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This week the only blackberry I found was in Ribena

March 31, 2010 By Ellen

Things I’ve learned from being in a communications drought. This week my mobile died – well actually the sim card did. You could call it the post Death of BlackBerry era. So I’ve been in a total phone free zone since Sunday. It’s been an interesting week and it’s only Wednesday. I learned that being […]

Filed Under: internet, other things I have learned, phone calls, texting, twitter

Remains of the day…

March 21, 2010 By Ellen

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hairy question, fairy tales and a growth spurt

March 16, 2010 By Ellen

Things I’ve learned from my children today. There isn’t a right time for a baby’s first haircut. Boy Three has quite a lot of hair and some of it is rather long. It’s not well distributed, however, the long bits are around the front and the back is short and fluffy. Some of the strands […]

Filed Under: brother, grief, growth, hair, things I learned from my children today

Bye then, Nat. It was fun.

March 11, 2010 By Ellen

Things I’ve learned from my brother. Charles Nathan Arnison 1971 – 2009. The waah game. This is where you ask someone a question to which the answer is blindingly obvious. If they take your question seriously then you say “waaah”, and basically you win. If, however, you spot a question designed to trap you then […]

Filed Under: brother, family, grief, other things I have learned

Pain shared, a little dirt and a boy on a mission

March 10, 2010 By Ellen

Things I’ve learned from my children today. Being unable to help is horrible. Boy One shut his finger in the car door and it hurt. This, for him, is quite unusual. Something in the volume control of his senses is a bit awry and, normally, he doesn’t feel everyday discomfort. He often can’t account for […]

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

Ladies who rock

March 10, 2010 By Ellen

Just a quick one to mark a couple of wonderful women who need a big hurrah from the blogosphere. Lovely Laura. I work with this lady and she rocks. She’s smart and funny and she’s in a band. She has that kind of sense of style that allows her to wear quirky and vintage and […]

Filed Under: motherhood, things I've learned at work, Wonderful women

Soft play – nothing soft or playful here

March 7, 2010 By Ellen

Other things I’ve learned today. Whoever coined the expression soft play was wrong – so far wide of the mark they must have been having a laugh. But I’m glad someone was, because I certainly wasn’t. Today, out of idleness and a really petty attempt to get my own back at Boy Three (So you’re […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, parties, soft play

Things I don’t give a hoot about but really should

March 6, 2010 By Ellen

I read a blog this week and it got me thinking. It was a gleeful and energetic list of the things that A Brit In Lapland couldn’t give a fig about.There weren’t too many things I could think of celebrating not caring about – except perhaps football and what other people have on their iPods. […]

Filed Under: confession time, lists, other things I have learned

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