Elizabeth

@Poppylicious (11134)

United Kingdom

Joined myLot 11 years ago

Lover of old musty stuff, non-lover of intolerance, crazy cat lady. Sarcastic, slightly paranoid, very forgetful and wearer of rose-tinted specs.

Discussions (777)

Elizabeth's Discussions

the existence of another world

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 4 Jan

I shall be honest. I wasn't expecting you to be here. Five and a half years is an absolute age, and I {wrongly, as it transpired} assumed that you would all have disappeared into the deepest, darkest regions of the 'net, swallowed...

personal

my existence

just life

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9 people

i'm forever blowing bubbles

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 19 Aug 20

Goodness, I didn't realise I'd been gone for so long! I have been SO busy. I've been to so many places, had many new experiences and socialised morning, noon and night. Of course, I may be telling a fib or two. Is it just me,...

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2 people

it's all in my head

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 22 Jun 20

I have a secret. Well, obviously I have more than one, but the one I want to tell you about is a new-ish one. I haven't told anybody because Husband would just grumble about how I'm falling apart and my brothers would think I'm...

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4 people

home is where my safety is

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 4 Jun 20

I've always been a bit of a homebody, so being at home a lot is something I don't mind. But I think I'm going to have a real problem when it's time to face the world again. I'm not going to be able to successfully do it. In...

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11 people

working from home

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 1 Jun 20

I have twenty-seven minutes until the end of my working day. Twenty-six. What to do? What to do? I have finished my paperwork. Students finish at four, so there's nobody to support. I've done some admin for my Line Manager....

personal

working from home

life in lockdown

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6 people

insane people of facebook

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 22 May 20

I have a stepBiL*. He's married to my stepsister. Obviously, d'uh. I don't see him often. I think the last time was in 2016, at my half-brother's wedding. However, we are *friends* on Facebook, and although I'd really like to...

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4 people

my boring job

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 20 May 20

I want to go back to work. Seriously, who'd have thunk? I love the extra three hours in bed every morning, but it's such a struggle to go from Bedroom to Office once I'm up. And being up doesn't necessarily mean that I'm...

personal

working from home

life in lockdown

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5 people

send help ... stuck in the garden

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 16 Apr 20

I came outside to have my breakfast {bran flakes, banana and a big mug of tea, if you're interested} and enjoy the sunshine as it finds its way into my garden. The birds are having a good old natter. I wonder what they're talking...

personal

my corona diaries

stay at home

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7 people

this is a cat

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 1 Apr 20

Isn't he handsome? He is currently curled up on the settee downstairs, an unenthusiastic non-participant in Husband's 'office' and privy to all his work conversations. His phone never stops ringing. Husband's phone, not Q's. I...

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4 people

um, where'd it go?

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 4 Mar 20

I woke up this morning and reached for my phone. This is normal, routine. Mostly so that I can snooze the alarm it's shrieking in my ear, but also so that I can check my popularity on Instagram {it's woeful} and then hop onto the...

global

hope

the pope is not dead yet

coronavirus

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6 people

is it thursday yet?

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 5 Feb 20

When my alarm rudely shrieked in my ear this morning I was convinced it was Thursday. Is it Thursday? Did I sleepwalk through Wednesday? Alas, it would appear not. Husband has the coronavirus. No, sorry. Man-flu. Husband has...

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3 people

mirth amongst misery

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 30 Jan 20

So, I read the funniest thing EVER yesterday. Well, maybe not EVER, but it was a very funny thing, which allowed laughter to blossom from my belly. Of course, when I say funniest I do actually mean [i]most...

funny people

delusions of grandeur

not newsworthy

conspiracy

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5 people

the rapid escalation of morning thoughts

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 21 Jan 20

The world sparkles this morning, like a Twilight vampire in the sun or a nighttime FaerieLand embedded in the pavements, drunken faerie-foolery occurring on the rooftops of parked cars. The moon is a bright crescent in an...

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5 people

the dampest fish in the sea

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 16 Jan 20

I like rain. Perhaps this makes me unusual. I like the puddles I try to avoid. I like the sound a raindrop makes as it hits a window. I like the smell of rain on a hot summer's day and the giggles of a toddler splish-splashing...

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5 people

rocking and raging

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 8 Jan 20

I am the proud owner of a raging thirst this morning. I've only had a glass of water {I nearly put wine} this morning, but also it is only twenty to seven. I am wondering if there's some sort of correlation with the fact that...

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4 people

i haz kwestionz 4 u

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 18 Dec 19

So, I've been dabbling a bit with question forming, for I am a curious soul. How easy do you find the following to answer ... How is the P of P & Gamble spelt? When did Nelson Mandela die? Where is New Zealand in relation to...

personal

christmas

stuff to do

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7 people

farewell, dear friend

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 28 Nov 19

This morning saw me say goodbye to the dearest of friends, an old boi off on his jollies, going to Who Knows Where, to enjoy his latter-days of retirement. I will not weep for him. I will not miss him. He was steady,...

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4 people

too early, mate

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 26 Nov 19

And it is. Literally. My ugly-not-ugly step-sister posted a photograph on Facebook of her Christmas bedding. Like, why though? You're forty-six years old, woman! Calm down. The stand-offish neighbours across the road put their...

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10 people

weirdness is afoot

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 18 Nov 19

The boy asked me a question. Why do you sparkle? Because I'm an angel, I replied. He laughed. Of course, what I should have said was, Because I'm a vampire, but the reference would have been lost on him;...

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8 people

bang, said the duck

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 11 Nov 19

For the first time in a long time I was unable to fall asleep last night. Usually my head touches the pillow and I'm out for the count, but last night Sleep was elsewhere. Sunday always used to be a night that Insomnia would lead...

personal

bedtime

awakening

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6 people