T-Bird Anni Rides Again

my car has sounded like it’s got dustbin lids under it for ages now, I’d intended to take it to the garage when the Red Cross money landed (but it didn’t so I’ve just been hoping the exhaust didn’t fall off anywhere too public in the mean time!)

Anyway, Duke peered under there today and guess what?  It wasn’t the exhaust, it was some heat shield that reflects the exhaust heat away from the boot so not terribly important but terribly noisy when only held on by 1 bolt and therefore boinging about under there!

So I have extra money in the budget for next month (which could just fall through my fingers at the Education show of course!)

 In other news, I have had to almost physically prise Aprilia off the PC to put her to bed tonight!  Why?  Because one of the games on Study Dog that used to reduce her almost to tears a year ago is now so easy it’s FUN.  I am so glad I put level 1 on "By mistake" for her to play with before installing level 2! 

Well, this was supposed to have been posted yesterday but somehow got "lost" and ended up in drafts but just for completeness here it is! 

apart from getting confused by the OU (and Helen, I’m sure you are right but it’s rather cunfusing when you are allowed to sneak off and tell someone something that may help them but not tell them openly..!) what have we done?  Um, well, there was a long bath in the middle of it all in order to try out a new snorkel and mask (obviously, one has to test these things!), I remember that bit, and some stories and she did lots of handwriting (getty whosit) during music group practice and planned her entire day’s meals!  It seemed to be based around eating every piece of fruit in the house I think!  There was also an outrageous amount of bouncing, giggling and rolling round starkers on my bed "fending off" my attempts at tickling her after her bath.

Good day, tiring, but good.

And thanks everyone for the nice comments, it does me good to hear nice things and I really do apreciate it.  In fact you are a wonderful bunch and I wish I could give you all a big hug to say thanks!

AS seen on Stepping off the Path (which you may or may not already read!)

Allowing Parents to BE parents 

"Most parents and guardians do not need the ‘opportunity’ to work, they need the ‘opportunity’ to rear and nurture their children.

If we really want this generation to grow up as fully rounded and emotionally intelligent human beings we need for parents to be allowed to parent, rather than become people who give them breakfast and put them to bed exhausted from lining the Chancellors’ coffers.

Support my petition to give financial help to families where one parent wishes to raise their own child until nursery age, and to support the family rather than business by eliminating the need for ‘wrap-around’ child care."

Obviously it would be nice it 1 parent can then continue to stay home until hte child is old enough to come home from school or whatever independently rather than needing the dread before and after school clubs but hey, baby steps!