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Team Honk Scotland – the one with the questions…

January 14, 2014 By Ellen

One Saturday morning in March you’ll find me wet, cold and probably making a fool of myself. However, it’s all for charity so that’s OK then.  I’m taking part in the Team Honk Comic Relief relay. Oh.  What’s that then?  Short answer: It’s a Land’s End to John O’Groats relay by bloggers to raise money […]

Filed Under: charity, LEJOG, questions, relay, Sports Relief, Team Honk, teamhonk, teamhonkrelay

Things I need to teach my children…

January 13, 2014 By Ellen

That’s my Boy Two sewing his own Scout badges on. He looked horrified when I suggested it: “But I don’t know how. I’ve never learned.” “No time like the present,” I said, making room for him at the table.  While he – very quickly – got the hang of it, it occurred to me that […]

Filed Under: boys, children, housework, learning., other things i learned, sewing

Balancing Act

January 12, 2014 By Ellen

The Moscow State Circus is at Braehead. Go and see it, it’s fab.   Posted with Blogsy

Filed Under: circus, Moscow State Circus

Appliances Direct – how not to deliver a fridge

January 11, 2014 By Ellen

UPDATE Monday, 13 January. The delivery company Arrow XL have been in touch and sent their local manager out to look at my kitchen. He apologised for the inconvenience and a four-man team will deliver the fridge on Wednesday.   We’ve had the fridge-freezer for a while. Nine years actually. And lately it had been […]

Filed Under: American fridge, Appliances Direct, customer service., delivery, fridge, fridge freezer

Sunshine: That’s better

January 9, 2014 By Ellen

It really has felt like the rain never stopped and the sky never darkened. At the time I never feel like I’m affected by the weather, but really I must be.  Consequently 2014 got off to a bit of a bleurgh start, all gloomy for no good reason. Apart from the rain and the Panther’s […]

Filed Under: Fionaoutdoors, Mugdog, sunshine, walking, weather

Book group reading suggestions for 2014 please…

January 7, 2014 By Ellen

It’s time for the book group I attend to choose it’s reading list for 2014. We try to have a mixture of new, old and non-fiction… something for everyone and hopefully not too many stinkers. Everyone comes up with their suggestions and we have a kind of vote before we get on with the pressing business […]

Filed Under: book group, books, reading

My son is top of the crops again

January 6, 2014 By Ellen

  Who, I hear you cry, is that handsome chap? He’s Boy One, just back from a surprising visit to the barber. For months he has hung on to his increasingly bushy barnet with all the enthusiasm of Samson. As far as everyone knew he was very attached to his mop. Here he was a couple […]

Filed Under: boy one, hair, haircut, surprise.

I am to nursing what spaghetti is to space exploration

January 5, 2014 By Ellen

The Panther is somewhat hors de combat at the moment. His graceful leap from the patio step ended unfortunately in some imaginative swearing and a lateral malleolus avulsion fracture. This has been a trying and educational experience for both of us. We’ve had to reaffirm our committment to honesty. With the dawning realisation of what […]

Filed Under: broken ankle, Panther, Panther of News

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