So went my conversation with Lee-Anne and Lisa in the car earlier, proving that i did, indeed, need sleep. After taking my mum into town to get her Christmas present, I met up with the girlies and we went for dinner (in the CastleCourt FoodCourt!! Ask Lee-Anne about the quality of the Noodle bar...) and then looked round the Continental Market. Was good fun. Especially when we were on the 3rd floor of CastleCourt and Lee-Anne said 'let's go to the third floor to pay our ticket' and me and Lisa just laughed until she realised!!! Our ticket, by the way, was a shocking £6.80. Ridiculous.
We had a little reminiscing about old children's programmes we used to watch. Do you remember ...?
-Stopit and Tidyup
-Wacky Races
-FUNHOUSE - can anybody else remember the words of the song? Post a comment and Lisa
and Lee-Anne will check for accuracy!
-Wacaday
-Some other stuff that I can't remember now...
If you were a child of the 80's/90's leave a commment with your old favourite TV programmes.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Monday, November 27, 2006
Saturday, November 18, 2006
The Name's Craig, Daniel Craig...
I went to see the new Bond movie last nite with my chums Gayle Lisa and Lee-Anne. I enjoyed it and I'm really glad I went to see it. My opinion on Daniel Craig? Less like a Bond, but more appealing to me because I never really liked the Bond type. Blonde is better!
I would love to do a wee review of it here, but there's too many people I know who haven't seen it, so I wouldn't want to spoil it for you ...
So...anyway back to the teaching stuff. If anyone has any good ideas for teaching about the American Thanksgiving, comment please. I thought it would be a good idea at the start but not really very sure how to approach it!!!
Bye for now,
Lx
I would love to do a wee review of it here, but there's too many people I know who haven't seen it, so I wouldn't want to spoil it for you ...
So...anyway back to the teaching stuff. If anyone has any good ideas for teaching about the American Thanksgiving, comment please. I thought it would be a good idea at the start but not really very sure how to approach it!!!
Bye for now,
Lx
Thursday, November 16, 2006
It's been a while...
Ok, so It's been a while since I've updated this thing, but please understand when I tell you that I've been on my 4th year teaching practice and it, like, takes over your life! Not in a bad way though, this year I've got really excited about it, but it does take a lot of work. And, after writing about those ways to waste time, I've really got over my laziness and inability to work before 10pm and have been working my [elbow] off.
What else have I been doing... not a lot, but I did take part (with Lisa and Lee-Anne) in organising a dinner party for all the young people in my church (ok, and just so you don't get offended Dermo, a few who don't count themselves as part of the young people any more!) I had a good time although was quite stressful, and I hope others did too; Tracy says we have to organise more, so maybe we will sometime!
In the meantime here's some photographs...
What else have I been doing... not a lot, but I did take part (with Lisa and Lee-Anne) in organising a dinner party for all the young people in my church (ok, and just so you don't get offended Dermo, a few who don't count themselves as part of the young people any more!) I had a good time although was quite stressful, and I hope others did too; Tracy says we have to organise more, so maybe we will sometime!
In the meantime here's some photographs...
Friday, November 03, 2006
Welcome to the Blogging World Rebecca!
So ... my friend Rebecca from Canada finally created her own blog, you can visit it at http://adventuresofsuperbecky.blogspot.com/. Read it and support the baby blogger!
Ok so there seems to be a problem with Blogger publishing photos but I promise you will get to see my lovely scrapbook and my opera model soon!
The reason for this post was actually just to say with all that time-wasting, I did actually do 3 hours piano practice this week (also a record - surprise surprise!!!)
The reason for this post was actually just to say with all that time-wasting, I did actually do 3 hours piano practice this week (also a record - surprise surprise!!!)
Thursday, November 02, 2006
10 Ways to Avoid Work
Being a bit of an expert on wasting time, I thought I would provide a little guide for those who are not as fortunate as myself. I've come to realise (after talking with SO many friends who feel the same way) that you do the most random things when you have an essay or some other work to do. So, here goes, the top ten:
1. Go shopping
Especially for clothes for the job you're preparing to do (Teaching Practice I'm really talking about here!) but any other shopping will suffice.
2. Tidy your room
Like, seriously, what other time would you get so enthusiastic about tidying your room - unless you're Monica from Friends...
3. Colour co-ordinate and tidy your files
I was especially afflicted with this symptom during my A-Levels...
4. Watch TV
Especially 1st thing in the morning. That way you'll never be able to pull yourself away from it all day. Even worse if there's nothing good on, because you'll keep waiting around for something good to come on...
5. Arrange to go out for lunch
With friends you see all the time and who would totally understand if you couldn't see them because you were working for instance. And you did see them, last night, when you suggested lunch the next day!
