Today was 'Out of the Box' day at school. I decided that for my 'OOTB' thing I would go in dressed smartly and straighten my hair. Made for quite an entertaining day, hehe! Nobody recognised me the first time they saw me - everyone had to look either harder or about 5 times, very funny :)
I have nearly finished the website - it's uploaded to the server but the log-in part isn't working - fun weekend of .php coding ahead of me - whoop :S I realy need to do some exercise as well though!!!
There's a meeting on Monday night for the parents of Y10 interested in coming to Peru. I was fairly excited when I discovered another Y11 application form somehow hidden in my scale drawings of the Hall so I now have 10 confimred, then I watched the Ben Fogle programme about dream expeditions this evening and now I am very psyched :) I need 2 more but can take another 6....hmmmmm
Came home this evening and worked through the bass guitar parts for swing band..or was it wind band, I lose track. Might actually be able to manage it - kind of funky but it hurts the wrist - have to ask my sister if that's normal or if I'm playing it wrong!
Friday, February 01, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
pain..and no way to soak it away :(
Last night was a blast. Got back home around 2:30am and decided to tidy the flat - why is it at that time, after being out, that I feel the neded to tidy?
So, yesterday afternoon my whole grand plan was going so well. I had cleaned, the dinner was in the oven, I was half way through making Brownie mixture...and then for some reason I peered at the boiler...oh my....
The pilot light was out.
Now, considering the last time this happened I had to try for 3 hours and then eventually trick it into staying alight by turning a hot top on a spilt second before I lit it, this fills me with a sinking feeling, which today is still carrying on as I can't get the bleepin' thing to stay alight.
On top of that I did the training walk with Y10's today for Ten Tors and my feet are rather sore from their first proper walk in my new boots. So I am, at this moment, considering how I am to fill a bath with hot water so as I can actually be clean and fresh for tomorrow and my poor feet can have a relax.
I'm just going to see how many pans I've got......
So, yesterday afternoon my whole grand plan was going so well. I had cleaned, the dinner was in the oven, I was half way through making Brownie mixture...and then for some reason I peered at the boiler...oh my....
The pilot light was out.
Now, considering the last time this happened I had to try for 3 hours and then eventually trick it into staying alight by turning a hot top on a spilt second before I lit it, this fills me with a sinking feeling, which today is still carrying on as I can't get the bleepin' thing to stay alight.
On top of that I did the training walk with Y10's today for Ten Tors and my feet are rather sore from their first proper walk in my new boots. So I am, at this moment, considering how I am to fill a bath with hot water so as I can actually be clean and fresh for tomorrow and my poor feet can have a relax.
I'm just going to see how many pans I've got......
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Look out Bath...here we come!
This evening I am to experience my first night out in Bath!
Sarah (from the Boarding house) invited me to go out tonight. This is the first time I'll have been out - in fact really the first time I've done something resembling a 'social life' event - since I moved here so am pretty excited...sad innit?!
The job is going very well still, the money issue is still there but hopefully will be sorted out soon :) I have a total of 11 productions this term - all very exciting and certainly testing my resolution to not get stressed! The girls are being great though and I even have a few new ones join the team which is cool.
On the Peru front I have nearly enough studens to run the trip - so I am opening up to Y10's. Hopefully this means that by the beginning of next half term we will be able to start planning in earnest. Tomorrow I am helping out with a 10 Tors training session, partly for fitness and party to test out my exciting new boots!...SHould be interesting after my night out ;)
Sarah (from the Boarding house) invited me to go out tonight. This is the first time I'll have been out - in fact really the first time I've done something resembling a 'social life' event - since I moved here so am pretty excited...sad innit?!
The job is going very well still, the money issue is still there but hopefully will be sorted out soon :) I have a total of 11 productions this term - all very exciting and certainly testing my resolution to not get stressed! The girls are being great though and I even have a few new ones join the team which is cool.
On the Peru front I have nearly enough studens to run the trip - so I am opening up to Y10's. Hopefully this means that by the beginning of next half term we will be able to start planning in earnest. Tomorrow I am helping out with a 10 Tors training session, partly for fitness and party to test out my exciting new boots!...SHould be interesting after my night out ;)
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Another Birthday!
Yesterday I reached the grand old age of 27 - scary! A friend sent me a video on facebook (where much of my surfing time has been spent instead of here!) of all stuff about if you were bon in the early 80's. The last bit said that 'a child bon on the day you left scholl is now taking their GCSE's...!!!!!
