Ian’s picture of the week last week included two things that were growing in our kitchen. One, was the pretty pink and fluffy picture of a mouldy beetroot, which needless to say we weren’t purposely growing. The other was of, unusually for us, we were purposely growing, and this was a bowl of bean sprouts. Also, unusually for us, they turned out well with most beans sprouting. Given that we are without a doubt the least green fingered people I know, I was expecting instead of beansprouts to have turned into sproutless beans, so we were pleasantly surprised.
Last week we wrote the equivalent of a short novel. We were rewriting the introductions on Freeneedle, and we’ve introduced a load of new categories and sub categories, so it was quite a task.
I’ve been doing Christmas activities with my classes, however I have to remember that the little ones get confused when I say that Father Christmas brings presents – because of course he doesn’t. I’ve got two new little ones starting in the new year, which brings it to 22 hours of classes!
Yesterday saw us stood forlornly by the side of the road, staring miserably at the over heated car engine. Not sure at the moment what the problem is, but it won’t be good news. Most annoying…