Memorygirls - Make Do and Mend

Memory_Girl

January20 wrote: »

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Did you have some of your Mindmaps online a while back? I remember the first time I came accross one of your threads and I was particularly interested in the concept of mindmaps (looking at the possibility of using them as an exercise with my students). Anyway, I found some (amongst others) and I was sure they were by you. Goodness, this sounds so stalker-ish lol but I promise I was only driven by curiosity and my professional drive. Anyway, they were beautiful. I'd never realised before how artistic a mindmap could be!

Aw!!! I gotta fan -:rotfl:

They probably are by me - the guy I worked with was pretty good at uploading stuff to the net..............

............. me I Mindmap cos its glorified colouring in :rotfl:............. thinking of that I used to get paid for talking too!!!!!!!!!. So I think everything I need to get back to work I probably learned before I left nursery school.

If theres anything I can do to help you help your students just PM me - I've got some stuff I've been working on that I'm dying to share with you guys ............ but I've held back a little because its definitely part of the "Get Memorygirl back to work project"

JUst had a phone call from a pal who is a speaker who has agreed to be my mentor for the next while. He has just challenged me to "Do something f*****g amazing in the next 100 days - do something that f*****g scare you every day, ask people you don't know to help and throw yourself off the F*****g cliff you are camped on top of"

Mmmmmmm whilst I understand his sentiments - me thinks we need to work on broadening his vocabulary - :rotfl::rotfl:

Ok - so the paln for today - is to come up with a plan for the nxt 100 days to create something TRULY:p amazing.

I wonder if ........................

I could lose 2 stone in 100 days?
Finish renovating my home?
Pay for DS1 education this year?

Pay off the bank - whew!!!!!!!!! where did that come from????

Ok I'm scaring myself - off to take the kids to Dundee.

See you all later

Memorygirl


PS Wheres the sunscreen - Factor Napalm???????

scrooge2008

Well said Miggy :j. They are just further along the process than we are.

I like this board though as it's a lot of fun. Stick with us MG and we'll get pulled along in your wake. How selfish is that :eek:.

ClootiesMum

Ooooh - I like the idea of 100 day challenge - now that WOULD be something......

Firewalker

Memory_Girl wrote: »

So I think everything I need to get back to work I probably learned before I left nursery school.

You are probably right about this one - anyway I have always argued that. This is assuming that the main norms to learn in life are:

1. Be flexible and ready to learn;
2. Do your best; and
3. Play nice.

I just can't believe that many organisations agonise over their core values - BTW these pretty much came straight from my son's playground.

As to the next 100 days - really, what does scare you most? Are you scared of anything? Because I am finding that a major transformation in me is that I am losing my fear.

Firewalker :A

miggy

Firewalker wrote: »

As to the next 100 days - really, what does scare you most? Are you scared of anything? Because I am finding that a major transformation in me is that I am losing my fear.

Firewalker :A

Now you've got me wondering - what to do when we run out of fears?!
Mm -h'm... there's a whole series of books in there somewhere!

cha97michelle

WAsn't telling you off - promise. Just didn't want to miss it when you do. :rotfl:I keep a diary over there. I don't think we are all super organised, just have our focus in less directions due to not having other debts in most cases. I'll look out for you.

As to the rest of you, sounds like you are well dressed. Maybe i am letting the side down a bit.

moo2moo

Oh you all sound so glam. Think I'd die if I had to have a 24 piece wardrobe. Hope that excludes undies and sports gear. I refuse to consider wandering around Mr T. in lycra cycling shorts, the ones with the giant sanitary towel stitched in the lining which make you waddle like a heavily pregnant duck.

Today I'm wearing a v. faded pair of previously light brown mid thigh shorts with assorted bleach and paint splatters, chunky black socks, even chunkier black 8 eyelet safety boots and a grey t-shirt emblazed with a v. tacky lurid coloured slogan. The idea of dressing like this in public for an evening out simply doesn't work.

Someone once threatened to nominate me for Trinny and Suzannahs What Not to Wear show but then we realised I wouldn't actually have any clothes left. Its not that I don't have taste. I do. Its just nothing like anyone elses.

dfw844

Hi Memorygirl,

Sounds like you're having a nice time with the kids!

I also got batch cooking at the weekend, as we had a ridiculous excess of milk, so I made 6 veggie lasagnes for the freezer, and garlic bread in the BM (well, a french stick, and then I shoved garlic butter in it before taking it to the table, ta-da, garlic bread).

My latest project is to make a slipcover for said breadmaker. It is a big ugly and bulky so I thought this could prettify it when not in use.

Good luck on all your little getting back to work developments, as well...

xx

SmlSave

I did mooch on over, read smlsaves thread and got an attack of the jitters.

You didn't get jitters from reading my ramblings did you! Oh no!

I just pretend I have a plan it seems to work for me.

I've been trying to do a version of your 15min do something plan, except you make it sound so easy! I obviously get too distracted...ohhh, what's that....wanders away

....and wanders back.....

I'm wearing black trousers and a stripy tunic today - my general week wear. Nothing as glam as you

Memory_Girl

scrooge2008 wrote: »

Well said Miggy :j. They are just further along the process than we are.

But hey-ho!! At least thanks to this board I have some money to overpay the mortgage with - a year ago our situation was waaaaayyy grim.

I like this board though as it's a lot of fun. Stick with us MG and we'll get pulled along in your wake. How selfish is that :eek:.

Oh I really like the idea of that - Memorygirl as Mama Swan - all cool n elegant up top (and paddling like billy-o underneath) with lots a rascally signets swimming in frantic circles but always we are all moving in the right direction (upstream to DFW'ness)

OMG!! I've come over all poetic -:D

Memorygirl