6. Agree to go for coffee when tae-bo is cancelled
Ok, so I'm fishing here, but I did do this on Tuesday night, and while tae-bo takes an hour out of your " 'work' that you were doing" (yea right!) you will spend the rest of the night out for coffee.
7. Go on msn
There will always be some poor soul willing to oblige you in conversation. The best conversations are about how much work you should be doing, how little you're doing, and what everybody else is doing (hopefully less that you, that way you'll feel better).
8. Make a scrapbook
Let's paint the scene. You went to Paris in June, and brought home a load of trinkets. You've come to the end of your scrapbook and you just can't find the perfect one to replace it so the nick-nacks keep building up. The day when you finally decide is the final day when you HAVE to begin your work you get a brainwave - you could make a scrapbook, at least for your Paris momentos. So you do. And here it is...
9. Create a 3D model of the Opera Garnier
I did this tonight. Right after finishing my Paris scrapbook. I bought it in Paris and haven't got round to making it up yet. It actually reminds me of those doll's houses you used to be able to buy, that you made up yourself - I'm convinced I had one...
10. Blog it!
After all this, and realising that all you were doing was wasting time, you decide to blog it. Helloo???
1. Go shopping
Especially for clothes for the job you're preparing to do (Teaching Practice I'm really talking about here!) but any other shopping will suffice.
2. Tidy your room
Like, seriously, what other time would you get so enthusiastic about tidying your room - unless you're Monica from Friends...
3. Colour co-ordinate and tidy your files
I was especially afflicted with this symptom during my A-Levels...
4. Watch TV
Especially 1st thing in the morning. That way you'll never be able to pull yourself away from it all day. Even worse if there's nothing good on, because you'll keep waiting around for something good to come on...
5. Arrange to go out for lunch
With friends you see all the time and who would totally understand if you couldn't see them because you were working for instance. And you did see them, last night, when you suggested lunch the next day!
6. Agree to go for coffee when tae-bo is cancelled
Ok, so I'm fishing here, but I did do this on Tuesday night, and while tae-bo takes an hour out of your " 'work' that you were doing" (yea right!) you will spend the rest of the night out for coffee.
7. Go on msn
There will always be some poor soul willing to oblige you in conversation. The best conversations are about how much work you should be doing, how little you're doing, and what everybody else is doing (hopefully less that you, that way you'll feel better).
8. Make a scrapbook
Let's paint the scene. You went to Paris in June, and brought home a load of trinkets. You've come to the end of your scrapbook and you just can't find the perfect one to replace it so the nick-nacks keep building up. The day when you finally decide is the final day when you HAVE to begin your work you get a brainwave - you could make a scrapbook, at least for your Paris momentos. So you do. And here it is...
9. Create a 3D model of the Opera Garnier
I did this tonight. Right after finishing my Paris scrapbook. I bought it in Paris and haven't got round to making it up yet. It actually reminds me of those doll's houses you used to be able to buy, that you made up yourself - I'm convinced I had one...
10. Blog it!
After all this, and realising that all you were doing was wasting time, you decide to blog it. Helloo???
Happy Birthday John**!!**
I just want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my 'taller but younger' brother who was 19 on Sunday! Whoo!
Half-Term Happenings
Well, I've been off nearly a week now for half-term (it's great being in school and not uni), but I wouldn't say I've done very much. I've seen a lot of TV, I've done some of my washing (which is an achievement!), kept my room fairly tidy (also an achievement), booked a hair appointment (I'm definitely NOT going to reveal what the new look will be) and went for lunch. I HAD planned to get ALL my schemes up to date for teaching, I still do (I have to) but instead of that being Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday, it's now going to be Friday, Saturday and Sunday's activity!
Last Saturday I decided to paint a mug for Lee-Anne, for her birthday. I had a little accident while doing this; It's called forgetting that things that come out of the oven are hot and you need to wear oven gloves. Hence, I've an ugly burn that could have just as easily been on my ring finger, except it's on the other hand...phew! Although I don't think I'm ever going to need that finger to look good at the rate I'm going! Would it be too pretentious of me to put up a picture of the mug I'm so proud of? Hopefully not because I'm going to anyway!
Last Saturday I decided to paint a mug for Lee-Anne, for her birthday. I had a little accident while doing this; It's called forgetting that things that come out of the oven are hot and you need to wear oven gloves. Hence, I've an ugly burn that could have just as easily been on my ring finger, except it's on the other hand...phew! Although I don't think I'm ever going to need that finger to look good at the rate I'm going! Would it be too pretentious of me to put up a picture of the mug I'm so proud of? Hopefully not because I'm going to anyway!
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