Mrs B

Squiggies to dogs and their owners - please collect as required. Owl - I do like the idea of you being the inspiration for Harry Potter. My Mother slept under the dining room table - it was/is the size of a new build house dining room, and very solid, but as she was in London, I wouldn't have thought I would really have wanted to put it's strength to the test. Jazz - look after yourself. Me - Cold in the office - it always goes cold around 11.00 am - but the sun is shining so perhaps it is time for a walk.

Morning. Owl - I lived the first year of my life at a crematorium/cemetery. Jazz - by my calculations, if you are 5'0, a sensible BMI range of 20-25 would mean you should be between 7st 4lbs and 9st 2lbs. Even that is subjective - but is certainly not 6st 7lbs - nooooooooooo. Me - plodding on

I have a hope that I will have a computer again by tonight.

I am meandering in.

Woke up at 10.38 am. Not good.

Poddling in. Still not reading back. I'm cold enough to think I should put the heating on, and have a headache from spending the last hour plus writing our a complicated confirmation e-mail (obviously nothing to do with work). Back at the Doctors the week after next and dreading it as I'm sure it's time I returned to paid employment. Bought the dogs new nylabones yesterday. Just like kids, they were more interested in the cardboard packaging than the new chew toys! Hope all is well here.

I'm afraid I've not read back. But know it's been very long time seen very little. Been a funny year and a bit for me. An extra black dog crept into the house and I didn't notice. Work was the main culprit, and things bumped along the bottom without me realising. Then someone very special and close to me died in the Spring, and in the same week work became worse, and there was no way anyone was going to improve things for me. I battled on until August, and then was signed off work, and it seemed as if everything I had been holding together now had 'permission' to collapse, to the point where I really struggled to go out of the house on my own, and let all sorts of things go, including my friendly Forums. Much medication later and still offf work until February, and having survived Christmas which I have always spent with my special person, I feel as if there is now the occastional glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel, and I am beginning to realise just how long I have been trailing my black dog around. Needless to say my two, Tigger in particular, have relished me being at home more, and his snuggles have been excellent additional medecine. Hope you understand my absence. Hopefully I'll be around to keep up with your "antics" again. Hope to be around

Happy Christmas everyone. My avatar has disappeared, but I can't cope with that today!

Sounds like a good enough recommendation for me.

Morning. Afternoon. I was twirly at 5.00 am San - just wasn't in a posting mood - especially as I'd been "thinking" since 4.00 am. Anyway, temporarily good news from the hospital - albeit that I believe I have to accept that this is only an interim phase. Anyone heard/know anything of "Little Dog Rescue". NO it's NOT for me, but someone I know is interested in one of their dogs - but just thinks I will have heard of every dog rescue in the universe. Checked out their website ........ and the dog they are interested in. I have a listy for town - not in the mood - and I've just arranged a meeting for 1.30 pm! Heyho, time to shifty.

Sorry to hear about your dilemma Alex. If you really don't use your personal mobile that much, I would just be going for letting unknown numbers that come up go to voice mail and checking them at my leisure. All sounds very difficult. Travelled to Suffolk and back today to see poorly Auntie. Tigger was most dischuffed because we parked at Auntie's house, just round the corner from the hospital,and he could not understand why he could not go into the house! Auntie is really not well at the moment - although she had rallied from a DNR situation on Thursday, to knowing exactly who I was today. I am now shattered from the travelling and mental drainage. Was going to do some aggressive garden tidying tomorrow, but the weather is looking 'adverse'!

I am meandering in and should like to pop in from time to time if that is OK. Many things on my mind just at the moment, and am not very good at keeping up with things, or always wanting to 'speak' or be sociable. Hope you understand.

All cupcakes sold - which is great on the one hand, but not so good on the other as Mr B was very disappointed - and I feel another batch or three being required today! Meanwhile making ale cakes so they are matured for next Saturday. Apart from that, I need to make some pilchard cake, and prepare boxes of plums, yellow greengages and damsons that have come my way. Don't think I can cope with the apples today. Tigger and Daisy are looking suitable exhausted for now, so looks as if I have a few hours to crack on.

K9Fran - so sorry - that just makes me I am really tidying the house at the moment ....... as you can tell ........ made 100+ cupcakes and muffins last night this morning, and the whole house seems to have suffered. Just off shortly to see how many are left - Mr B's already nicked two last night - then wondered why they were "plain" (that will be because they were not for you and were not iced yet!) Might have to make some more as I seem to have over calculated the amount of buttercream needed ......... now needs using up.