I’ve been really touched by the number of nice people who have drawn up their cars beside mine and gesticulated furiously that my hubcap is wobbling precariously. It is actually held on by plastic stuff, but it’s so nice that people are prepared to do that.
It’s led to a lot some embarassing moments as I [...]
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The wobbly wheel
Posted in stuff and things, tagged cars, mime, sign language on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What’s a gasket?
Posted in stuff and things, tagged car on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Doesn’t Mrs Gasket write Victorian novels? If it’s anything mechanical, then I won’t know about it. Unfortunately.
It’s been a day of new experiences:
1st time seen smoke belching from back of car
1st time seen smoke belching from front of car
1st time accelerator has felt crunchy
1st time phoned AA
1st time standing alone beside motorway
1st time towed
1st time [...]
Happy birthdays
Posted in stuff and things, tagged birthdays on February 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Not just my mum’s birthday, but my grampa’s too. Hell of a birthday present!
A tidy library is never used: discuss
Posted in libraries, stuff and things, tagged tidyness on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a question: how tidy should a library be?
You will have guessed by now that I am not a tidy person by nature. I try, but it doesn’t come naturally to me. I do my best to keep the shelving and pupils’ areas tidy so they can be used appropriately, but my own workspace is [...]
Deborah’s place…
Posted in stuff and things, tagged Deborah, Tullamore on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…is Tullamore. She says we never remember, so I’m storing the memory here.
Day 19 – Snow
Posted in photography, stuff and things, tagged one a day, snow on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Snow is treacherous.
So beautiful, and so deadly.
The most uninteresting view becomes fascinating with white streaks.
Day 10 – A bit miserable
Posted in Scotland, photography, stuff and things, television / films, tagged cough, moon, movies, weather, weekends on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was really looking forward to the weekend. First chance this week to be outside during daylight hours (and I mean outside, not inside a car) .
What do I get?
Rain.
But that’s OK, I’m Scottish, I can cope with rain. We’ll stick the kids in wellies and go for a walk in the woods. Be a [...]
Hootenanny
Posted in music, stuff and things, tagged Adele, Annie Lennox, Duffy, Hogmanay, Jools Holland, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jool’s New Year Hootenanny has a bit of a diva-fest going on. Martha Reeves, Duffy, Adele, Annie Lennox.
Annie still has it – stunning and emotional performances. She looks fabulous, gorgeous and dignified. I’m much happier to know that Annie, amongst many others would see in the New Year quietly in their own house – in [...]
A day in the worklife: period 2: the free period!
Posted in ICT, careers, libraries, stuff and things, tagged free periods, interruptions, personal statements, tidyness on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was getting the new Creative Suite software loaded onto the computers the first two periods (hurray!) but unfortunately that meant the 6th years had to be ejected from the ICT. Instead I was kept busy (and happily so) providing assistance with personal statements and debate research rather than making sure the website was showing the [...]
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