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All sanity has left the building
Every day I think “this job can’t get any worse”. And then it does. The good news though, is that I am through the ‘crying hysterically about it’ phase, and have moved on to the ‘slightly manically laughing about it’ … Continue reading
Posted in crochet, Pog Life, work
Tagged baking, cat cookies, cookies, crochet, secret baker, work
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It’s the little things
In amongst the hospital visits and work of the last few weeks, my washing machine broke, followed swiftly by the heating in my conservatory. Now, that might not sound like a big deal, but I work from home two days … Continue reading
Poorliness and makingness
Some of you will know that my Mum recently had a big operation – hence the lack of blog posts – it’s been a rather busy time. My whole family are now very smiley that after almost every complication going, … Continue reading
Little Pea and me, and lots of water and mud
I had a Little Pea and Me day just as the holidays finished. I should have known it wouldn’t go quite to plan when, the day before on a quick visit from Little Pea to Pog Towers, I decided we should make … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life
Tagged Auntie Pog, gorgeous godson, Little Pea, Mud, nephew, Sister 1
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A hat and a blanket
Years ago, in the days where I went out a lot in London and could drink most people under the table (I did say it was years ago, ok?) I made a deal with myself. On the way home from … Continue reading
Christmas round up and some naughty finger puppets
Just before Christmas is completely over, I thought I’d do a quick Christmas roundup. I had a lovely Christmas Eve with Gorgeous Godson and his big brother. We put out a drink for Father Christmas and a carrot for Rudolph … Continue reading
On a hunt to find smiles
My new office is not a terribly happy place. On day 1 of week 4 I had the first conversation that I hadn’t initiated and was very excited. And then felt grumpy as that was hardly impressive. The people on … Continue reading
Thank you balloons
When I was growing up, saying please and thank you was drummed into me. As an adult, I find it REALLY irritating when people don’t remember their manners – I get very grumpy if people don’t say thank you when … Continue reading
Is dancing the answer?
The last few weeks have been…well…tricky. I’ve started my new job which has been a long way from plain sailing, Mum has been poorly and there has been another typhoon in the Philippines. I didn’t realise just how much I … Continue reading
Nurse Pog to the rescue!
When I was little, I wanted to be a nurse when I grew up. This is me meeting my sisters for the first time: (Well, it was a hospital. Obviously I had to wear my nurses uniform.) I did go … Continue reading
Posted in crochet, sewing
Tagged crochet tortoise, fixing, mending crochet, nurse Pog, Sister 1, Sister 2, Tortoise, toy hosital
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