Hard day at the office, dear?

You probably weren't aware of this, but yesterday was actually National Take Your Monkey into Work Day, and after a straw poll at home, it was decided that 007 would be the lucky monkey to go with me.

This is my office ....... WHERE ABSOLUTELY NO KNITTING HAS TAKEN PLACE - apart from at lunchtime, natch .........





And the waiting room ........

...... and there's 007. Waiting.

He tried to do some important computer-type work ........

...... but once again his pesky monkey arms proved too short to be effective.

So I put him on light filing duties (hurrah! I hate filing!)





But 007 soon indicated that he was fed up with that task ........




But as I was extremely .........

...... he had to make his own amusement.

Which he did, playing with my stuff ........

Sheesh - I thought this was a long month!

He sent an SOS fax for emergency supplies .........

...... but sadly the muffins never arrived. He'd put the paper in back-to-front. (Plus he doesn't have fingers so that key-pad was really tricky for him.)



At lunchtime I set him the task of making me a cuppa. Well, you've heard of the PG Tips monkey ........

....... but have you heard of the Coffee and Cake Chimp??

After a while I wondered why my coffee was taking so long, so I went to investigate. I came across this .........

....... but I have absolutely NO IDEA what he was doing (I haven't been to many office parties)!

Embarrassed, 007 tried to blend into the background .......

...... but he only succeeded in making himself look like some kind of freaky knitted Hannibal Lecter.

Well, a fun day was had by all, but I think I'll leave him at home next year. And just incase my bosses didn't actually realise it was National Take Your Monkey into Work Day, and think I was just monkeying around during office hours, in the interests of not getting fired, I'd just like to publish a small disclaimer :-

DISCLAIMER

The above photographs were all taken either before office hours or during the lunch-break. No office stationery was used (apart from one scrap sheet of A4 paper). And at no point was the photocopier mis-used ..... maybe just polished a bit.

Thank you.

Your dedicated Employee.

Daily Photo # 95

It's been quite dull and dismal and so windy around here recently, I thought this shot may brighten me up a bit. It's a magnolia. (I think). It's not in my garden as we're strictly lawn only people - all that weeding and nurturing? I don't think so. But I do like to see other people's flowers.

Someone else's flower ..... a tulip?

Two more tulips

I have absolutely no idea

Ooh ooh, I know this one ....... another (giant) tulip

Umm ...... it's on the tip of my tongue

But here's something I am sure of ......

That's a 007, a No. 9 and a No. 10.

"Is it a Yeti??"

A quick re-cap ......

So RGH has No. 5 .....



RBD2 has No. 6 ........

I have 007 ......

....... and No. 9 (cos I'm greedy) ......

No.'s 3 and 4 are causing trouble in London ......

And No. 8 is receiving lots of Monkey Love in Liverpool ......

So now RBD1 has asked for her very own chimp. Fair enough. But bearing in mind that her bedroom generally looks something like this ......

...... and her softies live in this kind of condition (please note No.'s 1 and 2 and a rather lovely knitted doll that I slaved over. She used to have clothes, but I'm not bitter .... much) .....

...... I'm not too sure that the colours she's chosen are entirely appropriate .......

Hello No. 10.

Enjoy your new home. And may the stay-brite force be with you.

Monkeys in the Community

I was beginning to panic that I wouldn't get one this weekend. We went into town yesterday and I had to settle for bacon and eggs for breakfast (shucks!) but this morning we frequented our local one of these .....

And look who came too!

And that rather gorgeous man? He's not really my husband. He's my care-in-the-community helper. Aren't I lucky?

The eyes have it

Heavens to mergatroid I hate it when I'm wrong! Being the control freak that I am I like to think I'm always right. But I'll admit it just this once; I was wrong and they were right. There. I said it. Print this out and frame it because it won't be happening again anytime soon!

These eyes are the business!

They're so googly!

And expressive

And I love them!

I'm not sure how 007 feels about them though.

And what the heck. As it's Friday and the sun is shining and I don't have to rip out any more eyes, lets have a gratuitous muffin shot as well ......

Gratuitous Muffin Shot # 6

Until tomorrow, my friend.

Remember No. 8?

Last week he was packaged off to a new home in Liverpool and yesterday I received some phone pictures to show how he was settling in.

Oh-oh, he's behind bars already - not a good sign!

Phew! That's more like it!

"And make mine a beer!"

I'm glad to see that he's making himself at home, and as I've never been to Liverpool, I'm hoping for a virtual monkey tour of the sights soon - hint hint! (As long as my friend doesn't mind getting her monkey out in public!)

Camo-monkey

...... blends into almost any background .......

.......providing your whole house is decorated in brown and beige hues .........

....... to the un-trained eye he just looks like another cushion .........

Blend into this, sucker!

Ahem. Today I may be a tad frustrated. I had another report from Site Meter last night who tell me that my little blogette has had no views. Ever. Zero. Zilch. Nil. Nought. I know this can't be right because my RFS looks in as does my work colleague and her sister (Hi!), so goodness knows what I'm doing wrong.

And while this early morning past-time of mine keeps me amused and distracts me from getting ready for work, I'd really like my monkeys to be out there, in the blogosphere.

So I'm off to study Blogging for Dummies. Google domination will be mine - mwah ha ha ha ha!!! (....... although it possibly won't be, I was never very good at studying ......)

007 - Licensed to thrill

Now I'm a huge fan of Daniel Craig as Bond. Those smouldering good looks and that perfect pout, not to mention that beautiful beach bod. But in my heart I think 007 should be tall, dark and handsome.

In fact why they haven't auditioned RGH yet is a mystery to me.

Gratuitous RGH shot ....... phwoar. Ahem. Sorry.

Anyway, where was I? Oh yes. 007.

Well, two out of three ain't bad. (He's quite short)

He looks dapper in that dickie bow tie

And he's a hot shot with that spud gun ..... I mean Walther PPK

But he didn't always look so smooth. At first I thought I'd lost my monkey mojo and knitted his arms too long ........

It was tragic!

But in the end, he worked out just fine .......

I'm expecting a call from Barbara Broccoli any minute.