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All sanity has left the building
Every day I think “this job can’t get any worse”. And then it does. The good news though, is that I am through the ‘crying hysterically about it’ phase, and have moved on to the ‘slightly manically laughing about it’ … Continue reading
Poorliness and makingness
Some of you will know that my Mum recently had a big operation – hence the lack of blog posts – it’s been a rather busy time. My whole family are now very smiley that after almost every complication going, … Continue reading
On a hunt to find smiles
My new office is not a terribly happy place. On day 1 of week 4 I had the first conversation that I hadn’t initiated and was very excited. And then felt grumpy as that was hardly impressive. The people on … Continue reading
Crochet, cooking, Crisis and a little request
A while ago I posted about an idea to sell my crochet hats for charity. As a result of that post I had some orders. The hats take around 4 hours to make each (longer when I get distracted by … Continue reading
Another Secret Baker update – some smiles and some grumps
My September Secret Bakering wasn’t terribly successful. I made Dorset Apple Cake – mainly because it needed a lot of eggs and I seemed to have a ridiculous number in my fridge for absolutely no good reason (25 to be … Continue reading
Not selfless but smiley
Is there a truly selfless act? One that you gain absolutely no benefit from? Sister 2 and I discussed this in depth a while back and we went through all sorts of scenarios. In the end we realised that ultimately … Continue reading
Secret Baker – Cookie Recipe. And a thing about a chicken.
A friend on Facebook suggested after I posted yesterday that I should share the recipe of the cookies I made in some of my Secret Baker exploits. Now in doing this I am letting you into a secret which somewhat … Continue reading
The Secret Baker update
When I was at primary school, I was very jealous of Emma. Whenever Emma was poorly, her mum would take a z-bed (that’s what we called posh camp beds in the early 80’s) into their lounge with Emma’s duvet and … Continue reading
Lessons of the week
It’s been one of those weeks where I wonder if it’s just me that’s a bit odd or if other people are just quieter about it. I have discovered that: Bradley now does interesting ‘curling’ when part way through drying. … Continue reading
The (almost) secret baker
OK, this is another post that I was going to ‘save’ but I want to share the fun of it with you now :o) Most work places can sometimes be boring, stressful places. Don’t get me wrong – I have … Continue reading
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