http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ en-us kary@speckledgoat.co.uk 2010-09-26T18:46:51+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000524.html Due to fraudulent claims made by our now ex-buyers...we are back to square one, £650 quid worse off and will probably lose the house we fell in love with too. Cheers for that. ...anyone want to buy a flat?... 524@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2010-09-26T18:46:51+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000523.html I just read over my last entry. The comments on the house sale seemed so negative and resigned. The good news is that it sold really quickly in the end! Mortgages are sorted, solicitors instructed and the whole stressful process... 523@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2010-09-04T18:39:06+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000522.html I had not realised how long it was since I posted something here. It is not always easy to find the time to sit and write these days. We are in the final stages of this year's Summer holiday and... 522@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2010-08-24T09:12:24+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000520.html My daughter is making me smile lots today. She always makes me smile, but today she is making me smile even more than usual. She is currently using every ounce of her strength to carry round a bag of oranges.... 520@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2010-04-16T12:35:45+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000519.html I have now left the school where I worked for almost a quarter of my life and am getting used to the idea that I will be going somewhere else on Monday. Sometimes things happen to make you realise that... 519@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2010-04-15T08:28:40+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000518.html What a week it has been. A short while ago I saw an advert for a Deputy Headship of a school in Canterbury. It was much closer to home and so I sent in a speculative application not expecting anything... 518@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2010-02-25T18:42:49+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000517.html The house is quiet as I try to do some work related research this afternoon. As I read, my eyes wander to the sleeping bundle visible in the adjoining window. She is curled into a tiny ball; a blanket pulled... 517@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2010-02-18T21:36:15+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000515.html So time plods ever onwards. Ruby's first Christmas is over and a fine time was had by all. The emotion of it all kicked in on Christmas Eve, just as I had thought it would. We took her to the... 515@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2010-01-03T10:26:35+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000514.html Christmas Eve in the Godsell house. I sit and wonder how it happened. Where has the last year gone? I am thinking a lot about Christmas last year and how much things have changed. My brother and Claire were somewhere... 514@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-12-24T08:59:52+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000513.html 1. Her smile. How her whole face lights up and even her ears smile. I love her laughs and her infectious giggles. 2. Her kisses. She kisses everything. She has a favourite book at the moment. She kisses the toy... 513@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-11-04T08:32:00+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000512.html Ruby has a new game. There is a small compartment on her activity table, just the right size to hold one of her favourite shapes. Mummy hides a shape inside and Ruby 'finds' it. We have played this game several... 512@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-10-27T08:36:14+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000511.html May I first begin with a huge thank-you to everyone who attended Ruby's christening last weekend. We extend a super-special thank-you to Claire for making such an amazingly beautiful dress. Cutting up my wedding dress seems a distant, painless memory... 511@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-10-24T21:16:03+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000510.html ...as the peroxide blonde child washed my hair in the salon this morning she asked (in that hairdresser way)...'Are you goin' aht tonight?' I replied 'No, we don't get out much with our eight month old' Her reply? 'I suppose... 510@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-10-03T20:36:34+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000509.html Being the cricket fan that I am, the recent Ashes series filled me with excitement and despair in equal measure. I have watched as much of the series as a 7 month old newly mobile baby would allow and relished... 509@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-08-24T08:07:00+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000508.html Ruby is now mobile. It is official. She is now off and going. Gone is the bottom up/face plant method in favour of a far more efficient commando style crawl. No longer can I put her down, pop to the... 508@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-08-14T14:23:11+00:00