Ellenarnison

LATEST ARTICLES ( 927 )

• 299/365 What's on Your Bedside Table?

  

  Before anyone gets too excited this has nothing whatsoever to do with 'that' bedside beaker discussion. It's just that it's late and dark so I was flicking... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Skoda

  I phoned to book my car in because the wipers had stopped working. Initially I was told my car owuld need to be in for a few days, but after some discussion it... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 298/365 the Worst Biscuit Barrel Ever

  

  The world's horriblest biscuit barrel has reappeared. The nasty yellow dog thing had gone, for years. I thought forever. But it turns out in was only haunting... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Oral B Triumph 5000: A Revolution in the Bathroom

  

  Well not just a revolution, something like, 8,800 revolutions a minute plus various other tiny movements. The Oral B Triumph 5000 has arrived in my bathroom. A... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 297/365 Making New Shapes Above Linwood

  

  The clear evening sky swirled with wings as flocks formed for a winter exodus. It always makes me wonder how they know. Is there a boss bird who tweets the plan... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Understanding Different Carpet Fibres

  One of the key components involved in selecting carpet is an understanding of how it’s made, as different carpet fibres have different characteristics. Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 296/365 Where's Mummy? A Domestic Snapshot

  

  Where's mummy? She can't be far away, it's not a very big house. Where's mummy? Have you tried the kitchen? She's often there. Where' s mummy? At her desk,... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Personal Christmas Gift Ideas

  

  It's almost time for the holidays and, in addition to cooling weather, a festive atmosphere, and Christmas carols, that means it's about time to start organisin... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Guest Post: Personal Christmas Gift Ideas

  

  It's almost time for the holidays and, in addition to cooling weather, a festive atmosphere, and Christmas carols, that means it's about time to start organisin... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 295/365 Doing My Bit and Trying to Be Prepared...

  

  I do realise that today's image isn't a photo - however, it best sums up today big new thing. I am new - as well as all the other things I still am - Greenock... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 294/365 Scotland the Enigma

  

  This land is a beautiful and complex place. It's one of the reasons my independence referendum decision is such a serious one... Or it will be when I make it. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Is It Possible to Be Pro-independence and anti-SNP at the Same Time?

  

  Before anyone gets too excited, I haven't made up my mind yet. And, even if I had, I'd probably not tell everyone here. I'm still changing my mind on a... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 293/365 A Damp Day in Largs

  

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  Posted on 20 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 291/365 Pig-face-time

  

  This was Boy Two face-timing his little brother and the best thing they could do with what is actually quite awesome technology was make pig faces (and noises)... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 290/365 Don't You (Forget About Me) - the Ironic Remix

  

  The post today contained a pair of tickets to see Simple Minds and support band Ultravox in Glasgow's new Hydro next month. Marvellous, you'd think. Only I... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 288/365 What Happens When Your Family is a Well-oiled Machine?

  

  No really? What happens, because I have no flipping idea. I picked up Boy Three and Boy Two from nursery today with high hopes of a freshly cooked supper and a... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Guest Post: Romans and Relaxation in Cyprus

  

  Katie-Belle is the travel-loving and cakeaholic blogger who usually writes over at delightso.me, where you can keep up with her travels and misadventures in... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 286/365 The Longer You're a Mum, the Less You Know About It

  

  Do you remember how it all seemed so simple, this parenting lark? No. Me neither. Although somehow I keep expecting it to be some kind of learning curve, that... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 285/365 Nut Waving but Drowning...

  

  Clearly I don't literally mean the waving of nuts - edible or otherwise. That would be silly. It just seems like a bit of a busy kind of week, the kind when it'... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 284/365 Things I'm Learning from The Woman In White

  

  I wonder when Wilkie Collins wrote The Woman in White in 1860 that more than 150 years later it would still be being read. I'd be fairly sure he had no idea tha... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION