Right now I am rattling around the house on my own. Chas is still at work, Chrystal has gone out to a birthday barbecue and Jayne… she is in Ireland at the moment, after which she will be going to Spain and France before returning home. It is really strange. Last week we had our […]
Entries Tagged as 'Family'
Reasons to be cheerful – part 100
August 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life
A few more photos from and thoughts about Tuesday’s big event – Auntie Ivy’s 100th birthday party. In retrospect I wish I had taken the day off rather than going straight from work, hitting the rush hour traffic and getting there an hour late. Since my own commute is a mere five miles I underestimate […]
100 not out!
August 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life
Arrived home from Essex after 1pm, and want to be in work by 7:30 in the morning, so not really any time to write about Auntie Ivy’s 100th birthday party tonight, nor to go through the 111 photos taken. Just this one photo for now, best wishes to Ivy and a curse on the M25 […]
Sisters make people happy
April 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life
I should probably mention this before my eponymous sister does – one of the news stories that did catch my eye while I was offline. Apparently, and I’m sure Mother would have no arguments with this, “Sisters spread happiness while brothers breed distress” according to ‘experts’.
Tags: Family
There is more to being a teacher than just teaching
February 7th, 2009 · Comments Off on There is more to being a teacher than just teaching · Life
Last month there was a brilliant example of the ways a teacher can improve the lives or happiness of pupils without having to teach anything. The whole pastoral care thing is difficult to pin down and define and impossible to measure and put into league tables, but can make a lot of difference, which we […]
Tags: Education·Family·Schooldays
Things to not think about #94
January 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life
Anyone who finds it very hard to get truly dreadful, traumatic mental images out of their brain should not read any further…
Tags: Family·Global Warming·Holidays
The Year Of The Cat
December 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments · Life, Music
It is New Year’s Eve so I am casting my mind back over the past twelve months. If you have a blog it is compulsory. I think its a tradition or an old charter or something. So looking back, the international year of the frog, or 2008 as it is better known, has been an […]
Don’t Cry Sister
December 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Life
Going back to visit family in Essex, as we did at the weekend, is always a pleasure and especially at Christmas time. With Jane living up in Yorkshire it is not that often we all get together but Christmas is one of those times. It can get a bit mad though.
Local Boy In The Photograph
November 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Life
I do not normally take part in these memes that go flying around. Partly because I rarely get tagged, or do not notice when I do, but mainly because I can’t think of a non-lame response. I have decided to make an exception to this one from Jo. It is a photographic one, which makes […]
