Tag Archives: work
Being childish and immature. And laughing a lot.
I’m not sure if it is because it is getting towards the end of the year or whether there was something in the air on Wednesday, but everything got a bit silly. (Note: These may all be things where you … Continue reading
Crochet hats and a potential black market
One of my friends at work asked for my advice recently. She was going from hair to wig (for very different reasons to me) and was worried about getting a cold head in bed. I don’t know if bald men … 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
(An attempt at) Crochet Class
My mum is a terrible teacher. We both agree on that and we both dread it when I have to ask her help with sewing type things. I decided (in a rather high and mighty way) that I couldn’t possibly … Continue reading
Worrying and yellow sweets
I tend to worry a bit a lot a stupid amount. I am the sort of person who, if I get a few miles from my house and think that I may have left my straighteners on, I have to … Continue reading
A week of chaos
I promise that (unfortunately) none of what you’re about to read is made up. It never is – I lack the imagination – but it may all sound a bit farfetched. It’s actually just my life. So, this week has … Continue reading
A different side of London
I went to a social media event yesterday morning for work. Due to my impressive ability to get lost, I gave myself lots of ‘asking direction’ time. Amazingly, I found it straight away and was a little early. 7.15am for … Continue reading
The Dress of Daftness
Last Friday I took half a day’s leave. I spent it sitting in my parent’s cellar with my Mum. I was sewing a dress and Mum was helping me (there were pleats, darts and bias binding involved. There was no … Continue reading
Tweet Tweet!
A few years ago I went on a training course through work. It wasn’t one of those awful ones that you can’t wait to get out of – it was the sort you’d happily do again the next week. The … Continue reading
A remedy for….something
Yesterday I coughed into the ear of a colleague almost consistently for half an hour. To set the scene a little more accurately, the colleague in question was in America and we were on a teleconference, so it wasn’t quite … Continue reading
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