My garden is unfortunately not that large, we have had to have the whole lot either slabbed or it has decking on it, Through the winter it has been left to the elements of living next to the sea. So with a Bank holiday weekend off, no dog shows it was time to get it started.
I now have 3 hanging baskets up , my lanterns have gone up, the tubs have been filled, the furnitutre has been cleaned , The decking and patio has been washed and a good general tidy up has now been accomplished.
It is a good feeling when you have worked hard and as i now look out of my kitchen window the garden has started to come to life again. Not looking like steptoes yard as it was. The only thing i now have to watch is that Bruno does not try and wreck it all , he has a lovely habbit of eating plants and when that becomes boring , he will just dig them up, even the really spikey ones find it hard to survive.....
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Drowned Rat
Today was a very wet day at the dog show at Sherbourne castle, the grounds were fantastic and had it been a wonderfull sunny day, the day would have been perfect.
No such luck it just poured all day long we got drenched the poor dogs got drenched only nipping out to do our rounds in the ring, we sat in Jaynes tent trying to keep warm and dry , bacon butties and coffee at the ready.
The only good thing out of the day was that Bruno did not have a skitzo fit,He stayed by my side for the whole round, boy was i proud of him. What he normally does , is at some point goes mad , he runns madly round the ring when off lead and won't come back. It is a game to him , he gets too exited when he goes in the ring and just can't controll himself.Although he broke his stays just in the middle of a horrific downfall of which i just could not blame him for, It was a productive day.
I am now just warm and dryed out and waiting for the numonia to set in.....
No such luck it just poured all day long we got drenched the poor dogs got drenched only nipping out to do our rounds in the ring, we sat in Jaynes tent trying to keep warm and dry , bacon butties and coffee at the ready.
The only good thing out of the day was that Bruno did not have a skitzo fit,He stayed by my side for the whole round, boy was i proud of him. What he normally does , is at some point goes mad , he runns madly round the ring when off lead and won't come back. It is a game to him , he gets too exited when he goes in the ring and just can't controll himself.Although he broke his stays just in the middle of a horrific downfall of which i just could not blame him for, It was a productive day.
I am now just warm and dryed out and waiting for the numonia to set in.....
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Monthly Meal
Every month we go out with 8 other couples for a meal, tonight is this months night out , It is usually someone's birthday or Anniversary, but as we have none through the adults we are celebrating Jamie's and Katies birthdays.
I t has been another bad day so i am just not going to even go there, lets hope with happy couples it will bring a smile to my face again.Of course it would be even better if we could really afford it, but what the hell we don't get to go out that often and the company is fantastic and you just know it will be a good night.
I t has been another bad day so i am just not going to even go there, lets hope with happy couples it will bring a smile to my face again.Of course it would be even better if we could really afford it, but what the hell we don't get to go out that often and the company is fantastic and you just know it will be a good night.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Whats new
I have now decided my life gets no easier, the days just seem to get longer and longer, the help gets fewer and fewer, but still everyone expects me to be sunshine and joy.
Well lets face it my life is not always sunshine and joy, most of the time it is don't get me wrong i have a great family, but life is never made easy . I have my dad with us for a month while he has a couple of minor operations, my mum has stayed on the boat, so i now have 5 to look after as well as the dogs , the house and 2 jobs.
I know i'm moaning but i am knackered i just wish someone up there would give me a break, not a big one but just a small one to make things a little easier.
I'm also loosing the interest with my blog it just feels i write and nobody seems to look i suppose it would help if i could get to grips with it more , but not being very good with a computer it is not easy.
So it is 6.45 in the evening i have been up since before six , i still have the dogs to walk and the load of laundry in the machine so i had better get my backside in gear and crack on......
Well lets face it my life is not always sunshine and joy, most of the time it is don't get me wrong i have a great family, but life is never made easy . I have my dad with us for a month while he has a couple of minor operations, my mum has stayed on the boat, so i now have 5 to look after as well as the dogs , the house and 2 jobs.
I know i'm moaning but i am knackered i just wish someone up there would give me a break, not a big one but just a small one to make things a little easier.
I'm also loosing the interest with my blog it just feels i write and nobody seems to look i suppose it would help if i could get to grips with it more , but not being very good with a computer it is not easy.
So it is 6.45 in the evening i have been up since before six , i still have the dogs to walk and the load of laundry in the machine so i had better get my backside in gear and crack on......
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Sunny sunshine
having to be at work by 6.45am all this week it has been a trying time, but with hope in the air there was a beautifull day becoming, at 5.30 am i was up the field with the lads for a walk, pure bliss me the dogs , the sun and not another soul in site, it was a good start to the day.
