If you look carefully on the State Theta website, you’ll see a picture of Guineapigmum indulging in an arcane Pilates ritual. I’ve been doing Pilates with a local teacher over the winter; just what I’ve needed to get my much abused body back under control. Anyhow, Audicia is planning to hold a series of classes [...]
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A hissy fit or the Secret Life of Chemistry Teachers
Published April 15th, 2008 in Music. 0 CommentsNew Winton Village Hall, near Tranent, was the venue for a concert on Friday night, featuring local singer-songwriters Kim Edgar and Alex Hodgson - and, on the double bass, Gareth, head of Chemistry at PL. The hissy fit came from GP1 as we hadn’t consulted him in enough detail before buying tickets and he went swimming instead. [...]
Tonight is the Ross High School concert, always a good event. Last week the brass players from the primary and secondary schools around the county gathered for their annual Christmas bash, with the Glasgow-based Scottish Co-op Band, home of the brass instrumental teacher, playing the second half of the concert. I think it’s fair to say [...]
The boys are back, exhausted and happy. They’ve had a ball and the concert yesterday was fantastic, a really high standard. They’re full of stories and are both set on going back again next year, so 6 hours a day of music and a hectic social scene has enthused rather than discouraged them. GP2 went straight to bed [...]
Home Alone
Published August 1st, 2007 in Boys, Gardening, Golf, Music and Standard Grades. 0 CommentsI’m all on my own for a few days this week, with the boys in St Andrews and husband deep south on a school reunion. It feels quite strange - I don’t have to take anyone anywhere and can cook and eat what I want when I want. So instead of cooking dinner at the [...]
…to iron boxer shorts. I had thought that this was an activity restricted to mothers-in-law until a few months ago when I spotted my sister-in-law brandishing the iron over a pile of unsuspecting boxers. Apparently her husband expects crease-free boxers. Personally, I’d just show him where to switch the iron on but then my housekeeping standards [...]
As expected, one pass, one fail. One very bouncy, highly motivated child - even an hour & a half of football in the rain didn’t manage to dampen his enthusiasm last night. And that’s as it should be!
As for the other “am I bovvered?”. Well yes, actually, though you might be doing your best to hide [...]
Stress levels were running high in the guinea pig cage a couple of weeks ago. November for the exams suddenly transmogrified to 1st November - a big difference in practice terms between 1st and 30th, particularly with the October holiday to think about.
No1 son was clearly not ready by the weekend before. No2 son, having ridden an [...]
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