Category Archives: Pog Life

Exit: The cookie monster

Posted on June 15, 2018 by thepogblog

Shall I tell you a secret?  You know the diploma I’m doing?  I didn’t really think it through. You want to know how I ended up studying psychotherapy and hypnosis really, truly and honestly?  I was reading a book.  Not … Continue reading →

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Princess Pog and the (magical) tiara

Posted on June 13, 2018 by thepogblog

The other day I mentioned in this post that Sister 1 had progressed the ‘lets embarrass our sister with weirdly addressed post’ competition, by sending me a parcel addressed to ‘Princess Pog’.  We currently have a lovely decorator man here … Continue reading →

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Full Marks (#stepmumwins 2)

Posted on June 6, 2018 by thepogblog

Himself eats pretty much anything I give him,  his boys do not.  I don’t think I even need the fingers on one hand to count the meals they will eat, and it’s a source of much frustration, especially as we … Continue reading →

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Note to self: Engage brain

Posted on June 4, 2018 by thepogblog

I’ve never been great at remembering to engage my brain before speaking.  Or at all, really.  I think these conversations over the last day or so sum that up quite well: Himself:  Isn’t that plant the weed we pulled out … Continue reading →

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Still Pogging it.

Posted on May 31, 2018 by thepogblog

I don’t think I’ll ever learn.  I’ve been internally congratulating myself recently that I’ve been being a bit of a grown up.  I’ve done this before and been repaid with something slightly odd happening so I should have known. I … Continue reading →

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#stepmumwins

Posted on May 23, 2018 by thepogblog

I’ve done some scary things in my time.  My volunteer work in the Philippines was pretty scary.  Learning to scuba dive (and throw up underwater as a result of the panic attacks it induced) was rather hairy and almost every … Continue reading →

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Little Wisp and Auntie Pog day

Posted on May 14, 2018 by thepogblog

Saturday was so exciting I practically went pop. Because, do you remember, almost a year ago, my gorgeous niece was born?  And do you recall she was teeny tiny (I realise that is a slightly stupid thing to say as … Continue reading →

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The F word

Posted on May 10, 2018 by thepogblog

Don’t get me wrong; I’m happy here.  I love Beachbumpkinsville, I love my house, I love Himself, but there are a couple of really tricky things I discovered when you move away from a place that’s been home for over … Continue reading →

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turtles and turpins

Posted on April 25, 2018 by thepogblog

I have become a little obsessed by our pond.   Back in January when we moved in to Our Towers it looked like this: (That’s a still from a video I took because the queen of before and after photos forgot … Continue reading →

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Cornwall with the new family (not replacing the old family, more of an additional side. These brackets are for the benefit of Sister 2 who thought I might no longer need my blood family. Hopefully this covers it…)

Posted on April 17, 2018 by thepogblog

I went to Cornwall over Easter. I didn’t even mention it, did I?  It was my first extended time with the boys of Himself as a step mum (or whatever we call people who aren’t actually step parents but are … Continue reading →

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