Ellenarnison

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• Visiting Their Dad - the Seasonal Fluctuations

  

  We had a lovely outing today with Boy Three to Finlaystone. He spent the whole time hurtling about issuing orders and shooting people. "Hurry up. Spread out.... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Year of Letting Go...

  

  Or pining for some order... That's the pine needle mountain left on the carpet when I moved the Christmas tree. This year, I've decided that I will no longer... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Last One: Happy New Year

  

  A contemplative and clearing-out phase here as the old year passes at the Palace of Bundance. I can't wait to get started with all the wonderful things 2014 is... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 363/365 Bad Weather Always Looks Worse Through a Window...

  

  And once you've been out for a while, you can't get any damper. So it was time to catch up with my friend and her Jack Russell bitches (strikes me they should b... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 360/365 What's on Your Dream Dinner Party Menu?

  

  What would you serve to your dinner guests? I'm asking because at Supergran's ahead of a clan gathering R and A were telling of their plans for a 1970s style... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 359/365 Escaping Cabin Fever

  

  With a pot of turkey stock soup seething on the cooker and the gaps between noisy squabbles decreasing, it was time. Time to get out of the house before there... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 354/365 What I Really Want for Christmas...

  

  We took dozens of photos to get the one he was satisfied with. "Shut your eyes. Arm down. Look sleepy. No smiling. Over there, no. There." He's very clear... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dust If You Must

  Dust if you must, but wouldn’t it be better To paint a picture or write a letter, Bake a cake or plant a seed, Ponder the difference between want... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What Did I Come Upstairs for Again?

  Note: I wrote this weeks ago and, fittingly, forgot to publish it until now. Today I forgot that the time of an appointment had changed, but I remembered that w... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 353/365 Training Journey

  

  That's the big Boys with their cousins in Edinburgh. They made their way there on the train, on their own. A big adventure and they got home safely. Well done... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 352/365 Secret Santa - How Do You Keep It Going?

  

  It was Boy Three's big Christmas celebration at nursery today. Mercifully brief, it consisted of a couple of songs and a visit from the big man. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Don't Let Your Kids' Christmas Presents Put Them in Danger

  

  A web, but not the web. What are your children getting for Christmas? Are they going to be lucky enough to be unwrapping new smart phones, tablets or even gamin... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 351/365 It's Christmas - the Clues Are All There...

  

  This. The first piece of evidence. I have been looking like this all day. And in public. Not only did I take Boy Three to nursery but then I went to meet Deb... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Magical Gift of Experience

  

  What do you get for a child who is showered with gifts? They’ve got aunties, uncles, grandparents and neighbours who dote on them and bring toys and treats... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 350/365 Looking for a Photo...

  

  I suppose you could say it's the last year flashing in front of my eyes. Posted with Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Why Playing Bingo Online Ticks All the Boxes

  

  Guest post Image by CollegeDegrees360 Whatever you do in life, you need a way to de-stress and unwind without having to book in a time to do it. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 349/365 What I Want for Christmas

  

  Is peace, goodwill and an end to inequality. Is the beautiful and lovely two-month-old Tassimo coffee machine to give me coffee, not a rattle noise and some... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 348/365 Ikea - Circling the Square

  

  Boy Three and I were bound for Ikea and I was explaining what the big blue shop was all about. "Is it bigger than the sky?" He asked. Later, following the arrow... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Guest Post: Have An Unconventional Christmas

  

  The last time I talked to my far-flung best friend, she was knitting. “That’s funny,” I said. “I was just wearing the scarf you made me, when we went out for a... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Jack and the Beanstalk at Greenock Beacon Arts.

  

  Dame with vast bosoms and lots of innuendo: check. Dashing hero: check. Dim but lovable sidekick: check. Heroine in peril: check. Scary baddie: check. Cow:... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION