I had to concede defeat ... on the hair, rebellion was beaten by reports! And cakes (guiltily) bit the dust too. But managed the rest, plus nine jars of blackcurrant jam...
And now am contemplating the Slippery Slip - have I mentioned The Faraway Tree before - the slow starting, but gathering speed, descent into holidayness! In two weeks time I shall be sitting next to a barbecue outside a caravan in Cornwall with a glass of wine and a book ...
But before that ... work, well, it's a school, so the normal excess of things to do. Brownies, climbing, swimming, choir - still rolling ... Performing Arts has finished: Grease last night and the Miracle Girl was fab - v. proud.
Need to get organised:
1) invitations for Christening to sort
2) send back booking forms for Village Hall
3) holiday shopping list
4) holiday packing list
5) make blackcurrant compote/ ice cream
6) pick more blackcurrants
7) make blackcurrant cordial??
8) make cakes for climbing
9) BOOK HAIR APPOINTMENT
10) buy new collapsible BBQ from Go Outdoors
11) book surf school for Daisyfay
12) make gooseberry compote
13) order Tesco vouchers for days out in Cornwall
14) find National Trust 2014 car sticker which I have somehow mislaid...
Life - a series of events with no gaps - good job it's fun ...
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Sunday, 13 July 2014
Monday, 7 July 2014
The stretchiness of time
I have added up the hours I need this week. I have added up the hours I have this week. They do not match. I have significantly less hours than I need. It's that gap thing again...
This week is bonkersly busy, so was last week, and the one before ... it should calm down a bit after this weekend ... a bit...
Daisyfay has Grease this weekend ( my mum is coming - no hours allocated for cleaning - eek!) - dress rehearsal Friday (clashing with Summer Fair at my school) - two performances Saturday (clashing with Summer Fair at her school ... I promised cakes in lieu of presence ... not holding out great hopes at present, but am determined to try...). Tomorrow is Parents' Night for her, she should be at swimming for her assessment and it is Brownie Entertainments Evening, for which she is supposed to be half an hour early ...swimming is biting the dust ... hopefully we will get away from Parents Night in time to drop her at Brownies, so we can then arrive half an hour later to be entertained! I also have to finish my reports - getting there, but the hour count, compared with my typing speed, slightly worrying. Then let's add in the normal time slots for : school choir, community choir, climbing, athletics, tutoring ... oh bugger!!
But, you know what, in the middle of my chaos, I am revolting!! On Thursday instead I could gain hours, but I am not, I am having my bi-annual hair-do, hopefully - and I do not care...
...ish!
Next week - many things, but less, especially on the clashing front - but still ... things can only get better... can't they ...?
This week is bonkersly busy, so was last week, and the one before ... it should calm down a bit after this weekend ... a bit...
Daisyfay has Grease this weekend ( my mum is coming - no hours allocated for cleaning - eek!) - dress rehearsal Friday (clashing with Summer Fair at my school) - two performances Saturday (clashing with Summer Fair at her school ... I promised cakes in lieu of presence ... not holding out great hopes at present, but am determined to try...). Tomorrow is Parents' Night for her, she should be at swimming for her assessment and it is Brownie Entertainments Evening, for which she is supposed to be half an hour early ...swimming is biting the dust ... hopefully we will get away from Parents Night in time to drop her at Brownies, so we can then arrive half an hour later to be entertained! I also have to finish my reports - getting there, but the hour count, compared with my typing speed, slightly worrying. Then let's add in the normal time slots for : school choir, community choir, climbing, athletics, tutoring ... oh bugger!!
But, you know what, in the middle of my chaos, I am revolting!! On Thursday instead I could gain hours, but I am not, I am having my bi-annual hair-do, hopefully - and I do not care...
...ish!
Next week - many things, but less, especially on the clashing front - but still ... things can only get better... can't they ...?
Monday, 18 March 2013
Entrepeneuring!!
I have been an entrepreneur! Even though it was a pain and I had to entrep on a Monday night after a day at work, with more work tomorrow. I made a cake, and a bloody good cake it was too, even if it was a Barbie cake!!
All in all a good day, I went to a new school, I'm there all week, and it looks like possibly next week, an "outstanding" school, and they thought I was good, and said so, and that made me feel all successful as well :-) .
Failed with the frugal wine thing - but both had a mad day!! Ooops!
Daisy Fay the Miracle Girl has been, well, a miracle today.
The plan is progresing, but needs some organising!
All is well in my world...
All in all a good day, I went to a new school, I'm there all week, and it looks like possibly next week, an "outstanding" school, and they thought I was good, and said so, and that made me feel all successful as well :-) .
Failed with the frugal wine thing - but both had a mad day!! Ooops!
Daisy Fay the Miracle Girl has been, well, a miracle today.
The plan is progresing, but needs some organising!
All is well in my world...
Sunday, 3 March 2013
Pants!!
This week I have been mostly pants at:
* writing this blog
* cleaning my house
* not having any wine!
In my defence it was my birthday on Wednesday, so wine pushed itself to the fore! But in the spirit of frugality I decided not to go out - instead I had a lovely, delayed birthday meal on Friday. Paul cooked mussels, with homemade bread, and chocolate fondants. It was fab!
