Which shall it be?
You know your 'children' have grown up when they turn up in a vehicle bigger and newer than yours - son turned up today in a hunky 4x4 Land Rover vehicle and promptly whisked me off for a drive in it. Daughter and boyfriend threatened to turn up too - for food, so we went to the local farm shop to get some BBQ meat. I was prepared for a veggie meal, but the other two were a surprise. However Green Fields are wonderful and there was some delicious food. We went sordid - pork and apple burgers and Shropshire Sausages, with strawberries and cream to follow. With all sorts of various vegetable bits to go with them, Livvy made up the veggie burgers from a lentil mix that I had made previously. So the barbie went very well - at least as well as you can expect with three cooks all with different ideas, Tim wisely stayed out of it!
After the meal and Tim's departure to go drumming, we went for another drive to see my new school. Both of them have always been quite involved with my teaching jobs - perhaps because they had no choice and went to go to the same schools!! However, off we troddled, Ru decided to allow the vehicle to go off road, most of the journey was spent on the grass verges and banks of the road, only giving in when the road had no edges. Livvy and I did the girlie thing and squealed out loud, whereupon he pointed out that we enjoyed driving fast and what were we fussing about! Well, we both agreed that you look pretty stupid driving down country lanes squealing at your own driving and this was the first opportunity we'd had. Hah! That sorted him!
However, when we arrived, the building works are not much further forward, the two classrooms in the main block now have walls and some paint upon them, there is no fixed furniture like work tops, carpets, or light fittings. The secreatrys room has nothing in it - sockets, lights - nuffin. Even the youth of today said that it would not be ready in four days - a point I agreed with.
So which hat shall I put out to eat when we are proved wrong? I have a funeral hat and an opening the village fete hat, I refuse to eat the sun hat I bought in Gozo this summer, it would be far too scratchy!
You know your 'children' have grown up when they turn up in a vehicle bigger and newer than yours - son turned up today in a hunky 4x4 Land Rover vehicle and promptly whisked me off for a drive in it. Daughter and boyfriend threatened to turn up too - for food, so we went to the local farm shop to get some BBQ meat. I was prepared for a veggie meal, but the other two were a surprise. However Green Fields are wonderful and there was some delicious food. We went sordid - pork and apple burgers and Shropshire Sausages, with strawberries and cream to follow. With all sorts of various vegetable bits to go with them, Livvy made up the veggie burgers from a lentil mix that I had made previously. So the barbie went very well - at least as well as you can expect with three cooks all with different ideas, Tim wisely stayed out of it!
After the meal and Tim's departure to go drumming, we went for another drive to see my new school. Both of them have always been quite involved with my teaching jobs - perhaps because they had no choice and went to go to the same schools!! However, off we troddled, Ru decided to allow the vehicle to go off road, most of the journey was spent on the grass verges and banks of the road, only giving in when the road had no edges. Livvy and I did the girlie thing and squealed out loud, whereupon he pointed out that we enjoyed driving fast and what were we fussing about! Well, we both agreed that you look pretty stupid driving down country lanes squealing at your own driving and this was the first opportunity we'd had. Hah! That sorted him!
However, when we arrived, the building works are not much further forward, the two classrooms in the main block now have walls and some paint upon them, there is no fixed furniture like work tops, carpets, or light fittings. The secreatrys room has nothing in it - sockets, lights - nuffin. Even the youth of today said that it would not be ready in four days - a point I agreed with.
So which hat shall I put out to eat when we are proved wrong? I have a funeral hat and an opening the village fete hat, I refuse to eat the sun hat I bought in Gozo this summer, it would be far too scratchy!
posted by Liz at 17:11
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