New Year.

Woo, a whole new year - where did the last one go?
I am hoping to make a bit more use of this blog this year compared to last. Being a family of geeks, we use the internet a lot for resources, the addresses of which are often scribled on bits of paper. So I am hoping to be able to post the links I intend to use here, before rather than after I need them.
We haven't got back to "learning" yet, as James is still home. He returns to Preston on Saturday and won't be home again until May, so we're making the most of having him around. Kate has already gone back to Leeds, as her course restarted on Tuesday, but she will be back again in February.

I feel less chaotic than I did back in November. At that time it felt as if we were stumbling along blindly, haphazardly learning on the way. Looking back I don't think we were as bad as it felt, certainly I can see a good deal of basic English and Maths went on, but maybe not much else. I feel better prepared for this term and have spent time organising and planning. We have spent the morning cleaning out the "supplies" cupboard. One day, I'll take this cupboard back and fill it full of homemade jams and wines and cakes and bread, until then it will continue to look like an advert for Horrible Science kits and bits of left over tissue paper!

My New Years Resolution is to lose weight, not exactly a new idea for me, but one that's becoming increasingly necessary. I had Flu in December and since then the arthritis in my knees has become much worse. It's now a struggle to get upstairs. Maybe the pain will inspire me to lose weight...