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A little makingness update
This weekend I have: Caught up with my temperature blanket: Made another pair of trousers: Despite Norman’s protestations: Got all healthy: And made eight dinners /lunches: Finished and delivered two minions hats: And started making more. There is a cake … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, crochet, sewing
Tagged cooking, healthy Pog, Summer trousers, temperature blanket
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Attempting organisation – making soup
A friend pointed out to me recently that no matter what I plan on doing, I always assume it will only take half and hour. And I am always wrong. I should have paid more attention. I thought a moment … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking
Tagged chaos in the kitchen, home made soup, roasted tomato and pepper soup
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Happy 2016!
I just wanted to write a short post to wish you all a very happy 2016 and to thank all of you for following my ramblings for another year. It makes me very smiley (and still slightly stunned that anyone … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Pog Life
Tagged 2015, 2016, blog, no resolutions, Norman, Norman cat, resolutions, thank you
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A Little Pea and Me day out. And a couple of disasters
Disaster number 1: telling Sister 1 you will be at her house, a good 20 minutes away, by 9.30am and waking up at 9.11am. Note: just because you’re late and have to put make up on when you get there, … Continue reading
Posted in Bumpkinsville, Cooking, exercise, Pog Life
Tagged Auntie Pog, Crafts, exploring, Little Pea, mountain climbing
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Christmas preparations, Pog and Norman style
Not known for my prowess in the kitchen, all Mum asked me to do in preparation for tomorrow was make some canapés. She even gave me the recipe and some of the ingredients to reduce the likelihood of anything going … Continue reading
Posted in cats, Cooking
Tagged cat unwrapping skills, Christmas Eve, cooking, Norman, oops, preparations
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The Christmas food got me again…
…but in a different way to that soup / Ribena experience. If you’ve been with me a while you’ll know my cooking skills stretch to little more than toast for my dinner. This time of year is great though – … Continue reading
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
Posted in cats, Cooking, work
Tagged baking, Norman cat, retirement, secret baker, secret ingredient, Sister 1
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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
Posted in Bumpkinsville, cats, Cooking, Pog Life, Pog Pictures
Tagged bumpkinsville, crochet, Norman, scarecrows, secret baker
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Courses and events of all shapes and sizes with the added Pog Factor
Enough has happened in the last two weeks for me to write about 20 posts, but work keeps getting in the way. Instead, this will be a summary of the highlights / lowlights. I went on a Zendoodle course. Overview: … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, food, Pog Life, work
Tagged course, courses, cupcake icing, drunken cupcake icing, oops, training course, zendoodling
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How to make a Secret Baker smile
The loveliest thing happened yesterday. After traipsing to work with four trays of Sticky Bicky Cake (a delicious gooey refrigerator cake that my best friend’s mum used to make when we were kids), that weighed more than my rucksack (and … Continue reading
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