Tag Archives: looking after Mum

🎈🎈🎈Happy birthday, Dad!🎈🎈🎈

Posted on September 14, 2025 by thepogblog

Not quite what we had planned, but a damn good cake (my offer to make a chocolate poo was passed over 🤷🏼‍♀️), connecting all of us through the powers of technology and most of us in person too. 💜

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The art of distraction tuesday

Posted on March 14, 2024 by thepogblog

Tuesday stats: Tesco:  Successful, no crying and we got the ‘nice’ cashier Celebratory ‘we did the shopping’ cake choice: cinnamon bun Cooked: Fish pie x 2 (one for dinner, one for the freezer) Kitchen music listened to: Simon and Garfunkel … Continue reading →

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The start of The Tuesday Blanket Tuesday

Posted on March 7, 2024 by thepogblog

‘Hmmm.  You’re rather twisted aren’t you?’ ‘I am?’ ‘You are.’ And that’s how the conversation started as I stepped into the room where I had an accidental massage this Tuesday. My sister (a beautician) was giving mum a facial at … Continue reading →

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Woolgate Tuesday

Posted on February 22, 2024 by thepogblog

I’ve been lucky:  since the start of the year Mum has been in a good mood, or I’ve been able to manoeuvre her into one relatively quickly on my Tuesday visits. This week…well, things were not as good.  We had … Continue reading →

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