tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616410914770011438.post2471167318376477960..comments2024-03-14T02:43:36.453-07:00Comments on Almost True: What I did (and didn’t do) this summer.Keren Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121027210783177857noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616410914770011438.post-34658366183003312932011-09-11T08:12:04.760-07:002011-09-11T08:12:04.760-07:00What a mad summer!
And I, too, was dying to know ...What a mad summer! <br />And I, too, was dying to know if the skirts fit.<br />This whole uniform thing seems bizarre - never had one in Canada - but once they are sorted out, at least they always know what to wear. No advanced fashion wars.<br />The only wardrobe rule I can remember at secondary school was a vague injunction against showing too much flesh.Teri Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641477543947472370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616410914770011438.post-41880238752840920602011-09-11T01:06:20.849-07:002011-09-11T01:06:20.849-07:00The British attitude to school uniform seems to be...The British attitude to school uniform seems to be: Get them to tie their ties properly and everything else will follow. <br />It's all about obedience and attention to detail. While my daughter was getting a tie-related detention at one school, my son was having an induction day at another, which featured a talk about why it was important to tie your tie properly and always have your top button done up.<br />I find it completely bizarre. It makes kids uncomfortable, puts them off extra curricular sport, because getting changed is so awkward, and it bears no relation at all to the rest of their lives unless they are going to join the army. My daughter will stop wearing uniform in May, and I can safely say that she will never wear a tie ever again. We actually chose her school because it didn't have a uniform, then they introduced one a few years later.<br />I made school uniform a little themette in When I Was Joe..Keren Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13121027210783177857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616410914770011438.post-91942240617559420712011-09-10T12:50:22.920-07:002011-09-10T12:50:22.920-07:00Brilliant! Surely it can only get better now. But ...Brilliant! Surely it can only get better now. But a DT for not showing enough stripes on a tie? That's madness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616410914770011438.post-54175497378249987462011-09-10T11:15:42.059-07:002011-09-10T11:15:42.059-07:00Hilarious! Enjoy your new peace... xHilarious! Enjoy your new peace... xLynne the Pencilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18204943065923019653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616410914770011438.post-36707120306917550212011-09-10T08:17:10.714-07:002011-09-10T08:17:10.714-07:00I don't feel like I got a lot done...it was gr...I don't feel like I got a lot done...it was great though when I finally liberated the holiday writing on the Netbook and discovered it was nearly 4,000 words (no word count on the Netbook). Am at stage where all that matters is the quantity...<br />Mind you, deciding to restructure the book last week didn't help much..Keren Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13121027210783177857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616410914770011438.post-1453656563839151842011-09-10T08:10:40.283-07:002011-09-10T08:10:40.283-07:00Sounds like you got a whole lot done, amazing what...Sounds like you got a whole lot done, amazing what you can do when needs must. My son went to Magaluf with 11 lads a couple of days after seeing Inbetweeners. I kept reminding him to take his hat and he kept sayng, 'I don't need one, I wear sunglasses!' Until my daughter pointed out I was referring to something in the film . . .<br />(And then he wouldn't even speak to me)Jackie Marchanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12567038737470422449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616410914770011438.post-49307873084148910072011-09-10T08:05:21.406-07:002011-09-10T08:05:21.406-07:00The school skirts did not fit. Like every other sc...The school skirts did not fit. Like every other school skirt I have ever bought her they were too big around the waist and too short. In her first day back - the one hour day - she got a uniform detention for not tying her tie to show 5 stripes.<br />Meanwhile I failed to buy indoor trainers for son, so for his first PE lesson at his new school, he was the only boy wearing plimsolls.<br />The computer repair man could find no problem at all with the internet server on the Netbook.<br />I was offered a FREE writing retreat in France during September. My family just laughed...as they do every time I mention writing retreats.Keren Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13121027210783177857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616410914770011438.post-59187226600625881752011-09-10T04:48:05.752-07:002011-09-10T04:48:05.752-07:00Ok, that's them sorted out - now make sure you...Ok, that's them sorted out - now make sure you book lots of writing retreats for the rest of the year! And very good luck with the deadline.Nick Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571077124165351007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616410914770011438.post-52462643580710529512011-09-10T04:06:26.810-07:002011-09-10T04:06:26.810-07:00But but but DID THE SCHOOL SKIRTS FIT? very funny ...But but but DID THE SCHOOL SKIRTS FIT? very funny - and quite a lot like my summer but with less raspberries and more holidays xKathryn Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439670363289229014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616410914770011438.post-62709727751456066382011-09-10T01:51:20.965-07:002011-09-10T01:51:20.965-07:00Absolutely hilarious - at least YOU got to write o...Absolutely hilarious - at least YOU got to write on your holiday. Take more holidays please. <br /><br />(I think it's the arc of a very funny chick lit book without the chick and the wrong kind of lit)Candy Gourlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802791643303335762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616410914770011438.post-62391395778755339062011-09-05T05:14:37.781-07:002011-09-05T05:14:37.781-07:00LOL! Brilliant! - bit like Bridget Jones with kids...LOL! Brilliant! - bit like Bridget Jones with kids :) Thanks for sharing, Keren xxkatie dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04532331152249918823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616410914770011438.post-84569483994725745212011-09-05T01:28:46.628-07:002011-09-05T01:28:46.628-07:00Lol at: Next day we got up at 11am as usual. I'...Lol at: Next day we got up at 11am as usual. I'd fir right in to your family. However, I must protest that you've left us hanging about whether daughter's skirts fit or not. Good luck with end of Sept deadline.Midlife Singlemumhttp://midlifesinglemum.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616410914770011438.post-60390815378400298872011-09-04T22:28:26.983-07:002011-09-04T22:28:26.983-07:00This sounds like my life all the time - even thoug...This sounds like my life all the time - even though I do not have children of my own - and have not been on more than a four day "holiday" since 1981! Um...how do you manage to fit the holiday in - or is that a trade secret? Cat (from Downunder)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616410914770011438.post-55693624570013952092011-09-04T16:25:49.034-07:002011-09-04T16:25:49.034-07:00Feel very smug as all our new 'colour-code'...Feel very smug as all our new 'colour-code' clothing was bought early on in holidays. Even most of Teen's homework was done early. She loved EDbookfest - and making me ask bemused authors for writing advice for one of her friends (don't think they believed that tale at all, though it is true) Discovered that there's very little peace and quiet on a road trip round Scotland - and you have to be up for 8:30 breakfast every day.maryomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18265044617480788043noreply@blogger.com