We had a great weekend; a lie in, a visit to the hairdressers to put right the ravages of the last two months, then off to Bicester to see B, E & family.
G & I played with T & KP whilst B & E did furniture shopping, then we had a wonderful meal & too much wine & caught up on the news.
B & E looked through the odd few hundred holiday photos, then we woke them up & let them go to bed!
We had another lie in on Sunday, KP & T didn't.
We went to Botley where we took T & KP to Toys are us (yuk,yuk,yuk - name, layout, stock, staff.....) to test the stock to destruction, then to Pets are us, to fill our nostrils with the stench of fish tanks, reptiles & assorted small mammals.
Seriously, it was great fun despite the tat & the smells.
Amazing fact - a pair of homeless rabbits costs £50! The home comes in at around £100!
How's that for inflation?
I wish that I had invested my money in rabbits back in the 80's when you could have bought an extended family with des res for a fraction of this.
I could have been a hutch millionaire by now,
Another opportunity missed.
A full day at school today followed by a maths dept meeting then an Alms Houses meeting at Shustoke school at 5.oopm.
All reports are now done on line using a comment bank so that every sentence starts with the pupil's name, unless edited.
I really do wonder how many parents read these long winded, repetitive documents.
I have always believed that most really want to know a level of achievement compared with others, anticipated grade, behaviour, effort & a short comment relating to their child, possibly to confirm that the teacher is commenting on the correct child.
I particularly liked the suggestion from "The News Quiz" (radio 4, Fri 6.30pm, Sat 12.30pm) that The Chilcot inquiry team should have consisted of Jeremy Paxman, John Humphries, Jeremy Kyle & a five year old, who would respond to every answer with "Why?"
Gordon's on tomorrow.
That'll be exciting.
We are listening to !The Dimbleby Lecture" on Assisted Death, given by Terry Pratchet, who has Alzheimer's disease, so it is being read by Tony Robinson.
Well worth listening to.
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That lecture sounds like hard work!
I think it's Toy's R us and Pet's am we
The health service have been assisting death for years, they merely oppose private enterprise.
Unfortunately it isn't always intentional!
Glad you had a nice time, you may have left a lasting impression as I think we are converted to the green colour option. B showing scary signs of interest in interior design with tonight's classic statement 'A good contrast is better than a poor match'.
You failed to mention B's guitar prowess, don't say he needs more practice! (tonight he is Take That)
E
One of my Mother's sayings.
This resulted in my leaving for Uni with a rather jolly pink & green tweed skirt with a contrasting bright pink sweater.
Strangely, another of her sayings was "pink & green should never be seen".
I think that she could only cope with one at a time.
g
Don't feel you have to go for green - It's often easier to choose something fairly neutral rather than something bold just ensure you pick something you will be happy to live with for a long time.
(Not a bad maxim!)
G
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