Phyl's Blog

Ok, so what is it I'm doing wrong? I'm way too snowed under at the moment to read the instruction manual or watch the tutorials. ...

Isn't this a pretty photo of Thomas's new car? I took it on the beach at Flyvesandet the other day.

Having lived in the west end of Glasgow for many years, I thought I knew what basement flats looked like... These, in Hamilton Park Avenue, ...

People think we're mad... No one has explicitly said it, and many of our more politically clued-up friends actually think we've ca...

Conversation of the day... Léon: I have to say, Anna has been really pleasant today. Me: Anna went to Akshara's house before you woke ...

Charlotte has long since surpassed me on the baking front, but I have to say this pandan cake she rustled up yesterday has to be her most mo...

Kids really crease you up at times. Amaia's topic at school at the moment seems to be something to do with nature and living things so...

When we announced on our blogs a few weeks ago that we had decided to abandon the sinking ship, The National newspaper contacted us both a...

If you never see my kids at home, or with their dad, or grandparents, you could be forgiven for not realising they aren't your average S...

In our family we celebrate 'half birthdays'... It's not my side that came up with it but Thomas's - I presume it dates back ...

What the UK press says will happen: Tonight - May's vote will be defeated, mainly because remainers want a softer deal  Tomorrow - N...

We seem to have been going round and round on the same merry-go-round now for nearly a year. No-deal Brexit will mean troops on the streets,...

I'm wondering if there's much point in me blogging  this  given my other half already has, but I guess only having our communal frie...

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...