Further in my defence I worked a lot this week, which is always a good thing on the making more money front. The last three days of the week I spent at a lovely school in Wigan, one of the nicest I've been to in ages. It's the best thing about supply, the variety, and every so often you land on a school that is just great - and this was one. I had an enjoyable three days with an excellent, bouncy, personality-filled Year 4 class - and thought ( which I don't all that often) : now these I would like to teach.
On the plus side, the plan is going okay ... ish!
Prong 1: Frugality
* didn't go out for my birthday
* am using birthday money to pay to get my hair done
* made soup with stalks from broccoli and cauliflower, some leftover cabbage and leek tops - a bit of onion, a couple of ounces of lentils and some garlic and chilli - d'you know, it's really nice!
* didn't do a proper shop this week, used the freezer and storecupboard
Prong 2: Making more money
* worked for four days out of five - yay!
* sold some stuff - not a lot, but it's a start
* might be doing a bit of extra tutoring ...
* think I might be making some cakes ...
Feeling productive - feeling entrepreneur-ish! Need to investigate tax and stuff!
Daydream believing ...
* writing this blog
* cleaning my house
* not having any wine!
In my defence it was my birthday on Wednesday, so wine pushed itself to the fore! But in the spirit of frugality I decided not to go out - instead I had a lovely, delayed birthday meal on Friday. Paul cooked mussels, with homemade bread, and chocolate fondants. It was fab!
Further in my defence I worked a lot this week, which is always a good thing on the making more money front. The last three days of the week I spent at a lovely school in Wigan, one of the nicest I've been to in ages. It's the best thing about supply, the variety, and every so often you land on a school that is just great - and this was one. I had an enjoyable three days with an excellent, bouncy, personality-filled Year 4 class - and thought ( which I don't all that often) : now these I would like to teach.
On the plus side, the plan is going okay ... ish!
Prong 1: Frugality
* didn't go out for my birthday
* am using birthday money to pay to get my hair done
* made soup with stalks from broccoli and cauliflower, some leftover cabbage and leek tops - a bit of onion, a couple of ounces of lentils and some garlic and chilli - d'you know, it's really nice!
* didn't do a proper shop this week, used the freezer and storecupboard
Prong 2: Making more money
* worked for four days out of five - yay!
* sold some stuff - not a lot, but it's a start
* might be doing a bit of extra tutoring ...
* think I might be making some cakes ...
Feeling productive - feeling entrepreneur-ish! Need to investigate tax and stuff!
Daydream believing ...
Friday, 22 February 2013
Talents
Everyone's got one - as a teacher, and, for a long time, one who was responsible for gifted, able and talented pupils, I've always believed this - everyone is talented at something, the challenge is finding out what at ... if you never try something, how do you know whether you're good at it?
The Miracle Girl has talents, it appears - not massively career-enhancing ones sadly - however they are talents which may have a certain cool factor when she's in her teens! She can sing ... I always thought she just liked it and that was lovely, but last year people kept telling me she was good, and then I saw her in front of an audience a few times and thought "Oh!" - she does sound good, and it does make me proud to watch her :-). Her other talent, oddly, is climbing - I don't know why I'm surprised, since she was tiny a family saying has been that she was a squirrel in another life! Anyway she was asked to join an academy for talented climbers - she loves it - I sit there and bite my nails and try and reassure myself that at least she's in a harness ...
So it got me to thinking - do I have talents I could use for Prong 2?
List of talents:
* teaching - I do tutor on and off in addition to supply teaching, but have never pushed the idea, just taken things if they come along.
* doing parties on a shoestring - a useful skill, but not great for making more money, as it's a bit self-defeating to pay me to do it!
* making preserves and pickles - hmm - not sure what I can do with that ...
* making cakes - wondering if this one has potential ...
So, back to the campervan ( and conquering technology!) ... Daisyfay's birthday cakes :
The Miracle Girl has talents, it appears - not massively career-enhancing ones sadly - however they are talents which may have a certain cool factor when she's in her teens! She can sing ... I always thought she just liked it and that was lovely, but last year people kept telling me she was good, and then I saw her in front of an audience a few times and thought "Oh!" - she does sound good, and it does make me proud to watch her :-). Her other talent, oddly, is climbing - I don't know why I'm surprised, since she was tiny a family saying has been that she was a squirrel in another life! Anyway she was asked to join an academy for talented climbers - she loves it - I sit there and bite my nails and try and reassure myself that at least she's in a harness ...
So it got me to thinking - do I have talents I could use for Prong 2?
List of talents:
* teaching - I do tutor on and off in addition to supply teaching, but have never pushed the idea, just taken things if they come along.
* doing parties on a shoestring - a useful skill, but not great for making more money, as it's a bit self-defeating to pay me to do it!
* making preserves and pickles - hmm - not sure what I can do with that ...
* making cakes - wondering if this one has potential ...
So, back to the campervan ( and conquering technology!) ... Daisyfay's birthday cakes :
Maybe I can be an entrepeneur ...
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