A Cat A Day: 351/365

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Although today has been the first day of my school’s Christmas holidays, my family and I have spent 5 hours there. About a third of the school has packed up to move into temporary accommodation. First I threw away half my ‘teacher stuff’, then I packed up the remainder for the removal men. Today was unpacking and organising day.

My husband John and daughter Isobel came to help. My friend Julie’s children Annie and Drew were in school too. Today’s photo shows the three of them sitting in my new Room 19, in the company of a grey cuddly cat.

I hope my students will be as lovely as these children when they arrive in January.

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Sent from my iPhone

A Cat A Day: 349/365

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One of my great pleasures this year was to have a house-guest for the first time since we moved in in 2001. I guess it’s a combination of mostly having friends who live nearby and not having had any space before. However, in September, Amanda Salt came over from Northern Ireland for a languages event in my area and she stayed with us for one night. We loved it !

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Amanda shared today’s cat with us – his name is Oscar and he is a rescue cat. He seems very fond of this minature Christmas village (can you see the unexpected characters living there?).