School | Obsessive Ramblings

July 8th, 2012 | 2 Comments

What a lot there was going on today! I had my first long run for a few weeks planned this morning, even though the weather was looking to remain it’s recent inclement self, then we had the Pewley school fair from 12:00-2:00, while at the same time the British Grand Prix, the Men’s final at Wimbledon and the continuing tour de France which today had it’s first climbing finish. My run was great, in spite of, or … Read entire article »

The Wild Place

July 4th, 2012 | 4 Comments

Today was another mixed day, mainly because I only worked half a day, then had the afternoon off to spend a couple of hours with Savannah at school. American independence day had for some weeks had a greater significance for me, and my team at work, as a long planned internal governance committee meeting was planned to decide upon the priority of my larger projects for the rest of the year. Having provided all of the … Read entire article »

Quiet Week

June 15th, 2012 | Comments Off

It has been a quiet week (hence the blogging silence), mainly because I had a lot of projects paperwork, specifically project budget analysis for our governance committee. Still, Morgan is home from a field trip this evening, and it is the weekend. He has been out on a school trip for the last few days, where they have camped and done activities at a place called Bentley Copse, which is a local scout camp. I’m sure he … Read entire article »

Child at Large

May 8th, 2012 | 2 Comments

Early start today as I was back to work, the children were back to school and Joshua had to get to school early as he is off on a school trip. He has gone to a place called ‘Brenscombe‘ which is an activity centre down in Dorset, where he will be able to do a number of things during the week, including abseiling, archery, air-rifle shooting and a high ropes course. They will also be going … Read entire article »

School Reports

March 1st, 2012 | 3 Comments

Well there was a parents consultation this evening. Unfortunately I couldn’t make it, but Liz went along to talk to Joshua and Morgan’s teachers. They are doing very well apparently and their teachers are very pleased with them. They were both getting very distracted by some of the more disruptive children in the class previously, but we have worked with them and the teachers to improve things for some months and their concentration has improved over … Read entire article »