Still despite all deep thought weirdness it was a lovely day. In the evenig the faculty went to Kate's and she cooked which was very nice :)
At the weekend Mum & Alan were down and I got my walking boots (my Christmas"slash"Birthday present - I've had a few of them over the years!) and they are rather funky. Italian made with a very thick sole. Gore-Tezx protected with a fancy lace-locking system. It was just pure gammy-ness that the only ones that didn't put huge amounts of pressure on the front of my left leg were some of the most expensive in the shop! Still came with a 20% discount with the school card os all was good. BCH Camping - very helpful, knowledgable people :)
So yeah, after a month of not posting....umm... Christmas/New year were a bit frantic - worked at the coach which was nice, plus I have cash to spend so avoiding using the card which is good. Spent CHritmas day at Jo&Vicky's and New Years Eve alone with the ct I was House Sitting! It was actually quite a pleasant evening :)
Will try and post more regularly now - trying to get myself a routine...and a social life!
Still despite all deep thought weirdness it was a lovely day. In the evenig the faculty went to Kate's and she cooked which was very nice :)
At the weekend Mum & Alan were down and I got my walking boots (my Christmas"slash"Birthday present - I've had a few of them over the years!) and they are rather funky. Italian made with a very thick sole. Gore-Tezx protected with a fancy lace-locking system. It was just pure gammy-ness that the only ones that didn't put huge amounts of pressure on the front of my left leg were some of the most expensive in the shop! Still came with a 20% discount with the school card os all was good. BCH Camping - very helpful, knowledgable people :)
So yeah, after a month of not posting....umm... Christmas/New year were a bit frantic - worked at the coach which was nice, plus I have cash to spend so avoiding using the card which is good. Spent CHritmas day at Jo&Vicky's and New Years Eve alone with the ct I was House Sitting! It was actually quite a pleasant evening :)
Will try and post more regularly now - trying to get myself a routine...and a social life!
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Walking in a Winter Wonderland...
It's what I'm listening to!
In an attempt to feel Christmassy and to try and be on a par with the household when I head to Coventry I am now making a concerted effort to Christmas myself up.
It's proving slightly tricky as I've been in school every night this week and all over this weekend and Monday and Tuesday night - haven't really had much time to 'get the Christmas on'. This is not a complaint - I'm merely stating a fact (A phrase I have had to repeat several times this week when people have asked why I look so k***...sorry...tired!)
There's been some really cool stuff on this week - the infant Nativity was especially cute! At the minute the Y13's are frantically trying to piece together 'The Curse of the Werewolf'. It's sort of a cross between a bad horror movie and a pantomime! Still despite the lack of rehearsal it does seem to be coming together and I've got a few of my team on board to help out backstage so a good (if slightly rushed) experience all round.
I tell you, I'm thinking of starting a wine cellar with all the thank you's I've been getting!
The renault Clio is going well and sems to be coping. However I managed to run the battery down twice in 2 days and had to rescued by various members staff - that would be me not used to a car with normal electrics then!
Poor Moffy has broken all records in the Garage across the road (and indeed her own record!) by SPECTACULARLY failing her M.O.T - 2 pages and and a page of Advisory...ooich. However 3 of those were a new tyre a piece and lots of little bits of welding - and a big King pin thing. Still it means I get to spend the Christmas hols working at the fabulous Coach and Horses and spending my free time in the company of Morris Minor Men and my Dad - I'm actually looking forward to it!
Have been feeling a little lonely lately - just shows that next term is the right time to join groups and hopefully start my scuba diving (that is if I'm not to skint!) Although having no social life has definitely been beneficial this term!!!
In an attempt to feel Christmassy and to try and be on a par with the household when I head to Coventry I am now making a concerted effort to Christmas myself up.
It's proving slightly tricky as I've been in school every night this week and all over this weekend and Monday and Tuesday night - haven't really had much time to 'get the Christmas on'. This is not a complaint - I'm merely stating a fact (A phrase I have had to repeat several times this week when people have asked why I look so k***...sorry...tired!)
There's been some really cool stuff on this week - the infant Nativity was especially cute! At the minute the Y13's are frantically trying to piece together 'The Curse of the Werewolf'. It's sort of a cross between a bad horror movie and a pantomime! Still despite the lack of rehearsal it does seem to be coming together and I've got a few of my team on board to help out backstage so a good (if slightly rushed) experience all round.
I tell you, I'm thinking of starting a wine cellar with all the thank you's I've been getting!
The renault Clio is going well and sems to be coping. However I managed to run the battery down twice in 2 days and had to rescued by various members staff - that would be me not used to a car with normal electrics then!
Poor Moffy has broken all records in the Garage across the road (and indeed her own record!) by SPECTACULARLY failing her M.O.T - 2 pages and and a page of Advisory...ooich. However 3 of those were a new tyre a piece and lots of little bits of welding - and a big King pin thing. Still it means I get to spend the Christmas hols working at the fabulous Coach and Horses and spending my free time in the company of Morris Minor Men and my Dad - I'm actually looking forward to it!
Have been feeling a little lonely lately - just shows that next term is the right time to join groups and hopefully start my scuba diving (that is if I'm not to skint!) Although having no social life has definitely been beneficial this term!!!
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
That post eBay feeling...
