We went to the Royal Garden Party at Holyrood earlier in the summer and had a very pleasant afternoon in the sun. Yes, the sun shone, a rare event this year. We didn’t chat with the Queen but did pass the time with some friends we bumped into. I didn’t eat the cucumber sandwiches but [...]
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Royal connections
Published August 25th, 2008 in Boys, Communication, East Lothian and Edinburgh. 3 CommentsExtreme reading
Published August 13th, 2008 in Books, Boys, Holidays and Miscellaneous stuff. 0 CommentsI’m sure you’ve all heard of extreme ironing…
What lengths we have to go to to get boys to read.
Tutors - help!
Published June 27th, 2008 in Boys, East Lothian, Edinburgh, SQA and School. 0 CommentsSchool’s out. It’s the last day of term. Yay!
But there’s a small problem, and I know I’m probably too late to post this. Everyone’s suddenly on holiday but we need to find a tutor for English Higher for next term. Can anyone in the East Lothian/Edinburgh area point me in the direction of anyone? So [...]
When they’re babies…
Published June 26th, 2008 in Boys, Children, Communication and Family. 11 CommentsWhen they’re babies
Yours are perfect and everyone else’s are horrible.
Childminding is a huge expense, and why isn’t it tax deductible?
They’re smaller than you. You can pick them up. Just as well, really; you need some sort of head start.
They generate so much washing. Sick-covered washing. Lots of tiny baby grows.
Nappies. Yuk. Need I say more?
There [...]
Protective? Or overprotective?
Published June 11th, 2008 in Blogging, Boys, Communication, Family and School. 10 Comments“You’re an overprotective mum. ”
“No I’m not, I’m just interested. Do you know all the people on your contact lists?”
“Of course I do. Do you think I’m stupid?”
“Well, anyone can see those pictures you’ve put on.”
“No they can’t. It’s private. And I haven’t put my surname, or my [...]
The personal touch
Published May 22nd, 2008 in Boys, Communication, Highers, SQA, School, Standard Grades, Teachers and Work experience. 2 CommentsSo there we are. External exams are over for another year. Next year will be the big one - GP1/Highers (I’m trembling and pale at the prospect) with GP2/Standard Grades (an entirely different proposition). This year, though, was a relative breeze.
First up there was SVS. Once I’d got my head round the fact that
When my tall, laid back (read “idle”), 15 year old son comes in from school each day, the conversation generally takes this pattern:-
Me: “How was school today?”
Him: “Boring”.
Me: “Do anything interesting?”
Him: “Nope” as he disappears into his bedroom to change in preparation for adopting the lounging position in [...]
Don’t be fooled by texts
Published April 23rd, 2008 in Boys, Clyde and Ocean Youth Trust. 4 CommentsExhilarated. That’s the best word I can find to describe the boys when I collected them from Largs last Friday. There I’d been, worrying all week that they might be hating it. I should have known better.
We waved the others off in the minibus and then retired to Nardini’s - or the sad imitation of Nardini’s, all that [...]
The Glass Menagerie
Published April 17th, 2008 in Boys, Edinburgh, Family and Standard Grades. 0 CommentsMy birthday is in January and this year, in celebration of my advancing years, we thought we’d go and play at being grown ups for an evening. So we went to the theatre - and it’s not even the Festival! Yes, we had to remind ourselves that there is theatre in Edinburgh outside the Festival. I used to [...]
The art of communication
Published April 17th, 2008 in Boys, Clyde and Ocean Youth Trust. 2 CommentsText messages
Me:- “How’s it going?”
GP1:- “awrite”
Me:- “Any wind for sails?”
GP1:- “some”
Me:- “Celtic 2 Rangers 1″
Silence.
I’d read between the lines if there were any to read between. I just hope they won’t have been put off sailing for life!
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