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 Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: September 2nd, 2013  Posted in: Everything | Life Tags for this post: Quotes and Quips.  One comment so far - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)Regret for wasted time is more wasted time. Mason Cooley (via Lifehacker) I’m very aware of just how fortunate I am to get such a long break over the summer. As usual, I started the holiday with a list of things to do that would take months to complete, so I set some […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: August 25th, 2013 Posted in: Life Tags for this post: My Life. One comment so far - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)What’s that Billy Connolly quote? Something like “There’s no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing.” However, different people clearly have different ideas about what the right clothing might be. There are always plenty of people out walking who are wearing clothing – especially footwear – that would be on my personal list […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: April 29th, 2013 Posted in: Life Tags for this post: My Life | Random Musings | Spurious lists. 3 comments - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)I’m quite good at time travel. It’s easy, as long as you only want to go forwards 😉 Now that I’m working on the final module of my MEd, I found myself wondering what advice I would offer myself if I could travel back to the start. 1. Nothing is more important than sleep and […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: January 1st, 2013 Posted in: Life Tags for this post: Mr TLC | My Life. 2 comments - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)It’s been an eventful year – but I’m sure that’s true for everyone. Despite the normal good intentions, I’ve barely posted, so here’s a quick catch up on the big events: Mr TLC was declared recovered and discharged from the hospital back in March. We celebrated by buying Mr TLC a new bike. His return […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: December 30th, 2012 Posted in: Everything | Life Tags for this post: Grenoside | Mr TLC | My Life | Sheffield. Comments are closedPicture the scene: a real ale pub on the night that a convention/festival of morris dancers was in town. Those of us who thought we had the night off had received frantic phone calls and emergency taxis to get us to work. It was quite busy. Actually, it was insane, but in a cheerily joyous […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: June 10th, 2012 Posted in: Life Tags for this post: Food | My Life. Comments are closedIt’s not only the Queen who gets two birthdays, apparently very excited four year olds can do that too. Last weekend was the family do, with a kitten cake that turned out to be a mouse. This weekend a princess-themed children’s party had been planned. A princess theme? Blimey, I didn’t realise Granddaughter Mr […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: June 2nd, 2012 Posted in: Life Tags for this post: Food | Mr TLC. 3 comments - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)Apparently four marks a bit of a milestone: it seems to be the age when birthday cakes become Something Very Exciting Indeed. The maker though it was a kitten, but the birthday girl declared it be a mouse. Who am I to argue? The main thing is that she loved it. The only […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: April 9th, 2012 Posted in: Life Tags for this post: My Life. One comment so far - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)I woke up with a very sore knee today. Probable cause: too many hours sitting at my desk, something that was on the agenda again today. Hmm. My solution was a spot of DIY. I pulled out the unused bookshelf that lurks under the bed, popped it on top of a couple of open drawers […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: April 2nd, 2012 Posted in: Life | The Universe Tags for this post: Carnival | Lantern | Sharrow | Sheffield. Comments are closedLast night’s Sharrow Lantern Carnival was a magical evening. The lanterns were created by local people in a series of workshops during February and March leading up to the big event. Everyone gathered at Mount Pleasant Park and waited for the Sheffield Samba Band to lead the procession. Sharrow Lantern Carnival 2012 – Scenes […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: February 16th, 2012 Posted in: Life Tags for this post: My Life. 5 comments - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” Anonymous It seems such a short lifetime ago that I blogged on my teachery site about how good it was to get back to normal. Remind me, what exactly is normal anyway? We started the half […] |
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