Category Archives: Pog Life

I DID IT!

Posted on July 10, 2015 by thepogblog

Yesterday I actually became SSI certified! I have done 6 official dives (plus one in the pool and one which doesn’t count because it was mainly exercises) and I passed my theory exam. I have seen ghost pipe fish, scorpion … Continue reading →

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Another new experience

Posted on July 6, 2015 by thepogblog

Here are a few facts about me that may add a little more context to this post: 1) I swim like a swan. Not in an elegant sort of way. In a ‘must keep head and entire neck out of … Continue reading →

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A not entirely relaxing massage

Posted on July 4, 2015 by thepogblog

Six days ago I arrived in Tacloban. It was a chaotic but brilliant few days, revisiting some of the people we worked with last year and being at Mama Pat’s 80th birthday. (Mama Pat was woken at midnight for her … Continue reading →

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It’s raining chaos

Posted on June 23, 2015 by thepogblog

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 →

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Round and round in circles

Posted on June 19, 2015 by thepogblog

Things keep going around in all different sorts of circles at the moment.  Earlier this week I blogged about post it notes, the next day Facebook reminded me that exactly a year before I’d blogged about…post it notes (I’m thinking … Continue reading →

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Smiley post it notes

Posted on June 16, 2015 by thepogblog

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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The very big box saga: Part 2

Posted on June 10, 2015 by thepogblog

So you know how everything that could go wrong with the very big box situation had gone wrong?  It turned out it hadn’t. Having hefted the thing to London last Thursday, I couldn’t face taking it out of the box … Continue reading →

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A commute with a box. A very big box.

Posted on June 5, 2015 by thepogblog

We have (another) big thing happening at work next week.  I had to arrange a ‘fun’ element of the day, along the theme of ‘Connection’.  I decided to hold a giant Connect 4 tournament (with additional work type stuff to … Continue reading →

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Little Pea and me, some ceramic pots and ducks

Posted on June 2, 2015 by thepogblog

Saturday was a Little Pea and Me day. Little Pea apparently loves feeding the ducks and it’s something we’d not done together yet.  I’d not even been to the local ponds since I was a child, so (after a slightly … Continue reading →

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Ouch

Posted on May 29, 2015 by thepogblog

I just got back from the dentist.  Again.  We’re still correcting the bad work of old dentist here with weekly appointments.  I’d kind of hoped that the dentist was exaggerating a few weeks back when she said she might not be … Continue reading →

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