Bless - your blog is full of interest and life. I think some people just sit around but others fill up their time and pay attention to the world.
Sharon - thank you! The homework pile has gone down but there is still loads outstanding. He's looking a little shell shocked, to be honest, but he has another week and then it's half term so he can hopefully catch his breath.
Hazel - thank you! I always feel that I'm here talking to friends. It's like a safe space to chat about things that are important to me. Thank you for coming here.
Eileen - the homework is definitely checked. Some of it last year was just fluff and make work. However today bear told me that there are only sixteen weeks until his first exam and the school are pushing it hard. I have access to a site that shows what homework bear has been allocated and whether it is pending, submitted or overdue. There are ten pieces outstanding at the moment, including a lot of tests and essays.
Coincidentally, today I did two loads of laundry.
I had a shocking night last night, so I was not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer when I called in for some cola at Aldi. My editing is currently running on cola and Aldi's is gluten free where Tesco's own brand isn't. The car park had an unexpected obstacle.
These shots are completely undoctored. I wouldn't know where to start with a camera phone. Someone had too much time on their hands and carefully lined up the trolleys across Aldi's car park.
I was trying to think about dinner. I ended up going into Aldi, where I didn't get anything for dinner, Tesco, where I picked up fresh chicken, cooking bacon and potatoes, and Marks and Spencer, where I could have saved more money.
Bear doesn't always want dinner with us, and if he did eat with us he won't touch quorn mince or the microwave rice that I would use for a quick meal for DH and I. He likes the chickenless vegan dippers with beans, but I'm trying to shake up his variety. But he could have that. DH had talked about having more soup so I picked up the cooking bacon in Tesco but realised that I needed carrot and celery as I left the car park and that I needed bread rolls for DH if I was going to make soup, so I ended up in Marks and Spencer for the veggies and rolls. Bear won't eat soup. He also won't have cheese or eggs but he likes a quick meal when he gets home. I am finding it a challenge.
Bear took part in an online maths class today. It's aimed at those doing well at GCSE and bear loved it, It finished at 5.30 so I had time to do a nice chicken curry with rice from a rice cooker. DH has had toast with the rolls. I'm planning the soup for me for Friday lunch, Saturday dinner and Sunday lunch. Tomorrow's dinner for me and DH is chili but with quorn mince and microwave rice while bear has his usual Friday treat of raiding Tesco's meal deal. I have to have a quick meal tomorrow as we are hopefully calling in on DH's auntie after school so I want to be able to feed DH as soon after I get home as I can. And this is why I cook so much beige stuff.
And then I got stuck behind someone doing 25mph in a 50mph zone. I kept a respectful distance. If someone is going that slow in a relatively fast zone it means that either they are feeling unwell, or they are feeling 'unwell' and don't want to be stopped and breathalysed, or that they have a body in the boot. (I'm a writer, and I imagine things).
Hugs and good health to all.
Maybe the grocery store received a new delivery of shopping carts! They all look shiny and clean! Meal planning for your family sounds complicated! You do well to plan around everyone's preferences. :) Chicken curry and rice sounds good to me. It's on the meal plan for me, one day, this week. :)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely someone with too much time on their hands! Bear sounds as though he really enjoys maths. He does seem to like a challenge!
ReplyDeleteI'm like you - I imagine all sorts of things when someone is going so slow and the weather conditions don't call for it. Makes me a little nervous too as you never know quite what they are going to do!
Well someone had fun with the trolleys. Good photo opportunity though!
ReplyDeleteYou DO put meals on the table though and that's the important thing to keep in mind. Meals definitely sound like a challenge when accommodating everyone's dietary needs and personal likes and dislikes so give yourself a pat on the back for coping so well. Will Bear eat ready meals? If yes, maybe you could keep a selection in the freezer for him to choose from, plus they fit the bill for quick meals when he gets home. xx