A friend in need gives you a dog…

Sue Twigg is the person most responsible for my last 11 (almost 12) years employment at Thrive. What started as a temporary phone answering position lead to better things, and now a new challenge at Debra. But this is not the first time Sue Twigg has affected my life – She was the one who introduced me to a rescue dog called Misty - the most disobedient animal in the world and the reason my dad had to build a 6 foot plus high fence around our house.  Sue Twigg is the most organised person in the world of administration and the person least likely to make a mistake. Sue Twigg is also knows my mum, a reason that I have kept secret many, many things from my Thrive work mates. So now I don’t work for Thrive here is the best-est and most embarrassing secret that I know about Sue Twigg.
Thrive used to have a water cooler. It had a standard plastic cup dispenser on the side. One fine day I found a very puzzled Sue Twigg (a woman who makes no mistakes) looking blankly at the water cooler trying to work out where the new plastic cups had disappeared to, that she had loaded into the aforementioned plastic cup dispenser. She could see them but couldn’t work out why they were not dispensing.
The reason was clear to me.
Sue had put the cups in upside-down.
The thin bit of the cup was stuck up and the fat bit of the cup was jammed down. And so we had to lever the cups out of the machine in a fit of giggles - and we agreed never to speak about it again.

In good company

Angie K – what can I say but Legend. My favourite look has been ‘fly-away hair K’, inspired by high winds and if you can imagine what it would be like to travel to work with your head hanging out of the car window – that is the look that inspired this sketch. When I think Angie k I think Teddy K from the movie In Good Company – you have to watch this movie, poking fun at managerial speak and a love story for the ladies…watch this clip.

Angie K is one of Thrive’s Trust funding wing women.

Mooonn

One of Samuels first words pronounced ‘Mooonnna’ which now means anything that is round in shape. He also says ‘bot-al’ and can string a sentence together. The other morning he said, ‘Dad…door…away…tea’ Not impressed as it was mummy’s turn to make the morning drinks. The sketch is of Samuels grandparents house where you can actually still see stars at night. Samuel visits on a Friday and at precisely 8:36pm he will point to the door and say ‘Away…coat…bye’ Which means it’s time for bed can I go home.

Pairings

Meet the A-team of the Thrive community gardening for older people project. While I was working for Thrive it became increasing harder to tell Carl and Paul apart, both eager gardeners, both corporately dressed, and surprisingly both very capable with a thermos flask. And so, to be instantly recognisable, and like many comedy pairings, Carl always stands to the left of Paul.

When I get in from work…

After a long day at work there is nothing better than getting home and putting your feet up. Samuel has recently had other plans for daddy. When I get in, Sam will meet me at the door shouting ‘Vroom…’ An indication that he wants to play in my car. This is his opportunity to turn on all the switches, move all the dials and hoot the horn, much to the neighbours dismay. And it’s not just my car, Grandad’s van and Mummy’s car are also suitable playgrounds for our 18 month old toddler. Mummy quite often gets a rude awakening in the morning as Samuel has now learnt to use the gear stick – I wonder who taught him that!