It was a typical November day on Saturday with fog which was going to be a problem as it was also Bonfire Night! It cleared though in time for the bonfire and the fireworks, it was cold though. I did not get any pictures because sometimes you just want to enjoy the event rather than be behind the camera, also my phone battery died!!!!
Yesterday we got some jobs done before DH had to go off to a swimming event. I did catch up on all my home jobs which was a relief. DH has been sorting my new computer which I absolutely hate because everything seems to disappear!!! I know it will be sorted in the end but now I am behind with my work! Just get one thing caught up and then get behind in another!!!! Hey ho.
Now don’t faint but here is a bit of quilting!! This was one of my UFO’s. I bought the fabric ages ago at The Festival of Quilts, the pink bits and it was supposed to be enough to make a quilt but it wasn’t so I added some white and then the grey and backed it and did the binding in the same material. I like it.
I still have a lot of quilting to get done as well but hopefully I can sneak a couple of days here and there to get things done. I vow one of my 2023 Aims will be start the Christmas gifts in January!!!
Here is Coco’s eight month old Portrait!! Far too tired to sit up and have her picture taken!!! Here she is lying on our bed whilst I was getting dressed!!! Comfy or what?
This week is a little quieter again and next weekend we have Saturday in, yeah! Sunday we are busy during the day and in the evening we have the second swimming club in-house championships. Next week is a bit busier and I am doing some Christmas things! It is coming up fast!!!!
Miss Coco has had a very busy day, her first day at the Spa!!! We now have an Airedale teenager!!! She is still Miss Floof to us though!!!
Her legs have been cut very short, which we would normally have done in summer, to balance them up with her leg which was shaved for her Op.
She still has some baby floof on her nose!
This look says “you will never believe what they did to me today!”
Side view!
I am just going to sit down for a while!
You should have seen the look she gave me when I left her at the spa! The lady who runs the business is very good and asked me to get her there early so she could spend some time with her and get her used to things. When I collected her she said she was not very keen with the clippers around her head but that was only to be expected as it was her first visit! She will be going again before Christmas. As always we have a much smaller dog!!!
She is now in her basket asleep, it has been a tiring day for a seven month old Puppy!!!
I just think that I have caught up and back on track and then a week disappears in a flurry of work, home jobs and everything in between and I haven’t done a post!
Last week DH and I were in Edinburgh and Glasgow for business. Left on Tuesday and got back Friday! (Edinburgh above, Glasgow below).
What I want to know is where September disappeared to? I know the weeks and months go quickly but September didn’t even seem to stop in the middle and now we are into October!!!
At the moment I seem to be bombared with things about Halloween and Christmas at the same time! DH’s birthday is at the end of the month and I have no clue what to get him, although we are going out for dinner on his birthday.
Although I did upset one friend by telling her that I have almost finished my Christmas shopping!
Friday is Goose Fair night although they are forecasting heavy rain so we may not be going, but we will perhaps do a drive-by to see the lights and then sneak off for dinner. Saturday will be a busy day and in the evening we have friends coming to dinner who missed out on our dinner in May as they were away but it has taken until now to find a date. I will try and remember to do pictures.
Sunday is our first swimming club Championships at Alfreton LC, which is usually a good event as it is just our club and usually not too late a finish. I also have plans to do some more baking as the ones I already made have been eaten!!
Coco is out and about!
She completed her six week crate rest, just in time to save her and I going insane!!!
In DH’s truck on her way to the garage.
In the garden amongst all the leaves coming down.
Eldest looked after Coco whilst we were away last week and she spent the days with him at the garage. Here she is in the office.
Having not been out and about and busy for a while over the weekend I think we managed to wear her out. This was Monday morning, she has run out of charge!!! She is going to have a busy few weeks as she is going for her first spa day next week as she is just so fluffy with her puppy coat and needs balancing up where they did the Op and also she cannot see because of her puppy floof on her face. I am sure she is going to feel a lot better when she comes back. Then the following week will be her second x-ray to see how the leg is doing.
Then for DH’s Birthday we are taking him down to London for the weekend as a treat. Before we know it, it will be Halloween and we will be welcoming November in!!!!
I am still working on sorting out the pictures I took at the quilt show and will get them added asap, as well as some other quilting I have been doing.
I hope you lovely lot are all doing well and Happy October.
It topped out at 104°F yesterday and it was just dreadful! I did the least amount I could and Coco just lay on the cool tiles all day! As I say I know there are places which are far hotter but in the UK we are not geared up for it. We had fans going and all it seemed to do was move the hot air around!!
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Coco’s Corner
Yesterday was so hot I just was asleep most of the day with Mom!!!
The other day Mom said I was looking a bit scuffy mut so she brushed me!!! I am not very happy with the brush but Mom still keeps brushing me anyway. She took these pictures because she knew that within five minutes I would look a scruffy mut again!!!
