Working from home is something that doesn’t suit everyone. It tends to suit me because whilst I am a social person, I also find that I get a lot of work done when it is quiet. How people can write and do work in a noisy office with a host of options, people and entertainment not to mention meetings, baffles me now. Not to mention the vitally important task of forwarding through funny things that you might receive from colleagues. Something that I’m still guilty of doing although once I had to ask my friend Ambrose to stop sending me pictures of guys in swimsuits to my work email.
Mr NQN bears the brunt of my lack of interaction with other people. I send him pestering emails asking him if he would like lunch the next day and frequently, I will send him pictures of cats.
Like this:
via Dlisted
or this:
Grumpy cat via Dlisted
And yes I realise that at this point, I perhaps sound like a crazy cat lady… but since you think that already, these are a few other things that I’ve sent him recently:
Chilling cat
Or Teddy, the bad cat
Usually they’re tagged with a request for him to do something. Because as you know, cute cats make everything better. And dogs too.
My favourite human one has to be this older sister giving advice to her almost three year old brother. She needs a talk show or at the very least, an advice column. Mr NQN calls her bossy but I think she’s caring and wise beyond her years and I’d love to hang out with her.
Ahem…perhaps I need to get out more…
This is something that I sent him a picture of. It was a rainbow salad that I made for his lunch. As the weather has been heating up (hopefully to stay) we’ve tried to eat more salads and lighter foods. I love the colourful crunch of this mostly raw salad and I would dare to suggest that the rainbow effect might persuade the little ones to eat it too. The beetroot and carrot make it sweet and the boiled eggs give the salad a richness so that it doesn’t feel like you are crunching on just your garden. You can change the vegetables and replace the beetroot with purple cabbage, the cucumber for spinach leaves and the tomato for red capsicum-the one thing I will caution is that if you do use beetroot, it is best to toss it just before you serve it as it turns everything pink.
And I bet that little girl might eat it because she seems a sensible sort.
So tell me Dear Reader,have you seen any of these before? And you forward things that you find interesting on the internet? What was your latest forward? Share your funniest or strangest! 
Rainbow Salad
Serves 2 as a main lunch or 4 as a side salad
- 4 eggs, boiled
- 1 large carrot, peeled*
- 1 medium sized beetroot, peeled
- 1-2 small tomatoes
- 1 medium sized cucumber
- 2 tablespoons good quality mayonnaise
- 2-3 tablespoons skim milk
- 1 teaspoon mustard (less or more to your taste and how strong your mustard is)
- 5-6 thin slices of red onion
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LOL at that little girl…she has more sense than a lot of teenage girls I’ve come across. My daughter is always showing me cute dogs and cats on her computer…I just sent her a link of a mama dog rescuing her puppies from a fire. I think we’d get along just fine…especially if you’re serving this gorgeous salad for lunch
Those Cats… LOL
I love the video of dog n cat sleeping together, poor dog is looking so scared!!
salad is zoo good, I am zoo hungry right now and this salad is teasing me!!
I’m in a similar situation. I work from home and forward things to Kurt constantly. Love the video of Teddy the bad cat. Our kitty is also named Teddy! And, I love the colors in this salad. Beautiful and delicious.
What a delightful salad Lorraine, I would just love to have that.
I used to work from home, and yes, I would get a lot done; but when JT came home at night and I would talk at him non-stop, he would politely nod his head and when I finished, he would ask, “not much outside contact today, was there?”
I haven’t seen those particular videos, but similar.
Wise beyond her years, indeed, lol! I would love to hang out with her too, I bet she’d have tea with us, Lorraine.
The salad is gorgeous, reminds me of a healthier version of a Cobb, which I love.
And I have to admit, I’m about to forward that first cat photo to my hubby…it had me laughing out loud!
Beautiful salad, I love the rainbow of colors! You can send cat photos my way anytime
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Perfect for warm weather, this looks delicious, thanks Lorraine
I love that little girl! I think she might have the makings of a food blogger!
My new favorite forward is one of two dogs and one is holding his paw in front of the other and saying “He doesn’t want a cookie, he said I should have two!
HAH!
This salad looks delish! I haven’t seen these before – the fat cat lounging at the top made ma laugh.
Delicious bright and colorful salad.
But the huge and cute cat was definitely a distraction
I love fresh salads like this, and the bright colours in rows makes food fun – I’m easy like that
Great tip about the unlit matchstick! I hate grating too – so often use the coarse grate attachment on my food processor instead.
I will never tire of cat photos! I love forwarding, and receiving, those emails
(Although I started reading the youtube comments on the chilling cat video a few weeks ago, and it was upsetting…).
