Ask a busy person.

It is said that if you want something done you should ask a busy person.  I don't know if that's generally true, and I prefer the term "active" to "busy" but I do know that I've achieved an awful lot this weekend and it feels fabulous!

I've got well under way with my start of year planning and organising for things at work.  We've had a couple of short weeks because of the start of year and public holidays, and next week is my first full week of the year.  I have a delightful class, and only 18 children, so the emphasis is very much on peronalised learning for them.  It's a bit more work for me, but the results are worth it.

I've also been inspired to make some games for my maths classes - as we work across the whole school for Maths Cafe I now have to teach place value to children from 5 years old to 13 years old (not at the same time, obviously!).  I saw a brilliant workshop session at the recent Teachers Matter conference in Rotorua, led by an inspirational teacher called Libby Slaughter.  She had so many ideas for games and activities for the younger students, and I just had to try some out.  Once I got started I found more and more ideas popping out, so I had to visit our local gold coin shop and buy an assortment of fly swats, pom poms, mini-pegs and plastic cups.  Check out my other blog (http://maths-and-me.blogspot.co.nz/) to look at the maths things I've been getting up to.

This morning I also had a 90 minute planning meeting with my husband, getting next week straight in the company that he owns.  It is an exciting time for him as he is launching a new venture, and there are lots of elements that need attention.  We plan together at the weekend, and he spends the week working through his to-do list!

Apart from that, I've managed to get 3 loads of washing done, and a press release written for the Jetsprint Association - my husband's other company is contracted to the NZJSA to provide publicity for their championship each year, so he takes the most awesome action photos and I support behind the scenes with press releases, race reports and pit lane photos.

And inside all of that I've also made time to do some reading for pleasure, stroll by the river holding hands with my husband and eating yummy gelato, and relax in a long hot bath with a bathbomb from my favourite organic toiletry company.

So quite a busy weekend, but so much fun.  Maybe they're right.  If you want something done, ask an active person!