Panders Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 4 hours ago, Froglet said: To cap it all, I was making macaroni cheese for tea yesterday, went to get the bag of flour out of the cupboard - it fell on my head and I looked like I'd been through a snowstorm! Picture the scene - I am making a chocolate cake for son's 28th birthday. Not made this one before - it is a very very very WET mix. 9floz milk and 4.5 floz oil and 9floz boiling water - when I came to adding the water at the very end and switched on the Kenwood ................ suffice to say there was a certain amount of language and clearing up to do😱😂 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 1 hour ago, sunnyday said: Was it a 'swirling-whirling snowstorm' young Froglet? 🤣 🤣 More like those scenes when a load of snow slides off the roof! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 57 minutes ago, Mouseketeer said: Thank you sunnyday, I’m more worried for this cohort being school ready than the ones who missed their last term before school. I’m hoping it will have the desired outcome 🤞 I completely understand what you mean. We have completely changed the way we teach as children just are not year 1 (or 2) ready. It will take a long time to return to normal but I think we are already learning useful lessons about how to provide for children’s needs at home and school. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 3 hours ago, Panders said: Picture the scene - I am making a chocolate cake for son's 28th birthday. Not made this one before - it is a very very very WET mix. 9floz milk and 4.5 floz oil and 9floz boiling water - when I came to adding the water at the very end and switched on the Kenwood ................ suffice to say there was a certain amount of language and clearing up to do😱😂 So you were trying to recreate the thick oozy mud from the bear hunt to go with froglets snowstorm! 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 Hope that the new week has got of to a good start for everyone As discussed before we are finding the extra cleaning quite challenging - it reached a whole new level this morning as I found myself washing 150 conkers that the children had been busy 'cooking' with 🤦♀️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louby loo Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 13 minutes ago, sunnyday said: Hope that the new week has got of to a good start for everyone As discussed before we are finding the extra cleaning quite challenging - it reached a whole new level this morning as I found myself washing 150 conkers that the children had been busy 'cooking' with 🤦♀️ Not going to lie - the cleaning is doing my head in big-time 😭 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 (edited) Just wanted to say hello. Bit of a flat day here. House is a tip, the TDL is epic, just done parents evenings by phone and I’m just shattered! Edited October 14, 2020 by Froglet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louby loo Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 17 minutes ago, Froglet said: Just wanted to say hello. Bit of a flat day here. House is a tip, the TDL is epic, just done parents evenings by phone and I’m just shattered! Hello 😊😊😊😊, sounds like 🍮 🍰 needed. I went to bed at 7.30 last night and slept solid until 7 this morning 🙀 Totally unheard of for me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseketeer Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Hi Froglet, I was wondering if it was Friday yet, Everything seems to take more effort to wade through 🥺 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Just now, Mouseketeer said: Hi Froglet, I was wondering if it was Friday yet, Everything seems to take more effort to wade through 🥺 It does doesn’t it. Daily conversations about whether we have enough staff. Some parents frustrated with us because they have to isolate, having to organise and deliver remote learning whilst teaching in class too, cleaning, hearing a cough or sneeze and your first thought being who was it and do I need to clean anything? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louby loo Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 What amuses us is we space them out for snack and lunch, any group type activities etc............... we turn around and there's 10 children all huddled up together under a table! 😭 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 20 hours ago, Froglet said: Just wanted to say hello. Bit of a flat day here. House is a tip, the TDL is epic, just done parents evenings by phone and I’m just shattered! Ah young Froglet - I didn't see this yesterday - I hope today has been better for you x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 1 hour ago, sunnyday said: Ah young Froglet - I didn't see this yesterday - I hope today has been better for you x It was lovely up until half an hour ago when I saw the news and discovered that from Saturday I will be in a Tier 2 area so my longed for sleepover with my sister and niece and nephew for my birthday is off. It will be ok, we will find a place to meet outside but not the same and right now I just need to be sad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 ahh Froglet -😞 feel very disappointed for you. Going to have to be double cake rations for you when the time comes, what a lonely birthday unless you can meet up some how. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 14 minutes ago, Froglet said: It was lovely up until half an hour ago when I saw the news and discovered that from Saturday I will be in a Tier 2 area so my longed for sleepover with my sister and niece and nephew for my birthday is off. It will be ok, we will find a place to meet outside but not the same and right now I just need to be sad. Sending you the hugest virtual hug - this whole situation is just awful 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 10 minutes ago, Panders said: ahh Froglet -😞 feel very disappointed for you. Going to have to be double cake rations for you when the time comes, what a lonely birthday unless you can meet up some how. Thank you. We’re going to try to find a nice park to meet in. At the moment at least they can still go to visit my brother and his little girl and those little people have so missed each other. