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3 Stress-Free Holiday Planning Hacks

March 10, 2020 By Ellen

When you consider that the purpose of a family holiday is usually having fun and seeking shelter from the slings and arrows of everyday existence, getting it organised can cause an inordinate amount of anxiety! And if you’ve been unfairly lumped with the lion’s share of the duties, ensuring that your major annual break is […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: holiday, Review, travel

My Hotter Fit – a step closer to comfortable feet

March 9, 2020 By Ellen

Apparently more than 75% of us haven’t had our feet measured in the past 10 years – this is according to the people at Hotter. Frankly, I’m a bit surprised it’s even as many as that. After all, your feet are pretty constant, aren’t they? Hanging about in your shoes, the same side they were […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: advice, Glasgow, Hotter, measurement, Review, shoes, wide feet

Jury service in the dock

March 1, 2020 By Ellen

statue of scales of justice

That time I did jury service. Three days in the Sheriff Court in a Scottish town. A fascinating experience… only I can’t tell you about it. Or can I? There’s an idea that you the whole thing is more secret than the cost of a woman’s haircut and you can’t utter a word for fear […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: jury service, justice, law, things I've learned

Review : Childcare – the easy way to find local childcare

March 1, 2020 By Ellen

Finding childcare is troublesome, isn’t it? The first time childcare crossed my mind was around 20 years ago when I realised that I had both a tiny baby and the need to get a job to feed the aforementioned tiny baby. At that time, my best money earning option was in back-shift newspaper production. There […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: boys, childcare, childminder, family, My Life, nanny, parent, Review

Curtain up on getting your theatre tickets…

March 1, 2020 By Ellen

I love a night at the theatre – the whole experience, from overture to curtain call via over-priced ice cream.   I go as often as I can to see as many different shows as I can – last week I was, in equal measure, baffled and beguiled by Scottish Opera’s production of Nixon in […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: children, concert, David Essex, family, Glasgow, humour, out, prices, show, Theatre, tickets

Vacuum-packed chicken feet, a big screen and a stage

February 24, 2020 By Ellen

It was a shock, I’ll admit. I know we’ve seen people in surgical masks all over the news and all over the world, but that’s still there and not here. Very much not here. Nothing that interesting ever happens in our corner of the world. I used to hate that. The fact that the semi-rural northish […]

Filed Under: review, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, colour, coronavirus, Covid 19, David Copperfield, Dickens, in my life, in the world, infection, mask, Nixon in China, Opera, Stirling

The trouble with time

February 16, 2020 By Ellen

Days By Philip Larkin What are days for? Days are where we live. They come, they wake us Time and time over. They are to be happy in: Where can we live but days? Ah, solving that question Brings the priest and the doctor In their long coats Running over the fields. It’s fair to […]

Filed Under: blogging, other things I have learned Tagged With: creative writing, in my life, in the world, Philip Larkin, time

The advantages of underfloor heating

February 16, 2020 By Ellen

  Under-floor heating is something that has grown in popularity significantly in the last ten years. With the modern age moving towards clean spaces, many of us are preferring the neatness of under-floor heating tucked away as opposed to unsightly, bulky radiators. Choose your favorite herringbone flooring to match your aesthetic at home. Although you […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: energy efficiency, flooring, Review

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