My 11 year old neighbour (female) went to work on my leg at the weekend; results appended. Very fetching, I’m sure you’ll agree. My 12 year old offspring (male) is now too embarrassed to be seen in public with me. Maybe that should be more embarrassed than normal. The tall, skinny one, on the other […]
Archive for June, 2007
One week’s travels with my ankle
Published June 25th, 2007 in Blogging, Family, Microscope, School, Working at home and broken ankle. 0 CommentsI have this feeling that I’ve run out of things to say, a very unlikely scenario. Some of you, of course, may breathe a sigh of relief. But, for myself, I have found that this blogging thing is a little like that old-fashioned and sadly declining habit of letter writing; the more you write, the […]
We had the first meeting to organise this year’s Haddington triathlon the other night. With all the new building that has gone on in Haddington in recent years and associated changes to road layouts, we have decided to alter the run route this year to separate the cyclists and runners at a few dangerous bottlenecks. […]
Our household suffers from man disease, a syndrome that will be familiar to all mothers of boys and, of course, all wives. “Mum! I can’t find xxxx!” “Have you looked on your desk/in your drawer/on the shelf/behind the door?” “Yes!” So I go and look and sure enough said item is on the desk/in the drawer/on […]
One of those days
Published June 11th, 2007 in Boys, School, Swimming club, Teachers, Triathlon and broken ankle. 4 CommentsAnd it’s not even midday yet. GP2 was crowing at breakfast that he was going to have his last biology lesson ever today. His Biology teacher this year (not you Fearghal!) seems to have single-handedly killed all interest in the subject in the entire class, as only one of their number has picked biology for next […]
We are a two car family. On second thoughts, make that 2.5 - the venerable MGB still moulders away at the bottom of the garden under a dustsheet and the plum tree. Anyhow, as my driving activites have been curtailed somewhat for the foreseeable future, we have recently attempted to add other drivers to the insurance. […]
Raison d’être
Published June 8th, 2007 in Blogging, Boys, School, Standard Grades, Surveys and broken ankle. 4 CommentsNow that the Standard Grades are over, and school is winding down for the year, I have this niggling feeling that my raison d’être has gone, vanished, disparu. Perhaps I should write a final blog post, following the lead of AB and Blethers. Trouble is, it’s too addictive and I’m not sure I could even […]
Progress report
Published June 6th, 2007 in Housekeeping, Mother in law, Working at home and broken ankle. 0 CommentsI had a bath this morning! More information than you need, perhaps, but it was thanks to the arrival in the post yesterday of a Limbo. It works! It’s wonderful! So thank you to Fearghal and Liz O’Neill for recommending this. I then managed to get myself downstairs (we live upstairs) and along to the store for […]
Normal service
Published June 1st, 2007 in Boys, School, Standard Grades and broken ankle. 2 CommentsWell, Standard Grades finished last Friday and there has been a collective breathing out and relaxing of all muscles (at least, all that don’t involve crutches and ankles). Biology last Monday received some intensive enforced revision over the final 24 hours although, once he’d trotted off to the exam, I looked over some past papers […]
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