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Child Benefit and Barbara Castle

October 6, 2010 By Ellen

Things I learned yesterday morning. Multi-tasking is sometimes strangely satisfying. I took my netbook to the hairdresser so I could work while being remodeled. No guilt whatsoever and the added bonus of not having to discuss my plans for the rest of the day or whether I have started getting ready for Christmas. Barbara Castle […]

Filed Under: Barbara Castle, child benefit, everymum, hair, other things I have learned, STV

Crazy golf: a good wander round a large room spoilt?

October 2, 2010 By Ellen

Things I learned from Boy One’s birthday celebration Different approaches can have the same result. Boy One and his friends I and R – along with Boy Two on a best behavior promise – headed to X-Scape’s Paradise Island Adventure Golf for some birthday fun. My view that adventure golf is an oxymoron did not […]

Filed Under: birthday, Braehead, drink, golf, other things I have learned, Things I've learned from my children.

Glasgow Science Centre is boffin great

September 27, 2010 By Ellen

Things I learned from the Glasgow Science Centre on a Monday holiday. My inner nerd loves to run free. I’m 43 and I like science. There it’s taken me quite a long time to admit it. I liked it at school, always pick a green question at Trivial Pursuit and enjoy sneaking a look at […]

Filed Under: Glasgow Science Centre, other things I have learned, science

Busy with the fizzy – brought to you by Sodastream

September 20, 2010 By Ellen

Things we’ve learned from having a go with a SodastreamIt’s really difficult to photograph fizz. The water is so fizzy tiny bubbles leap quite high out of the glass. We tried to take a picture. CO2 is a compound of two oxygen atoms bonded with one carbon. I actually knew this but Boy One is […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review, Sodastream, sponsored post

There I was tied to some people in a bog…

September 12, 2010 By Ellen

Things I’ve learned from family Cub camp. Always be prepared for life’s unexpected twists. Just when you think things had got a little humdrum, you find yourself walking through a bog while roped to your sons and some other people you had only just met. Top class stain removers are not anywhere near equal to […]

Filed Under: cubs, family, Glennifer Braes, knots, Lapwing Lodge, other things I have learned

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