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Snow is cold and head teachers should run the treasury

December 3, 2010 By Ellen 3 Comments

Things I’ve learned from my children The coldness of snow never ceases to surprise. Shortly after this picture was taken, Boy Two complained he was cold and wet. No? School fayres are economic genius. I just paid £2 for my own wooden spoon which has painted brown and disguised as a reindeer. You can take […]

Filed Under: cold snap, housework half hour, manners, other things I have learned, snow, things I learned from my children today, Things I've learned from my children.

Vorticity and a different domestic stumbling block

November 30, 2010 By Ellen 6 Comments

In some ways it’s been a happy week domestically… For one, the Panther of News was off work. His notion of idle afternoons saving a virtual universe didn’t quite match the reality, but on the other hand, my vision of having my own husband-shaped Nigella/Miss Moneypenny sorting out the household Stuff wasn’t quite reality either. […]

Filed Under: housework, housework half hour, Morphy Richards, vorticity.

Introducing Housework Half Hour and why I should take up curling

November 6, 2010 By Ellen 13 Comments

Boy One thinks I should be in the Olympics – the curling team, no less. I’d like to be flattered by his assessment of my athletic prowess despite never having curled in my life, not even my hair (well OK there was once with a spiral perm, but I’m trying to forget that). “I’ve never […]

Filed Under: family, housework, housework half hour, sexism

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