Mom also keeps mentioning this spa day I will be going to eventually and that she wishes good luck to the ladies, it is so nice of her! I am sure I will be really good when I go!!!!!
I have not been on any walks since the heat hit and just been in the garden but Mom won’t let me stay out either because it is too warm! I also got ice cubes in my water bowl but they did not last very long in the heat!!!
Today is a little cooler but still warm but it is going to cool down over the next few days!
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I have abandoned getting jobs done because of the heat and just doing the minimum, it is going to be cooler next week so will get things done then. Tomorrow is home jobs and shopping and then Friday I am out running errands and I am going with DH in the evening as he sets things up for the weekend to have a look at the new pool. Over the weekend I am going to be doing some quilting; Christmas in July!!!! Even though it is hot I will be dreaming of snow and hot chocolate!!!
Stay Cool in this weather. Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx
I was four months old yesterday and Mom says I am growing too fast but I am not sure what she means! I do know that I am able to reach things I was not able to when I first arrived home which I seem to get into trouble for!!!
Mom has put together a little show and tell of me:
Six Weeks Old.
Two Months Old
Three Months Old.
Four Months Old.
Mom says I look like a very grown up AirePuppy now!!!
This is our Park in our village and there is so much to look at and investigate!
What is that in the tree? A bird?
What is over there, is it another dog to make friends with?
I am not too sure with big dogs at the moment but I am happy to play with little dogs which Mom says is the complete opposite of my Sissy, Treacle. She loved dogs her size and bigger but did not like little dogs!
I hope you are having a lovely Woofy Puppy Tuesday.
Mom says I am getting to the straggly stage with my hair as my grown up brown Airedale furs is coming through the black of my puppy furs!!! Sometimes I look like I have been plugged in and got a shock as it all stands up on end!!!
Mom has enrolled me in the Puppy Club where my food comes from and they sent me all this! I am enjoying the food and Mom has read all the books, although as I am the fourth Airedale they have had, so they do know quite a bit already!!!
I keep pinching washing from Mom’s washing basket and then lie on it. This is Youngest’s work jumper and polo top and I love having them!!!
This is my other Mommy, Luna and that is my sissy, Binx. Mom thinks that Binx and I are about the same size.
I am getting used to our routine now and also used to Mom who has to go out sometimes so I get left at home in my crate but Mom usually comes home quickly so I am not alone too long. They all went out the other day for a while and I was such a good girl in my crate and I didn’t really realise they were out. They leave the radio on whilst they are out, Mom puts the classical station on and the Boys put the pop stations on so I get to hear lots of different music!!!!
Welcome everyone to my little corner of Mom’s Blog. I have been told I have some very big paws to fill.
Since I came home with Mom & Dad it has been great fun. I have two big playmates called Eldest & Youngest and they keep my entertained and have been a great help to Mom especially when I need a bath. I had a bad experience the other day though when Mom bathed me, she got this machine out and do you know it blew air in my face! I was not happy at all but Mom says I need to get used to it as I will have to go on something called a “spa day” which I think sounds good but you never know.
I also get to sleep on Youngest & Eldest’s beds which is great and they play with me and fuss me until I finally go to sleep.
Mom sits in a chair at a thing called a desk and my crate is next to this desk so I sleep in there next to her until she is able to play with me. Here I am sat on her desk but she says I won’t be able to do that for long as I am growing up fast, whatever that is!
I went to Puppy Socialisation Class on Saturday with Dad and he said I was a very good girl. I got to meet three other dogs and one of them was so naughty he had to be put back on his lead! I stayed off my lead until right at the end and I was at the other end of the hall and Dad called me and I came straight back, I did get a treat of course. Anyway Mom is taking me at the end of this month again but Dad thinks that I will not have to go again as I am very good with other dogs. Mom & Dad are also going to take me for a walk at Chatsworth House, which sounds really regal, soon and hopefully I will get to meet some other dogs there.
I hope you have enjoyed my first little Corner and will come back again next week. I hope you are having a lovely Puppy Woofy Day.
Somebody is growing fast and actually getting her still to take a picture is a miracle at the moment! She did manage to sit for the above picture well! She is off to Puppy Socialisation class today with DH and Eldest! Obviously we did not have to do that with our wonderful Treacle as we had our wonderful Kelly here when Treacle arrived.
Sometimes there is no room for Coco in her basket as she takes all her toys in there!
Sat on my desk, she won’t be doing that in a bit!
One of my Playmates is home yeah!
In a reflective mood!
Our wonderful Treacle had her own day on the Blog and as you know I retired The Wednesday Wag but feel that Coco should be on here, so on Tuesdays we are going to have Coco’s Corner! Of course I am not sure yet what her opinions will be but I am sure her personality will shine through as did Treacle’s! Join us next week for the first edition.
I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend.
Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx
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