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Why football in our street is a balls up

October 10, 2011 By Ellen

Why football in our street is a balls up and Christmas on Bonfire Night It’s pouring down but my son is out playing football with his friends. He loves it, he sometimes even forgets to come for lunch and, eventually, turns up shivering and exhausted. This weekend the kids organised themselves into a tournament with […]

Filed Under: bonfire night, Christmas, council, football, Humbug, Is it me?

All I want for Christmas is Christmas

December 13, 2010 By Ellen

A penny suddenly dropped for me today. I’ve spent quite a lot of effort over the past few weeks hunting around looking for my festive spirit, my fa-la-la and my jingle. However hard I tried though I only seemed to turn up some tatty tinsel, a squashed sprout and a mild hangover. I put the […]

Filed Under: Christmas, Humbug, pantomime

Humbugs at 50 paces

December 5, 2010 By Ellen

I know I’ve banged my big old drum about how important it is to keep one’s blogging pecker up… about how whingeing just won’t do. However, as the season of Goodwill To All Men (and the very few women who aren’t frantically trying to Get Organised) inches ever closer, I feel the need to bend […]

Filed Under: Christmas, clutter, housework, Humbug

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