I year ago today we lost Dad.
I'll find him again....but as is my nature it might take me a while.
Keep a seat warm for me Dad.

Well, sat in work wasting time until I have a lesson.
I've exhausted facebook and email and have resorted to writing dribble on the blog.

I've kind of been an aspiring grammar nazi over the last year. Mainly brought about because of my job and the strict criteria we have to follow to ensure students can 'use conventions' of syntax and paragraphing and 'the correct use of' apostrophes and commas.

Thing is, I can't do it. I don't know the rules. I don't see why there should be rules.
I have Dyslexic tendencies - which makes it easier to help students on a one-to-one basis by helping them develope coping mechanisms.

But on the other hand these people look up to me and say things like 'how do you spell abomin....abonim...abonimable......?' well, you get the idea. Miss is unable to help at this present moment in time due to a lexical computation error whereby I CANNOT SPELL!!!

So what if I can't spell. I'm not here to teach people to spell. I'm here to enspire them to pick up a dictionary and better themselves. I can do that.

Teaching has killed my love of language and expression. I need to change this.

I have renamed the Blog again. (And I have a new look)
It's mainly because I have lost my way.
So much has happened over the last year that I have lost myself.... this is my way back home.

I'm not going to bore anyone with details.
Clean slate.

I have a new man in my life.

His name is Bernard and he was abandoned by his owners when they moved home and looked after by the wonderful people at the RSPCA in Newport, S.Wales.

He gets his own way.... most of the time.

Hello Bloggy world.
This isn't your average new year 'lets get back to it' return to blogging.
I've been away for so long because my Dad passed away. He has been ill for a long time and he had been in hospital so many times we had lost count. Dad caught another chest infection and then contracted pneumonia. We sat there all night holding his hands, just waiting. It was all my nightmares come true in one night.

He passed in September and I'm only now coming to terms with it all. It still doesn't feel real.

Also my beautiful cat lucky died a week later. We buried Her and Dad on the same day. I think she couldn't live without him. I feel like I've lost my sister.

So I'm hoping that spilling my guts in minute chunks on here will help a little. (Just realised how gross that sounds but I'm going to run with it)

So, here's to 2011. It's got to be better than the last one.

Hello blog world.
I have a the craziest few months.
Long story short I'm sat in work in a college where I teach waiting to find out if I have got the job that I've been doing since January. I'm bricking it.
I want this so much. I keep telling myself that it isn't the end of the world because I have offers elsewhere but I love the fact that it is a little out of the way. I love the students. I love the people. I love the content.

If I didn't want it, I wouldn't care so much and my legs would not feel like jelly right now.
Lx

My beautiful cat, Lucky, had all her fur shaved off this week because it got so matted. I feel so bad for her but it had to be done. So instead of showing you a pic of her now, this is a pic of how she should look. Puuuuurfect. :)

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This is my mams sheep collection along with the sheep dog who looks after them.
The reason i'm putting this up is because my auntie-in-law-to-be made the sheep on the bottom left in her pottery class. he is fab and we are very grateful for the new addition. :)

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This is Mo (Molasses) . The wonder Guinea pig. In a monster slipper..... don't ask

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Ok, this picture a day idea isn't going so well, but i'm going to play catch-up. I lot of them are on my camera and they are stuck there for the time being so you will have to wait until tomorrow.
nevermind - here is 8/365.....

This is what greeted me outside my gates as I came home from work in SAINSBURYS. he he