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Christmas: How to cope when it isn’t your turn to have the kids

December 30, 2017 By Ellen

I wrote this a couple of Christmases ago and I was reminded of it when I saw another mum chum going through similar this year.  Every other year Boys One and Two spend Christmas with their dad. We’ve been doing it this way for 15 years now. So that’s around seven December 25ths I’ve spent […]

Filed Under: boys, children, Christmas, divorce, family, family blended family, modern life, other things I have learned, planning, separation Tagged With: Christmas, divorce, family, festive, mum, single parent

Things only sparkle when you keep moving

December 20, 2017 By Ellen

I love a bit of cold – proper biting, crispy cold. And it was like that for a few days. Real winter, chilly enough to let you know when spring arrives. Like it used to be. These days – cut-price, commercial, modern days – nothing much changes. Year-round it’s damp breezes and grime. And padding along […]

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My top five gigs

December 18, 2017 By Ellen

Do you go to gigs? Once upon a time, I went quite often.  My first gig The summer of 1983 and I went to see David Essex at the Sands Centre in Carlisle. I went because he was on and I could get there, rather than out of devoted fandom. I stood on a chair […]

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Why middle-aged women like cardigans

December 16, 2017 By Ellen

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Another tale from the estrogen wars   For many years, the cardigan was the epitome of mediocrity. A nothing kind of a garment – neither coat nor jumper. Worn by ditherers, fence sitters and the sartorially distressed. Although, I was looking through Krush clothing and found amazing fashionable women’s outfits for each season! It’s knitted […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: hot flush, humour, in my life, menopause, My Life, perimenopause, Something happened in my life, women

A Belfast weekend in pictures

December 8, 2017 By Ellen

  I love staying in hotels because someone else clears up while your own house doesn’t get any dirtier. Everyone else loves them for the surprise cake. The Europa was fab – even posting us the clothes one of the boys left behind.   You can just see the H&W gantry cranes over Boy Two’s shoulder. […]

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