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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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Christmasness
For about five years I have tried making Brie and cranberry canapés for Christmas. Every year they have been a complete disaster. I think I might have finally cracked it though! (You just have to ignore the fact that they … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, exercise, family, fitness, food, Good for you, Pog Life, running
Tagged canapés, Circus, fitball, Little Pea, Rudolf, running
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My own little Christmas fairy
I seem to be starting the Christmassy thing, Pog style. Yesterday I channeled my inner Father Christmas when I got stuck in my loft hatch. I was trying to get a set of drawers down and to the charity shop … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life
Tagged Christmas fairy, fat Pog, Father Christmas, fixer-man, leaky thing, plumber
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Pointless conversations
I seem to be collecting pointless conversations at the moment. Here’s a couple, just so you can share in their pointlessness (well, it is the season of sharing): The house selling saga continues (the buying part has taken on a … Continue reading
Posted in animals, cats, Pog Life
Tagged Catterpillars, house selling, Norman, Norman cat, stupid people
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Discombobulation
I’m feeling a bit discombobulated. It doesn’t feel Christmassy right down to the weather (- I saw a butterfly and two primroses in the garden today) yet tomorrow is my last working day of the year. I keep starting to tell people I am … Continue reading
Posted in family, holiday, Pog Life, work
Tagged breaking up, butterfly in december, chistmas holiday, Christmas, lack of concentration
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New desk, new colleagues, complete lack of patience
Last week I moved desks at work. Again. This time it was only two floors, but it was the biggest sh*t show yet. I’d packed a crate the previous week and been promised that my new desk may have no natural … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life, work
Tagged argh, colleagues, desk move, don't mess with the pog, horrible pog, humph, shit show, sniffy, work
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A bit of wondering
Sometimes you have to wonder about people. Even the people who are close to you. On Saturday, as I do most weekends at some point, I spoke to my friend The Lovely Nut on the phone. As is often the … Continue reading
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