http://katymay.blog.co.uk/en-EUhttp://backend.userland.com/rss092http://katymay.blog.co.uk/http://data5.blog.de/design/preview/30/f7f1eb1299e0de4c4daa3e62900e92_160x200.jpg <p>Hello.</p> <p>I don't really even know why I'm doing this, except I wanted to see if I could.</p> <p>I'm Kate,I'm 51, several stones too heavy, and almost permanently knackered.</p> <p>I'm married to a man I don't deserve, and have three wonderful daughters who are the light and delight of my life. I'm a fully paid-up member of the teaching profession, currently teaching French in an itty-bitty rural school.</p> <p>It's exam week, and I am inundated with questions like "Do we have to answer in French?" and "Will you translate all the questions for me?"</p> <p>Aaaaaaaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhh!</p> <p>My life is ordinary, except that it is full of extraordinary people. I am blessed with a number of generous, articulate and funny friends who continually inspire me. I am surrounded by people who show great kindness, especially when it is most needed and least expected. Mind you, I encounter my fair share of nutters too!</p> <p>Tonight there will be the usual (at least for us) heated dispute about food. My husnband and one daughter are vegetarian, the other still-at-home one is fussy, fussy to the point of rudeness, and I'm currently trying to 're-educate my palate'. They won't eat what I might want, and will be vociferous in their refusal, but neither will they get themselves sorted. Actually, that's not true. Husband will get himself sorted - two glasses of wine and a lump of bread and cheese and he'll be happy. Bless him!</p> <p>I am coming to accept the fact that I live with a family of eccentrics. Okay, some of it is down to me, but please? As a result of what I will now refer to as 'eccentricity' but which other people might regard as self-indulgence or indolence, our house is never what I might want it to be. it's the sort of place where you always have to move something, usually, in fact, a pile of somethings, before you can sit down. It makes life interesting, I suppose, but realising that you've sat on a stack of underwear or the cat has limited entertainment value.</p> <p>I'm going to post this now (is that the correct word?) and see what, if anything happens.......... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://katymay.blog.co.uk/2007/04/26/today~2164886/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://katymay.blog.co.uk/2007/04/26/today~2164886/Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:37:08 +0200