Ellenarnison

LATEST ARTICLES ( 927 )

• 64/365 What's Going on in My House?

  

  This was the scene at my front door this morning. I'm not quite sure what the neighbours thought was going on - fumigation perhaps. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bye Bye Baking Boy - When Aspies Move on

  

  For a year or so, we've been in the grip of a baking obsession. Or at least Boy One has. It started - like so many of his fixations - with some adverts for a... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 63/365 Go Go Ninja Turtle

  

  Deadlier than something really deadly. Certainly noisier. Today while playing outside at nursery, Boy Three managed to find a sheep's skull complete with horns... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Mindfulness Post - Or Thinking About Buying a Onesie

  

  Not mindful at all. Observe how even the slender andand beautiful look a bit daft in these... I was about to put a bid on a fetching spotty cotton-mix onesie... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Review: Ravensburger's CSI Science Kit

  

  Question: When is a review not a review? Answer: When your son has done it for you. So there you are... A Blogging Boy gives the kit the thumbs up but says... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 61/365 A Stable Relationship

  

  The horses that once lived at the stables that used to be part of Marr Hall probably couldn't give a hoot (or a neigh) that their accommodation was so well... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 60/365 Night Falls in the Shire

  

  I'm not a Tolkien person at all, but I do think I'd feel quite at home in the Shire of Middle Earth. I took this on my way back from Port Glasgow. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Best Way to Get Rid of Annoying Cold Calls

  

  Hello. Boy Three meets my new fish-eye lens "Hello" "Miss Arnison, Miss Ellen Arnison." "Yes?" "Ellen. That's my mother's name too. Ha ha ha." "Oh." "Yes. I'm... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Review: Fit Britches (for When Magic Fails You)

  

  Not me, by the way. There’s a bit of me that wants to believe in pixies and unicorns. That by doing some magical incantations, wishes will come true and... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 59/365 Incy Wincy Web Spinner

  

  This arthropod joined the breakfast melee this morning, spinning silk from the cupboard by the dishwasher. We watched it scrabbling up the web, slipping back,... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Review: Jumping Clay is Good Clean Fun

  

  Look at all the things you could make Oooh, this feels nice Meabh making it look easy There are two kinds of parents - those who craft with their kids and... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Review: Silly Slippeez Dizzy Dinosaur Slippers

  

  Quite frankly, what's not to love about a pair of dinosaur slippers with mouths that snap open when you walk? That's right. Absolutely nothing. Well not if... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 57/365 Finding a Fairtrade Balance

  

  It is, apparently, Fairtrade fortnight. And we are, apparently, a Fairtrade region. What this means is that Boy One has come home from school with a very pretty... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Review: LeapFrog App Team UmiZoomi Street Fair Fix-Up Game

  

  It's not really surprising that Boy Three has taken to LeapPad2 apps like the proverbial duck to water.He sees his big brothers playing away at their games on... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 56/365 Library Lady

  

  Super Sister and I managed a little us time with Mum in Glasgow today. The dome on the Mitchell Library looked grand against the blue. But who is that woman... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 55/365 50p Short of a Shield

  

  We even looked down the back of the sofa, but we couldn't complete the picture. Posted with Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 54/365 Monopoly but Not as You Know It.

  

  Without Monopoly, London would have felt like an alien place. Really. Pall Mall and the Strand, Knightsbridge and all those stations. Their names are so familia... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 53/365 My Kind of Training

  

  I took another step towards 10K success today... hence the photo taken from the window table at Tattie's Bistro in Glasgow's Otago Street, of course. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Emotions: Where Do You Feel Them?

  

  Serious question. Where do you feel your feelings? Are they in your heart, your chest, your feet, or, perhaps, just hanging around in your head with the shoppin... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• When Getting Dressed is a Challenge

  

  It would be entirely wrong to say that I haven't got anything to wear, I've got a wardrobe full of stuff. However, there is always room for something else,... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION