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A commute with a box. A very big box.
We have (another) big thing happening at work next week. I had to arrange a ‘fun’ element of the day, along the theme of ‘Connection’. I decided to hold a giant Connect 4 tournament (with additional work type stuff to … Continue reading
Little Pea and me, some ceramic pots and ducks
Saturday was a Little Pea and Me day. Little Pea apparently loves feeding the ducks and it’s something we’d not done together yet. I’d not even been to the local ponds since I was a child, so (after a slightly … Continue reading
Posted in Bumpkinsville, Pog Life
Tagged Auntie Pog, day out, ducks, Little Pea, Sister 1
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Ouch
I just got back from the dentist. Again. We’re still correcting the bad work of old dentist here with weekly appointments. I’d kind of hoped that the dentist was exaggerating a few weeks back when she said she might not be … Continue reading
It turns out it’s not always about the wool
Sister 2’s boyfriend is completely nonplussed by my crochet. He says he appreciates the time and effort involved, but I’ve yet to show him anything I’ve made he actually likes. I suspect that if I stuck a Superdry label on … Continue reading
Posted in crochet, Pog Life
Tagged alpaca, crochet, oops, Sister 2, Sister 2's boyfriend, wool
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Courses and events of all shapes and sizes with the added Pog Factor
Enough has happened in the last two weeks for me to write about 20 posts, but work keeps getting in the way. Instead, this will be a summary of the highlights / lowlights. I went on a Zendoodle course. Overview: … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, food, Pog Life, work
Tagged course, courses, cupcake icing, drunken cupcake icing, oops, training course, zendoodling
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How to make a Secret Baker smile
The loveliest thing happened yesterday. After traipsing to work with four trays of Sticky Bicky Cake (a delicious gooey refrigerator cake that my best friend’s mum used to make when we were kids), that weighed more than my rucksack (and … Continue reading
Dinner and chinchillas
One of the very good things about living on my own is that I never have to consider anyone else when it comes to dinner. This is also one of the very bad things as most of the time it … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, food, Pog Life
Tagged bad cook, chinchilla, cooking, cooking pog style, dinner
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The speed of light. And magpies
It turns out that for years I’ve been getting things wrong. You see, I thought that the way to do stuff (not every day stuff – the slightly bigger things with a bit of impact. In this case, the sort … Continue reading
Norman’s birthday and other animals
Yesterday was Norman’s birthday. He’s five. (It was also Charlie Cat’s birthday too, of course. I’m hoping wherever he is, he knew I was singing Happy Birthday to him too….) This is a photo of Norman as a kitten: Nothing … Continue reading
Posted in animals, cats, Pog Life
Tagged bank holiday, Beaver World, Charlie, Charlie Cat, Little Pea, Norman, Norman cat, reptiles, Sister 1, Sister 2
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Erm…
Isn’t it weird how people perceive you? I’ve always thought I should probably add some text to the bit that appears at the bottom of each blog post where you’re supposed to tell people a bit about yourself, but it’s … Continue reading
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