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On a journey south and a delightful deceit… things I’ve learned lately

February 17, 2019 By Ellen

Write a post every day, she said (to herself, cos no one else cares). Let’s see how that goes then! And here we are a week later, but it’s been a good – and educational week. Here are the things I learned. The long way round still gets you there… (Also known as, confusingly, only […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: birthday, boys, busy weekend, cake, children, family, in my life, London, Ozzy, poem, pride, train, travel

On being useful, pet potty training and a waste of money, things I’ve learned

January 31, 2019 By Ellen

I thought that blog comments were out of style – so last year – turns out that I just wasn’t writing posts that anyone had anything to say about. So that’s something I learned. People will talk to you if stop trying too hard and just say what’s on your mind. Other things I learned […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: family, guinea pigs, moving, My Life, news, parent, pets, pill, student, things I learned, toilet training., University

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

14 years at the school gates: what I have learned so far….

September 13, 2018 By Ellen

Update: This was written a couple of years ago – now the baby is in P5 (still cute though).   My baby, he’s all grown up. It doesn’t seem a minute since… Yada yada yada.  You know the stuff – uttered by runny-mascaraed mothers waving children off to school before returning to their bleak and […]

Filed Under: advice, Boy Three, children, family, growing up., other things I have learned, parenthood, primary, school, school gate, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: education, family, in the world, life, parenthood, primary, School, secondary

Things I learned from an all-inclusive holiday

August 18, 2018 By Ellen

You know that really annoying advert about ‘going mahoosive’ on an all-inclusive? Yeah. I went on one though I failed to discover what mahoosive is or how to do it, I did learn a few things. This year, Boys One and Two were off with their father leaving Boy Three, The Panther and I to […]

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