Category Archives: animals
The Secret Baker retires
After a year of baking for the office every month, I’ve now retired as the Secret Baker. There are a number of reasons for this: My original plan last December was to get people smiling and talking to each other. I’m sure … Continue reading
Animal superpowers
Yesterday I told someone at work that my cat has quite a personality. She said ‘all animals do though, don’t they?’ My first instinct was that she didn’t get it – Norman is different. I mean, you’ve seen this, right? … Continue reading
A whole new level of mad cat lady identified
Earlier this week, I was pulling out of my parking space at the station to go home and a 4×4 stopped and blocked the (single track) road. I had a moment of grumpiness before I realised that the driver had … Continue reading
The benefits of a bump on the head
On Saturday I shut my head in my car door. I don’t mean that the door closed on it gently, – I mean I somehow managed to confuse ‘being in the car’ with ‘getting in the car’ and slammed it … Continue reading
Photos of different shapes sizes and topics :o)
I’ve done that thing again where I’ve taken photos with the intention of writing a blog post and never actually got round to the writing. So they don’t go completely to waste, here we have: A terrifying insight into the … Continue reading
A furball shaped issue
I think I might have a bit of a problem. It comes in the shape of Norman Cat. You might remember he went through a rather long stage of bringing me home a neighbour’s dinner – pork chops, sausages, salmon, an entire … Continue reading
Pog the inventor
I’m feeling rather proud of myself. This morning I went to have a shower and was met by the distinctive smell of rotting mouse as soon as I walked in the bathroom. The mouse Norman had alerted me to last … Continue reading
It’s raining chaos
I go on holiday on Friday. I’m usually really organised about this sort of thing, but something has gone wrong this year and I’ve left everything right to the very last minute. This is resulting in a lot of ‘oops … Continue reading
Smiley post it notes
I’m not keen on cleaning. My weekend is too precious to me to spend a few hours making Pog Towers a shiny place. I’m also pretty terrible at it. By happy coincidence, both my sisters are amazing cleaners and for … Continue reading
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