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Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it… yet

January 19, 2020 By Ellen 1 Comment

The overflowing gutter of gratitude still pours over my life, with so much to be thankful for that it’s hard to know where to start this week. I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers… Books. Books are a great thing to be grateful for. My audiobook of the moment is […]

Filed Under: boys, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: Anne of Green Gables, Blake Crouch, blog, books, Dark Matter, gratitude, in my life, period poverty, Periods

Lettuce take a moment to be grateful

January 13, 2020 By Ellen Leave a Comment

I’m still plugging away at the gratitude thing – a list of 10 a day to transform your life, apparently. While transformation is, as yet, not forthcoming, it does feel quite nice to think about the good stuff for a few minutes. Though ten is quite a lot of things to be grateful for when […]

Filed Under: boys, other things I have learned, Uncategorized Tagged With: blog, gratitude, lettuce, McDonalds, my real life, rain

I’m grateful there was a mouse in my house

January 11, 2020 By Ellen 1 Comment

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

More gratitude…

January 7, 2020 By Ellen 1 Comment

Today’s chapter says that I need to be my own best friend and involves something I can’t quite remember (I listened to it hours ago) about making a list of fun treats. So, because I can remember what to do here’s a list of things I’m grateful for: Being at home while the storm raged […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: gratitude

Be careful what you wish for (the back in the office edition)

December 27, 2019 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Yesterday, I was all ‘get me off the sofa, I need some structure in my life’. Today, I went back to the office for a day. For the longest, slowest day in the history of days. How I wished I was back there on the sofa even with the existential angst… Therefore, to avoid another whinge […]

Filed Under: blogging, boys, family, other things I have learned, Uncategorized Tagged With: commute, gratitude, homelessness, office, work

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