May
30
Well, the highlight of this week must undoubtedly be Mitchell’s week in France. It was a year-7 trip to Paris. The boys travelled to Paris in 4 coaches on the EuroStar channel tunnel. They stayed in a hotel on the Seine River in Paris. I was so surprised at some of Mitchell’s favourite recollections of [...]
May
23
Wow! What a fantastic weather-weekend it was. Summer has finally arrived. It’s like the weather over here knows exactly when it is meant to change. Not too soon and not too late. It’s almost as if it can read the calendar and it gives us just what we are meant to have. We bought a [...]
May
16
This week Roxi joined us! She is a nine week old beagle, and in the words of the vet: “You got a BEAGLE?!?! Don’t worry, she will settle down, when she is about 6!” She is ultra-cute though and a real little live-wire. She is doing the typical puppy things, like chewing on everything from shoes [...]
May
09
When you think of moving to a new country, the furthest thing from your mind is who you will vote for in an election, but the time came just 10 months after our arrival here. So it was time to sit down and start learning about Tory policies and what Labour stood for and what [...]
May
02
It has been more than a month since I wrote an entry for Wrightaboutnow. I think one of the things that surprised me the most has been the reaction I got from so many of my regular readers. To those of you who wrote to encourage me to write again, who sent messages about how [...]