I don’t know about you but the news is just full of angst at the moment. Our new Government has not been in long and already they have broken half of the promises they made during the election campaign (what a surprise) and forecasting that there will be even more tax rises! Even with our weather being nice and warm at the moment it is not really making up for everything going off! I am even more determined not to read/listen/watch the news from now!!!!
I have been to Eldest’s business today to get all his work up to date so that there won’t be as much to do when we get back from Holiday. Also keeping up with our work too. I have a basket full of ironing to get done tonight and tomorrow some other jobs. Thursday will be home jobs and then Friday will be sorting out the packing and getting things sorted to take away. It is amazing when you have a very busy weekend especially going away how fast the week flies by.
Have been enjoying watching the Olympics and the various events. Saw the Nadal/Djokovic match yesterday and the swimming events and also some equestrian events too. Hoping to watch some of the events next week whilst we are away. Our swimming club swimmer Jacob Whittle swam the 100m Freestyle Heats this morning and just missed out on the semi-finals tonight by two places. I think he may have one more relay event to come.
Madam is enjoying the warm weather and loving the back door being open all day for her to run in and out as she pleases. Although I did catch her the other day lying in the sun panting!! I brought her in for an hour or so and she gave me the side eye, as if to say I don’t need to come in, a similar look to the one above!
Well it all started with Youngest who had a cold, which progressed to a swollen throat and then an abscess on it, so he was on antibiotics. Then Eldest got a head cold which meant he had three days off work (which he never does) because he had a temperature. Of course that meant that Little Man got it and to add to his misery he also got conjunctivitis which he then gave his Daddy too. DH has managed to get cellulitis in his left arm (which is his dominant hand) so he is on antibiotics and finally I won’t tell you all that I have had at the moment. This has all been in the last two weeks. Hence the reason for no posts at all last week!!!!!
They are all, fortunately, on the mend and just in time with our vacation beginning on Saturday. I am keeping everything crossed that we have got it all over and done with before then. Of course this week will fly by trying to get everything done before we go away, including work, home jobs and getting all the washing and ironing done for us to go away! This is one of my nice jobs to do later, choose the books I will be taking away with me. I had quite a few given to me for my Birthday and several already on my TBR shelf so I am going to sit down later and go through them all. I don’t know about you but when making any of these decisions I am always nervous that I make the wrong decision! DH and I need a new mattress for our bed and there are so many out there now and are quite expensive, I am worried about making the wrong choice!!!!
The next job will be packing and again similar problem, what do you take to wear? Sometimes it has been really hot in The Highlands and sometimes it has been really cool, so we have to take clothes which fit all eventualities! To be honest I don’t care what the weather is doing, I am just looking forward to being away!
Did you watch the Opening Ceremony for the Paris Olympics? DH and I watched some of it, muted the sound during some of the set pieces (!) including Lady Gaga and Celine Dion and I did not like the catwalk show at all. I also thought it was a mess with the Teams being on the boats but that is my opinion. Have been watching the swimming of course and saw Adam Peaty win Silver. Alot being said about it ONLY being silver which I think is a shame as it is still a great achievement but then this now seems to be how people are these days. Also been watching the Tennis, of course, and the Equestrian competition and will try and catch the rowing. I think the Equestrians have the best venue of all at the Palace of Versailles, great views.
Madam has had her Spa Day on Friday and has gone from this, above, to this below Also modelling her new necker I made her.
It is going to be nice and warm this week with plenty of sunshine, making up for all the days we had with it being cool and rainy! I am so glad Coco is in her skinny mini mode and not her Miss Floofy Fluff mode!
I hope you lovely lot are all keeping well and I am hoping to post every day this week.
Jayne and I had a lovely lunch yesterday. We tried a different pub to have lunch which was on one of the canals and we thought as it was summer it would be nice to sit outside, guess what, it was raining and cold! Today has been warmer and we have actually seen the sun for a while which has been so nice and it is due to be like this for the rest of the week and weekend. You never know this might be the start of summer for us.
I have been working all day today and tomorrow is home jobs day and laundry and Friday I have some other jobs to get done. DH is home all weekend so we can also get things done and it will be nice for him not to have any swimming events.
Miss Floof is booked in for her spa day a week on Friday so will be nice and clean for her holidays. I also need to get our bags out and start planning of what to take with us, especially my books.
The problem with quite a full TBR shelf is what do you take and then what happens if you make a mistake and take the wrong books or some which are ones you don’t want to read just now? I have a few books which are what I call practical books which I do want to read but not necessarily whilst I am on holiday. Also I have a few autobiographies and biographies on my shelf and again I do want to read them but again not on holiday. Also will I be into reading my crime books or fantasy books or a mix of both. It really is a hard decision! Of course I will put out a set of books and then before we go I will probably change them about four times and add at least five more, just in case! It really is harder than packing the clothes!
