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This New Year I resolve to stop procrastinating

December 31, 2016 By Ellen

  Obviously, I’ve got a deadline. Two actually. It’s the only time I ever crave housework. And if you saw the state of my house you’d be itching to get at it with the Dyson and the black bags. The Panther gave me a fire thing for Christmas to help with the clearing up, but, […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned Tagged With: 2016, 2017, Burns, Hogmanay, New Year, New Year's Eve, procrastination

Informed on Infertility – An Alternative Treatment Method: Egg Donation

December 31, 2016 By Ellen

  If you and your partner are struggling to conceive a child naturally, you are probably feeling very frustrated and disappointed. While you may feel like everyone around you is having children except for you, this is not the reality. There are many myths and a general lack of understanding on the issue of infertility […]

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Less celebrated things about being a parent

December 29, 2016 By Ellen

Lovely as my boys are, from time to time, I find myself having an ‘I don’t remember signing up for this’ moment. Here’s the most recent batch: Parenthood is… Being ignored by your teenagers on several social media platforms at once. Buying beetroot so your 7YO can have pink pee. Feeling excluded when teenagers talk […]

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New Year’s Resolutions Worth Making

December 29, 2016 By Ellen

How many of us make resolutions on January 1st, only to find we’ve broken them, or completely forgotten about them within a few months. This is often because we don’t set realistic targets. Or we don’t give ourselves goals that really matter. This year why not try making a resolution that’s worth keeping. Further Your […]

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A slacker’s guide to Middlemarch

December 20, 2016 By Ellen

The first of the list and I’m nearly there – only 25 of 95 chapters remaining. I’m enjoying having it read to me by Juliet Stevenson. There is no doubt that the skills of an actor make the potentially confusing dialogue easier to digest. This more than makes up for the difficulty in looking up […]

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A slacker’s guide to classic novels

December 15, 2016 By Ellen

OK. You know those lists that have all the books you should have read? The ones, in my case, that I feel quite smug about To Kill A Mockingbird and Brave New World, but pretty inadequate about almost everything else. Those. My powers of bluster and google had in the most part got me through. […]

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Review: Enell Sports Bra – rock it red

December 14, 2016 By Ellen

I have never had an easy relationship with my bosoms. And it is at its most uneasy when I’m doing exercise. For many years, I avoided exercise altogether for fear of too much bounce and jiggle. These days, I’ve solved the problem with the double bra. As I failed generally to find a sports bra […]

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How to Improve Your Writing Skills for University

December 14, 2016 By Ellen

A big part of your life as a student will be spent writing various papers, essays, and assignments. Perhaps you are enrolled in the Psychological Sciences University of CA Merced and your goal is to advance through the program with flying colours, but writing isn’t really your strong point. Not to worry as you can always […]

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