Monday 31 January 2011

Ego boost

For times of need....

Find a staffroom full of tired, over-worked teachers. For optimum results ensure they are at the end of a long day with a long, taxing meeting still facing them. Produce a tin of homemade brownies. Bask in the appreciation....

Tuesday 25 January 2011

Another 3 Beautiful Things post.....

...... in (slightly delayed) honour of the new arrival over at Clare's blog.

1. The sound of 150 children sweetly singing the responses in Mass makes tears prickle at the back of my eyes.

2. My wonderful new Cath Kidston trolley means no more spaghetti arms while lugging piles of books, laptop, paperwork and planning folders on the bus to and from school.

3. "The King's Speech". Just as wonderful as I was hoping it would be.

Wednesday 19 January 2011

If this doesn't make you howl with laughter.....

.... then, quite frankly, there's no hope for you. It's the blog of a woman called Allie Brosh - her words and drawings are the funniest thing I've read online, ever. Read back a few posts - I love the one about moving house with the dogs. And the Christmas one. Oh, I love them all. Find it here...

Sunday 9 January 2011

In denial

The cards have been put out with the recycling, the tree has been taken down and the needles swept up (other than those which we will continue to find in oddly random places between now and June). The last of the mincemeat has been stuffed inside a fat Bramley and baked in the oven and the last slices of the Cake have been wrapped in foil and stashed away for this afternoon's walk. Thank-you cards have been written and posted and the new toys amalgamated with the old. The fairy lights, though - they've been left up. I'm not quite ready to meet January's cold, harsh stare. Not just yet....