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What would make this country the best in the world to bring up children?

October 1, 2012 By Ellen

Glasgow’s Riverside museum – fabulous and free We all want the very best upbringing for our children. Of course we do. It goes without saying that along with the stretchmarks and eye bags we get a built in urge to try our hardest to make this happen. Often this journey is one of impossible riddles […]

Filed Under: child poverty, childcare, flexible working, help, lone parents, National Parenting Strategy, parenting, PND, Scottish Government Tagged With: childcare

Review: Splats boots for puddle jumping.

September 27, 2012 By Ellen

It seems Boy Three is, indeed, my son. He has new boots and he’s very excited about them. So excited, in fact, that I couldn’t get him to stand still long enough to take a picture of him in them. Instead, he was intent on throwing Tree Fu Tom moves and generally cavorting around the kitchen. In […]

Filed Under: boots, children's footwear, review, shoes, Splats, wellies

Anchor Cooking Challange – a moo-ving experience

September 27, 2012 By Ellen

  Baking has become quite a big thing in our house. Boy One has taken up the hobby of baking with huge enthusiasm. The kind of enthusiasm only an Aspie can muster.  However, it also transpires that, in the main, he’s pretty good at it. So when I was offered the chance to help promote […]

Filed Under: Anchor butter, Anchor rewards club., Asperger, Aspie, baking, cow, cup cakes, sponsored post

Review: Mr Tumble Something Special toys

September 27, 2012 By Ellen

Mr Tumble languishing on the naughty step “You are very, very bad. Go to the naughty step at once,” Boy Three gave Mr Tumble a right talking too.  I have no idea what Mr T had been up to, except that the way his nose lit up might suggest he’s got a bottle of sherry […]

Filed Under: Justin Fletcher, Makatron, Mr Tumble, phone, review, toy review, toys

The Panther has a blog

September 27, 2012 By Ellen

Panther through the undergrowth. My husband, the Panther of News, has been blogging. He’s a bit ranty, but it would cheer his grumpy little heart if people went to read it. As well as being the Panther of News, he’s also the Rantparrot, for reasons that must have seemed hilarious once but now I can’t remember.

Filed Under: blog, husband, Panther, Panther makes an appearance, rant

Technology – making life harder in so many ways.

September 24, 2012 By Ellen

Password misery, as funny as the Ikea clown Two little things, that’s all I had to do this evening. Tiny little two-minute jobs, easy peasy.I needed to book some tickets to see Phantom of the Opera next month and to subscribe to a magazine on line. What could possibly go wrong?First the tickets, by the […]

Filed Under: itunes, passwords, rant, technology, theature

Silent Sunday

September 23, 2012 By Ellen

Filed Under: cranes., glasgow, photography, rigging, Riverside Museum, Silent Sunday, SS Glenlee, Tall Ship

Is the tits off page three campaign a bust?

September 19, 2012 By Ellen

Observations from a former tabloid journalist who has breasts. There’s a new campaign to get the tits off page three of The Sun, details of it have crossed my desk several times in the past couple of days. It’s nothing new, the arguments have trundled on since the first time The Sun showed a picture […]

Filed Under: breasts, journalists, newspapers, page three, red-top, tabloid, The Sun

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