Phyl's Blog

Kids can get offended at the oddest things and one thing that has offended Amaia all her life is that she was not invited to her parents...

Newton Mearns and Barrhead are currently taking part in Beat the Street . From being reluctant to go on our daily walks, Anna has become a...

Marcel has managed to secure himself a post-grad job in London/Singapore/Manhattan with an investment bank. It's only a two year contrac...

Thomas has been going on for years about wanting a record turntable he can hook up to his PC so he can digitise his remaining obscure record...

We don't usually go out for birthday dinners - there's so many of us it ends up costing too much, and cooking is something even ...

Léon: Muuuuum!  Me: What? Léon: I'm just cutting my toenails - what bin do they go in? The black one or the recycling one? What ...

Cute comment from number 5 tonight: 'For goodness sake! Americans are ridiculous. There was this one guy on the TV moaning that it was...

These two photos are taken 24 months apart. Going from eleven to thirteen makes so much bigger a difference to a boy child, than going ...

We have this lovely little Polish shop not far from the house, in Thornliebank. We discovered it by accident when the kids were tiny. One ...

I've been in a foul mood all day. For some reason I can't quite put my finger on, I find it offensive that my husband is being tol...

Léon is a mix of two kids - 85% of the time he is enthusiastic and exuberant, wandering from room to room whistling the latest concerto or c...

Amaia, did you forget you were running yourself a bath, by any chance? Ehhhhh, oops!

At the end of the Christmas season last year, I noticed someone on eBay had discounted their vinyl Christmas-themed table cloths. Given...

You can't get very far on this blog without noticing my somewhat irrational adoration of all things Fiat 500, or all things ' Chugg...

Amaia decided to edit this photo I took of her so you could only see the blue shades around her. I really like the final effect so am b...

Today's posts are quite TV-oriented, for someone who rarely watches TV, and never watches terrestrial! So after my week in the jungle...

I've never been in hospital before, not really. I had the five babies, but with the first two I had so little clue what I was doing I sp...

I have found my Xmas present , if anyone is still looking... This has been restored with so much love! I could definitely look after i...

Here's a pretty wee video of Glasgow this Xmas - probably worth archiving in case we have power shortages and feral children roaming t...

For all the last nearly three months have been difficult, I have had access to care when I needed it and it has saved my life. Everything th...