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Is hot yoga something to sweat about?

August 7, 2015 By Ellen

Try anything except incest and morris dancing. Isn’t that how it goes? It was in this spirit that I was to be found on a Thursday evening dripping in sweat in a room overcrowded by underdressed and bendy people. Yes. Trying hard to avoid looking up the leg of the shorts of the chap in […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bikram, Fionaoutdoors, Something happened in my life, yoga

My family and how wonderful that they’ve gone…

August 2, 2015 By Ellen

boy and pants

Shhh. Can you hear that? There’s a washing machine grumbling and the rain onthe roof. Maybe a car on the lane. And? And nothing else at all. That’s the point. I’m on my own. A whole week of being alone – apart from work (and that doesn’t count as I’m no one’s mother or wife […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: alone, empty, solitude, Something happened in my life

Inside Out: The voice in my head said ‘How much longer?’

July 28, 2015 By Ellen

Inside Out characters

Maybe, it’s because my hopes were high. 98 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes. “Dazzling wit and tender wisdom,” they said. So Boy Three, Boy One and I settled down with our snacks ready to be thrilled/charmed/moved/etc. Before we’d even polished off the popcorn, my heart was sinking and Boy Three was asking if it was […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: cinema, film, in the world, Inside Out, movie, Numskulls, Review, Something happened in my life

Reasons to love Scottish Weather

July 19, 2015 By Ellen

  You might have noticed there’s been some weather in Scotland these past few days. Wet and windy, who’d have thought it? It’s not like that happens every year, after all. No. Wait a minute? It does. It’s one of the very things about living North of the Border. You know? Four seasons in one […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: in the world, Something happened in my life

How to have a productive weekend

June 20, 2015 By Ellen

To do list

It was Friday again. That sweet spot in the week when the toil is done and anything is possible. Heading home to treat the kids to a pizza and me to a night off making the supper. I didn’t even get annoyed by the people on the train with the bags. You know the ones, […]

Filed Under: juggling, My Life, parenthood, parenting, work life balance, working mum Tagged With: busy weekend, My Life, Something happened in my life, weekend, working parent

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