Yesterday, I was back at school for teacher training and while this posts, I will be slap bang in the middle of a full day of teaching. As I went to bed last night, I was surprisingly calm (despite some last minute planning because it wouldn't be me if I was *completely* prepared ahead of… Continue reading Back to School
The Need to Capture
I don't know if it because it feel like time is rushing by like a flooded river but more and more I have felt the need to capture our lives whether that be through Instagram, this blog, in photo albums (it makes me feel a bit panicky that we don't have any recent photos in… Continue reading The Need to Capture
True Grit
Last night, we watched True Grit at last and I was immediately transfixed. I fell in love with the characters, the script, the cinematography and the tone was unmistakably Coenesque. It has made me want to rewatch all the Coen brother films I've already seen and catch all those I haven't got to yet. It… Continue reading True Grit
Book Review: The Crucible
In an ongoing effort to read all the books and plays I 'should' read, I finally got to Arthur Miller's The Crucible. This was a staple study text for GCSE when I took mine all those years ago but it was not one that my class did so I knew little about it. I did… Continue reading Book Review: The Crucible
5 Books I loved in 2013
These books weren't actually released in 2013 but these are five books I loved last year: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck I am sure given enough time and enough years teaching this, I will grow weary of it but right now, I am as in love with this sad story as I was… Continue reading 5 Books I loved in 2013
Regaining Simplicity
While I was on maternity leave and then working part time, I was drawn towards simple living and embraced the idea of paring everything down. I made my simple goals and as a family, we made decisions about our spending, our ambitions and our way of life which centred around intentional living and which moved… Continue reading Regaining Simplicity
Taking Stock
As I start to think about what my resolutions for 2014 will be, I realised I needed to start by checking how I managed my resolutions for 2013. These are the resolutions: lose at least a stone in weight complete all assignments at least two days before deadline read at least 50 books be tough… Continue reading Taking Stock
5 things to do before the end of the year
Read 9 more books Watch Whedon's version of Much Ado about Nothing - I got it for Christmas and I'm so happy! Tidy my work area Start planning some lessons Change the time on my car - it's been annoying me since October
5 things I need to do to stop feeling stressed about Christmas
Put up our Christmas decorations Write and post our Christmas cards / thank you cards from Evelina's birthday Make a handmade gift for the final sew make believe meetup tomorrow night Plan Christmas Day dinner Watch Elf
5 things I regret
Not saving all my gig tickets Crying at work, although at least it wasn't in front of any kids Breaking the last bottle of red wine the other day Not charging my iPad earlier. I am going to have to actually do something productive any minute now. Committing to NaBloPoMo for my busiest month of… Continue reading 5 things I regret
Notes From My Day 