new bike!
well, okay not totally new but it’s as good as and it’s all hers!
It used to belong to Tim who is (are you ready for one of those copmicated relationships things?) the son of Tom, who is a collegue and friend of Rick my forth fave fella and his wife Kerry. TIm had barely used it as the bike was at Tom’s and he lives with his mum not his dad these days and custody has been somewhat of a fight and in the mean time he just grew out of it. It "cost" us a lovely drive out into rural Wales, a couple of hours chatting whilst cuddling some of the most gorgeous cats ever (Norwegan forest cats) and watching my daughter flash her baby blues at Rick who promptly bowed to her every whim, adjusted the saddle, taught her what to do with the gears and took her up and down the street a few times to make sure she could manage to ride it properly. She is only just big enough for it so it should last her a few years meaning that yet again we have escaped buying her a brand new bike!!!
I spent a while trying (and mainly succeeding) to excavate the living room so that I have space to wrap pressies which is tomorrow’s job. Whilst doing this, naturally we uncovered a puzzle book so spent half an hour doing subtraction (sigh, only in a home educating household can maths be considered a good thing to do on a weekend just before a major celebration…..) Tomorrow, when I’m not wrapping pressies and creating then writing cards, I also need to be at church on time (Aprilia is in the nativity play) and I need to make several batches of playdough as promised as a pressie to A’s children (and wrap it as soon as it’s cool enough, then deliver it…) then be back at church for before 4pm for the carol concert, then make a long blue tunic type thing as Aprilia is Mary in a different nativity (at mum and dad’s church) on Monday afternoon. There is a threat of a roast lunch too….. Next year I will start preparing earlier and wrap things as I get them. didn’t I say something like that last year????
