Ellenarnison

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• Warning: Sometimes a Quick Glance Won't Do

  

  Calm: But you can't tell what's under the water. Is everything OK. Yup. It looks fine to me. We recently met up with some friends and were reminded that quite... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mum, Can You Wipe My Bum? By Vicky Arlidge

  

  On Twitter the other day I bumped into the very lovely Vicky Arlidge and she asked me if I knew she was on at the Edinburgh Festival this year. Vicky’s the mum... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Life in Chocolate

  

  It started with the buttons. I suppose it does for most of us. Those delicious melt-in-the-mouth discs. Only they don't really melt in the mouth, they melt... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 204/365 Bring on the Rain

  

  The storm broke today. About 10am the sky went dark. So dark the street lights came on, which neatly answered that question. Then the downpour began with the... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 203/365 I'm Not Your F***ing Darling

  

  I saw him coming, bouncing on the soles of his trainers like an athlete at the track, chest puffed out, pounding up the path to the door. Leaflets in his hand,... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 202/365 My Little Helper

  

  Boy Three is somewhat snotty at the moment. I don't know if it's hay fever or a cold, but the up-shot's about the same - bogies and spluttering. Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bloggers, Please Remember That PRs and SEO Are People Too...

  

  In people, spiky isn't this cute (Adam Foster Codefor via Flickr) Bloggers are, in the main, the most welcoming, kindest, most generous bunch of people you coul... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 201/365 Lookout, There's a Heatwave About...

  

  Honest, I think it's all gone to our heads. I spent most of today in the office of a Sunday Newspaper and the other item on the rolling news - apart from the... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 200/365 It Disney Take Much

  

  To make Boy Three happy. Today it was a princess spinner at the Mickey Mouse Rockin' Roadshow at Braehead. Lots of fun with Tigger, Mickey, Buzz, Jessie and... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Help - My Child is Fat.

  

  For months I've been ignoring it, pretending it would go away. Then my son got a letter home from school pointing out in black and white that his BMI is too... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 199/365 If You Can't Get to the Beach...

  

  Boy Three decided he would build a beach in the garden complete with sand, stones and driftwood. Posted with Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• How You Can Win a Year's Worth of Holidays...

  

  A year ago we spent a weekend at Argyll Holiday's Hunter's Quay centre. It was beautiful and busy - so much to keep the kids occupied. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 198/365 Emergency Walnut to the Rescue

  

  I was on the doorstep with my keys in one hand and a list of things to do in the other when I knew exactly what I needed. A nut. A walnut. Right now. So I... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Survive the Post Holiday Blues...

  

  I may have lured you here under false pretences. The title might lead you to think there is something uplifting, look-on-the-bright sidey... but you'd be... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 196/365 What Do You Do with the School Stuff?

  

  My boys are brilliant. Of course I would say that, wouldn't I? But their teachers agree, when I see them at parents' night and, then, if I wasn't convinced by... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 195/365 It's Good to Be Home...

  

  Ah. Once you've established that your fears that your house will be a smouldering shell are unfounded and you've found the key, there's nothing like opening you... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 194/365 Granny's Garden

  

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  Posted on 13 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 193/365 the Long Road Home

  

  Traffic jams added to the entertainment of the homeward journey. Once again the lesson is don't hit the road during the day of a Friday in the summer. Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 192/365 Sand Between My Teeth

  

  Last night of the hols and we dined al fresco. Boy Three on fish fingers and the rest of us burgers and sand. Without a doubt, this family is classy to the end. Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 191/365 Bodmin Jail - Some History and Lots of Pretty Windows

  

  Today's ice cream - lemon crunch. Posted with Blogsy Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION