Kitkat and a cup of tea

It may be Lent, but I am trying to do as much as I can for Fairtrade Fortnight, from now until the 8th of March.

Kool Kids Klub

Should we spell it all with K's? Is that a good idea?

This is the girl's latest venture. It started about 3 weeks ago. They've got a sign, coat of arms, self portraits of the four members, a list of possible activities (games, crafts, sport, dance, business) and a rota for whose turn it is to ask Granda to buy them some polo mints at the shop to share out with the klub members. They meet Mondays and Wednesdays after school, once they've changed into their matching t-shirts.

Lovely Edinburgh

Hello faithful readers of our infrequent postings. The running is carrying on. Walk three minutes, run two. ooh tough. You know how two children is more than twice the work of one? Same with running. The answer lies in a small, keen personal trainer. Last night Heather came out with me on her bike and after a 2 minute run while she bombs along on her wheels she shouts, "Woo! That was fun! Wasn't that fun?"

The girls have had 3 days off school and John has the week off, so we've been ice skating with friends, out for fish and chips because Claire won 2 free dinners there in a colouring competition, through the car wash, to a playbarn, covering balloons in papier mache. Also, Laura's playgroup was still on so John went along to play raucous guitar songs for them and the 4 girls put on a little show of The Gruffalo for all Laura's friends. Ailsa narrates, Heather's the Gruffalo, Claire is on props, managing the fox, owl and snake and Laura is the mouse. She is very good at walking through the deep walk woods.

I, however, missed most of that, although I did join the ice skating. I was off on one of my conferences. Harrassed Mums Network. I got the train to Edinburgh and met Jen for the day Monday. We had a great coffee with cake and scones, visited the National Gallery, then browsed all the best charity shops in Scotland, stopped for a delicious long lunch and did some more meandering/window shopping. I talked her ear off. Thank you Jen. I stayed on for the eve with niece Fiona and sister-in-law Bethanie. We went out for pizza, more talking ears off and the Life of Pi in 3D. Awesome.

couch to 5k

I've signed up. They (who are they?) will send weekly emails telling me what to do each week. And they said to tell people you are doing it. This week: walk for 2 minutes, run for 1 minute. Repeat 6 times. Done. Walk for 2 minutes, run for 1 minute. Repeat 8 times. Done today. Repeat 10 times on Wednesday, await further instructions. It's like I am someone's voodoo puppet in sneakers.