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.

Monkeycam

Yesterday morning, while RBD2 was busy maintaining her social life, the rest of us went for a stroll around the Bristol waterfront area. Monkeycam came too. Here's a little tour for you.

This rather handsome chap is Giovanni Caboto (or John Cabot to us) who sailed from Bristol in a tiny ship called the Matthew in May 1497 and happened to bump into North America on June 24th. With only 18 crew members on board. (No wonder he's looking a tad haggard)

This trumpeted bridge swings open for boats to pass through

A Bristolian swan ......... the water isn't really that blue round these parts

a rather large mirrored orb outside the Explore interactive centre

The rather suave Archibald Alec Leach, aka Cary Grant, who was born in Bristol in 1904 (just down the road from here actually. Thanks Google!)

We shopped for healthy snacks ........

........ and also healthy beverages

Talking of which ........

Breakfast of champions. (Glad to see that this person took in some carbs with that grape juice)

We even bumped into the rather tasty Daniel Craig. Look at that pout! He's actually shorter than he looks on screen.

After a while RBD1 said that Monkeycam was boring and went off to have a chat with Giovanni. Boring????!!!!

But RGH soon talked her round .......

"Can't you just humour her? She's stark staring mad but she's quite 'armless" Bah ha ha ha ha ha ....... armless?? Never mind.

But seriously, you decide. Take a look at this water feature .......

Quite dull, no?

But with the simple addition of monkee's arm it becomes much more interesting.

Obviously we finished off a rather pleasant morning with one of these ........

....... a muffin. Not a RGH. Natch.

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 ......)

Monkeycam

With my RGH out for most of today on a 150 km cycle ride (yes, he may be rather gorgeous, but he's also rather mad) and my RBD's not yet back from a sleep-over, I'll be left to my own devices here at chez Monkeymaker.

Odd things can happen when I have to make my own amusement. Take yesterday, for instance. It was a beautiful day and we spent most of it outside. Everyone else was busy, so I created a little something new. I call it Monkeycam. And it looks a little like this .......

Rather marvellous Saturday sky

Some kind of plant thingy

Helping RGH prep his bike

Look at the lovely carbon fibre! (I don't know - but apparently it's good!)

And look - there's a monkey on it!

Helping the kids put up a tent

Giving rides to mates on the washing line (identity of ridee concealed until further notice) (and my, what a long arm I've got!)

A rather lovely glass of wine

Art. Loosely speaking.

RGH cooking the supper ..... is there no end to this man's talents? (no, there isn't)

Aforementioned supper. Yum

After that I got told to put the arm down and step away from the monkeycam. But I warn you now, it'll be back!

Enjoy whatever you get up to today, whether it be sweating cobs on two wheels or mooching around kicking stones. Happy Sunday.