am off to school about 8am - Oh to be young! He looked after Max for us last night (Friday) as Nick and myself went out for a pre-valentine meal! He's out again tonight and we've no idea what time he'll be back! At least when they're little you can tuck them in! (Lamenting Mummy tone - sorry!)
Sorry no photos today. Love from (but not feeling particularly) Magic Janey.
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