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Pog’s Chaotic Kitchen Care
So, while Mum is now nicely settled in her new digs, has passed her probation (!) and pretty much expects to be received as royalty by all people at all times, we can focus on Dad a little bit more. … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, COPD, food, muddled life, muddled life guide
Tagged Carer Support, caring for parents, cooking, cooking pog style, COPD Carer, elderly parents, kitchen chaos
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Purple hat Tuesday
Mum was an amazing knitter. She’s made countless thing over the years and I never once heard her say a pattern looked too hard. She made matching cable knit dresses for me and my sisters only a few years ago … Continue reading
Posted in family, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday
Tagged Abba, cooking, elderly parents, knitting, matching with mum, purple hat, Tuesdays
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Learning to chop onions – a step mums guide
Step Mumming is way harder than I ever anticipated. Not just the fact that not all step children may want you around and make that fact very known to you, but the balancing act of being useful but not treading … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, family, Pog Life, step mum
Tagged bad ass step mum, Bigger R, cooking, life skills, step mum wins, Stepson 2, Stepson1, teaching, university preparation
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Full Marks (#stepmumwins 2)
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
Posted in family, food, Pog Life, step mum
Tagged #stepmumwins, bigger boy, cooking, Da Boyz, Himself, Pogdo's, smaller boy, step mum, step mum wins
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Cooking with Mummy W part 2
My mum make the best lasagne. I mean The. Best. Capital letters and everything. So it was second on the list of things she taught me when I was living there. It was second mostly because of the cheese sauce. … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, food
Tagged cheese sauce, cooking, cooking with mummyw, food, lasagne, Mummy W, recipe, white sauce, Yum
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Cooking wth Mummy W part 1
When I was between having sold Pog Towers, trying to buy Pog Towers 2, failing and moving to Beachville, Norman and I stayed with Mum and Dad for a few months. Mummy W and I took the opportunity to teach … Continue reading
Posted in Beachville, Cooking, food
Tagged 1950s housewife, casserole, cooking, dumplinge, Mummy W, pudding
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Goodbye, Bumpkinsville.
Today is final packing day. Tomorrow morning I leave the Bumpkinsville area for the next volume in my life (‘chapter’ didn’t seem long enough. I’m hoping for more than just one chapter). I’m going to miss quite a bit. Obviously … Continue reading
Posted in Bumpkinsville, Cooking, family, fitness, Pog Life, running
Tagged bumpkinsville, cooking, countryside, friends, moving house, Norman, parents, running
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My weekend: show and tell
This weekend I: learned that there might be a morning and evening tea towel, but the morning tea towel should actually be used until 6.30pm, at which point swapping to the evening tea towel is essential. There is an element … Continue reading
Posted in Bumpkinsville, cats, Cooking, fitness, food, Pog Life, running
Tagged cooking, elephant, family, Little Pea, mummyW, Norman cat, not toast, Ran in the shape of, Sister 1, Sister 2, Springtime
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Pog Berry returns
OK, it’s getting slightly out of hand now. I’ve moved on from toast in a big way and made another two meals. One involved cheese sauce. And I mean real cheese sauce that involves flour and whisking and things – not … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, food, Pog Life
Tagged cheese sauce, cooking, food, Little Pea, Mary berry, moussaka, Mummy W, Pog berry, proper cooking
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