That’s why I’ve been so quiet these last few months.

Lots of hustle, bustle and turmoil in this country of ours since then.

Pay cuts (in effect next Thursday), snow, ice, school closures and more.

Lots of fodder that I could have used to write posts about.

But, to be honest ….

I couldn’t be bothered.

Anyways …. a new year …. a new year resolution to become healthier and fitter!

Follow these guys as they operate to transformate!

Now …. I must quicken my step!

Wishing you all a happy and peaceful Christmas.

The HSE is advising schools to ensure that children etc. wash hands with hot water as frequently as possible.

If hot water isn’t available the advice is to use alcohol instead!

I must put that bottle of whiskey into my lunch box.

I had a problem with hosting and between the jigs and the reels I lost my database.

Luckily I found one I had saved earlier … it’s not up to date though and it lost some of my posts so a lot of error 404 pages to be found (or not as the case may be).

Still … the site has taken a hit and I’m going to take the opportunity to ‘tidy’ up things here.

I have deleted half of the plugins and have plans to delete at least half again!

Lovely weather we’re having!

As an educator I think it right and opportune for me to make some comment about An Bord Snip Nua’s proposals for the Irish Education System.

Where better to start than their fairly radical proposals for the small Irish primary schools.

Small to me would have meant any school with less than 50 pupils on roll … basically a 2 teacher school but an Bord Snip Nua is looking at smaller schools as schools having an enrolment of 100 pupils or less.

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no disabled embedding …. waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahay!

la la la etc. ……

Go on …. wander over to YouTube to watch it.

Bloody yobs … they have embedding disabled by request!

I wonder who does Lily Allen …………………………. mmmmmmmmmmmmm chocolate

(I wonder if she’s embedded? )

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