It did unfortunately get worse for the time at work, the customers were being rude and arrogant mostly of the male sex. One called me a jumped up little girl, I ask you well iam 5ft nothing but girl i ask you iam 43yrs old, needless to say i kept my cool and refrained from calling him a jumped up prick which i would have loved to have done. It is health and safety that we cann0ot accept any goods with petrol in them and low and behold their's had some left in. he told me it was empty and when i checked was not so i said i wouldn't refund. Anyway duty manager later the guy appologises to me and we empy the rest of the liquid out and everyone is happy.
After that i finished early wizzed over to port solent, sat in the marina with friends and had a handsome lunch, chilled out totaly while watching the yachts go back and forwards, sitting in the sunshine. A good end in the day and am now totally mellowed, sitting listening to the thunder that is getting closer and closer , the sky getting greyer and greyer.
It did unfortunately get worse for the time at work, the customers were being rude and arrogant mostly of the male sex. One called me a jumped up little girl, I ask you well iam 5ft nothing but girl i ask you iam 43yrs old, needless to say i kept my cool and refrained from calling him a jumped up prick which i would have loved to have done. It is health and safety that we cann0ot accept any goods with petrol in them and low and behold their's had some left in. he told me it was empty and when i checked was not so i said i wouldn't refund. Anyway duty manager later the guy appologises to me and we empy the rest of the liquid out and everyone is happy.
After that i finished early wizzed over to port solent, sat in the marina with friends and had a handsome lunch, chilled out totaly while watching the yachts go back and forwards, sitting in the sunshine. A good end in the day and am now totally mellowed, sitting listening to the thunder that is getting closer and closer , the sky getting greyer and greyer.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Happy Birthday
Today i am the very proud mum of a fifteen year old son, besides the fact i now have to say i have a fifteen year old i can happily admit i love him as much now as i did 15yrs ago when i gave birth to him.
He is a very enegegetic boy loving his rugby which he still plays, he is not a lad that hangs around the street corner,, he has a great bunch of friends and although i maybe a little bias a totally wonderfull human being.
I have so far never have had to worry about him getting into any sort of real trouble , today that is not a common thing. i will say he is not totally perfect , he has a mischievous nature and a wicked sence of humour.
I fell very privalliged to be his mum and would like to say A VERY HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY JAMIE.......have a good one. love you loads mum xxxxxxxx
He is a very enegegetic boy loving his rugby which he still plays, he is not a lad that hangs around the street corner,, he has a great bunch of friends and although i maybe a little bias a totally wonderfull human being.
I have so far never have had to worry about him getting into any sort of real trouble , today that is not a common thing. i will say he is not totally perfect , he has a mischievous nature and a wicked sence of humour.
I fell very privalliged to be his mum and would like to say A VERY HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY JAMIE.......have a good one. love you loads mum xxxxxxxx
Steph at the show
We had dog shows all over the last bank Holiday, i just took Bruno as i am trying to get him more confident without Tyson. Stephanie was working my friends dog called Rio which is a nine year old German Shepherd.
Now i have been doing Obedience shows for about the last two years, it is mainly a hobby that i can do and Steph comes with me for the day out. She loves dogs and we are hoping to get her a dog in the next few years so she can start competing herself.
Well getting back to one of the shows Rio's owner Naiomi and i decided to put them both in an obedience class just for a bit of a laugh. Steph has never been in an obedience round before , she has only done novelty classes. Both dog and steph went in the ring with the guidence of Naiomi and i telling her what she had to do and to just listen to the steward and what commands he was giving her to do to work the dog. Now this is hard enough as it is and i still get nervous everytime i go in the ring.Well bless both of them, of about 30 dogs in the class Steph and Rio won, she got her first place , red rossette and a cup that she keeps for the year and then takes back next year.
So there i am a very proud mum and Naiomi pleased as anything that her dog won the class, sadly not with her , I think i should just get Steph now to work my dogs as she seems to be a lot better than me at it.
Now i have been doing Obedience shows for about the last two years, it is mainly a hobby that i can do and Steph comes with me for the day out. She loves dogs and we are hoping to get her a dog in the next few years so she can start competing herself.
Well getting back to one of the shows Rio's owner Naiomi and i decided to put them both in an obedience class just for a bit of a laugh. Steph has never been in an obedience round before , she has only done novelty classes. Both dog and steph went in the ring with the guidence of Naiomi and i telling her what she had to do and to just listen to the steward and what commands he was giving her to do to work the dog. Now this is hard enough as it is and i still get nervous everytime i go in the ring.Well bless both of them, of about 30 dogs in the class Steph and Rio won, she got her first place , red rossette and a cup that she keeps for the year and then takes back next year.
So there i am a very proud mum and Naiomi pleased as anything that her dog won the class, sadly not with her , I think i should just get Steph now to work my dogs as she seems to be a lot better than me at it.
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