makes you wonder

A working mum’s snap, crackle and pop

September 28, 2011 By Ellen

I have a fond memory of mornings a lifetime ago. They were days I could eat a leisurely and nutritious breakfast possibly while reading a book. I could ponder my choice of outfit before setting off to work, probably early. I was thinking of that this morning as I prepared for one of my occasional […]

Hairdressers, you make me curl up and dye.

February 15, 2011 By Ellen

When I was a child I used to wonder why you paid a hairdresser when essentially you gave them your hair. They swept it up and, as far as I could fathom, kept it. My understanding of crimpery hasn’t got any better over the years. Put it this way, I can’t work out why perms […]

Driven to drugs

February 9, 2009 By Ellen

Picking up a prescription from the chemist is a pretty routine kind of thing, isn’t it?Usually it goes like this:1. Pick up prescription from surgery or phone them and ask ask them to send it to the pharmacy across the road.2. Go to pharmacy across the road, pick up drugs3. Go homeTotals: Phone calls: 1Miles […]

A Bouch job?

January 26, 2009 By Ellen

Did you know that the Tay Bridge – the one of the infamous disaster – was built by someone called Sir Thomas Bouch? Nope? Me neither. Although apparently not the source of the expression ‘a botch job’.What about the fact that one of the sons of the famous Queensberry family was so hideously inbred he […]

‘King outrageous

September 23, 2008 By Ellen

OK – it was handy.Boy Two had just been to the doctor to get the manky bits on his feet inspected (verucca type thingy and athlete’s foot, since you ask) so we were rushing to get to his piano lessons. Oh the seat-of-the pants mental calculations involved. Do we have time to get home, cook […]