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Things I’ve learned from guinea pigs

December 23, 2019 By Ellen

Ignoring the wrath of the critics, yesterday everyone from the Palace of Bundance went to see Cats. Our local picture house has been tarted up and now has the most enormous reclining seats, so we’re happy for any excuse to stretch back and stuff our faces. My cinema snack of choice is the pretend cheese […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: animals., cats, guinea pigs, movie, pets

Put your own oxygen mask on first

December 21, 2019 By Ellen

Today, the last Saturday before Christmas is normally reserved for either frenzied elbow jabbing in the shops or equally frenzied searching of the house because I can’t remember what I bought or where I hid it. If I’m really out of luck, I do one followed by the other. Not today. Today, the prime weekend […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: blogaday, core beliefs, responsiblity

We need to talk about Black Friday

November 27, 2019 By Ellen

A happy hour that lasts all night is one thing, but a Friday – and a black one at that – that stretches all week is just not on. Add to that the fact that it’s entirely manufactured and cynical effort to separate you from your hard-earned and you can see how it’s an entirely unsatisfactory […]

Filed Under: boys, family, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: Black Friday, Christmas, humour, in my life, Money, My Life

Inadvertent wisdom – the same difference again

November 24, 2019 By Ellen

It was one of those half-hearted attempts to encourage wholesome activity in Boy Three. A pathetic plea to do something that doesn’t involve doing battle in cartoonish worlds, listening to shouty American YouTubers, or both. “Draw me a picture. Just, you know, how you feel, or something… “ and off he went. I’d forgotten the […]

Filed Under: boys, things I learned from my children today, Uncategorized Tagged With: advice, boys, children, differences, family, parenting, Something happened in my life, writing

On 20 years of keeping the kids alive…

September 30, 2019 By Ellen

It’s 20 years – yep, 20 – since this young man arrived in my life. That’s more or less a generation, and probably a reason to celebrate. I am a fantastic mother – I’ve been keeping children alive for two decades. Admittedly, when this chap first fixed me with his fierce gaze, I had such […]

Filed Under: blogging, boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: advice, birthday, blog, Boy One, mojo

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