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Posted by kary at 07:43 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnn!

:)

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Well this is the last day of the Easter holiday. The time out of the office was much needed. Having spent most of the last term poorly, tired and stressed, my mind and body have relished the opportunity to breathe easily again. My heart rate seems to have slowed, I have slept, I have smiled. Having got over the obligatory holiday illness (this time a nasty cold) I am all but ready to go back and face the two weeks of revision before the kids face their exams. It is a tough couple of weeks for us both. < rant >I hate the exams they have to do. They are 10/11 years old and face a whole week of exams - it is too much. They are children and as much as we are forced to make them grow up too soon, they are children and should not be facing any of it. Teacher assessment at this age is much more accurate anyway. What 10/11 year old is going to perform to their best in exam conditions? It makes me very cross.< /rant >

Anyway. As I say, pretty much ready to head back to it.

It has been a good break. We have visited friends, family, Arsenal and rare breeds. We have given gifts, invested in new glasses, received gifts, watched films, made art type things, won more quizzes, watched good comedy, been on mini-adventures (even if the goats were closed for the winter), done housework, been swimming and (partially) completed school work.

However, today, the final day of the break holds little fun and wonder. School work, a potentially frustrating day for my beautiful boy, more housework, catching up with washing etc and mentally preparing for a return to work.

Topical item ...you are not allowed to wire a plug without getting certification from an electrician now..so why would kids know? It isn't legal to teach it! *sigh

Love to Mr Kris, hope you are feeling better x

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So we keep our 100% quiz night record. How long can it last I wonder? The glory! The adulation of the masses!
So far our spoils include: Caramelised onions and freeze dried coffee, champagne (well, Cava), champange flutes and 6 quid! (Admittedly not a great hoard)

Some questions to whet the appetite:

Who invented the paperclip?
Name the 5 teams in the English football league that end in 'n' excluding 'town'
Who was the captain of 'The Bounty' when the mutiny took place?
Which two countries are separated by the Straights of Gibraltar?
Which football team plays at Gay Meadow?

Answers to the usual address ;)

In case all that brain work is just too much here is a sweet photo of baby porcupines to coo over :)

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Today we went to the Rare Breeds Centre in Ashford. Nik's mum, Emily and I. We hopped into my little car this morning and after some navigational errors (we blame the RAC) we made it. The sky remained dry for us until we got in the car to come home thankfully and a fine time was had.

This is clearly the best time of year to go if you are thinking about it as it was full of newly born animals. Tiny little piglets, baby goats and lambs. Enough to make you go soft! They have pens that you can go into (the goat one obviously needed a visit from me) a trail through the woods and a small rope climb course that Emily and I did our best to negotiate (Emily doing significantly better than I!)

So thanks to Val and Emily for the trip...here are some pics if you are interested...

(I have rearranged the Gallery somewhat - sorry if you are lost!)

Posted by kary at 04:40 PM | Permalink

It is with great cheer that I join you this fine afternoon having seen Arsenal safely through to the semi-finals of the Champions League last night in the company of lovely Nik, family and friends :)

So with that cheer in mind, I sit here with the fog of a nasty cold hopefully starting to lift and The King and I on the DVD player. Being ill is the perfect time for a bit of Rodgers and Hammerstein don't you think? The week has been relatively action packed so far. Out at a comedy night on Monday, the main act an American now based in Dagenham of all places! 'It is a far cry from Los Angeles' as he rightly put it! My cheering in the corner each time he mentioned it was ignored as 'being proud of Dagenham would have given me no material' Cheek! :) Tuesday was spent looking at now big people when they were then small people. How sweet Nik was! (cue the cries of 'What happened?') and last night out to watch the football. The days have been spent cleaning, shopping, sneezing and sniffling! Tomorrow sees me off on an adventure to the Rare Breeds Centre in Ashford and another pub quiz in the evening with our Matt and Mary! Such busy little bees are we!

I am too poorly to think of anything inspiring to say. My head too full of fog. If you can think of anything, do let me know :)

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