Each day I drive to school somewhere between the Marches and the Midlands, not knowing what is going to surprise today.
the education is a more "holistic" style teaching hands head and heart, ideal. there is no school uniform and the children address staff by their Christian name.
Last week there was a lamb sat on a booster seat in someones car!
The children climb the trees like packs of squirrels at break times. There is no school meal but some times mummies come in and bake the most yummy Pizza and sell it to the children and staff, during the winter they made soups like pumpkin and coriander. The children have the most amazing contents in their lunch boxes, ( my white bread and ham sarnie and choccy snake looks dreadful
The children sit a wooden desks in rows!
we attend the local church on a Friday and for Pentecost we all had to wear white. I do not do white for school without something attacking me like a cup of tea, felt pen,
but I did manage to survive without any marks. It was very weird going into the staff room with everyone wearing white, a passage was read from the bible in Maori, Japanese Portuguese french German Spanish Flemish Swedish and Russian to illustrate the speaking in tongues
In the craft lessons I am learning to felt, with bits of real sheep's wool and washing up liquid. photos to be posted at a later date.''.
Somethings make me laugh especially the children's names, the Geldof girls have got of lightly is all I can say. ( think Zappa's kids and you have the idea.
I am being told that prices have gone down! so why is there NO extra money left from my house keeping?
butter is still 89p it was 65 last summer, how many things cost £1.00 petrol is still expesive going up and down like a tarts knickers
Today everyone should carry a brolly as it is the day that the arodynamics of pork will be tested,
Sounds like the Youth oppurtunities program is comming back in. for kids leaving school with no job after 1 year.
nothing for the middle income sandwich families, stuck between paying for everything for thier childrens "free" state education and waiting for granny to pop her clogs insted of sitting in her £1000 a week old folks home and watching her pay 40% tax on the invstment made by her husband during his frugle years.
so life has moved on My boy now has a Band, my daughter is now about to take her grade 4 clarinet and I now work at the knit your own yought plat school for children of Eco Warriors who drive 4x4's and have Agas
Saturday evening saw me standing on the platform at Aldershot station, waiting for a delayed train to get me to see the Egales,
I noticed a young man with a perfectly toned body white lacost trainers, white teeshirt, caryring a large rucksack. His hair was sunbeached and his skin tanned, WIht well trimmed hair it was pretty obviouse to me that this boy of about 19 was a member of the armed forces.
The thing that totaly shocked me was when I looked into his eyes his soul was damaged, they had the same lack of sparkel as s child who has been sexualy or physicaly abused,
What are we doing to these boys?
Wooohooo its Christmas soon,
1 child off school sick the 2nd taken into school late,
Rotavator man has had to go and see his mother in Hampshire we can work out whether it is pixies or fairies waiting to take her away, It was suggested that he didn't take the present up thier as she may give them away!
Cakes marzipaned ginger bread house will be baked today with sick child, not properly ill child just very white and tired.
this weekend is going to be great fun , 2 godmothers 7 children (evne though 2 are grown up they are still children and will always be on grand mother one grand father and 3 dogs off to the carol sevice ast 4.00 in Ross- will anyone set the person in fronts hair on fire,
Choristes party tommorow that should be fun. New vicar well they have just promoted the curate with is a brilliant movwe as she is great,.
Boy wonder sang in the Messiah last nihg WOW
End of term on THURSDAY yeeee haaaaa
I hadn't realised that I have been so busy, until its almost 3 months since I've had a good blog.
But there are no smalll amusing things happening on a regular basis, combine that with 2 children and a husband that seem to have been grafted to the computor.
work goes on, supporting a child with special needs. Each week we have to go swimming, i am uncomfortable with the JW father that accompanies the class to act as a chaperone in the male changing room.I have to swim with the child so he sees me in my coozy. He is very short and a single parent, reminds me of a Jack Russell, thankfuly he has not attemped to mate my leg .
This morning I got up early and took Bruce my westie out for a walk along the banks of the river Wye. It is SO beautiful here, made more stunning by the fact the banks this weekendend are adorned with the bodies of FIT HEALTHY young men stuffing food down their necks like it going out of fashion. It is Reggata wwekend here in Ross-on-Wye thses mean burn up calories at a rate of knots,
I walked back behind a group of theses lovley beautiflu men with their girl friend who also had bodies to die for and flowing hair like adverts for a posh shampoo, I NEED to take up rowing so I can have a mega bod and can stuff mars bars and cakes.
But this weekend I shall be manning the tea tent, looking homely.
This evening we are going to wacth the children in 12th Night Part. of the Ross live activties
there are so many great things to do here and NEVER enough time to do them.