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Time to de-frazzle*
*I may have just made up that word. But I like it :o) A few of you might have noticed from the blog (and couldn’t have failed to notice if you’ve been unfortunate enough to talk to me), that things … Continue reading
Posted in Bumpkinsville, Pog Life
Tagged bird table, birds, chaos, work, working from home
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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
Posted in crochet, Pog Life, work
Tagged baking, cat cookies, cookies, crochet, secret baker, work
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First week of new job discoveries
I’ve got through the first week in my new job, but it’s been…different. I think the fact that I bought my first ever lottery ticket this week probably says quite a lot. There was no ‘getting up to speed’. No, … Continue reading
Posted in work
Tagged discoveries, idiot, lessone learned, new office, Norman, office, work
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New job, here I come!
I have a new job! It’s in the same company, but a different part– so different that it might as well be a new company. New office, new team, new part of the business and I now have ‘senior’ in … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life, work
Tagged boss, crochet owls, new job, new team, old office, old team, work
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Beards and suspicions
I posted a picture of Little Pea on the company intranet today, wondering if he was perhaps the littlest Mo Bro out there (It’s Movember, for anyone that means nothing to). The background of the picture is this… A few … Continue reading
Necklaces and noodles
You know that phrase ‘dress for the job you want, not the job you have’? Well, I’m rubbish at it. Today I have been dressed in tracksuit bottoms, slippers and a snugly warm top, accessorised with a few soup stains. … Continue reading
Posted in crochet, Pog Life
Tagged crochet necklace, daftness, idiot, noodle, office, work
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Things you should probably not say out loud
Things you should probably not say out loud: When in a lift at the office, which you got on at floor 9 stops at floors 8,7,6,5,4,3,2….and then goes back up to 8, to the lift: ‘WHY did you do that? … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life
Tagged Biff, bumpkinsville, country Bumpkinsville, engage brain first, talking, talking too much, work, worry eater
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Fundraising, cakes and other things
In the past, I’ve done a bit of fundraising through a few sponsored events, and where I’ve raised money through selling my makingness. It turns out that was really rather small scale compared to recent efforts. The difference though, is that … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life, Volunteering
Tagged colleagues, family, friends, fundraising for the Philippines, Phillipines, work
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Great work friends; Pathetic Pog
I wasn’t going to write this post as it will make me look a bit pathetic. But then, when I was on a course a while back the psychologist-tutor said that social media has been proved to contribute to stress. Not … Continue reading
Rudeness vs politeness
I don’t like rude people. Possibly because I am rubbish at being rude back. I tried it recently when someone pulled out in front of my car, nearly causing a crash. I tooted my horn in a terribly British fashion … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life
Tagged assertiveness, doctors receptionists, friends, politeness, rudeness, work
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