It was a busy month.
There was a ton of GCSE and Year 6 homework and some 11+ practice for Katie, the beginnings of my venture into tutoring, gathering the last of the carrots, tomatoes and spring onions in the garden,
and the holiday paid for with the last of my earnings this year!
We all got to dabble in stuff we enjoy...for the kids, playing with the dog and exploring on bikes..
for Lee, chatting to the owners with a few beers,
for me, a spot of sunbathing with a good book, swimming and a bit of amateur photography..
my god was the water cold!
It was warm, but cool enough to venture inland, unlike in the summer, to Ronda:
for a take-away pizza on the steps of this beautiful church...
to see Puente Nuevo and the bandits museum for a bit of history on the region.
We experienced a wonderful drive through the Sierra de las Nieves National Park where we spotted a few eagles flying high above some great rocks (the eagles kept the kids happy, the rocks fascinated me, hub just drove and drove and avoided the goats!)
Decorating the conservatory followed the holiday. First it needed emptying, new flooring went down, followed by 6 coats of paint (yes 6, and I can still see a tinge of orange under the new 'Mint Crisp'!) Still to do are new balustrades, and blinds to keep the room cool (yes, that can wait, no chance of heat now!) and some furniture to buy (we had hand-me-downs-for everything..sofa, table and unit, can't wait to choose my own furnishings!)
More photos to go on Flickr soon.
Having finally logged onto the OU's First Class system after all the painting I read of the death of Hilma Miles, a super lady, a smart cookie, who gave me advice on courses on more than one occasion and whose website has been really handy at times. What a loss, and at such a young age. At least she died doing something she enjoyed. RIP Hilma.
That's brings me to November.... GCSE Science revision for Sam, 11+ day for Katie, Xmas shopping (ugh!), an ECA to begin while the kids are at school, and completion of the conservatory decor.
Finally, as some readers might remember, hub has been desperate to change jobs as a result of the shifts that are, in his own words, "killing" him. Well, he has the opportunity to try changing to a 4 nights on, 4 days off, 4 days on, 4 days off pattern. It has it's benefits...more time off and less nights in the long run, but also has it's disdvantages...shifts running into weekends and longer shifts (as if he needs longer shifts...he's already gone from the house 14 hours a day!) He's giving it a trial run anyway, let's hope it's a bit easier on him.
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