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One of these days...
...I will blog frequently enough to keep some sort of flow going. It's hard to catch up on almost two months' worth of news!What I really want to do is write a whole huge post, or series of posts,...
View ArticleSetback
I want to blog about the setback Jade has had in the past week. I am sure we will get past it in due course, but it might help me in future, and others, to know that setbacks do happen in the ordinary...
View ArticleGood and bad
I am in a foul mood. I have to find a way to get more energy, because I am wasting too much of my life feeling too tired to do anything. I need to start running again. In the meantime it's been...
View ArticleMore anxiety, and CBT
We've had 2 weeks back at school after half-term, and I want to keep track of what has been going on.SHORT VERSION: For those who don't want to read every detail, in the two weeks since half-term I...
View ArticleBetween then and now
So, since March 8th, things haven't got any better. It's constantly been a case of one step forward, one or two steps back. A couple of weeks ago, having finished the previous week quite well, talking...
View ArticleLows and highs
On Wednesday, Bill goes in to school with Jade while I (usually) work - although this week I had taken the day off and was taking Shannon to the audiologist at Cheltenham Hospital. After having a...
View ArticleApril
The Easter holidays were really nice. I love Easter - it's my favourite holiday, and, after some v. bad behaviour by Jade hurting Shannon, and a firm laying-down-of-the-law and re-stating boundaries...
View ArticleMay
When I was HEing, I was quite anti-school. I still am in many ways. I still think that for many (most?) children, HE is definitely a better education and is better socially and emotionally. However, I...
View ArticleJune 22nd
I wish, on this date every year, I didn't keep checking the clock, remembering what was happening at this moment x years ago. This year x = 11. It was in the evening when it all started to go wrong....
View ArticleGreenbelt 2010
I wasn't sure how my 23rd Greenbelt would be for me. For the first time, I was going completely on my own. Last year, I left Bill and the kids at home, but I knew the Off-the-Pathers would be there and...
View ArticleBack to school
It has all gone fairly smoothly! Which is better than I anticipated, after Jade said half-way through the summer holidays that she wanted me to go into class with her to start with when she went back....
View ArticleThoughts on future HE
When Jade first went to school in April 2009, we were very uncertain whether she would settle into it or not, but she had asked to go, and we really wanted to see if we could make some progress with...
View ArticleSaving the best till last
Having been chided by my friend Michelle, I am blogging! It would be easier if Shannon didn't insist on sitting on my knee and therefore having to do this one-handed, but I will manage somehow!So,...
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Stuff!
Here are some random meandering thoughts about other stuff that's been going on lately.I have for a long time contemplated that I may have food intolerance issues, what with IBS, eczema and lack of...
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Organising and decluttering
I've always been messy. As a teenager I had the sort of room where you couldn't tell the colour of the carpet for all the stuff all over it. As I've got older I've got less and less happy about living...
View ArticleInteresting memory from Jade
Jade has just told me something really interesting. She says she can remember being 4, and on holiday in a tent with us somewhere (could very well have been our first Kessingland), and having the...
View ArticleScrew Work Let's Play 30 Day Challenge
I feel like I've been wandering in the wilderness for a long time. I'm not sure what I'm meant to be doing in life, what my purpose is (apart from raising my family) and how to make the best use of any...
View Article30DC result
Okay, so I suppose I should report back. It's after midnight, though, so I will be very brief.I dithered a great deal about my subject matter, lost motivation, decided to give up, changed my mind and...
View ArticleFor the record
Will I ever get the blogging bug back? I don't know, but I know that I regret it when I don't record the important steps as well as the day-to-day stuff for future reading.Jade had such a good week...
View ArticleUsborne Books for Sale
All titles are brand new. All cost £1 each unless otherwise noted. The Amazing Adventures of Hercules – Usborne Young Reading Series 2 Penguins – Usborne First Reading Level 4 The Ugly Duckling –...
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