Dancing on Ice...

Last night I had a well deserved night off. Assessments and reports are all finished so I can have somewhat of a lofe again. What better treat than to go and see Dancing on Ice (or Skating with Celebrities). I had the company of Miss Hockey, Miss Twin, My Mam and Miss Twin's potential mother in law.

I have loved ice skating ever since I was little, admittedly I watch more than participate due to lack of rinks, but either way I love it. It was something me and Miss Twin would sit and watch for hours! So much so that I even touted the idea of becoming an ice skater when younger...being able to ice skate is still on my list of things do. In the UK the show is hosted by the legendary Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean who scored 6.0 across the board in 1984 Olympics. If you have never had the pleasure of watching their dance (shame on you if you haven't) then here it is:

A few years back they began their own show where celebrities skated with professionals and eventually one was crowned a winner. Last night I saw the live show of some of the latest skaters from this years show. It was honestly amazing!! I felt privileged to see Torvill and Dean, amongst others, dance live. They make it look easy and just glide across the ice. The celebrities were good but when the professionals skated together it was something else. Here is a short clip (ignore the poor quality- lots of light and phone camera!) of one of my favourite skaters Matt from last night:

Oh and to the jealousy of my cousin and work colleagues I got to see this guy:

 

 

 

He even wears pink well does Colin!

If you watch Skating with Celebrities you must know that he is our Fred replacement, yes you lucky people got Fred!! I think it will be a definite night out with the girls again next year! :-)

4 days and counting...

I am in my final week of school before the two week Easter break and boy do I need it?! I finished reports today and I'm now moving onto assessments. It seems at the moment that something which should take half an hour seems to take 3 times as long and I'm now feeling extremely worn... it's not helping that today I was up at 6.30am working as couldn't keep working at 1 this morning. I actually totaled up my hours work last week and came up with the ridiculous amount of :  68 hours!!!!! 

This is including working through my lunch break, working up until bed and then I accompanied some older kids to a swimming gala on the Friday night and didn't get home till after 9pm!!

I know you're wondering what my secret is to keeping going...I don't know though! When I look at it from an outside view I just have no idea how I or any of my teacher friends manage it?! I wonder if teachers are superheros develop this ability to not need sleep or food the last couple of weeks of term in order to get through assessment weeks (as well as the ability to ignore loud noise). Now I have 4 days left, I can feel my body slowing down wanting to sleep. However, I don't listen to such nonsense and keep on going.

As treat today I was a bit naughty and went to McDonalds drive through after work. I know it's not good for you but sometimes it's all you need. However, the weather then seemed to mirror my feelings: it was bright sunshine but a heavy rain shower at the same time. It's like not even the weather can feel properly happy! However, it did provide me with the following photo which I just love!

It's a rainbow!!!! :-)

So pretty...

I am well aware that this post is a little all over the place...blame the sleep deprivation! I can't keep thoughts on one track on a good day let alone when I'm feeling shattered.

Hope you have all had a good start to the week!

Sunday Sun...

You may not believe what I am about to say but it is sunny in England!! Yes- we have sun and warm weather. Those who are used to hot weather would probably not be bothered by the sun but I am. It's a rare occasion that I get to sit in the sun while working. The sun can turn frowns upside down, it makes things look beautiful and shiny.

On this note I am going to leave you with a favourite song of mine for days like this..

Happy Sunny Sunday!

Check out the blue sky!!!

Introducing Guest Blogger - Miss Faux Fur...

So today I am being even more lazy than yesterday but for a good reason...I want to introduce a 'fab friend' of mine in my everyday life. It's Miss Faux Fur, when I told her about the blog she was very excited and so naturally I asked her to blog for you all. I'm hoping she'll do a blog every Friday but today she's going to introduce herself. Anyway, I'm off to paint my face (not with actual paint of course) and get sorted for a night out! After all I think I derserve and need a drink after this week...hope you enjoy and just to let you know, she will read the comments and no I haven't paid her to say nice things about me!! 

Over to you Miss Faux Fur...

Why Faux Fur ...because faking it never looked so good!! Saying that it's now spring so the faux fur will have to go back into the cupboard till next year. Oh no!!

It's such a bizarre feeling to be referred to as a guest blogger. I prefer to use the 'guest star'. Why? Because I could be famous and you'd never know. Missy is such a character she's bound to know some famous folk. My only hesitation in using the term 'guest star' is the fact that guest stars (in sitcoms shall we say) tend to appear for one or two episodes if they are lucky. Some are even killed off ...aargh!! I need to rethink this blog. What if I get attached and don't want to leave. What if the blog doesn't work and I'm fired after a couple of paragraphs. Does that mean that Missy and Miss Faux Fur can no longer remain friends?

Well to start off I best explain the type of friendship I have with Missy. She's my energetic ball of fire ...and trust me we have photographic evidence to prove it*!! She's the type of friend that makes you smile when no one else can. She always knows how to say the right thing ...if fact I'd go as far to say she'd make a pretty great boyfriend!! She constantly has me in stitches with her crazy antics. But more importantly she allows me to be myself ... an aging fool who refuses to grow up!! 

* Photographic evidence...

Apparently Miss Faux Fur is a 'healer' or so I've been told from a rather intense psychic in NYC. If this is true then I can I totally understand why Missy and Miss Faux Fur have a great friendship. Maybe she needs my 'healing' ability to keep her right ...and calm her down. Be still Missy ... be still!! We definitely balance each other and sometimes that's difficult to find. 

If we evaluate all the friendships we've ever experienced ...what did we gain from them all?

Hey just because I wear Faux Fur doesn't mean I'm fake :) I just secretly like to pretend I'm a fluffy animal!!

Yes...this is what I look like first thing in the morning...cute eh?

Random act of kindness...

Just a short blog today... I have 28 pieces of writing to mark and level, 28 maths to mark and level and also reports waiting to be written. I am not neglecting you I promise...

Just wanted to share the news that I was the recipient of a random act of kindness today. I had bought cups for my kids at school as some forget water bottles and it's getting far to warm in the classroom to have no water bottle. So I paid, left the store and was stopped by a woman who'd ran from the shop to let me know I'd dropped/left one of the packs of cups. The cups were just cheap so it wasn't like I'd spent a fortune but it was such a nice thing to have someone go out of their way to be kind.

I was clearly having another one of these days....minus the cool hat however!

The strange thing was that I was then in another shop down the way and I was waiting to pay for a card and guess what....a lady left her shopping bag next to the counter and the person who went to the till after her chased her to give it back! 

This has brought me to the conclusion that it is forgetfulness and random act of kindness day!

I wonder what your most memorable act of kindness has been?