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Children’s parties: What exactly is the point?

February 20, 2013 By Ellen

My nephew at his very excellent birthday party, just goingto show there’s an exception to every rule. I have a theory that children don’t actually like parties very much.  Don’t get me wrong, there’s no great cruelty in dressing them up as cartoon characters and taking them to your local soft play to celebrate some […]

Filed Under: birthday party, kids parties

Mex therapy: Lunch at Chiquitos

February 20, 2013 By Ellen

What’s not to love about being invited to try out a restaurant’s new menu – even if your going out is so sparse you don’t remember the old menu? Answer: nothing. So when Chiquito launched their revamped menu and invited me along to give it a spin, I was delighted. The Mexican restaurant chain has a branch at […]

Filed Under: Braehead, chiquitos, lunch, Mexican, restaurant review, review, tasty., xscape

50/365 Let the processing begin…

February 19, 2013 By Ellen

My old food processor had started to make slightly strained squealing noises and smelling rather odd. But it just wouldn’t give up. Then one day Boy Two dropped the jug bit on the floor and it broke. Ooops. The food processor is dead, long live the food processor… there’s a new kid in town. One of my […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, cooking, delicious, food

49/365 Iced to see you

February 18, 2013 By Ellen

This was the edge of the car roof this morning, snapped as I bundled Boy Three in to take him to nursery. I just love a bright frosty morning. My very favourite. If I could live somewhere guaranteed sharp and clear air with blue skies, I’d be off now. 

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, ice, winter

Review: Snugg ipad 4 ultra slim bluetooth keyboard case

February 18, 2013 By Ellen

Review: Snugg ipad 4 ultra slim bluetooth It started when my friend and fellow freelancer Fionaoutdoors showed me her latest gadget and I was impressed. She had a keyboard for her iPad. Perhaps it’s because of my age and background, but I like to type. I touch type and find that, most of the time, the words […]

Filed Under: bluetooth., ipad, keyboard, review, Snugg, typing

48/365 First bike ride of the year

February 17, 2013 By Ellen

It was a beautiful day. Possibly my favourite kind of day – cool and bright. So Boy Two and I decided to get our bikes out for the first time this year. 

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, bike, Boy Two.

47/365 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

February 16, 2013 By Ellen

It was another day at the coal face of the cutting edge of news today. I don’t suppose it’ll be very long before no one is doing this anywhere.One day, I’ll be able to tell all the young folk at the digital news dissemination hub, or whatever, that we used to put the words in […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, journalism, news, newspapers, Sunday

The day Tree Fu Tom came to visit

February 16, 2013 By Ellen

Tree Fu Tom has long been popular in this house. I mean, what’s not to love about a cute little guy that lives in the woodland (sorry Treetopolis) and uses magic to get himself out of scrapes? The fact that Tree Fu (I’ve never worked out if it’s Mr Fu Tom or just Tom) is […]

Filed Under: David Tennant., Holopax, review, Sapstone Belt, Tree Fu Tom

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