ANOTHER PROUD MOMENT

When you get an email from the kid's school... it can go one way, or the other.  
I got an email from the Deputy Principal yesterday afternoon... and this is it:


Dear Mrs Christina Harvey

Re : Griffin Harvey

This letter is to inform you that Griffin has been awarded a Cambridge Office Products Dean's Award through our Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L) Merit Certificate system.

Our PB4L Merit Certificate system is a reward scheme where students are acknowledged for showing significant or sustained respect, responsibility and/or achievement in and around the classroom. Acknowledgement can be given by any teacher through Faculty Merit Certificates and when a student has received five of these, they are presented with a Dean's Award for consistently displaying our school's expectations.

Along with this letter acknowledging Griffin's achievement, he will also be presented with a certificate. This certificate has been kindly provided by one of our sponsors, Cambridge Office Products, and as such we ask you to support them in return.

The school wishes to take this opportunity to once again thank Griffin for his positive contribution to Cambridge High School and we encourage him to aim for the next level of achievement in this rewards scheme.

Yours sincerely,


Mr M Kuijpers
Assistant Principal

Another proud parent moment.

It was fun calling Griffin into the lounge last night and telling him we had an email from the school... and asking him 'What have you been getting up to at school?"... in a very serious voice.   (hee hee)

Poor kid's face was like " Oh fuck, WHAT HAVE I DONE?" 

Priceless.   It was neat then getting him to read the email himself... and his relief was clear to see.  

I am just a little bit evil.

I won't be going on a walk today, I feel like I need a rest.

It's been a busy week one way or another.

There's probably a load of washing to do today, some light housework... maybe a smelly mouse or 6 to make too.

I bought some Pure Essential Oil while I was in Auckland, so I have the 'right' stuff to drip into the mice for Sunday's market.

When I was at Bex's the other day, I saw she had a baby change table set up in her lounge.  On it she had all her craft stuff... and I thought it was a brilliant idea.

I could use one in my sewing room, so I started looking on Trade Me and found and bought one yesterday!

Stew is going to pick it up for me tonight:

ABOVE:  It's in very good condition, and is going to be really good for storing stuff on.  I love that the middle shelf rolls out... damn handy that is!  It's on wheels too, so I can move it around easily too.

I have a 'thing' for furniture on wheels.  *smiles*

Right... I'm off to get me day started.

ONWARD...

So I've done NOTHING so far today!  I've been stressing about my upcoming 60th Birthday.  (October)

When you have a 'fractured' family, it's rather difficult to decide how to go about having a special birthday and not offend anyone.
Bearing in mind, it is MY BIG BIRTHDAY, and it should make ME HAPPY?
What a joke.

I feel like I'm walking through a mine field.
Half my kids won't talk to the other half, this one won't have anything to do with that one, or that one... and so on!

Some come with an agenda... or a huge chip on their shoulder, ready to make an issue out of the slightest thing. 

I've already had one birthday utterly RUINED by family members getting into a huge fight... and I have vowed that will NEVER happen again.  (6 years ago now, but still fresh in my mind!)

I really feel like no matter what I do I will upset someone.

So what to do?  I really don't know right now.  Opinions welcome.

Well, some things are becoming a bit clearer.
I have to start doing what is right for ME and STEW.  Put US first, and not try pleasing everyone else.
More on this... tomorrow, after I've thought about it some more.

I've been working in my sewing room... WISHING I had the guts to move into the lounge so I had more room... but the lounge is such a gorgeous room!  I don't want to spoil it.
So, I've been trying to juggle things around a bit, tidy up a bit... going around in circles really cos I do not have enough room.

I've now got my sewing/craft stuff split between three bedrooms!  That does my head in.
But I have no choice right now.  It is what it is.

ALREADY REGRETTING SOMETHING.  Again... more on that tomorrow.  

For now... sewing, then watch Coronation Street, then more sewing before bed.