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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
The danger of dentists and dvds
On Easter Sunday I was given four Easter eggs. This was particularly exciting as we’d made a family pact that we wouldn’t do Easter Eggs this year, but it turns out, I was the only one that stuck to this … Continue reading
A Friday giggle
This week my blog made it over 29,000 hits! That might not be much by ‘real’ blogging standards, especially when you consider that’s over 4.5 years, but I’m pretty stunned. That means either a few good friends have hit ‘refresh’ … Continue reading
Training the neighbours…
My neighbours can be a bit of a challenge. No, that is work language (see how they have trained me?!). My neighbours are a nightmare. And the problem is, I’m slightly scared of them and their very large extended family … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, gardening, Pog Life
Tagged gardening, neighbours, planting, secret baker, sunflower competition
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Smelling flowers in the doctor’s waiting room
I’ve just come back from the doctor’s surgery where I had to wait an hour to see the nurse for an injection that takes around 20 seconds. Normally this would have annoyed me intensely – I’d almost finished my work … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life
Tagged Doctor's waiting room, interesting lady, random chat, stop and smell the flowers, WW2
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It *was* an emergency…
Sister 2’s boyfriend is really good at baking cakes. He made one a few weeks ago with caramel loveliness in it, and then admitted it was tinned caramel stuff. I love it and admitted that I had a tin in … Continue reading
Posted in Bumpkinsville, Cooking, food, Pog Life
Tagged banana, but i don't care, caramel, commute, commute from hell, trains, unhealthy food
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A Sausage Dog mum and a lack of animal snap
I have a new friend! It’s all very exciting. Ok, that might be stretching the truth a bit, but over Easter there was a reshuffle in the office and new people have been scattered all around me. People who interact … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life, work
Tagged business coach, Coach H, colleagues, office, oops, professional Pog
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Lessons learned, mostly from Little Pea
I’ve just had the best 10 days. No work, no laptop, and don’t fall off your chair, but I even found the off button to my blackberry (I admit, it took a good 10 minutes to identify) and managed to … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Pog Life
Tagged bad auntie, cooking, lessons of the week, Little Pea, peacock, playground, puddles, time off work, zedonk
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