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342/365 Keeping hold of the cool stuff

December 9, 2013 By Ellen

Ping. Actually it didn’t ping, if all my emails pinged, I’d go round the twist fairly quickly, but this one deserved a ping. It was a newsletter from the very lovely Alison Finlay and it was titled ‘Looking Cool’. It detailed an idea that I adore. I’m sure Alison wouldn’t mind me sharing. Here’s what she said: “I […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, Alison Finlay, Bloom and wild, cool stuff, florist, flowers, good idea, kinesiology

Tax breaks for cleaners – a sweeping improvement

February 11, 2012 By Ellen

At last, a very tidy idea from a government. Tax breaks for cleaners. David Cameron has been in Stockholm getting pally with the Swedish PM and learning how they do things there. Apparently, as well as saunas and pickled fish (insert other stereotypes) they have a system that gives households cut-price domestic help. The point of this […]

Filed Under: good idea, housework, politics

I’ve got a little list – Mikado madness

May 3, 2011 By Ellen

Oh the irony. Soliliquizing is the word Boy One is having the most difficulty with. I don’t suppose most 11 year olds use soliliquizing in the course of their daily conversation. “I was just soliliquizing on the plot of last week’s Doctor Who episode” or “Stop soliliquizing on I’ve got the message”. But, I’ve had […]

Filed Under: aspergers, good idea, lists, schools.

A bucket list of Things to do…

December 28, 2010 By Ellen

I’ve been writing the ultimate to-do list – a bucket list, if you will. Nothing in particular has prompted it and the last few days of 2010, my 43rd year, aren’t especially auspicious. It’s just that time is passing and, if I’m going to get Things done, I’d really better get cracking. The past 12 […]

Filed Under: Bucket list, family, good idea, husband, I Know Where I'm Going, lists

Blog your blues away

November 22, 2010 By Ellen

OK – here’s an idea I’ve been brewing for a while. I think you can blog yourself happy, post yourself into positivity and type away the tears. There. I said it. No, no, come back. I haven’t been overcome by the smell of Febreze and the soundtrack of YogaZone on the telly. That rustling isn’t […]

Filed Under: babies, family, good idea, Is it me?, love, things I learned from my children today

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