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Hidden dangers of the workplace

August 13, 2017 By Ellen

‘Elf and safety – common sense in a high-viz jerkin. I am not one for paying too much attention to health and safety. In fact, I’m a reformed rule-flouter. No longer reckless, reck must have arrived at some point. But today began with me trying to clean my teeth with some fancy facial scrub that […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: things I've learned, work, working parent

No regrets on Mother’s Day… or any day

March 15, 2017 By Ellen

As Mother’s Day looms again – I thought it was time to give this post another airing. How did your mothering go? Are you still in the midst of it, or is it mostly behind you? Were you a success today?   How did you do? Were you any good?    Clearly a successful parenting […]

Filed Under: family, mother's day, motherhood, mums, other things I have learned, parenthood, parenting, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, children, Mother's Day, Mothering Sunday, parenting, women, working parent

Spookily in disguise as a proper parenting blogger

November 2, 2016 By Ellen

 Did you have a good Halloween? I spent mine in an MLitt class with a lot of poetry in it followed by some chasing around the county collecting and dropping off children.    The poetry has the potential to be very scary – or not. Just when I think I’ve got the measure of it and […]

Filed Under: blogging, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, children, family, Halloween, MLitt, mummy bloggers, parenting, perfect parenting, working parent

My week in shoes

September 12, 2016 By Ellen

I rather enjoyed Last Year’s Girl’s take on her busy week. Probably more than her, as it seems like it was a little traumatic. Anyhow, it gave me the notion to do something similar. At the mercy of ScotRail a couple of times a week hasn’t turned out too badly. Although flat and comfy shoes […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: comfort, commute, fashion, Hotter, shoes, something happened in my world, train, women, working parent

Life’s not fair when you’ve got siblings

June 12, 2016 By Ellen

My triumvirate of sons have one thing in common. They will all wail “it’s not fair” many times a day as one injustice or another befalls them. Almost certainly they have perceived that one of their number has been treated differently and, in the unlikely event that it’s not my fault, it will fall to […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, children, family, in my life, parenting, sons, working parent

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