Crafting on

Yesterday I got home from work to be asked by Stephanie is she could paint some of the clay pots she made a little while ago. So out come the paints.

I had been planning on coming home and getting this beast out so that I could get on with extra large pile of paper work I need to do this week;

 

Oh well I thought it's only another half hour, it'll wait. My baby won't. So we painted her pots. Then she found her old shaker maker set, can we do this?

 

So we did. Then the hamma beads were found, so we did those;

A crafty box set for eraser making was discovered lurking in the cupboard. So we did those as well;

 

By which time it was 9pm. Hmm I said its' already late when you have a swimming lesson first thing in the morning. Shower and bed. So Stephanie showered and I took the beast upstairs. My foot was hurting you see so I thought I would sit in bed and get on with the paperwork. I could use my headphones and listen to the radio as I worked. This was at 9.30pm. Something must have gone wrong with the plan though as the next thing I now it is 6.30AM and I have a little lady showing me that the eraser models we baked before she went to bed had cooled down. I was getting a good morning story from the characters we had created.

 

I guess I was a little tired after all. The paperwork is still here, I have managed about 1/5 of it this afternoon in between house work and loom bracelet making on the new kit Stephanie bought herself whilst we shopped this morning.

 

 

 Oh well I have had fun with my baby girl, soon she'll be a teenager (eek!) and won't want to spend time with me. I'll just have to manage to work through my lunches this week to catch up. sandwiches and easy to eat at the computer food. It is worth it!!

ouchy!!

I have damaged my foot :-(


I am not sure how I have done it, but my paramedic friend says it is most likely a hairline fracture on one of the metatarsals. I need to rest it and it will heal.

It's feel very Ouchy today. It happened last Monday. look it's very swollen

I'm not enjoying the not running. It's how I wake up and prepare for the day ahead. It has become a very important part of my day. I need to rest it for 4-8 weeks.

Feeling a little sorry for myself as I hobble around home and work at the moment.

playful fun- the beetle game

On Friday evening Stephanie asked if we could play a game. She had an idea for a new game for us to play. I said ok what do we need, we collected the bits and pieces she wanted us to use.


Then she disappeared. Very strange, I thought she had gone to the toilet and started to potter around doing some household jobs whilst I waited for her. When she came back she brought this with her;

It is the instructions for the game. I tis not very clear but it says
1. head
2. body
3. antennae
4. eyes
5. wings
6. legs

We had to roll the dice and we got the corresponding body part. The only requirements were that you had to get the body first. You couldn't get the antenna and eyes until you had a head.

At the end of the game you end up with these;

 

What a fun way to create a Friday night treat!

 

 

busy week/amazing children!

The other day I posted about how Stephanie had participated in a swimming gala in which her school came 2nd over all.

Well this evening I have been to Dylan's consultation evening at school. I am very pleased to say that have I been told by every teacher that I have a clever and polite young man who should achieve incredible grade. In many subjects he is on track for a/a*. VERY proud mummy here this evening!!
Well I am proud of him everyday but it is so nice to see that he is doing so well and all teachers had good things to say about him.

I always knew this little fella was amazing, but it so very nice to be told it by 10 other people in a 2 hour space of time :-D

Getting there

The other day I blogged about feeling a little overwhelmed. Since making a plan to get the problems sorted I am feeling much more in control. The housework was getting on top of me, the paperwork was getting a bit much. It's been hot and making it difficult to sleep which hasn't helped.
I have stuck to the plan for the housework to get back in control and I am almost there. I have been doing a little of each job a day and chipping away at them. The ironing was a massive problem for me, I hate the washing building up. Just a couple of days in and it is nearly gone. I have cleared this much each time I got the ironing board out;

 

So that has left the overflowing basket which had more than twice the amount it could hold in it now looks like this;

 

After tomorrow's ironing session it should be empty. Then it will be a ten minute job each day as I empty the dry clothes of the line to keep up to date. Hopefully I can keep up with the momentum and not let myself get behind again. I have also been following my menu plan so getting more organised with dinners freeing up more time of an evening.

 

I have a busy weekend so need to keep going so that I get everything done that needs to be.

 

 

 

My little star

Today was a busy day work straight from work for a 40 mile drive to another school as Stephanie had been asked to swim in a gala representing her school. Stephanie was taken there by another mum as I didn't have time to leave work, collect her and get to the next school in time for the gala to start. Luckily coming straight from my work I arrived at the same time as Stephanie. So I didn't miss any of the gala, I had been worried I might miss the beginning races and we didn't know the running order until we got there.

Stephanie's team were fantastic, even without mummy goggles I don't think anyone could dispute this as only 3 of the 20 children had ever swam in a competition before. Stephanie was a non competitor before today. Her school gave it their all and came 2nd overall! What a fantastic result especially as Stephanie's school does not have a pool and so the children only swim for one term per year with the school and then when us parents take them. The other schools  in the competition had their own pools, which talking to the other parents are used several times a week for training.

I am so proud of Stephanie and her friends/ team mates as were all of the other parents I sat with during the competition. We are very  proud of our children :-)

Listening to the rules before she began.

feeling a little less blue

You may have noticed I was feeling a little blue yesterday.
I am feeling better today, I have a plan and that always helps me to feel more organised.

I am doing a little of each of the jobs that were making me feel overwhelmed.
Stephanie's bedroom has been bothering me for a while. I ended up tidying as I chatted to my sister on the phone yesterday. I had only intended to get it started so that she felt more able to complete to, I have almost finished the room during my chat without realising.

The ironing is 1/3 complete. It is 2 weeks worth of ironing so it won't be finished for a couple of days but 15 minutes a day is clearing it.

I have almost caught up with my paperwork.

I have loaded one thing onto eBay this morning, one a day until it is all gone.
I even made myself breakfast this morning;

 

It is a green smoothie, full of spinach well my iron keeps dipping low so am trying to boost it. I didn't have time to drink it before I left for work so I put it in a flask cup with the intention of drinking it as I set up for the day. Except when I got to work I discovered I had left the cup on the kitchen side. Oh well I guess I am one step closer to making sure I have breakfast.

 

I have spent this evening doing some school work, chatting with my children and making the dinner for tomorrow as I know I have a busy day as Stephanie has a swimming gala 40 minute drive from home straight after school. So I have made dinner so that it just needs heating and I don't have to rush/stress after work.

I now need to go and finish my marking and then I can go to bed. I am tired but I know that I will be back organised by the weekend. I am also having a night out on Saturday so that is something to look forward to. Well not a night out where I spend lots of money. It is a night out with friends camping, so all I need is a bottle of wine and a little meat to add to the bbq.