Oh yummy, yum, yum! I do love a good salad and this is just so bright it makes me want to head to the kitchen. I think I will… xo
Absolutely love the salad idea. I might toss some peanuts on top for extra crunchiness. (PS I made the Onion tart featured a few weeks back and it was a highlight of the dinner party chit chat)
I recently saw the ‘Sister/brother video, and wondered what is going through his mind…”I wish she would stop talking!”, or “I feel like a choc top”..etc etc
Thanks Valentina! I’m so glad that you liked the onion tart! It’s one of my favourites (as long as someone else cuts the onions
). LOL I’d love to see a follow up of that video 
HAHAHHA You are so funny Lorraine
I do the same thing with my partner, I’m always sending him weird and random things…but then by the time he checks it, I would’ve been too impatient and brought out my Iphone to show him the video hahaha
The funniest ones I’ve seen lately would have to be all the Gangnam Style Parody wakakaka
Oh dear god, Lorraine, I totally understand the internet cat fetish. I’m supposed to be studying postgrad law full time with 10+ hrs a week cycling training and 15 hrs working. What do I end up doing?
http://mycatisadick.com/
This salad is beautiful. I love the veggies you’ve put in it. So fall-like and nutritious. Delicious!
LOL Ophelia! I’m sending that link to Mr NQN right now… Gold!
Our house faces west and in the winter afternoons our cat sits at the top step, rolls onto his back and zig zags his way down the 3 cement steps, the ultimate cat backscratch I think. I must actually get it on camera, it’s quite cute.
Hey catwoman, you crack me up
How does that matchstick trick work then? I have not heard that one before, but I do pierce a hole in the fat end of an egg so the air can come out and the egg doesn’t crack. The salad looks lovely but now I have to do some work and stop reading blogs….
I have found that it is possible to waste a great deal of time looking at cat images on the internet!
This salad could be whipped up very quickly, leaving even more time for web-surfing.
@GinTonic ha me too! Love working from home but need to save the blog reading for later! I have no idea how I used to get work done in an office – so much more productive now, and I can exercise when I like too : )
Recently my Mum sent me this video of a fake waterbed in a furniture store, the sign says not to sit on the bed – the last 2 ladies are the best: http://www.youtube.com/embed/9wm-Ge8LL7o?rel=0
Haha Charlie! That is so fun
I’m testing beds with caution from now on 
I love that type of salad, I call it grated but that’s not really the point. My point is that like you I work from home, and while I enjoy the solitude and quietness of my workplace, I do pepper Mr Chipconnoisseur with the stories of my day… And the poor soul, exhausted after his day at the office, yes with constant interruptions, smiles and tries to listen and respond. I loves him for that.
Haha I am totally the same. I have a friend I talk to on email during the day and the husband although he seems to send me more forwards than the other way round. Yesterday he sent me a clip of poor Julia Gillard falling over in India.
I don’t know how anyone gets work done in an office either. I sure used to struggle. I’d much rather chat to the person next to me!
Love working from home, always have! Being rather systematic I know I get much more done in comfort, peace and quiet! And love your salad composee: make such in all shapes and sizes -often almost too ‘pretty’ to attack! But today most of all love the menagerie [nope, had seen none of those before! Oh those first two! Too busy to do group posts but, methinks, have to take a few minutes and share with others
!
Hahahahahaha! You had me laughing at the funny pictures. You have a fabulous sense of humour.
Love the salad. Looks beautiful!
You need to find the video of the baby bat being given a bath with a Qtip. OMG SO CUTE.
That is such a healthy lunch. I’m sitting here snacking on a bag of licorice! I didn’t know that match stick trick xx
The salad looks beautiful.Makes me want to eat it now.
The latest funny thing I have shared is this – http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/17/kangaroo-fight-funny-video_n_1972918.html – and the reason it is funny is because my husband uploaded this video to you tube and it has been picked up by a UK site who have added music and a voiceover!
Hi Sam! How cool! Oh yes they’er apparently great fighters although it looks like it degenerates to a bit of a slap fight towards the end
Hi Lorraine! Beautiful salad!! I need to make more meals like this! I used to forward lots of emails too! but now with facebook I just share things with our awesome “tag” button.
You can send me pictures of cats.
Yummy salad, and I like the addition of eggs too add some body to it.
I don’t spend much time exploring youtube, but since I’ve been home I have been teaching my cat tricks. We are up to 10, including roll over, and even jumping from stool to stool through a hoop. Sigh…. How embarrassing…….
Really pretty (and healthy) salad. Last forward I did was a repost of George Takei’s on Facebook, where he captions a grinning Bill Clinton coming onto a stage “Did someone say Binder full of Women???”
This salad is so colorful and pretty!
What a fun post! Loved it. Great, simple, pretty salad as well.
I think surely we all try not to burden our friends with too many forwards, but how can you resist when you just know a person will love something? I can’t.
Haha I could resist a cute kitty pic as much as I could resist your salad – not at all
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
This is like the American cob salad. Fresh & healthy.
What a vibrant looking salad! And so good for you too.
