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My hero, the dentist
After increasingly bad toothache – which got me to the point last night of wondering just how much it would hurt to extract each and every one of my own teeth – I went back to the dentist today. It’s … Continue reading
Pog pictures – week 1
I love looking at other people’s photo-a-day type projects, so I thought I’d snaffle the idea. I’m not sure it will be very interesting as there is a danger 90% of these will end up being work, Norman or crochet … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Little Pea, Norman, Pog Pictures, slow cooker, weather
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Bits of Christmas
It’s way too late for a Christmas post, but I thought as I only went back to work yesterday (and my brain is pretty convinced it is still on holiday) it would be ok to write a couple of highlights. … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, crochet, Pog Life
Tagged Christmas, Christmas holidays, crochet, Mummy, Naughty Norman, Norman, slow cooker
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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
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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
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