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If the Internet was your boyfriend…

January 23, 2020 By Ellen

If the Internet was your boyfriend, your pals would be trying to tell you that ‘you can do better’, ‘he’s not good enough’ and ‘they’re getting slightly worried about you’. They’d remember a time before the Internet came along, when it was just you gals together, always there for each other. The gang. One of […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review, Uncategorized Tagged With: humour, ideas, in my life, in the world, internet, things I've learned, web, www

I’m grateful there was a mouse in my house

January 11, 2020 By Ellen

It was early and I was making coffee and thinking about gratitude. A bit like any other day, but with the gratitude. That’s a new thing to replace the usual round of improbable targets followed by self-criticism. I’m grateful there’s milk left I’m grateful there’s coffee left I’m grateful there’s food for lunch (and I […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned Tagged With: gratitude, house, humour, in my life, mouse, Something happened in my life

We need to talk about Black Friday

November 27, 2019 By Ellen

A happy hour that lasts all night is one thing, but a Friday – and a black one at that – that stretches all week is just not on. Add to that the fact that it’s entirely manufactured and cynical effort to separate you from your hard-earned and you can see how it’s an entirely unsatisfactory […]

Filed Under: boys, family, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: Black Friday, Christmas, humour, in my life, Money, My Life

So, how was your weekend? Wild

November 12, 2019 By Ellen

EDIT: When I sat down to write this, I planned to bring it round to some inspiring conclusion about doing what you fancy rather than what looks flash, but I forgot about that bit. Sorry.   There’s another tricky thing to negotiate in the office. Or at least it feels that way to me. It’s […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned Tagged With: boring, children, family, humour, in my life, Something happened in my life, truth, weekend, work

The treachery of lids

September 11, 2019 By Ellen

If I’ve learned one thing it’s this: Don’t trust a lid. It will only let you down. Never put your dignity in the hands of a little lid. Or a big one. Don’t let a disc of plastic be all that stands between you and discovering how much soup looks like vomit when it covers […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: coffee, domestic, humour, in my life, lids, Something happened in my life, Tupperware

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