Friday 22 February 2013

Spring is here- no it isn't!!

Through my front window the sun is positively tropical. The winter blue sky is crystal clear and it's so warm and lovely.

On the outside of my front window there is a very different picture. It's frecking freezing! The biting wind has a chill factor of minus 3. However it didn't stop me from falling in love with these gorgeous little blue irises. ( regular readers will know about my blue garden and penchant for only growing blue flowers )
It took two days to plant them. Day one I removed the pebbles off my round little cobble hole ( this is the front ) and I had to come back in as my fingers were quite literally frozen to the bone !
Day two - never have plants been bunged in a hole so quick!

Anyway I think they are sweet and cheery and a billy bargain at £1.75 each!

I'm a bit , ok, very grumpy today because it's the last day of half term and I've not done everything I was going to. Also, in a cruel twist of fate, the very night after bragging to my mum about "sleeping right through" I woke up at 4.29. I could not go back to sleep until approx three minutes before the HG's alarm went off at 6.

Just call me Victoria Meldrew today.

Oh and Spring does not start til March 21st. It is still Winter. My rankles rise at folk in twitter who say it's Winter when it's still Autumn and who are now saying Spring WHEN IT IT STILL WINTER.
One more thing - Werther's original advert - I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A CARAMEL SHOP. IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A CARAMEL SHOP? DO I NEED TO SUE MY MOTHER BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T TAKE ME TO ONE AND THEREFORE I AM A VICTIM OF NEGLECT? AND THE GIRL'S/WOMAN'S LIPS WHEN SHE PUTS THE GORGEOUS GOLD IN HER MOUTH REALLY REEEEALLY ANNOYS ME.

Told you I was grumpy.



Wednesday 20 February 2013

Half Term Knitting

Latest work in progress is a little cardigan for a friend of the HG. I love the sea green wool I have left over from Arthur's stripy jumper, so I thought I'd team it up with some cream. Also I broke out the straights for a change. What do you think?



Thursday 14 February 2013

Show and tell wins again

And a tale of an early lesson in love .

Firstly I was in Y3 for the afternoon. One of my very favourite places to be. Even though I may whinge and whine about it! Now you've met this Year 3 class before. When I used to blog about them when they were in Year 1!
They are a class full of little cherubs. And one little soul mentioned he had 'show and tell' . Well, you know me, a sucker for show and tell.
Me: what've you brought in?
Boy: it's really smart. I've got this book right. It's called a dictionary. It's like magic. You look up a word. AND IT TELLS YOU WHAT IT MEANS!!

He was so excited about this. The animation in his voice was a joy to hear!!

Now for the lesson in love and broken hearts.
We were all sat on the carpet about to start our lesson and Sensitive Boy put his hand up. Yes? I waited. With eyes brimming with tears he said to me
"I gave a Valentine's card. And she ripped it up and put it in the bin. (Tears brimmed over ).
I looked at the object of his affections. She looked back at me, face blank, completely unrepentant. The class for once fell silent.

I was thinking what the f#%k do I say ???!!!

Just as I opened my mouth to speak
He blurted out the killer heart wrencher.
I EVEN MADE IT MYSELF!

Oh you poor poor boy. You just learnt the hard way what cold,cruel creatures we women can be!! Miss Unrepentant 2013 barely blinked as she continued to blank him!
I did what any respecting adult would. I turned it into a quick lesson on tact and diplomacy! I also said that they were far too young to be thinking about Valentines nonsense! I told his dream girl that she should have taken the card home and thrown it in the bin there!

I then moved swiftly into the lesson.

What would YOU have said?!!