Two days running I hear? I know, I finally feel like I'm coming to the end of a horrible year - oh wait, that's because we are coming to the end of the year! Yesterday was a lazy day - candidate - Anna's for a cuppa and a catch up - market for a bit of shopping - and laying on the sofa catching up on the last 2 weeks of non-stop. Went to bed and started to read Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. Not yet read the last one. So starting from the beginning and plan to read every night for a bit till I have! No spoilers please, I have actually never found out what happens in 7!

Anna had these cute Snowman soups gifts for her DS3's classmates. So I have openly copied the idea :) Work out at only about 70p each, and she's only one of 10 in her class, so do-able.

DS2 had some very sad news yesterday. His best mates dad died in a freak accident. How do you deal with that at 15? I can't get my head around it.

Now because of todays lazy day, today I have to get the decorations down from the loft - put them up - write Christmas cards - and tags - make the snowman soup - finish my portfolio - convert my video teaching assessment from VHS to DVD - finish my quilt now that I have enough material - update blog - plan Wedensdays lesson on The Positive Role Model - fix shower - sort out paperwork for 17th - write to Ella's birth father - oh, and Jeff's at work. Better get off here and get on with it.


Photo today is from Christmas 2003 when I could still persuade the kids to smile nicely for a photograph!