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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

Grateful for another self-help book…

January 6, 2020 By Ellen

The thing about self-help books is the optimism. Not so much that of the author, thought it helps. How To Win People Who Vaguely Remember Your Face or Feel The Unease And Decide Not To Bother wouldn’t sell very well, would they? No. It’s my optimism. My hope that this one will be the one […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: advice, books, Gillian Anderson, Scully, self-help, X Files

Inadvertent wisdom – the same difference again

November 24, 2019 By Ellen

It was one of those half-hearted attempts to encourage wholesome activity in Boy Three. A pathetic plea to do something that doesn’t involve doing battle in cartoonish worlds, listening to shouty American YouTubers, or both. “Draw me a picture. Just, you know, how you feel, or something… “ and off he went. I’d forgotten the […]

Filed Under: boys, things I learned from my children today, Uncategorized Tagged With: advice, boys, children, differences, family, parenting, Something happened in my life, writing

On 20 years of keeping the kids alive…

September 30, 2019 By Ellen

It’s 20 years – yep, 20 – since this young man arrived in my life. That’s more or less a generation, and probably a reason to celebrate. I am a fantastic mother – I’ve been keeping children alive for two decades. Admittedly, when this chap first fixed me with his fierce gaze, I had such […]

Filed Under: blogging, boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: advice, birthday, blog, Boy One, mojo

Small screen drama – giving up TV

July 19, 2019 By Ellen

I don’t watch telly any longer. Not even Killing Eve, or Stranger Things or especially not Love Island. Let me explain. Time poor as I am, I turned to thinking about the things I use my precious minutes on. Obviously, there’s a chunk of time on teeth cleaning, showering, listening to the Archers and other […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned, Uncategorized Tagged With: advice, family, in my life, My Life, quitting, Something happened in my life, televisio, television, TV

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