These Mondays are coming around a little bit too fast for my liking this month!
It was a start as we mean to go on (with a treat of hot chocolates and a muffin for me and my girl), stroganoff cooking, Christmas shopping with her friend, Skyping/gaming with his friends, mini cracker making, first Christmas cards arriving, Never Let Me Go watching (naughty mummy substituting the film for the book. Do as I say, not as I do!) for GCSE helping, personal statement fine tuning (summing yourself up in 4000 characters, including spaces, is not easy), croissant warming, beef roasting, Christmas Club story reading/memory sharing (3 left to comment on, I’ll get there), tea in front of the telly (a rarity around here) kind of weekend.
![2014-12-08 2014-12-08](//lh4.ggpht.com/-L06IWm5QE78/VIYkx80OqBI/AAAAAAAANJs/soUzuTi6zZ8/2014-12-08_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
Monday found me making the most of the sunshine to pre wash some fabrics….
![IMG_20141208_113621 IMG_20141208_113621](//lh4.ggpht.com/-jnl5vY7CRFk/VIYkz8DGf5I/AAAAAAAANJ8/ne_9hlfTK-M/IMG_20141208_113621_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
….and watching an episode of Glee….
![IMG_20141208_154939 IMG_20141208_154939](//lh3.ggpht.com/-unY6mBKj5U8/VIYk1aEnTLI/AAAAAAAANKM/pdR9uI04hKM/IMG_20141208_154939_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
….while I ironed them. I have Homeland to catch up with still and Intruders (anyone else watching that?) but I was in the mood for something a little lighter, after the heavy subject matter of Never Let Me Go. There is a scene in the film (don’t worry, no spoilers from me) when one of the characters stands in the road and lets out his frustration. It’s a heart wrenching moment. All the more so for me as it could have been my boy standing there, having a meltdown. December is always a difficult month, but throw in a trip to London at the start and mocks looming after Christmas and we have a tough few weeks ahead of (and one thankfully now behind) us.
Waving to Sian again this evening, with grateful thanks. Without her clever ideas I wouldn’t have posted anything yet this month.
PS There seem to be some problems with Word Verification on Blogger at the moment. As far as I can tell it’s turned off, as always here, but if it’s coming up for you please let me know. Thank you.