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Abusive cold caller left me boiling

April 29, 2013 By Ellen

“Go to hell,” said the woman who told me her name was Betty. Then she hung up, leaving me furiously, impotently listening to dead air. All I had done was ask her remove my name from her company’s mailing list and make sure they never phone me again. I asked nicely too. I am being […]

Filed Under: British Lifestyle Survey. TPS, Cold calls, phone

118/365 Tidiest scout in the camp!

April 28, 2013 By Ellen

My brother’s back Boy Two is returned from his scout camp, where he had a whale of a time. His little brother hasn’t left his side since he got back, despite the rather unappetising niff.  Apparently he won a prize for being the tidiest scout in the camp. I’m very proud of him for this […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, Boy Two., camping, scouts, tidiness.

Hotter shoes: Does what it says on the box

April 28, 2013 By Ellen

Comfy in a box   Leanne shoe from Hotter Winter went on for so flipping long this year, that it was impossible to imagine baring even wrists and necks, let alone toes and heels. So when it came to picking my Hotter indulgence for this season I couldn’t bring myself to choose one that exposed […]

Filed Under: Hotter, hotter shoes, shoes, wide feet

117/365 Things I have learned from training for the Glasgow Women’s 10K

April 27, 2013 By Ellen

I know the 10K is still a fortnight away. Yes. Just a fortnight! However, it seemed like a good point to do this post.  I did my first 10K in 2001 and then again a year later. I’m not a runner, it was more about seeing if I could actually do it. Super Sister and […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, Bra, dog poo., Glasgow Women's 10K, jogging, running, sports bra

116/365 Hoping it’s warm round the camp fire

April 26, 2013 By Ellen

Night is falling, it’s cold and the rain clouds are are rushing busily. About two miles away, Boy Two is hopefully happy in his scout camp. This is his first proper camp.There has been much preparation, including intriguingly the acquisition of a flint. I am delighted to report that, when I checked the boy’s stuff […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, Boy Two., camping, scouts

115/365 SWIB talking of blogs

April 25, 2013 By Ellen

  This afternoon I was honoured to be asked to talk to some members of SWIB about blogging for business. Hopefully they learned something, I certainly did. Eventually, soon even, I’ll post more on the slightly more businesslike Blogging Works. And for those who were there today, this is an example of a post created […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, blogging, blogging works, swib

114/365 perfect pink petals

April 24, 2013 By Ellen

  Aren’t they sumptuous?   It was a serene moment when the afternoon sun made the tulips gleam. And I needed to restore some serenity today after the hours had galloped past without waiting to see if I was keeping up. I wasn’t.   Posted with Blogsy

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, tulip

Once upon a time, mummy was a person too

April 24, 2013 By Ellen

From the top of a mountain, you can see where the dragons live (A true story for my children)Once upon a time, very long ago – in fact, so many years ago, it may well have been a land far, far away – there lived a woman. She looked very like your mother only she […]

Filed Under: adventures., hills, motherhood, mountains, parenting, sailing

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