Well, after my ponderings in the last post I finally bit the bullet, had a good scout round various sites and decided that the quickest & easiesit way to get a car was via eBay - and tudah, I am now the proud owner (well, when I pick it up) of a '93 Renaalt Clio. It's a purpley blue color witha 1.2 litre engine and hints ever so slightly at the boy racer - however, it's reliable, MOT'd 'til summer next year and taxed for a couple of months so is just what I need. I set my limit and came in £100 under it.
Feeling a bit shaky now but I guess you always get that when you spend a fair bit of money on something. Still even though the garage let me borrow the Vauxhall for free I've still had to fork out £50 to insure it for just over a week so I figure that in the long run this will definitely be cheaper! Also the lovely Martin Fox did some ringing round and found a Moggy man with a rear diff for for Moffy - and only £60 - seen as a new one was going to be about £350 I feel that I have hopefully made some good choices today....
Still we'll see when I pick up the new (to me!) car, which will be hopefully either tomorrow or Thursday :)
Now to spend some quality time on the Mofster.
Feeling a bit shaky now but I guess you always get that when you spend a fair bit of money on something. Still even though the garage let me borrow the Vauxhall for free I've still had to fork out £50 to insure it for just over a week so I figure that in the long run this will definitely be cheaper! Also the lovely Martin Fox did some ringing round and found a Moggy man with a rear diff for for Moffy - and only £60 - seen as a new one was going to be about £350 I feel that I have hopefully made some good choices today....
Still we'll see when I pick up the new (to me!) car, which will be hopefully either tomorrow or Thursday :)
Now to spend some quality time on the Mofster.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
A fabulous Year In The Park
Well the show is over and I'm enjoying my first day not being in school for 20 days!
It went so well and the girls worked really hard - I was very proud of my team :) The audience were impressed - some said they had never been to that type of theatre (promenade) before but would definitely go again. It came together well and Saturday nigths performance was pretty tight.....now for the clear up!
Moffy is in the doctors again. At first it was thought that there was something jamming the gears - however when they got to look at it appears that the diff in the back axle (the thing that converts the motion of the prop shaft to turn the wheels) has bits missing off it and these have damaged other parts of the diff :( I am now having to decide if it's going to be more economically friendly to buy another car and keep Moffy off the road until she is all repaired.... hmmmm.
It's Ben's Birthday Bash tomorrow, looking forward to my first proper night out sibce arriving here:)
It went so well and the girls worked really hard - I was very proud of my team :) The audience were impressed - some said they had never been to that type of theatre (promenade) before but would definitely go again. It came together well and Saturday nigths performance was pretty tight.....now for the clear up!
Moffy is in the doctors again. At first it was thought that there was something jamming the gears - however when they got to look at it appears that the diff in the back axle (the thing that converts the motion of the prop shaft to turn the wheels) has bits missing off it and these have damaged other parts of the diff :( I am now having to decide if it's going to be more economically friendly to buy another car and keep Moffy off the road until she is all repaired.... hmmmm.
It's Ben's Birthday Bash tomorrow, looking forward to my first proper night out sibce arriving here:)
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Avast and climb the rigging...
That was in honour of the fact of watching 'Pirates of the Caribbean' (is anyone ever sure they've spelt that correctly!) last night and the fact that I've nearly finished rigging for the school show. Abley assisted yesterday and today by Vix who is down visiting for the weekend - very exciting :)
We are now sat having a computer moment before enjoying a healthy (hmmm)breakfast of pancakes and then heading into Bath to finish the rigging and see the sights.
I have just had a vague geek out at being able to order Wil Wheaton's new book (it's been out for a while but he's finally sorted out the problems with PayPal) so I'm almost as excited as in my quest to find 'Just A Geek'. I'm hoping it'll arrive near the show so it will be a pre/post show treat. He's a great writer, with a really easy style to follow, and even though I'm a bit younger so the whole Star Wars / D&D thing passed me by I can still relate to the geeky childhood/teenage thing.
Moffy is back. I had to replace a headlight and all the tyres need doing...still she now has a new head-gasket, a new heater valve and new timing cogs and they were very nice about billing me for the time so all in all I feel a little more confident :)
Right...on with breakfast.
We are now sat having a computer moment before enjoying a healthy (hmmm)breakfast of pancakes and then heading into Bath to finish the rigging and see the sights.
I have just had a vague geek out at being able to order Wil Wheaton's new book (it's been out for a while but he's finally sorted out the problems with PayPal) so I'm almost as excited as in my quest to find 'Just A Geek'. I'm hoping it'll arrive near the show so it will be a pre/post show treat. He's a great writer, with a really easy style to follow, and even though I'm a bit younger so the whole Star Wars / D&D thing passed me by I can still relate to the geeky childhood/teenage thing.
Moffy is back. I had to replace a headlight and all the tyres need doing...still she now has a new head-gasket, a new heater valve and new timing cogs and they were very nice about billing me for the time so all in all I feel a little more confident :)
Right...on with breakfast.
Thursday, November 01, 2007
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