It seems to have stopped raining. For three days now we have the most amazing swirling, windy downpour - seasonal weather at last. The school playgrounds been flooded out, so everyone's been piling into the classrooms at half past eight this week. I overhead the head commenting to Stan's teacher that people can make school a lot earlier when its raining…
We had to be there for 8.15 with Alice on Wednesday. She's been selected this term to take part in the new Civic Awards Scheme. This involves learning a new hobby (she and Trx have taken up knitting!), doing 15 minutes "housework" at home two days a week (she sets up and clears away the breakfast table) and half an hour once a week at school (tidying up the library books and/or the IT room). She loves it, and is doing very well so far. The knitting is challenging her because she absolutely cannot at all ever sit still long enough to get into something. Trx has picked it up very quickly tho, and already working on a scarf for her brother for Christmas!
And at last Alice lost her front tooth last night after weeks and weeks of fiddling and crying and making a general fuss. Stan wants to know why he can't lose his teeth either. He was early to get them tho (cut his first at three months) so I expect sometime this school year he will start. His "problem" has sorted itself out now, and we are wondering how much of it was to do with being apprehensive about going back to school after the halfterm holiday. Now he is no longer worried about that and all is well, he is so much more relaxed and was really good company at the swimming pool last night. Alice managed a whole 50m length on her front during yesterday's lesson, which pleased her no end because she is so much more confident on her back as a rule.
They're growing up, no doubt about that.
Managed to get along to Triangle Readers last night too (I missed thelast one in October) to talk about Suskind's "Perfume" - one of the best books I've read for a long time. Most people enjoyed it, but the dynamic of the group is weird and it really doesn't work in the shop anymore. Good food and all that, but the noise of the fridges drowns out conversation and its so small we have to sit in three groups. perhaps its time to move into people's homes?
With this last night and a night on the phone to RH and Tara Tuesday I haven't had an evening to get on with anything this week. Trx is out tonight as well, and then Friday I have pulled out of the Quiz night over at the church in order to get the shopping in for the meal I'm cookig on Sunday. By that time, D and I should have picked up the cash we're due from a leaflet print job which hopefully will be enough to last us over Christmas.
Intense Foxx period too now. Trading material with Shadow, MB and CC this week which has at last got me a copy of the very wonderful "From Brussels With Love" compilation. All in exchange for the Metamatics Nildra Hain EP which is growing on me more all the time and is this week's essential listening.
I prefer it to the Jak and Dive album on the whole, though that itself is brilliant, creative electronica. Strange, but the Free Robot single really stands out of place from the otherwise trance-like soundtrack. And the last track 'Stop This CD' is just silly.
Expecting a lot of material over the next six months. It seems John's creative log jam is beginning to clear and the Electrofear album will open the floodgates. "Musique Electron" should be next, though now that's been separated into two albums "Imaginary music" and "Tiny Coloured Fragments'. If everything that's being talked about happens we could see half a dozen albums by Easter!!
Joined iTunes today and picked up "Young Savage" by the Thrones as my first download.