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Dispatches from the bunker… just after the famous football game where you think it might turn out fine in the end

January 6, 2019 By Ellen

Well, happy new-year-new-you one and all. It’s still peachy here. You know why, don’t you? It’s because we’ve just been off for a few days of ‘sod it, it’s Christmas’ and the cold hard realities are just mustering themselves ready to pounce. So to celebrate the fact that true hostilities haven’t yet resumed, it’s time […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today, Uncategorized Tagged With: boys, bunker, children, Christmas, Edinburgh Zoo, family, having it all, holiday, in my life, My Life, New Year, Penrith

Dispatches from the bunker of having it all – in the trendy food place

December 19, 2018 By Ellen

There I was in the hipster sandwich shop (the one that gives the Panther rage, with its cute double entendre names and instagram-friendly chalk board) waiting for the chap to squirt patterns with dressing on my salad. I had headphones in and I was listening to Anna Burns’ brilliant Milkman, totally content and anticipating a […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned Tagged With: Christmas, festive, having it all, lunch, rant, sandwich, women, work

Dispatches from the bunker of having it all

December 8, 2018 By Ellen

Hello, Anyone still out there? It’s been a bit hectic here at the Palace of Bundance. I’ve gone back to work full time, by which I mean proper, in the office every day, full time. It would be fair to say it’s been interesting. The job? I’m a bid writer – probably the writiest (yes, it […]

Filed Under: boys, family, Uncategorized Tagged With: break, Christmas, fracture, Guilty Feminist, injury, Pawsecco, Stirling, Wallace Monument, working

What did we learn from the snow then?

March 6, 2018 By Ellen

Well, wasn’t that strange? Half a week of mayhem all because it snowed for a few days. This is especially odd in Scotland where our normal position is to sneer at the ‘Soft Southerners’ who get their knickers in a knot over a bit of bad weather. It didn’t take long to slither down-hill from […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: blizzard, cabin fever, children, Christmas, family, humour, in my life, in the world, Scotland, snow, weather, work

Six things to do on a snow day

February 28, 2018 By Ellen

    Hurrah! The Beast From The East has finally arrived and all schools in the region have been shut. The view from the window is blizzardy. It’s probably a bit chilly, but I haven’t ventured out yet. I’m listening to a radio phone-in of people reporting the whiteness where they are (not that interesting […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: advice, children, Christmas, family, in my life, parenting, snow

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