Good morning my lovelies!
For once may have completed long lists on Wed and yesterday morning to rival that of our esteemed leader's, but big fail yesterday afternoon. Went to second child psych appt on behalf of dd with dh at lunch time (last 'parents only' preparatory meeting) and felt so completely drained afterwards that I was only vaguely capable of staying upright, never mind doing anything productive ... had fortunately prepped supper in advance .Meeting went well though so that's positive.
Rushing to get everything done this morning so that I can watch the Gold Cup without feeling guilty this afternoon 
!! (Just hope all the jockeys and horses come back safely.)
Another lovely day here (this weather is amazing) but horrible pollution in some bits of town caused by smog. It's so bad that the powers that be have laid on free buses for commuters coming from some out of town areas, in order to get the pollution levels down 
. I can't wait for the Easter holidays and to get back to green fields again!!
Dizzy speaking of green things, has the polythene made any difference re: germination? I know it's different because you are growing veg outside, but am trying to germinate seeds which I have resting on various warm/bright window sills inside. They were planted at least two weeks ago. Whole tray of basil plants have germinated. But no sign of life from nicotinia/lobelia trays. Any idea what I am doing wrong? (They are covered in plastic also, have loads of light and temp has been consistently warm.)
Snooze well Bitchy!
Merry Very impressed by combination of 'cheese making' and 'sky diving' !!
Hope you are recovering well Ellie
More power to your elbow with all the 'gulp-worthy' stuff you have to get through Just
Hope you managed to persuade ds2 to attend his PE lesson this morning Tofeee and great (from down thread) that ds1 managed to spend some time at LC. And that the visit to his new prospective school was so positive. Fingers and toes and everything else crossed for both schools for both boys!
So sorry to hear your latest news about school Blue That must be do disappointing for everyone after you campaigned so hard. Am woefully ignorant about UK education system; had no idea that 'Academy-ship' could be imposed from on high ... .
Murder Same probs here! Ceilings 4m high! Makes cob-web removal and getting curtains up and down a major job. I am sure that one of the baby-steps (or is it one of the missions?) gives advice about buying plastic plumbing pipes and sticking brushes to the end of them with duct tape. I've had a look around the Flylady site but I can't find it at the moment! Will get back to you if/when I do! Other than that, tend to order long-poled cleaning systems from Lakeland although mine are all a bit mismatched/broken atm. Must renew. The spring sunshine is starting to show up all the grubby bits!! Love the sound of Just's solution though and very interested in Bitchy's link!
Waves to Peanut Eustacia Swan Feetheart Thinking Honu Whoknows Silly Castle Blueandwhite Goth Mercury and everyone else I've inevitably missed
Had so many work interruptions this morning that it has taken me about two and a half hours to complete this post so it will probably be all out of date again by the time I press send
Must go though and finish off a few things - was it you Blue down thread who said you wanted to be a bit more accountable on here? Must follow that advice.
In the meantime, Channel 4 racing channel beckons
Have a great w/e everybody!
Neeeeiiiigggghhhhhhhhhhh!!! [Cue squeals of excitement and thundering hoof noises]