http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com The life and times of Anni, Duke and Aprilia Thu, 15 May 2008 21:53:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en it would appear that far from needed a "literacy hour" every day, all a child needs is 5 minutes when mummy remembers in order to pass at level 2a one’s KS1 SATs maths!  And she didn’t even bother finishing all the questions as she got bored before the end ... http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com/2008/05/15/well-sats-that-then/ Yesterday we sort of bumbled along, went to Rainbows, got them all thoroughly covered in icing and sugar strands (they decorated cakes!) and then spent some time vacuuming up the mess from the floor   There was another episode of Bed Ed including more spectacularly good reading and ... http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com/2008/05/15/i-blinked-and-it-was-thursday/ The sun precipitated a mad urge to put a tent up in the garden the other day so we were in and out of that most of the day and I ended up reading Sonlight books to half the neighbourhood (seems like Greek Myths are a universally popular thing then!)  ... http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com/2008/05/14/tent-ed-and-a-bit-of-bed-ed/ I just got my latest TMA back and I got 74%   Could possibly have got more if i’d read the unit properly first as I missed a whole passage that related really well to the third part of the essay!  Typically, I’m going to miss the next tutorial ... http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com/2008/05/12/on-a-brighter-note/ It’s taht anual tax credt debacle time of year again.  I have obviously blanked out the full glory of last year’s debacle as I don’t remember certain pertinant points as raised by the supercillious prat I spoke to just now.  I don’t, for instance, remember being told that I was ... http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com/2008/05/12/grrr-doesnt-even-begin-to-cover-it/ I have spent a very pleasant day basking in the sunshine, in front of the little tent, whilst all around me 100+ Rainbows had one huge party.  They played games, did crafts, ran around, did the biggest hokey cokey you’ve ever seen and generally enjoyed themselves.  I had the tent ... http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com/2008/05/10/happy-21st-birthday-rainbows/ Been to a family wedding today (yes, on a Friday, confused the life out of me!)  I found myself mentally blogging it as it went on which of course means I’ve forgotten waht i wanted to say now   I’ve not been to a civil ceremony type wedding ... http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/family-wedding/ Today seemed to rush past in a bit of a blur.  There was "schooly bits" in the morning complete with some puzzles and a discovery that I have broken my previous record…. this time I got to week 19 before I got totally out of sync with the Sonlight Instructor ... http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com/2008/05/07/ill-get-used-to-it/ Just realised it’s 11pm, the back door is still wide open, chairs are still in the middle of the lawn and the cat is still out, we don’t let her out at night cos we are mean and nasty owners (in her eyes anyway!) and think that balck cats are ... http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com/2008/05/06/bother-or-oooops-depending-on-how-you-look-at-it/ This was a SuperBike weekend at Oulton so I was there on the overnight cover for 3 nights.  Now, usually this involves much sitting about drinking coffee, watching telly and gossiping (beleive me, if you think women can talk, you need to meet a paramedic.  they make me look positively ... http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com/2008/05/06/right-the-weekend-then/