Easter Tea and Wheelchair Mishap

J said piano exam went ok except scales which went a bit wrong. Oh well just hoping he's got through. His pieces sounded very nice when he was practising in the waiting room. The candidates were all complaining that the piano in the exam room was a lot more sensitive than in the waiting room which threw them slightly. Musicians just have to put up with these things I suppose.

Has been distinctly cold here at times. P and J have both got the sniffles and J really not at all well today but at least it's now the holidays and he managed to get his 100% attendance certificate for the term - that's two terms in a row - yay! As quite a lot of next term will be study-leave hopefully he'll get the jackpot.

Yesterday P and I went to the 'Easter Tea' at the village school. The children did some dancing and were sooo cute. Haven't been into the school for ages, saw several people from old church, bought some cakes, Easter eggs and damson jam.

After a quick trip to the Co-op we went into town to get a birthday present for someone. I also wanted to pop into the Oxfam Shop to look at their fair trade eggs. The shop has quite a steep step, they will get a wheelchair ramp if you ask but P being an intrepid pusher never does although it is very tricky as the door opens inwards and won't stay open by itself. Anyway as he tipped me backwards to get up the step the wheelchair overbalanced and kept on tipping backwards until there I was with my head on the pavement and my legs in the air surrounded by a circle of concerned shoppers. In trying to let me down gently P cut his finger and I slightly strained my back but otherwise we were ok. Just really embarrassing though. 

Yum

Had Mavis to dinner last night as it was her birthday. P cooked soup (er not quite sure what was in it but nice), chicken pie and chocolate pudding and sauce - all home-made. Think she enjoyed it. I felt as it was her birthday we should let her watch the TV programmes she wanted - P had never watched Holby City before but he said it wasn't too bad (just a little bit completely unbelievable).

A a thank-you Mavis gave us a Hotel Chocolat Extra Thick Dark Chocolate Easter Egg with egglets. Wow! Er boys please note - it's for us to share.

Exams

J's piano exam is tomorrow and his teacher isn't 100% sure he's ready. However if he leaves it until summer he'll be doing his AS exams at the same time so he'd rather do it now. Just hope it'll be ok.

J in the money

Well J has got his first ever paid job - tutoring Year 7,8 and 9 kids at his school in Maths.

Enjoy.

Can't see the sun

Some serious disappointment here today - solar eclipse and too cloudy to see it.

Birds are singing like it's evening though, temperature has dropped and it's a bit darker but can't even see where sun is.

Update

Well J did very well in his mock exams - well done and keep it up.

P is decorating the bathroom - yay! Managed to persuade him to stick to white skirting boards not green. Think he's about to go all creative with a mural on the wall.

He and J are also busy making model aeroplanes for a show later in the year. I just don't get the model aeroplane thing. 

P made me a lovely lunch today - game pie and chocolate pudding - yum.

Brrr

Woke up to snow again this morning but not much. J reluctantly agreed to take his coat which was just as well as the traffic was so bad P had to drop him off and he walked the last bit. Inability to feel the cold runs in P's family. The third Christmas we had at P's dads I finally plucked up courage to ask if we could have some form of heating - P's dad had no heating at all until he lit the fire at 4pm and Christmas was no exception. It wasn't an insulated house like ours it was just plain freezing. He, P and J looked at me like I was completely weird - 'she wants heating???'. Anyway they agreed to light the fire for me.

I like it when it snows cos I can turn on the heater and snuggle up in nice warm clothes and fleecy blankets and my family can't deny that it's cold.

P and I went to town and I bought a jacket - a pale khaki green one. This is cos we've been invited to a 'smart casual' dinner and I'm trying to find something to wear. Wonder if I could get away with my green and brown floral skirt with boots??