Hmm, a second post!!

Well, it's happened ... a second post on here ...

Just received a Christmas (and birthday?) present for my youngest, from one of his godfathers ... I Want My Mummy is a hit, as we expected, but I'm not sure either my wife or I will be able to endure the Vegietales CD - the singing is even more out of tune than mine!!! At least I tend to hang around in the right key in most songs ...

Also, post-Christmas sales are low-stress over here ... no big Boxing Day rush, just heaps of stuff at 50% (or even 25%!) of full price ... this sadly doesn't include the nice calligraphy pen Aislinn wanted to buy, but then she was using her own money.

The badly-abused calligraphy pen I loaned to the class still serves me, just, but I also bought a new one for the children to use. They've learned to take care capping the pen now, as almost all of them were horrified at the sight of one half of the nib pointing at right-angles to its partner. The others were very quiet, and would not be game to risk such damage again. A couple of surprising adherents to calligraphy in the class, working hard to master Gothic Black Letter with a 1.5mm nib. Should get something bigger for them as well, so they can do real illuminated letters instead of just 'normal' sized letters.

Now that I have regained possession of my own (slightly-warped) calligraphy pen, we'll see if the poetry inspiration resumes. I found that I wanted to write with my new pen so much that I got back into poetry, after a bit of a hiatus ... may even post some up here in my next update, you never know!

Anyhow, off now ... kids are having dessert, so should chase them to bed soon ... another day at school tomorrow!