helping Santa

Today I wrapped 90 little parcels for Santas Grotto. 

This is one of my tasks as volunteer at the William Morris Gallery. Normally I guide school children around the gallery and talk to them about art. I am happy, that I have found here in London, my own thing that brings me pleasure and challenges me.

a career in making

This spring and summer I have been a nanny. Now lovely miss S has flown away with her family, but a new thought about what to do with my life has stayed.

I must admit that when I was looking for a job, I was just looking something really easy and something that could be combined with my son being only three hours a day in the nursery. My Seattle friend C said that I could always be a nanny. 

And you know what? I am actually pretty good with kids and I do like it. So my new ambitious career move is to become a childminder. Now I am taking some basic courses on childminding to be able to take care of children in my own home. And hopefully in November we will have a new morning girl with us.