We have a few visits sorted for when they are with us and also we are planning for a quiet week when they have all come home as well. Lots of people are saying that hopefully the weather will be good for us, but honestly I am not that bothered I just want to be away.
I have had a busy few weeks and Mom is trying to get me a Spa Day and Dad was away at the weekend and I got to spend the night snuggling with Mom and then Dad came home. I honestly don’t know if I am coming or going at the moment.
I am also going on my holidays soon and Mom is getting things ready for me to go. I saw extra food arrive the other day and I know I have some new toys to take, so I can’t wait to go.
The weather has been dreadful here and I have been getting wet most days when we have been out. Mom has been washing my towel every day and had to wash the back door mat when I came in from the garden the other day as it looked mud brown instead of the grey colour it is supposed to be!
Mom has even been keeping the back door closed because of all the rain and I have not been able to run in and out like I normally do in summer! I hope we get some nice warm and sunny days soon.
I have been meeting Blaze slowly and I think he is very furry but I am being very good with him and he has not hissed at me once, so Mom, Dad, Youngest & Girlfriend are really pleased with me. He had to go to his Doctor’s last week for his injections, I know his pain!
I hope you are all having a wonderful Woofy Week. Coco xxx
Well Wimbledon is over for another year and to be honest I did not watch as much as I normally do. The Women’s draw I had no idea who most of the players were and had never heard of the two finalists. I was actually out when they played their final. I did see the Men’s final yesterday, a repeat of last year, and also the same winner, Alcaraz. It was not the most thrilling of matches to watch. I also got a little fed up this year that the reports of Wimbledon were more interested in who was attending and what they were wearing rather than the tennis! I despair sometimes at the media’s attention of so called celebs! It was great to see The Princess of Wales there though.
We don’t watch or follow Football but England lost in the final of the European Cup to Spain, so Spain had two celebrations yesterday!
DH and The Boys were at Goodwood Festival of Speed over the weekend and the event was on this year, after the high winds last year meant it was cancelled. This is when they arrived first thing in the morning waiting for breakfast!
The Start of the Uphill bit.
In the Paddock looking at them preparing the cars for the Hill Climb
“The King” From Cars
Ferrari – Lewis Hamilton’s Team next year!
A great picture from one of the Grandstands opposite the House
Partner, Girlfriend and I had a lovely evening together on Saturday, with Little Man of course. I decided rather than getting a Takeaway I would have a go at making some Chinese dishes. I made Chicken Chow Mein. spicey beef, sweet & sour chicken with rice. It was good but I have respect for Chinese takeaways every where that produce all these meals in ten minutes when it took me about four hours to make all the dishes!! Next time we will have a Takeaway!
The Boys got back about 1.00pm on Sunday and we got a few jobs done and then had an early dinner and went to bed as we were all shattered!!!
This week is a quiet week work wise. Jayne and I are going for lunch to a new pub tomorrow and then we have friends coming for dinner on Saturday night. This weekend and next DH is not at any swimming events so we can get a few jobs done and also have a couple of days off too. I am hoping that the weather is going to be nice so we can do a bit of gardening and also have some time to sit outside. The weather this summer has been awful, with quite a bit of rain and cloudy cool days and it looks like it is going to be like this for the rest of the summer. We are away soon on vacation and although it is great to have sun and lovely weather, I am not that bothered I just want to be away for two weeks from work! Youngest & Girlfriend unfortunately are not able to come up and see us but they will be home sitting for us and looking after little Coco.
Now I have my sewing set up in Eldest’s Room I won’t be taking that with me but I will be taking lots of books to read. It will be great as I won’t get too many interruptions! I will show you the books I am going to take with me and also do Book Club Friday this coming week, it was a little busy last Friday!
Have a lovely week.
Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx
As DH was not here for two nights, Madam made use of his side of the bed!
Mom and I got to sit outside for all of an hour on Saturday before it rained again. Mom had her cup of tea and I decided to get on the bench and sit next to her and keep an eye on my garden.
As you can see I am getting quite woolly again and I need a Spa Day and she is hoping to get me in before we are all on vacation.
Mom and Dad don’t know why I started doing this but when the mail comes through our letter box in our front door, I grab it and shake it like mad and quite often rip it up! So they tried to tell me not to and get to the post first but it has not been working. Well do you know what they have done? They have put one of these things onto the door and so when the Postman puts the mail through the flap it now falls into this cage!!!! Who would have thought that the mail needs a crate like I do!
Anyway it is working really well because I now stand at the mail crate and bark at it but I am so pleased with myself as I have not ripped it up and Mom does not shout at me now!!!!
This was me after about twenty minutes of sitting with Mom on the bench, I think I see a squirrel!
Last week was really busy and everyone was in and out at different times of the day and Mom was in charge of feeding me. Even with all the ins and outs I did not persuade anyone to give me two dinners because Mom was in charge, drat!!!!
I hope you had a lovely Woofy Weekend and a good week to come.
