I’ve decided that I need to make more use of the pages option on Blogsome so I’ve started a “reasons to home educate” page. The link is at the side of the blog and feel free to suggest more reasons (either home ed positives or schooly not so positives) at any point. I’ll be updating it on a sort of ad hoc basis.
This morning was a lazy sort of affair really. Bit of housework snuck in but not much, bit of learning sneaked passed her in the shape of Class TV on BBV2 so she now knows a bit about Henry’s last wife and a bit more about microbes, quite a bit of cuddling got done too. And then there was a bath! It was deep, it was nearly as deep again in froth and she lounged in it for 1 chapter of Family under the bridge, The king of capri, 5 or 6 “picture books” and our day’s Jesse Tree reading before deciding it was too cold to stay in any longer (stone cold….) then she dived (still damp) under my duvet for a bit.
All very cuddly cozy and wonderful.
Then Daddy got home on half a day’s leave and she decided she’d better get dressed after all! Off we headed for Cheshire Oaks for some Family Therapy (retail style) Lunch was McD’s, Tim got a re-furbed phone to “tide him over for 12 months til” until the one he really wants comes a bit cheaper and also 2 pairs of nice new shoes to replace the numerous totally worn out pairs. I got a pair of soft boots for £10 that are all leather and so comfortable I didn’t want to take them off to pay for them. Becca got some books adn some craft goodies. Then we went in the Cadbury shop….. oh dear…. 2 carrier bags full of very naughty but nice snax for very little money but I suspect it will cost me a fortune in bigger clothes if I’m not careful 
Then we had tea at Pizza Hut adn home.
Bedtime Stories were How the Grinch stole Christmas (which she loved!!!) and 3 more from Lion Storyteller Christmas. Currently I’m number 1 story reader for bedtime as Tim is very Bah Humbug about reading Christmas stories, even “secular” ones.
Oh, and I also sneaked in grid-referencing at teatime as there was a puzzle in the kiddie pack at PH that had a sectioned off picture and you had to find the grid ref of several little bits they had at the bottom. She got it remarkably fast….. so, 6 figure grid references next week then? 
No don’t worry, I’ve not given him access to my blog but he passed this to me for your enjoyment…
Words of wisdom–mainly about flying
“Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death … I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing.”
- At the entrance to the old SR-71 operating base Kadena, Okinawa
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“You’ve never been lost until you’ve been lost at Mach 3.”
- Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)
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“The only time you have too much fuel is when you’re on fire.”
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“Blue water Navy truism: There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky.”
- From an old carrier sailor
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“If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it’s probably a helicopter — and therefore, unsafe.”
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“When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.”
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“Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another expensive flying club.”
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“Never trade luck for skill.”
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The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation are:
“Why is it doing that?”
“Where are we?”
“Oh Shit”
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“Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers.”
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“Progress in airline flying: now a flight attendant can get a pilot pregnant.”
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“Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.”
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“A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; three in a row is prevarication.”
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“I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous.”
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“Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!”
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” Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag for the purpose of storing dead batteries.”
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“Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it.”
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“When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten.”
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” Just remember, if you crash because of weather, your funeral will be held on a sunny day.”
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Advice given to RAF pilots during WWII:
“When a prang (crash) seems inevitable, endeavor to strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity as slowly and gently as possible.”
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“The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you.” - Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)
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“A pilot who doesn’t have any fear probably isn’t flying his plane to its maximum.”
- Jon McBride, astronaut
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“If you’re faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible.”
- Bob Hoover (renowned aerobatic and test pilot)
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“Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you.”
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“There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.”
- Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970
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“If something hasn’t broken on your helicopter, it’s about to.”
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Basic Flying Rules: “Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.”
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“You know that your landing gear is up! and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.”
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As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft, having torn off the wings and tail in the crash landing, the crash truck arrives, the rescuer sees a bloodied pilot and asks “What happened?”
The pilot’s reply: “I don’t know, I just got here myself!
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Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.” - General MacArthur
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“You, you, and you … Panic.
The rest of you, come with me.”
- U.S. Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt.
