Tag Archives: Sister 1

A bit of honesty

Posted on October 23, 2025 by thepogblog

Dear people in my computer, I think I might have fallen into that social media trap a bit. You know, the one where you make life look a bit more smiley than it is. It’s tricky, because nobody wants to … Continue reading →

Posted in care home, dementia, family, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday | Tagged Caregiver Life, carehome, caring for parents, ElderCare, honesty, Midlife Chaos, Midlife Juggle, muddled life, Sandwich Generation, Sister 1, Sister 2 | Leave a comment

The trying to fit too much in Tuesday

Posted on November 28, 2024 by thepogblog

I was going to tell you how this week Mum wasn’t feeling well when I arrived so I persuaded her to take some tablets, rushed off to Tesco and said I’d be back to wash her and her hair before … Continue reading →

Posted in dementia, looking after Mum, muddled life guide, Tuesday | Tagged carer, hospital, Sister 1, Sister 2, Stepson 2 | Leave a comment

The New Wheels Tuesday

Posted on October 16, 2024 by thepogblog

Mum has new wheels! Mum has been getting more wobbly and much faster to tire in the last few weeks so Sister 2 took the initiative and ordered a wheelchair. Which got lost in transit so she ordered another. And … Continue reading →

Posted in dementia, family, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday, Tuesday TV | Tagged Jelly Drops, Sister 1, Sister 2, wheelchair | 1 Comment

Happy Birthday Daddy W

Posted on September 15, 2024 by thepogblog

Yesterday was Dads 78th birthday 😁 As Dad has all the ‘things’ a 78 year old who only leaves the house occasionally to get new library books could possibly need, so my sisters and I decided to cook and eat … Continue reading →

Posted in COPD, family | Tagged birthday, chips, dad, Daddy W, Sister 1, sister2 | Leave a comment

Hello again, Ithaca

Posted on June 27, 2024 by thepogblog

If you scroll waaaay back on this blog you’ll find posts from holidays in Ithaca. Mum and Dad have been going for 17 years. Sometimes I tagged along, sometimes we all did. We are lucky in some ways that the … Continue reading →

Posted in COPD, dementia, family, holiday, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday TV | Tagged family holiday, Ithaca, Ithaca Greece holiday, Little Pea, Little Wisp, Mr R, Sister 1, Sister 2 | 1 Comment

The chaotic cooking Tuesday

Posted on March 21, 2024 by thepogblog

Tuesday stats: Tesco: Mostly successful, although someone with a very full trolley beat us to the ‘nice’ cashier so we ended up with a man. Luckily Mum approved of him. Celebratory ‘we did the shopping’ cake choice: Belgium bun (did … Continue reading →

Posted in crochet, dementia, looking after Mum, memory, muddled life guide, stroke, Tuesday, Tuesday blanket, Uncategorized | Tagged cooking with Mum, dementia, Sister 1, Sister 2, Tuesday, Tuesday blanket, wooden spoon | Leave a comment

40 years ago…

Posted on February 24, 2022 by thepogblog

…I was sitting – age five, nearly six – in a school music lesson when I saw my Dad run up the school drive. I must have caught his attention somehow and he burst into the lesson to tell me … Continue reading →

Posted in family | Tagged 40th, birthday, brunch, fairy wings, Sister 1, Sister 2 | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in family, Pog Life | Tagged cancer, hooray, magical tiara, post, post man, princess pog, Sister 1, tiara, wow | Leave a comment

A weekend of weirdness

Posted on March 19, 2018 by thepogblog

What’s the weirdest birthday you’ve ever had? I think mine was this one just gone – Friday in fact. While I got to spend quite a bit of it with my family, that was because we were at my uncle’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Beachbumpkinsville, hypnotherapy, Pog Life, study | Tagged birthday, birthday cake, diploma, family, Himself, hypnotherapy, learning, Little Wisp, mature student, psychotherapy, scared, Sister 1, sister2, study, university | Leave a comment

A weekend of many boys

Posted on March 5, 2018 by thepogblog

The weekend was due to be the weekend of many boys….but snow, freezing rain and multiple accidents on motorways meant I couldn’t get to Little Pea on Friday. The weather wasn’t going to completely beat us though and I left … Continue reading →

Posted in Beachbumpkinsville, Beachville, Bumpkinsville, family, sewing, step mum | Tagged Auntie Pog, beach, birthday, birthday cake, Daddy W, Himself, Little Pea, Little Wisp, Mummy W, Pogimal, seaside, Sister 1, Sister 2, sleepover, Small Boy, sock animal, step mum | Leave a comment