Carnival is over for another year and it was a very busy week. Below is the Carnival Queen for this year presenting the winning prize for the Dog Show.
Some of the Competitors in the Treasure Hunt on Tuesday.
Thursday was Wild, Wet & Wacky for the Teenagers, a lot of foam and water!
Friday was The Cake-Off (!) and here is DH talking to the two Judges regarding the various bakes.
The winning cake.
Saturday, in true British fashion, it was raining in the morning, cleared up a little bit and then rained again just before the parade came down the main road through the village. There were a lot of floats and due to the Elvaston Steam Fair being cancelled due to their ground being flooded, some of the smaller Traction Engines joined our Parade.
They really added to the Parade. Youngest was stopping the Traffic with his truck, at the end of the main road for the Parade to get out and then DH was in his truck, at the back to help out and stop traffic as it turned onto the road for the village park. The day went off very well and it ended a little earlier than normal as a lot of people wanted to go and watch the England football team play in the Euros. So all in all DH was home earlier than normal having packed all the equipment up and brought it home.
Yesterday we were with Eldest, Partner and Little Man as they were having a new bed delivered today and the old one had to be dismantled and taken away. This is how they spent the night on blow up beds and of course Little Man was in the middle. The new one arrived today and has been put up so hopefully they will have a good evening. Eldest could not help on Saturday as he normally does, as he was re-newing his training on breathing apparatus for the Fire Service.
DH and I got back around 5.00pm and got some little jobs done, had dinner and went to bed as we were all shattered after that busy week. This week is quieter with work, I was at the garage today getting things finished and did the cleaning there and then tomorrow I have our work to do and some home jobs to get done as well, including washing and ironing!
I hope you lovely lot had a great weekend and a good week to come.
I hope everyone in the US has a wonderful day. Here it is actually sunny and a little warm today but very windy! We never seem to catch a break here. In fact on my Snoopy Calendar yesterday The Daily Extra said “Healthy Living: Aim to get some sunlight first thing every morning. Exposing yourself to sunlight when you wake up will boost your mood and help you sleep better at night” Well whoever wrote that has never lived in the UK! Up to today it has been cloudy, overcast and raining AGAIN! Sometimes we don’t see the sun for days if not weeks. No wonder we all have sleep problems.
I have had a couple of trips to see our Doctors over the last few months, I won’t bore you with the details but whilst coping with that I have now got something else which requires antibiotics. They don’t like prescribing them much these days but in this case I needed them. Youngest had to go today as he has had a bad throat for about three weeks and he now has antibiotics too. I am sure it is all down to our wretched weather!
Carnival Week in the Village is progressing, DH has been out most evenings but I have not been at all. Just providing dinner for DH, Youngest & Girlfriend when they get home. Tonight is the Wild, Wet & Wacky event which is mainly the Teenagers event. Various silly games with a lot of water and foam and teams competing against each other! Last night was the Duck Race (no not real ones, the plastic variety) and tomorrow is the Cake competition and getting ready for Saturday.
Of course you guessed it, it is due to rain on Saturday. Also the England team in football has got through to the quarter finals and are playing on Saturday at 5.00pm so everyone will disappear quite early but then they will be short of helpers to clear up! Sunday we are doing all the jobs which have not got done all week (!). Tomorrow I am at Eldest’s business in the morning and in the afternoon I will be doing home jobs. I can honestly say I am pleased when this week is over! Next week we are back to a normal week although DH and The Boys next weekend are away for their Christmas Present at Goodwood’s Festival of Speed. Us three Girls are getting together on Saturday for dinner and a movie night.
After that we have a few weekends free to do anything we want and jobs, of course, before we are away, can’t wait. We are having dinner with some good friends and I am keeping my fingers crossed that the weather will be good that evening and we can sit outside! The above picture was last year when we sat out, we do manage it about once a year!
To add to all the chaos this week, it is also Election Day in the UK. We have all voted! I am not political on my Blog but I am worried about the next five years with a Government change and, if they are honest, I think anyone who runs their own business will be too. However as with everything else happening around the World there is not a lot you are able to do about it so I am trying to ignore it and carry on. I, for a long time now, have not watched the news and I have also now stopped reading it too as I think it can be quite detrimental to your mental health. I have decided to focus just on our family, the business and our friends and ignore all external things! Some would say that you should not be like this but for now it is best for me.
I have been able to read some more of July’s Book on my Book Club, above, and am really enjoying it.
Coco has taken to sitting by the back door looking out onto her garden. This was the other morning whilst it was raining
This was Sunday morning! DH was out and I was reading.
Blaze has made himself at home and is very cute. This was when I went in to check up on him whilst Eldest and Girlfriend were out. He was asleep on their bed! No stress there
Whatever you lovely lot are up to this weekend, I hope you all have a good one and the weather is kind.
Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx
Little Man, surrounded by Toys!!!
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