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louby loo Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 47 minutes ago, Froglet said: It was lovely up until half an hour ago when I saw the news and discovered that from Saturday I will be in a Tier 2 area so my longed for sleepover with my sister and niece and nephew for my birthday is off. It will be ok, we will find a place to meet outside but not the same and right now I just need to be sad. Us too 😢 (and I'll admit I've had a little cry today ) I hope you can still make your birthday special though xxxx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, louby loo said: Us too 😢 (and I'll admit I've had a little cry today ) I hope you can still make your birthday special though xxxx I’m so sorry, I too am having a little cry. It’s rare that I actually get to see people on my birthday normally and I will definitely make it special (am planning my breakfast now! 😉). It was just that we would normally have had a couple of sleepovers in either direction already this year and we miss each other. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 41 minutes ago, louby loo said: Us too 😢 (and I'll admit I've had a little cry today ) I hope you can still make your birthday special though xxxx Oh louby I thought about you when I saw the news today - I'm so sad for you - big hugs xxx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Louby, where are you? If you don’t mind me asking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louby loo Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, Froglet said: Louby, where are you? If you don’t mind me asking? Essex, and actually in a very low case area! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseketeer Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) It’s all so demoralising, sorry to hear you’re about to go into tier 2 mode froglet and louby 😞 we were sitting around 12 cases a day last week and that is now just under the 50 a day this week, we’ve been put on Amber alert by the county whatever that means 😢 my heading is spinning over the bubble decision, but with the increases I believe even more it would be a 1 out all out if either bubble had a pos case, none of my committee have asked how it’s going this half term, and I’m beginning to sense a feeling of ‘one upmanship’ with one of the bubbles which I just don’t need. pleased to read your Mr S news sunnyday 🌞 Edited October 16, 2020 by Mouseketeer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 So here we are another Friday I feel a bit guilty announcing that we have had a good week after reading of my 'Friday friends' struggles The whole Covid situation is just pants, I am so frustrated with our bloomin' Government - I see our glorious leader is going to deliver a press briefing at 4pm - hmmm I am going to try to get my TDL wrapped up today - would like a free weekend Flu jabs for both of us tomorrow - deep joy! Hope that the weekend is kind to all x 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseketeer Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Don’t feel guilty about having a good week SD, it’s nice to hear it 🙂 hope everyone can have a relaxing weekend, we’ve had some lovely warm sunshine today so that would be most welcome 🙏 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Dont know where in Cornwall you are Mousie, but have been looking in on the St. Ive's webcam for the Sloop Inn and the weather has been rather lovely for a couple of days, makes a difference in normal circs but at the moment - well we all need something to keep us cheered up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 im in isolation....covid test results back tomorrow! (would be me wouldn't it!!!) 🙄 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 25 minutes ago, finleysmaid said: im in isolation....covid test results back tomorrow! (would be me wouldn't it!!!) 🙄 Oh crikey fm - I have everything crossed that your result is negative Are you feeling very poorly? Big hugs xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 34 minutes ago, finleysmaid said: im in isolation....covid test results back tomorrow! (would be me wouldn't it!!!) 🙄 FM I hope that it’s negative but if it isn’t I hope you’re not too poorly. Sunnyday don’t you dare feel guilty - I’m glad you had a good week. Today has been brighter - it is what it is. My sister in law sent the family a joyous video of my just 4 niece doing a breakfast dance to ‘Can’t stop the feeling’ with a lovely shimmy in it. It made us all smile. I have now added the song to my Alexa playlist and did my own breakfast dance to it this morning. We had an INSET day today with pizza for lunch, some good news which I can’t really share and... I just started a two week half term. Lots of smiles. I am going to spend this evening just being cosy (hot chocolate is on the cards) and the weekend reading, cleaning and restoring order at home before tackling the school TDL next week. A colleague told me that she aims to do one thing for school, one for home and one for herself each day of the holidays and I’m quite tempted to try that idea myself. I could work on my spare room so that when I can have my niblings to stay again it is a thing of beauty. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 thanks guys...not too bad ..bad cold haven't got a cough or lost my taste buds yet (gin in hand!...well i had to make sure!) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Here's to a negative result and more gin Fm Good to hear you sound more yourself this evening Froglet and 2 week half term - yay! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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