Abby

Ach the baby's alright... I suppose. Will do a hello again thread soon. Nice to be here

I have worn myself out Not sleeping enough for two nights hasn't helped and I did get loads done today. Am now horribly behind on food prep and just shoving some stuff down my neck while DYlan eats his dinner painfully slowly before diving back into evening food. Can't WAIT until I arrive in Oxfordshire tomorrow for a week's R&R

That;s interesting Blackmagic, thanks I've just remembered a couple of weeks ago one of the customers said that as Dylan got up he couldn't put weight on one of his back legs, and flicked it several times before he finally was happy to use it. Could just be sleeping awkwardly but I'm just not sure

Happy Birthday Alex, have a relaxed evening

have been investigating the state of the outside walls of our spare flat. It's more like swiss cheese than solid wall Still have now filled several gaping crevases and cleared up the mess some orrible critter made chewing my wicker basket How much chocolate do you think is too much when you're pregnant

Hmm, stuff to think about there, thanks guys. THe thing is, it seems at the moment to be general stiffness, not just in the shoulder he huirt I think it's going to have to be a check-up with the vet before deciding on anything. Thanks

Only one more day before me holibobs Got loads to do today, hence being active at thsi ungodly time on a Saturday morning. Sadly I seem to have developed a sore throat and slightly blocked nose As having had a cold for the entire month of December wasn't enough.

Afternoon Tis a beautiful day here but very cold again. OH is destroying another ceiling and I MUST only come on here as a little reward for each of my many tasks I achieve Trudi - do you think the physio has helped enough? Owl - I'm thinking it is a good thing your mum has had a mild stroke rather than suffering from dimentia? I hope she continues to improve It sounds very like the mother of a lady here in the village who went through a very confused and vulnerable period after she broke her femur a couple of years ago, and they were worried she had suffered a head trauma but finally decided it was a mild stroke. She is much improved now. Now I have my norty coffee I am off to put dirty clothes in the machine and clean clothes away in cupboards instead of storing them in laundry bags around the flat

Dylan is a 5 year old bearded collie whippet cross. 18 months ago he had a very had shoulder injury that took several months to heal and I don't think will ever fully be the same again. For several months after he would be stiff in that shoulder occasionally after walks or if he'd been asleep in the same position a long time. It was almost certainly caused by him pulling hand brake turns on the beach The last 3ish months though I've noticed he gets stiff more often, though it never seems to last long. It is defo worse after beach walks (sorry, not going to give them up, it is his absolute favourite place in the world) and it could weel be made worse by his insistence on lying down fully in the sea, despite the baltic temperatures I do try to always have his equafleece in the car so he keeps warm on the way home, but although he is a tad young I wondered if I should consider some supplements? I don't think there's anything else wrong and it's not severe and doesn't happen as much on other kinds of walks. Any thoughts? He is due his booster soon so I will get the vet to check him out then.

Ouch Amy hope it stops hurting soon. I yam a bit excited as I think I have found the cot that I want for a good secondhand price in a place I can get to! Bit of a feat considering it was discontinued a while ago and doesn't come up for sale often and certainly not round here I am going to see it Sunday so fingers crossed it is indeed the right one. I should be down in the kitchen starting dinner but I yam tired and just want to doze on the sofa

Ouch Amy hope it stops hurting soon. I yam a bit excited as I think I have found the cot that I want for a good secondhand price in a place I can get to! Bit of a feat considering it was discontinued a while ago and doesn't come up for sale often and certainly not round here I am going to see it Sunday so fingers crossed it is indeed the right one. I should be down in the kitchen starting dinner but I yam tired and just want to doze on the sofa

Thanks guys In our last place the landlord used a poison in the neighbouring flat which made the rats go off to find water before dying, so I was considering that. THe problem with filling in holes is that we are renovating our building and it's in such shoddy condition that there will be about 4000 holes Not sure what to do about that. I will try to figure out what parts of the floor they are definitely using first before deciding what to d. They are driving me mad and I'm worried that (a) they will eat through something important and (b) eventually they will find their way downstairs into the pub at which point I will probably faint. BTW my loaf went horribly wrong this morning. I forgot to put the paddle in the bottom of the breadmaker pan so nothing got stirred and all I ended up with was a flat brick of unmixed water and flour. Duh.

Morning Woke up stupidly early and couldn't get back to sleep. Am knackered and a tad grumpy. We have critters living in our floor and I am going to have to sort it out. Have had a look in several places but can't see signs, but hear them all over

OH is knocking seven bells out of the fitted cupboards in the spare room. They're putting up a good fight (ironic in a house that is terribly built, the fitted cupboards are sturdier that some of the outside walls ) but he will win in the end. On Saturday two of his friends are coming up for the week and they will start building us a nice noo bedroom and spare bedroom, so OH has a rather looming deadline for stripping everything old out THis afternoon I am doing the pub which may or may not involve a league darts match depending on whether they can get out of town due to the floods