Month: February 2008

  • St David’s Day Concert

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    Jack’s Primary School had their St David’s Day concert today. What are they telling us these days? To take on some of the culture of the country that we immigrate to, to learn its history, the language and so forth? Jack’s certainly doing that, but there’s still something very wrong about putting him in a…

  • 3 months old

    Annabel was weighed at 7lb 7oz yesterday, making her now (at 3 months old) about the same weight Jack was when he was born!

  • Podcasts

    Sheesh. You really shouldn’t listen to your own podcasts several weeks after you recorded them. It’s way worse than reading typos in your submitted manuscripts.

  • Teaching next Monday

    I feel a little (only a little) contrary in saying this, but I’m looking forward to teaching on Monday. Teaching on Monday mornings can be tough, in that you may not have had enough time in the previous week to prepare exactly as you would like, so Sunday afternoons and/or evenings get eaten up by…

  • My ball bag

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    I’m reaching a milestone in beginner golf. I’m actually wearing balls out playing with them and retiring them to my practice bag, instead of just losing them in bushes/ponds/ditches/trees/long rough/out of bounds/rabbit warrens/outer space!

  • Practice, practice, practice

    Practice makes permanent?

  • Homework

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    Jack’s getting a little bit of homework now. He’s practicing writing letters and numbers.

  • First smile

    I got my first smile yesterday! A proper, full face, looked me in the eye, not-wind-at-all, happy girl smile. Awesome.

  • Bye bye Daddy!

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    Bye bye Daddy!, originally uploaded by samwebster. It was a half term holiday for Jack last week.

  • A bit of sun left

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    A bit of sun left, originally uploaded by samwebster. Wintry, sunny evenings on the Gower.