Project 365 2017 Week 39
Week 39 – three-quarters of the way through the year already! I think I’ve just about got used to it being 2017 and it’s nearly over. Here’s our week in pictures… Day 257 – Sunday 24th September – I managed a 12 mile run this morning, my last before next week’s half marathon. I ran the first half of it with my husband, but then he told me to go on without him (did I mention that...
Dark Water by Robert Bryndza
Every year, there seems to be an author or series of books that dominates my reading. Last year it was Ian Rankin’s Rebus novels, in previous years it has been Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole books and Kate Atkinson’s entire back catalogue. This year, it’s Robert Bryndza’s Detective Erika Foster novels. These books are not great works of literature, but I love them! I can’t get enough of them. The stories are...
Getting the first pointe shoes
Getting your first pointe shoes is a really big deal for a little ballet dancer, and my daughter was no exception. Most little ballerina’s mums were also ballerinas and know this stuff themselves. Me? I failed a modern exam at the age of 7. Yes, I’m that bad. So I have no idea about pointe shoes, other than a lot of rumours. I knew they were VERY EXPENSIVE. Over £100. Also, I know that, at 11, my daughter has just started...
The new school – feeling tired
It’s pretty much the thing you hear parents say more than anything: ‘He’s really tired… ‘ ‘She’s just SO TIRED’. It might be true or it might just be an excuse for a bad behaviour, but how often do you hear it? How often have you said it? Kids are tired after nursery. Tired after playgroup. Tired after school. My kids? NEVER TIRED. They have always gone to bed late. They were all in...
Panto audition stress
Last year, I told everyone that my daughter wouldn’t be doing panto this year. Because she was going to a new school. She needed to settle in and get used to the work and be sure she’d made good friends who wouldn’t ditch her for taking a few days off school in the run-up to Christmas. But I think I’d pretty much changed my mind by March. My daughter was going to do panto again! It’s two years since she...