Absolutely torrential rain this afternoon, thunder, lightning, the works. The temp has now dropped a little and hopefully I can stay alseep past 4.a.m.
I even had to have a little power nap this arvo, I was so tired from the sweat drenched 4.a.m. wake up foloowed by the restless doze with nightmares for an hour [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 28, 2008
It’s Raining It’s Pouring!!
July 25, 2008
A Very Pleasant Week.
An intense week workwise is over and all in all it went very well and I enjoyed it.
The chicklets were superb. I told them it was just for a week and could they suck it up and be nice and helpful and Ye Gawds, they were, they did, they were fab.
Sunshine evn woke up for [...]
July 21, 2008
Day 4 All is Well AND Lily Rush
Oh the peace! The quiet, the stillness. Almost 7 and I am the only one up. How can this be? except The Man of course who left for work a couple of hours ago.
Ah yes, I remember, the boys have gone to the Out-laws for a couple of days, while I work a summer course, [...]
July 20, 2008
Day 3. Still Quiet on the Eastern Front.
A Good day yesterday with only mini meltdowns. We had our first BBQ of the season and the kids did some fireworlks.
I can never quite get past my fear of kids and fireworks. I think I may have mentioned here before that even little 2 year olds are given sparkler type fireworks to run around [...]
July 19, 2008
Day 2. So Far So Good
Day 2 and all is calm.
I have been pottering around outside, watering plants etc, enjoyed a cup of coffee and a fag outside and started my new Ben Elton book, ‘Chart Throb.
I read somewhere he is doing stand up again, must see if I can procure a dvd, before I finish the book, ‘ Not [...]
July 19, 2008
Hooray for the Holidays.
Here we are, at 8.52 a.m. on what is officially the first day of the summer hols, six weeks of me and the chicklets just laffin and singing and chillin’ YEAH!
So far on our big chill this morning I keep hearing Jack Bauer’s voice in my ear, saying ” this is the longest day of [...]
July 16, 2008
Gnarly Sunday.
So gnarly was it, that it is now Wednesday and I can only just get my head around it.
I had an event at my school. As a teacher I have worked many events over the last 15 years and I LOVE to do them, but hosting the event, having someone else come in and actually [...]
July 15, 2008
The Renno
It is just taking me forever to find time and/or energy to get the house back in order post renno. Still got boxes stacked up all over the place, I thought I had got rid of a lot of stuff, but there is still waaay too much left behind.
The new bathroom is great. I didn’t [...]
July 15, 2008
Summer Hols.
They are almost upon us again, seem to come round pretty blooming quickly.
Today is the last day for school lunch, then tomorrow and Friday they come home twenty minutes before they leave the house and then, 6 solid weeks of heat and kids.
heat and kids, heat and kids. Oh what fun we’ll have.
There is a [...]
