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Buying into church schooling …

Written by amanda on 17th February 2011. Posted in Things mothersome .... No Comments on Buying into church schooling …

So the topic this term is transport. I was very impressed with Rebecca’s efforts (9 years old). She did a powerpoint presentation all by herself – COMPLETELY unaided – about the Big Lemon Bus. She had a little bit of history and lots of photos of the ‘wedding bus’ and many other uses for the BLB. And there … right in the middle … is a picture of Jesus bearing the cross. The caption reads ‘Also good for the environment’. Suppressing a huge desire...

Cash in the attic?

Written by amanda on 24th January 2011. Posted in Anything goes. No Comments on Cash in the attic?

Well, I thought so. Maybe. Perhaps? But no! Still, can’t say it wasn’t fun. My 9-year-old has decided she wants to play the oboe. Having a piano, a clarinet, a guitar, a saxophone, a djembe, a recorder, a flute, a bassoon and a drum kit in the house wasn’t enough! No! She wants to learn the oboe! So ………… great excuse to dig out my dad’s old oboe and finally see if I can get something done about it. Shame I wasn’t in a position to make the trip...

Death by parenting

Written by amanda on 17th January 2011. Posted in Things mothersome .... 4 Comments on Death by parenting

When did we all become so damned precious? I mean, at what particular point did it all start to go so horribly wrong? Wrong in the sense that we are determined to kill our own children! You know what? For all that the third world countries DON’T have what we do, they are going to end up thriving in one way or another and we – supposedly the wealthier and more knowledgeable countries – will have killed off our offspring to the extent that we will obliterate ourselves. But we’ve...

New 17-year-old

Written by amanda on 9th January 2011. Posted in Things mothersome .... No Comments on New 17-year-old

And what a scary thought that is! Forget about his own enthusiasm today, I’m still recovering from the shock. Wasn’t it only yesterday that I found him hanging upside down out of his electric swing – smiling away and quite obviously enjoying an alternative view of his world? Wasn’t it just last week that I stood in front of him and said ‘Ten seconds to warp core breach’ – and laughed delightedly when he then threw his hands up in the air and made rocket...

Halloween initiative

Written by amanda on 2nd November 2010. Posted in Things mothersome .... No Comments on Halloween initiative

Don’t you just love initiative? It’s so refreshing when you watch kids coming up with new ideas, being creative and/or ‘harmlessly’ (key word) ignoring the rules … There’s nothing strange or startling or worthy of frontline news here, but I laughed my head off several times (and I’m still laughing) when Sebastian (12) told me how he’d handled trick or treating this year to maximum gain … Seemingly, he and his pal ran down to the shops earlier...

Why obesity is rife!

Written by amanda on 23rd October 2010. Posted in Things mothersome ..., Weight to go. No Comments on Why obesity is rife!

Despair kicked in today as I was waiting in the bakery and a mother in child in front of me had the following conversation: Mother: I’ll get you a carrot cake Child: Aww no, I don’t want carrot cake. I want a doughnut. Mother: You can’t have a doughnut. I’m not going to buy you anything with sugar in! *sigh* Is it no wonder obesity rates have soared? Where do you start?? Note that this lady was actually very well dressed and spoke ‘right proper like’ (kidding)...

Apologies to Shakespeare!

Written by amanda on 20th October 2010. Posted in That's write!. No Comments on Apologies to Shakespeare!

While we’re on the subject of madness or silliness or whatever – not to mention Shakespeare – here’s another piece of complete rubbish that I writ/wrot/wrote a little while ago. Regardless of poetic ‘errors’ it was fun getting the kids to recognise all the plays … Apologies for the double spacing – can’t seem to do anything about it (and Karim is conveniently away!!!!) … Shakespearean Dream It is a dark and stormy night – The tempest...

A Minute of Shakespeare?

Written by amanda on 20th October 2010. Posted in That's write!. No Comments on A Minute of Shakespeare?

Written in a moment (or minute??) of madness – obviously stemming from a Sunday lunch discussion with kids … Wotzisface! (in Minute form) A boy, born April twenty-third; say, how absurd to not recall his name at all! He wrote some thirty-seven plays. And other days, when stuck for plot, he sonnets wrot – or writ (did writ?) – or something weird … He had a beard, I think, – or not? Erstways, he’s HOT!

Weight loss accountability

Written by amanda on 19th October 2010. Posted in Weight to go. No Comments on Weight loss accountability

Ask a kid why he didn’t do his homework and chances are he’ll come up with a range of innovative and entertaining excuses over the course of a few months. Ask an adult why he or she didn’t get to the gig on Saturday night or why they haven’t phoned ‘mum’ and you’ll probably get a smaller range of excuses (or, well, most would like to call them ‘reasons’)! Ask an overweight person why they couldn’t manage to lose so much as half a pound...

Chinese proverb saves the day

Written by amanda on 9th October 2010. Posted in Sunday round-up. 1 Comment on Chinese proverb saves the day

Chinese proverb saves the day It’s an ancient proverb, I’m told – and I thought it should be recorded here because I’d never heard it before, I doubt I’ll ever hear it again and its effect was nothing short of astounding. Picture this: Sunday lunch, six of us sitting around the table talking Stephen Hawking. Ah yes, well, ‘some’ of us were talking Stephen Hawking. Chris has rediscovered his love of physics so conversation has stepped up a notch from unintelligible to completely unintelligible!!...