Taking Stock Tuesday

Making: As many lovely jumpers I can fit in the wardrobe

Cooking: Every day, as befits a domestic goddess

Drinking: Tea by the bucket

Reading: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Wanting: A bit more enthusiasm for exercise

Looking: Blankly out of the window

Playing: Games with my children

Deciding: Where to go in half term

Wishing: It was actually half term next week

Enjoying: The feeling of being at leisure

Waiting: For Spring to arrive properly, but without wishing away Winter

Liking: My new TA very much

Wondering: What this year will bring

Loving: Listening to Lucy read. Actually READ proper books.

Pondering: What to do about the Hanwell Food Bank

Considering: Buying an second hand dull cord skirt and doing some more dyeing

Watching: Sherlock. Repeatedly.

Hoping: For a happy birthday for my husband
Marvelling: That it's been nearly a month since Christmas

Needing: A kick up the bum to get me to do my tax return

Smelling: The daffodils that are flowering in the conservatory

Wearing: Handmade socks

Following: All sorts of dubious advice about creativity

Noticing: That things are starting to grow again

Knowing: That there is a light at the end of the tunnel with my class

Thinking: About SEN stuff

Feeling: Happy

Admiring: Anyone who can cope with their own children as a single parent

Sorting: Out the mess

Buying: Too much fabric. Is that a thing?

Getting: Frustrated by the never-ending washing mountain. Seriously children, stop getting so grubby.

Bookmarking: Hands Free Mama, a site that infuriates and attracts me simultaneously

Disliking: Nothing in particular, for a change

Opening: The curtains onto a frosty Green.

Giggling: About the UKIP moron. Still.

Feeling: Content