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10 inspiring quotes you don’t need

October 20, 2014 By Ellen

“If you’ve got your feet in a uni-slipper, concentrate on being comfy instead of wearing yourself out jumping upstairs.”I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not, but the internet runs on quotes. Wise, appropriate, succinct and preferably on a soft-focus sunset background. And most of them are mush. Like Big Macs for the soul.“If you […]

Filed Under: humour, inspiration, lists, quotes

Maya Angelou – my favourite quotes

June 1, 2014 By Ellen

If I’d had a daughter she may well have been have been called Maya. I decided that a long time ago, when I was not much older than my eldest son is now. That’s because I’d just read I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou’s first autobiography. It tells of the horrible events […]

Filed Under: I know why the caged bird sings, inspiration, Maya Angelou, RIP

Has anybody seen my monkey?

March 7, 2014 By Ellen

You know. The one that always shoves ideas for things that must be blogged about into my head. The monkey with pretentious to be a muse. Or at least that’s what it claims as it rams another pointless, but hysterically funny, observation into my mind. Actually muse is quite a grand word for it. Imagine a […]

Filed Under: blogging, inspiration, Is it me?, monkey, muse

Bon Voyage to Sir Ranulph Fiennes as he starts his coldest journey

December 8, 2012 By Ellen

Sir Ranulph Fiennes Mad as a box of frogs. Bonkers and batty. It’s easy to find words to describe the 68-year-old man who is on his way to Antarctica to embark on the Coldest Journey on Earth.  Sir Ranulph Fiennes is attempting to cross Antarctic in winter. It will take him, and six colleagues, around […]

Filed Under: Arctic, Birdie Bowers, determination, expedition, explorer, Greenock, inspiration, Inverclyde, Sir Ranulph Fiennes

A cure for blogstipation

August 24, 2012 By Ellen

Calm reflection Yeah, yeah, I know, we’re not supposed to talk about actual blogging on our blogs. But what’re you gonna do? Oi…. come back.But then again, if you don’t know what to blog about, usually thing that is taking up the most space in your mind is the best place to start.Normally, my head […]

Filed Under: blog, blogging, Britmums, inspiration, lists, Love All Blogs, photos., readysteadyblog

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