I have the habit of sending emails to Hubby, attaching photos of the food I cooked too
LOL I love today’s post. I feel like we peek into a little bit of your life! And the video clips of cats and kids.. cute and funny! I usually don’t stay in front of computer during the day, but my husband was the one who sent me gangnam style clip.
Lol those vids are hilarious! Pretty salad, perfect for summer..also always love a mayo dressing:)
Looks like a delicious salad, one I would definitely have regularly!
LOL – you’re so funny. We actually do send weird cat pictures at work to some group of people only. Coz we love teasing one another, hahhaha. That rainbow salad looks so colorful. I agree, should have added beets to the salad.
OH..how I loved watching the kitty cat vids! The one with the cat chilling and the cat sleeping with the dog is awesome! The little british girl giving advice to her little brother is exquisitely funny and let me tell you..she’s got some gems of wisdom for such a young girl! I see Rhodes Scholar in her future! Also..I love british acents on little kids..so cute! That said..it’s weird to think that you’re entering your ‘summer’ as we segue into Fall/Winter..never ceases to amaze me! We’re fattening up..you’re eating light lol That rainbow salad is gorgeous and I don’t see why it couldn’t be a part of Thanksgiving dinner
Sorry I haven’t been around..I’ve been engrossed in the baseball post season with my Yankees, even though they’re on the brink of elimination 
Oh, wel..perfect timing to ctach up on blogs and blog myself!
Haha love the cats! Why is it that everyone is obsessed with cat videos at the moment?
On another note, this salad looks lovely – so much vibrant colour and flavour!
I’m still laughing at that first cat photo! I’m SURE Mr NQN just loooves getting those emails from you!
I love most of my workmates but there are some that I just can’t stand and lately, we’ve been having HEAPS of meetings and training sessions that I haven’t had time to do my own work, let alone sundry tasks such as writing blog drafts and uni work! On days like today, I do wish that I had the option of working from home, heh.
That salad looks perfect… and super healthy. Win-win.
Oh I didn’t pick you as a crazy cat lady. I am huge on the cat (and dog) and okay, most animal forwards. I love them. My most fave latest one was the GangLamb style forward, which is of a lamb that looks like it is dancing Ganglamb style. Oh how I laughed …
Too funny!
Haha. Good ones. That bossy girl is me with my brother back in the day. Salad, a nice entrance into your Spring. Do you call December Summer over there?
Hi Angela! Yep our Summer is your Winter so we have a warm Christmas. And hehe that is so cute that that was like you and your brother
thanks for the recipe
Gorgeous salad! I love the colors and the way it has been presented.
Try the youtube vision of ‘cat stuck in box’. This cat is a riot and there are a couple of episodes out there…also there is cat stuck in pot – simply amazing stuff!!
As I am stuck here in Singapore at the moment I can tell you I salivated excessively when I caught sight of your simple yet so tasty salad – I am a ‘hold -the – mayo – kind – a – gal’ but I am way too tempted to treat myself to this entire recipe ..I am off to cold storage to get me a helping of some good aussie produce tomorrow.
You know what, I don’t like cats, and most of them I saw before in the internet. It’s amazing how internet works for communication, you live in Australia, I live in Peru, and we saw the same pictures…!!!
I haven’t seen these cats before, thank you.
I think we’re a lot alike. I work from home at it’s amazing. And many of my breaks consist of cat videos and sending cat videos to my husband.
Oh I love this Lorraine! Such beautiful colours and Poppy is right into boiled eggs at the moment, so I might try it on her. At the very least, she’ll have fun finger painting with her beetroot hands
Such a lovely salad. It looks like the perfect food to have on a hot and sunny day. The colours are especially inviting! I love the photo of the fat cat sitting by the pavement looking like he’s the boss!
I love all the colours lined up together – though I would probably swap cheese for the eggs
I know what you mean about how do you get the core work done while you spend time gossiping and meeting and swapping funnies!
I have started a board of cute pics for sylvia when she wants to look at stuff at the computer – http://pinterest.com/johannaggg/funny-and-cute/
just checked this link and it seems to work for me – even if I am logged out – all I can suggest is to try my pinterest ‘home’ which is http://pinterest.com/johannaggg/ – otherwise just spend time looking at cute animal pics on pinterest – you can lose a day that way
i love cat pictures, even if i always find my critters to be cuter.
lovely salad presentation!
A great salad! So colorful and delicious.
I love those pictures and videos. Kitties are terrific animals.
Cheers,
Rosa
This looks so colourful and healthy! I am addicted to cat videos and pics too haha. Here’s one of my faves:
http://gallery.kg4cyx.net/var/albums/Macros-and-such/cat%20-%20it%20are%20my%20birthday-13.jpg?m=1307717575
OMGggg,
you send him pictures of cats.
I looooooooooove that sooooooooooo much.
Adore that grumpy siamese cat.
Xxxxxx
LOL! This cat is just super fun, loved it!
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