Category Archives: Coco’s Corner

The Week Flys By!

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Here are the promised pictures of Miss Coco’s Birthday!  Sorry it’s late but this week has been really busy again!!!!

A special Doggy Birthday Cake for her, she really likes it!

Her Presents!

A new Cuddly toy for her, which she loves.

Showing off her new Collar for Spring.

Playing with Daddy with her new toy.

Her One Year Old Portrait.

Of course she loves all her other toys too!!!

She is looking quite woolly at the moment but we are having another very cold snap at the moment so don’t want her cut just yet!!!  I am hoping for some nice Spring sunshine soon and then she can have a day at The Spa.

 

Today is International Women’s Day and I thought I would celebrate all my female friends, especially as I am surrounded by Men!!!  I hope they have a fantastic day:

Sue (& Molly), Susan (& Tara), Jayne, Anne, Christine, Carol, Pat, Tricia, Val, Elaine, Judy, Hannah, Suzie (& Coco).

Today I should have been at Eldest’s garage but he has been busy out and about with DH, so I am at home working.  Tomorrow is home jobs and Friday grocery shopping.  DH is out all weekend again at another swimming event so I am hoping to get some jobs done and some quilting.  Last weekend I didn’t get chance as I was helping Youngest with his new job in the swimming club sorting out the small pool swimmers!  It took a while!! 

I hope you lovely lot are having a good week, it will soon be the weekend! 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx

Mademoiselle Coco – One Year Old Today!

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Well that first year has flown by!  Coco is One year old today!  I thought you would like to see that year in pictures.

They don’t stay little for very long do they?

They never replace our previous dogs and they all have their own wonderful personalities and we miss our darling Treacle, but am so glad we got Coco.  I think as I work from home all day every day I noticed it the most when Treacle passed and there was no little presence in our home and next to my desk. 

Coco is definitely different to the three other Airedales we have had but saying that they have all been different from each other too, which is why they are our favourite breed. 

Happy 1st Birthday Coco, we love you to bits.

Happy 11th Birthday yesterday Molly, we love you to bits too!

I did not realise that Molly and Coco’s Birthdays were a day apart!  Molly had a great day with her wonderful Mom and had a Birthday Biscuit.  Coco has some gifts and a Birthday cake which I will show you tomorrow. 

Hugs & Love, Susie, DH, Eldest & Youngest xxxx

I Am Meeting Myself Coming Back!

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We had a lovely evening on Friday with our friends, Youngest & Girlfriend.  We had a takeaway which was so nice as we had time to sit and chat without being in the kitchen!

The Snowdrops and Primulas are starting to come out in the garden with a little of pale colour in all the brown at the moment, but it is still cold here, so Phil was right that it has been cold for those final six weeks of Winter.  Although Wednesday is March 1st and the start of the Spring months I don’t think it is going to be Spring anytime soon!

There was such an uproar about the words being changed in Mr Dahl’s books that the Publishers have now agreed to release the books in their original form and also print the new ones with the modified words!  I do hope that people will buy the original ones and not the others!!!

I have been running to catch up with work and helping Eldest with his work, as well as home jobs, the washing and ironing, cooking etc etc!  Also helping sort out the membership at the swimming club!  This weekend DH is out at a swimming event on Saturday and at a meeting on Sunday so I am hoping to use that time to do some nice things, like my quilting as well as getting a start on the Spring Cleaning! We have also been invited out for dinner on Saturday evening to some friends who we have not seen since last May so looking forward to that!

I hope you all have a wonderful week. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx

Coco knows where the best place is to spend these cold mornings!!!  The way she is sleeping reminds me of the Star Wars At-Ats!!!!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Happy Valentine’s Day

DH and I are actually at home on our own tonight which makes a change, so I am going to cook us dinner and we can watch a film in peace!!! 

The weekend flew by and very busy for DH and The Boys helped him out which was a great help after him being away all week at the business exhibition and also having a friend’s 60th Birthday party to do on the Saturday night too!  Why does everything always happen in one week?

I was up to date with all my work and home jobs and I got some other bits sorted.  Did not get any sewing done but did organise my projects I need to finish and sort out the material for the ones I need to get done, so it was a little bit of sewing related jobs done!

I had to pop in to the supermarket on Sunday and saw these flowers and just had to get them.  I love the colours and although it is cold and foggy here today at least they give us the hope of Spring soon!

I put them on the coffee table in the sitting room.

Madam is in trouble!  The wall behind her basket next to my desk was marked when Darling Treacle used to jump in and out of it.  It goes away when it is decorated, but trying to get a decorator at the moment is harder than finding gold!  Anyway Madam has decided to have a little chew at the wall!!!  DH thinks it will be okay but she is in BIG trouble!! 

The face of innocence – NOT!

This was what I found when I went into the kitchen yesterday afternoon!  Hmm!

Still have a busy week of work this week but we have nothing on this weekend, Yeah!!!  Saturday evening we are out with friends for dinner which I am really looking forward to.  Of course there are always jobs to get done but at least we can do them at our own pace and not in a rush as DH has to be going to an event or something!!!

Have a wonderful week you lovely lot. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx

 

Busy Doing Nothing….!

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Here is Coco’s eleven month old pawtrait!! I cannot believe that next month she is one year old.  Where to the months fly to?

DH and Youngest have done the first weekend of County Swimming Championships which went well although it was too hot on the pool deck.  It is the new 50m swimming pool and although only just opened there are already some issues with it!  Whenever they build these things they never seem to ask or take notice of the swimming clubs who are going to use it for events.  On a day to day basis it is fine but when you have hundreds of swimmers and spectators in there, you suddenly realise all the faults with the place!  One more weekend to go!

I, of course, got nothing done that I wanted to do because it was just one of those weekends.  The weather was yuck which meant I did not feel inclined to get lots done, so spent the weekend doing not a lot at all.  However, I did get some reading done so that does count!!!!

We heard today that Youngest has passed his final exams for his Apprenticeship with high marks!  We are so proud of him, especially as there was an eight month delay caused because of the Covid situation.  He just has one more set to do this week and then he has completed it and will be fully qualified!  Yeah!

Our weather has turned cold again with heavy frost on the ground and Coco was not keen to go out this morning! It is going to be like this for a few days before it gets a bit warmer again. 

Have a great week you lovely lot. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx

Coco knows where best to be warm and cosy in this weather!!!!

 

A November Monday!

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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!!!!

I hope you lovely lot have a wonderful week. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx

 

Miss Coco!

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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!!! 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx

Where are the Weeks Going?

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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.

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx

Living in an Oven!

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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

Coco’s Corner.

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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.  

Coco xx