Showing posts with label retirement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label retirement. Show all posts

Tuesday, 20 July 2010

Retirement party

Things have been very hectic here, because not only have I had a big birthday, but I am retiring from my teaching job at the end of this school year. Although my actual finishing date isn't till 31st August, I will finish work when the schools break up this week. Strange but good.
Last week, apart from my birthday celebrations, I had my works retirement party. It was lovely. Lots of colleagues, past and present, came to help celebrate, and of course I had gifts. My colleagues know me pretty well, and apart from a lovely gold necklace, I had vouchers for the local quilting shop and this!


Everyone had been primed to bring a small gift of a piece of fabric, ribbon, some thread or beads, and green had been mentioned as emminently suitable! I had great fun unpacking and stroking it all!
There is one other gift I must just mention, from my special friend and quilt-lover, Sue.

What do you think of that? She knows me so well!