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First footing – with the coal, a few useful nuggets

January 6, 2011 By Ellen

Finally, I’m back at my desk after what seems like a very long break. I feel I need to crack my mental knuckles before I get on with 2011 so here’s what I learned over New Year. A currant of Christmas Puddings keeps on flowing. This year we got given three. Two the Panther brought […]

Filed Under: Arnison Crag, back to school, boys, brother, Christmas, Cumbria, family, other things I have learned

A bucket list of Things to do…

December 28, 2010 By Ellen

I’ve been writing the ultimate to-do list – a bucket list, if you will. Nothing in particular has prompted it and the last few days of 2010, my 43rd year, aren’t especially auspicious. It’s just that time is passing and, if I’m going to get Things done, I’d really better get cracking. The past 12 […]

Filed Under: Bucket list, family, good idea, husband, I Know Where I'm Going, lists

Jingle, jingle, ho ho ho and mince pies

December 24, 2010 By Ellen

http://aka.zero.jibjab.com/client/zero/ClientZero_EmbedViewer.swf?external_make_id=STaMSRwfQeW7snEb&service=sendables.jibjab.com&partnerID=JibJab Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab! So there we are, it’s too late for any more preparation, the big fellow’s on his way, so if you’ve forgotten anything vital then, as they say, your goose (or other big bird) will be cooked. There’s just time for me to wish you a very […]

Filed Under: Christmas, things I learned from my children today

Living in the Boy Zone

December 17, 2010 By Ellen

A few weeks ago I was interviewed for a BBC Radio Scotland programme about living with boys. It’s presented by Anne Diamond and all about bringing up boys. I’m telling you about it because I was interviewed for a tiny bit of it at the beginning. But the rest of it is very interesting.You can […]

Filed Under: Anne Diamond, blogging, Life in the Boy Zone, Radio

All I want for Christmas is Christmas

December 13, 2010 By Ellen

A penny suddenly dropped for me today. I’ve spent quite a lot of effort over the past few weeks hunting around looking for my festive spirit, my fa-la-la and my jingle. However hard I tried though I only seemed to turn up some tatty tinsel, a squashed sprout and a mild hangover. I put the […]

Filed Under: Christmas, Humbug, pantomime

Another post that starts “snow joke… “

December 10, 2010 By Ellen

Snow joke being stuck at home because of the snow, but here’s what we learned. Attempts to climb a Christmas tree will be unsuccessful. Oddly though, if your tree was decorated by children, it won’t look much worse for its experience. If you put enough clothes on the baby to keep him warm, he can’t […]

Filed Under: Christmas, cold snap, other things I have learned, slimpod, snow, Things I've learned from my children., thinkingslimmer

Wordless Wednesday… focus

December 8, 2010 By Ellen

Filed Under: cold snap, snow, Wordless Wednesday

Humbugs at 50 paces

December 5, 2010 By Ellen

I know I’ve banged my big old drum about how important it is to keep one’s blogging pecker up… about how whingeing just won’t do. However, as the season of Goodwill To All Men (and the very few women who aren’t frantically trying to Get Organised) inches ever closer, I feel the need to bend […]

Filed Under: Christmas, clutter, housework, Humbug

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