Phyl's Blog

It started when I counted 49 people in front of me in the queue in Marks and Spencer food hall while I was trying to buy 5 croissants and ...

See what happens when you do a job you like? You live to 95! Actually, I just wondered why this article on the death of one of the men us...

Southern England seems to be in meltdown all because of some fog - Heathrow has ground to a standstill and several hundred thousand people ...

That famous tower is opening again! Apparently it is to re-open this morning. I have been desperate to go up it ever since I discovered ph...

Marcel's been playing on my computer all evening. At first I assumed he was playing online games on miniclip as usual but it turns ...

Reading through the BBC online magazine today, I came across an article on babies' names . It is so true that you can usually tell a pe...

I saw these in the glass house in Glasgow's palm house last week. Wonder if this is where they grow the pompoms for kiddies' hats ev...

Marcel has been coming home from school on a daily basis with Xmas cards from his classmates but unlike other years has shown no interest in...

Léon is sick once again. That poor baby has been through the wars - this time it is a chest and ear infection. So he's sitting wailing ...

A photo as promised of the houseblinger at the on ramp of the M77 in Newton Mearns . These loonies must be outed (the guy's been slowly...

I heard this morning the news that Café India had burnt down yesterday . I haven't been there since Marcel was a baby but it used to b...

Another rant I am afraid: Why do people go out Xmas shopping without their brains? There's a fairly handy wee car park in Garnethill...

I finally made it to the Kibble Palace after about 3 weeks of trying! It seemed odd to walk through its doors after 45 months. From the kids...

I remembered my camera yesterday so here's a taste of how things are looking around Pudge's nursery. The farmer probably won...

this site could give a laugh or two over the next ten days, though as it has just started up, there aren't too many nutters outed just y...

Marcel has always been good at maths, in the top group at school since his first year in primary, he is about a year and a half ahead of w...

I went to pick up Pudge today as usual at 1 o'clock. His nursery is about 200 metres from the river Kelvin in Kirkintilloch. As I drove ...

A bit of Xmas fun - feel free to share yours with ' Wriggly Brandy butter-Sprout ! '

And now for a rant: what is it about people and their attitudes towards dead brollies?? The weather in Scotland has now been atrocious for...

It must be something about a 3rd kid. Whereas the first one was still on the bland mince and potatoes at 14 months, the 3rd one is acti...