First off, huge thanks to Sugar for the phone call this morning - it really made a big difference ( Read more... )

Today is very cold. More so as apparently Aunty Sue stole all the heat (tis ok, she confessed)

The dog has been really naughty today - more so than usual, which has resulted in her having to wear the evil muzzle for several periods of time. I don't know what else to do with this hound - she refuses to learn any nice manners and the postman is now ( Read more... )

 Went off to town with Maria this morning as arranged only to find the pool was shut. Yes, shut. Without even bothering to phone me personally and tell me of this. I feel aggrieved. However, since the pool was shut and we were in town (which is 14 miles from my house and 18 from Maria's) we decided we might as well go and have a very early lunch. ( Read more... )

I am going to be away from next week until the new year, but I've been thinking about what I want to achieve in the new year. Apart from the usual ones that appear EVERY year (lose weight, get fit, be tidier etc etc) I've got one resolution that is important to me but also requires a bit of input from other people ( Read more... )

The FS has gone back to school today. If anything, I think she is slightly more coldy than yesterday, but since she was doing stroppy mare impressions, I figured to hang with it and the school can cope! Since I was going to get a day and a half of it if I kept her at home, I felt I should "share the joy" with the wonderful school that are about as ( Read more... )