There are lots of positives about being a teacher but I am starting to come to the conclusion that the holidays are too long as I have almost managed to convince myself that I no longer work. However unfortunately this is not the case and it is now dawning on me that on Tuesday I will have to walk back through the school gates!
The weather has been pretty shocking over the last couple of days. One minute it is raining cats and dogs and freezing and the next its brilliant sunshine and you are sweltering under your fleece.
This is exactly what happened on Thursday when I took Mimi to Dover. We went to see if there were any baby joules clothes on sale at De Bradelei Wharf. Mike had gone the day before and said that there were loads. However I am not sure what he was looking at because we couldn't find much. It was all for children about 3 years older than Mimi.
By the time we came out of De Bradelei Wharf it was seriously warm and the sun was shining. So we decided to go for a walk along the promenade. Mimi insisted on pushing Mr Doggy in the buggy. She was really cute, we had to stop every few mins to check that he was ok.
It was so bright I could hardly see anything. When we set off from home it was dull so I hadn't bothered with my sunglasses.
Mimi made a horrible mess with her ice cream and we were chased by a swarm of wasps that were in her hair and sitting on her hands. A swarm might be a slight exaggeration but there were at least 5 or more. In the end I had to literally throw her in the buggy and run with her to get away from them.
Then Friday evening my mum came to babysit for Mimi and we went down to see some friends for the most amazing supper. Slow roasted belly pork. It was seriously delicious. When people talk about Belly Pork it always brings back horrid memories of the pork my mum use to do. But this has made me a convert and I am off to try a belly pork recipe I found in this months Women & Home Feel Good Food.
On Friday I came across pininterest. I have heard people talking about it on other blogs but I finally got the gist of it on Friday and I have to say I have become quite addicted with it ever since. I have come across some great people, new blogs and great ideas for both, home and school. One of the best ideas I have come across in ages is this organisation system. So simple yet so effective. I am definitely going to be using this from now on.
After a lovely evening and not too much alcohol we set off early for a trip to Canterbury as I had my hair cut at 8.30am. I go to this really cute hairdressers called the Chair. As I have really curly hair in the past I have really struggled to find someone who can cut my hair well and this is the first place I have been where they know how to deal with it. Then I had my eyes tested at Vision Express (they had sent me a free voucher plus £50 off). I have really noticed that when I am tiered I struggle with my vision and have to squint lots. I find it difficult to read in bed and after a while on the computer I notice it. Anyway the upshot is that my eyes are ok, but they are just on the edge. So I decided that I would get a pair. However they first pointed me towards these great glasses but at £395 a pair not including the lenses, I thought that they were having a laugh. Eventually I did find a pair that were considerably cheaper and with my free eye test voucher and £50 off they seemed much more reasonable.
By the time we came out of De Bradelei Wharf it was seriously warm and the sun was shining. So we decided to go for a walk along the promenade. Mimi insisted on pushing Mr Doggy in the buggy. She was really cute, we had to stop every few mins to check that he was ok.
If you look carefully in the photos you can just about see Dover Castle on top of the hill.
It was so bright I could hardly see anything. When we set off from home it was dull so I hadn't bothered with my sunglasses.
Mimi made a horrible mess with her ice cream and we were chased by a swarm of wasps that were in her hair and sitting on her hands. A swarm might be a slight exaggeration but there were at least 5 or more. In the end I had to literally throw her in the buggy and run with her to get away from them.
Then Friday evening my mum came to babysit for Mimi and we went down to see some friends for the most amazing supper. Slow roasted belly pork. It was seriously delicious. When people talk about Belly Pork it always brings back horrid memories of the pork my mum use to do. But this has made me a convert and I am off to try a belly pork recipe I found in this months Women & Home Feel Good Food.
On Friday I came across pininterest. I have heard people talking about it on other blogs but I finally got the gist of it on Friday and I have to say I have become quite addicted with it ever since. I have come across some great people, new blogs and great ideas for both, home and school. One of the best ideas I have come across in ages is this organisation system. So simple yet so effective. I am definitely going to be using this from now on.
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| Check it out on Jen & Jakes Blog. |
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| Final choice. Very similar to the Tiffany ones but at a third of the price! |
After a few other errands we were home by 11.30 which in Mikes book is a good shopping trip! Mike was supposed to go on a sailing expedition with the sailing club but just as he left to go to the club a huge thunderstorm came through with squalling winds. Hence he didn't go and was then under my feet for the afternoon. Had I known I would have gone to Canterbury on my own.
In the afternoon I made a jacket for my note book. I have been struggling to find a good note book for the start of the new year.
Then last night in an effort to be more economical and waste less (we had some left over Gammon in the fridge) I made a Ham, Peas and Cream Pasta for dinner. It was a slight adaptation on the recipe I found in The Geometry of Pasta book.
Now on a very different note I have just been to the toilet to find a "WHOLE" toilet roll stuck down there! I wonder who did that?
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