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Goodbye, Floss
My sisters probably make me laugh more than anyone else in the world. Yesterday, Sister 1 excelled herself. I’ve mentioned here before that every other Monday I pay her to provide ‘big house day’ (she cleans and Pog Towers seems … Continue reading
Posted in Good for you, Pog Life
Tagged fairy, funny, giggle, laugh, Sister 1, sisters
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Sorry, sweetheart
On Friday night I went to the pub with some of the lovely ladies I run with at the weekend. Amongst other things, a few of us discussed the fact that we find it really hard to remember people’s names. … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life
Tagged gorgeous godson, ladies running, party, pub, social life, useless pog
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The same but different
You may have noticed that I really love Bumpkinsville. The space, the greeness, the quiet (when the neighbours aren’t making enough nose for an entire town). I love that I can appreciate it all when I run or cycle rather … Continue reading
Posted in Bumpkinsville, Cycling, exercise, fitness, Good for you, Pog Life, running
Tagged beautiful, bumpkinsville, city, dawn, Himself, iPhone photos, iphoto, London, lovely views, photos, running
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Admissions of a (bad) cat lady
Today was weird. For the first time in over six and a half years I was Normanless at Pog Towers. At his last check up the vet had said his teeth were in a bit of a state (‘don’t you … Continue reading
Posted in animals, cats
Tagged bad mummy cat, cat, feline teeth cleaning, Norman, teeth cleaning
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Cross bumpkinscountry
At about 8.10am this morning a memory appeared out of nowhere. It was a memory of watching some of my secondary school class set off in a PE lesson to do cross country. I thought they were mad. Why on … Continue reading
Posted in Bumpkinsville, exercise, fitness, Good for you, Pog Pictures, running
Tagged chatting, cross country, fun, ladies running, running, school memories, slj
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This week in makingness…
(Sorry, these things are all rather random and the day has been too long to wind them together in a better way, so in the style of ‘showing’ / ‘show and tell’ at primary school…) This week I’ve made: …Cherry Pie. … Continue reading
Posted in Bumpkinsville, Cooking, crochet, Dating, exercise, fitness, food, Pog Life, Pog Pictures, running, work
Tagged cooking, crochet dragon, crochet dragons, Himself, horrible little man, makingness, personal bests, running, smiles, snow, three legged donkey
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Enormousness of the calf variety
My sisters and I all have a bit of a weird affliction. It’s our legs; our calves to be specific. They are big. Really big. Abnormally big. We all do a fair amount of exercise too which moves them from … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Dating, exercise, fitness, Pog Life, Realtionships, running
Tagged chubby calves, Ffs, Genetic issues, Himself, Pops leg muscles, Results of running, Shared wardrobes
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A note to Mary Berry
Mary Berry, I think I might love you. Me, the Pog who mostly eats toast, actually cooked last night. I mean, with all different ingredients that I had to buy separately and use more than one pot to combine. I was … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Dating, food, Pog Life
Tagged 1950s housewife, beginner, cooking, domestic pogess, fun, Him, Himself, learning to cook, Mary berry, recipe
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Toad armour
Wowee. That was a long day. If like me, it was your first day back at work after the Christmas break, well done – we made it! I do admit though, it wasn’t quite lunch time before I was ‘just … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life, work
Tagged being a toad, cold, conservatory, freezing, ice pog, Norman, Sister 1, Sister 2, The Lovely Nut, toad, worlds biggest hot water bottle
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