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Sticking point

November 2, 2011 By Ellen

At the moment everything in my house is sticky. Boy Three is exploring drinking vessels. He is combining this with experiments about the properties of various liquids and courageous charting of all quarters of his home. Consequently, many of the most unexpected places are horribly adhesive. My steering wheel, the keyboard, my hair, my shoes, […]

Filed Under: in the world, me, toddler, toilet

If Sundays aren’t best, am I a bad mother?

October 31, 2011 By Ellen

Every other Sunday the Panther of News  prowls off to lead his editorial pack in their search for fresh prey. This means that I am alone in the Palace of Bundance with the Boys. Now you’d have thought that this was something of a treat. My lads all to myself. However, lately these days of […]

Filed Under: aspergers, boys, confession time, family, Halloween, Is it me?, Laundry, motherhood

Lightning McQueen in trouble, let’s send Fireman Sam to the rescue

October 27, 2011 By Ellen

You’d think that by the time you get to your third child you’d have some idea about that oxymoron that is toddler logic. But this weekend I got caught out again. There we were Boy Three and I in Matalan on a Sunday morning. We really know how to let it hang out at the […]

Filed Under: toddler

My portfolio career: at last I have a ‘what do you do?’ answer

October 24, 2011 By Ellen

What do you do for a living? Erm, well, it depends… Since I decided to work for myself about four and a half years ago, the answer to that question has been increasingly vague. I usually say “freelance journalist” because that’s what I first struck out doing, but there’s much more to it these days. […]

Filed Under: journalism, Portfolio career, STV, work

Silent Sunday

October 23, 2011 By Ellen

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Filed Under: Kielder Water, Silent Sunday

Telephone sales people your calling is leaving me cold

October 20, 2011 By Ellen

Hot rage about cold callers I should start with a disclaimer: I once had a job selling over the phone. While I was a student I had to persuade people to get the Press and Journal delivered and as a reward they would get a free pen or clock. Not the toughest sell, but I […]

Filed Under: cold calling, Dyson, Is it me?, phone calls, sales, threat, TPS

If you go down to the woods today, don’t forget your tea…

October 19, 2011 By Ellen

It’s often hard to know what to give children to drink… clearly they should be having water, but, all day, every day, it just doesn’t cut it. It’s just rather boring. Fizzy drinks are full of sugar or the much nastier pretend sugar. And some of them have caffeine in them – and if you don’t […]

Filed Under: Children's tea, jenier, tea, teddy bears

Was news about the kids and dog poo a dirty lie?

October 19, 2011 By Ellen

Hard to believe it was October in northern Britain as the sun glinted off the water. But it was and the Panther of News romped with the young princes from the Palace of Bundance on the banks of Kielder Water this weekend. And what a splendid place it is for Britain’s largest man-made body of […]

Filed Under: dog poo., Kielder Water, lies

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