Phone and Bra !!

I rang my Mum yesterday on her Mobile Phone. She's been to M&S with her sister Mimi, and had lost her car keys. She called the AA and was waiting for the man to call her back so she put her 'phone somewhere where she would hear it ringing. In the meantime she went back to M&S and her keys had been handed in. So Mimi called the AA back to tell them not to bother. I then called my Mum and she couldn't find her 'phone to answer it...she could hear it ringing and feel it vibrating...oh yes - she'd put it in her bra! There was much laughter and merriment when she realised what she'd done!!! Apparently the vibration was very welcome!!!

Millie's teeth

Being a growing Puppy, Millie is losing her milk teeth. She's just spat out another one. I wonder if there's a doggy 'tooth fairy'?

The Sound of Music

I've been to the theatre. Well, not just me, but Jo, Cressie, Jill, Jenny, Kiera and Tasha and I went to the Palladium to see Connie Fisher in "The Sound of Music". It was brill and we sang the songs all the way home in the minibus!!!! It was so good it made me cry and when the Mother Superior sang 'Climb every mountain" I sobbed my socks off!!!

ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz !

The last few weeks have been a bit manic at work. We've been running 'in-house' events and I have been very involved in the planning and execution. This has meant some very intense work and attempting (albeit in vain) to get our directors to sign things off within a deadline (yeah - right!). I have been going to work at 7am and getting back home at 11.30pm at least two nights each week. Friday has been a day off - but not very enjoyable as I'm just so verrrry tired.

Millie no longer even knows who I am :) The weekends are now extremely precious and this weekend is extra special as Dan is coming home tomorrow. Also we're off to 'Town' on Tuesday night to see 'The Sound of Music" at the theatre which I'm really looking forward to. Off to bed now for some much needed sleep.

Christian and Victoria's baby is here!!!

It's a girl - YAAAAAAY - girls are great!!! She's called Amelia Rose Briddon and she was born at 0425 today. Weighing in at a mighty 8lbs 5oz - I bet that took some pushing. Well done to Victoria. xxx

Medical Attention

On friday Millie had a trip to the vets. Sticky eye you see. All my animals have sticky eye problems at some point or other. Anyway she was very good and we were given some ointment. Then I decided to clip her toenails (claws). I bought some proper dog clippers and looked up on the 'net how to do it. All went well until we reached the last one and then she wriggled and I slipped with the clippers, cut too short and the result was a bit of bleeding (Quite common to make a dog's paw bleed when cutting claws). She bled quite a bit and she's got white fur, so everyone can see that I injured my dog! I quickly picked her up from the carpet (noooooooooo) and held her until it stopped bleeding. I am wearing the heavy coat of guilt. She was fine within about 3 seconds and didn't wimper or yelp in pain, but I don't think I shall ever recover.

Millie finds her courage

Millie is growing all the time and become braver. Every time the door is open she runs off outside. No longer does she turn around every few steps to check that I'm right behind her. Now she runs and runs!!! The only way to get her attention is to shake her jar of treats at the door. Food bribery. This morning even that failed, as she ran round to where the bins are and discovered some newly spilled (by the foxes) food waste. When she eventually came back she had a polystyrene food tray in her mouth...Lovely!!! Anyone who knows me will know that there's no way I will put up with a disobedient doggie. Next week term 2 of doggy classes start - and I have a feeling there's some serious work to do.