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I DID IT!!!!
This time last year I was sitting here feeling sick, wondering if I should hit the ‘publish’ button. I was about to tell the world (ok, not the world, but a heap of friends and quite a few people I … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life, Trichotillomania
Tagged hair pulling, new years resolution, stopping hair pulling, sucess, thank you, Trich, Trichotillomania, wig
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Lovely Little People
I’ve been meaning to write this post for ages, but it seems appropriate now. It’s little people based, and little people kind of make Christmas, don’t they? This is my colleagues daughter: She had one of the owl hats I … Continue reading
Posted in crochet, Pog Life
Tagged Christmas, gorgeous godson, Little Pea, little people, Norman, Sister 1
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A thank you and a box of frogs
We raised £302 for Crisis! Thank you so much, because now I have doubled that through work we’ve managed to get 27.5 places at Crisis for Christmas. I was feeling really good about this on Saturday when I talked to … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life
Tagged bumpkinstown, bumpkinsville, Crisis, homeless, mental health, Mind, Sister 1, TLC
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Be careful what you wish for
I did a stupid thing last week. I said out loud that I prefer being rushed off my feet than just a bit busy, as I seem to achieve more. Someone was listening. I’ve spent the week being rushed off … Continue reading
Crochet, cooking, Crisis and a little request
A while ago I posted about an idea to sell my crochet hats for charity. As a result of that post I had some orders. The hats take around 4 hours to make each (longer when I get distracted by … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, crochet, Pog Life
Tagged charity, Crisis, Crisis homeless charity, crochet, crochet for charity, crochet hats, secret baker, work
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Christmas partying
We had our work Christmas party last night. For the first time, I wasn’t the most drunken, I managed to keep my shoes on all night, I didn’t end up being driven home by a bouncer and a French bulldog … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life
Tagged being a grown up, christmas party, colleagu, drunk, drunken, gorgeous godson, work
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Short and sweet…from on high
We have an instant message system at work which we use quite a lot for things that are quicker than, or just don’t require an e-mail. It’s got me into all sorts of trouble over the years. All contacts are … Continue reading
Being childish and immature. And laughing a lot.
I’m not sure if it is because it is getting towards the end of the year or whether there was something in the air on Wednesday, but everything got a bit silly. (Note: These may all be things where you … Continue reading
Norman Cats and Crochet
I like to crochet a bit a lot, ok, almost obsessively. Norman doesn’t seem so keen. As soon as I get out the bits I need he tries distraction techniques. If that doesn’t work, he lies on my pattern…. ….or … Continue reading
Collapsible Pog
It’s been a weird week. It started normally, then on Tuesday I worked from home and was standing at the back door, minding my own business when everything looked a bit funny. Then I was looking at this: It’s the … Continue reading
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