Friday 29th February

Had a really sad day at school today. One of my year 11 pupils is to be deported on Monday along with the rest of her family. She has been here 3 years. When she arrived she knew no English and has worked so hard that I was predicting her a C grade at GCSE.
She [...]

Thursday 28th February

Writing this whilst there is still 17 mins of today left! Has been another busy day and wasn’t home from school til after 7.30pm….still only tomorrow to get through and I’ll have two days to spend doing non-school things. Want to start a scrapbook and to make some covers for some large cushions. May also [...]

Wednesday 27th February

Woke in the night to a strange noise, the house shaking and the mugs on the mug tree in the bedroom clattering together. It was a strange experience. Harry said at first he thought it was a gust of wind but then suggested it might have been an earthquake. Listening to the radio this morning, [...]

Tuesday 26th February

Having problems with my stomach tonight. Think it might be because I had two rolls for my lunch today. It seems like some sorts of bread really do cause me a problem. These were soft bap type rolls so will need to remember this and see if it happens again with that type of bread.
Have [...]

Monday 25th February

Has been a very busy day at work, which ended with having to give a presentation to the governors about the work being done in the English department. I think it went okay, will hear tomorrow. They seemed interested in all that we are doing and said it sounded like a lot of hard work [...]

Pictures of my bathroom

As promised pictures of my bathroom. It doesn’t get much use as Harry and I use our ensuite, thus it has been neglected. Any suggestions anyone?

Just noticed the colours look very different in each photo. The second photo is more true to the real colour.

My bathroom

Have decided I need to do something about my bathroom. It has an avocado suite which I can’t afford to replace. Will post some pictures tomorrow, but really need some suggestions as to what to do with it

My conservatory

Over the last few weeks we have been moving some of the furniture round. We’ve taken the desks out of the conservatory and moved the diningroom table into there. We have also moved 2 large book cases into the conservatory to allow for space in the old ‘diningroom’ for the dresser. I looked at it [...]

Sunday 24th February

Really need to get sorted today. Almost every room needs a tidy and a clean. Its 9.10 at the moment and I’m going to do a half hour speed clean and tidy to see what I can achieve . Will report back later.
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It’s now 9.42 and I’ve tidied the kitchen, livingroom and my desk area. [...]

Atonement

Have just sat and watched Atonement.

Wasn’t sure about it at first and we had to wind it back a couple of times to check faces, words written etc., but after a while I realised why it’s had such brilliant write-ups. What a film! Has a certain atmosphere about it. Have read most of Ian McEwan’s [...]