Phew half term and I made it!

At last half term is here and I have just about lasted.  Life has been a roller coaster in school and you should know how much I hate roller coasters!  If I hear that word beginning with an "O" one more time............  Fed up and think I want out, although I love my class and have had a great start to the year with them, my own contentment and happiness has to come first now.  Perhaps 2014 will be a new beginning in job satisfaction!

However back to happier thoughts.  This coming week sees my two babies becoming adults.  Where oh where has that time gone?  I feel a little nostalgic and in someways sad that they have grown up.  I, am however very proud of them and love them dearly.  They are two lovely young people even if I say so myself.  Sarah is having a good week at a local equine vet, seems to be really enjoying herself coming home with stories of donkeys with bad teeth and horses and ponies as well as puppy sitting, bad driving.  She is having a great time and I admire her for giving up her half term and working through it whilst her brother is sitting at home on the x box...... little does he realise that he is on fence painting duty today......

Mum was with us at the weekend to celebrate a little early with the children and to go shopping for some gifts.  We went out for a lovely meal on the Saturday evening and then had dinner at home on the Sunday.  On our travels we manage to rescue two dogs running amok on the A24, they had escaped from their garden and their owner was out searching for them.  Sarah sprang out of our car, called the dogs and they both came running over to her and hopped into the car.  Thankfully both animals had collars with a telephone number and dogs and owners were soon reunited with grateful thanks.  I do love a happy ending.

Thankfully there was no real damage in the storm the other night apart from the lost of a buddleia that had grown a bit too large.  Need to get out and sort that one out soon.  Yesterday managed to clear the front drive of an abundance of acorns and leaves....yes I know there will be more but might as well clear the ones already there.  Have decided to have a hedgehog hide down there in a sheltered part under all the leaves and bits and pieces.  Then came back to the back garden only to discover a beautiful rose still blooming and the most gorgeous perfume - one that I have been searching for for years.  An old neighbour of mine had one beautiful rose in her garden and for years I have searched for a deep red rose with this divine scent, and there it was right under my nose.  I know this is the right house, every thing just feels right and homely and little things like this just top it off.

Also had a lovely visit with a friend and a trip to a local garden centre for a cuppa and a cake which was a good way to spend a Tuesday morning.  Today I had better get down to some school work, pressie wrapping and a bit more gardening.  Think that is the agenda for today, after I have dropped off my daughter back to the vet again and got my son out of bed....... he really needs a hair cut.