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Oh Alex just caught up hoping Milly is back home soon thinking of you... fee

be at peace Spike was everything good about greyhounds and you are everything good about hound owners. you could not have loved each other more my thoughts are with you all fee

im thinking healthy paw thoughts for you Alex.-well not exactly for you-you having feet not paws..but you know what I mean! sam-when mark arrives & helps shoulder some of the stress-im sure you will feel a bit better. i can hear next doors baby laughing while he mum is trying to get her to eat some breakfast-i think she is laughing at their ginger cat who likes to sit & make faces at the baby! fee

i too loved Croatia-cheap. nice people, fab food-really hard language! have you thought about Italy? sardinia-is startlingly beautiful, very relaxed or down in the heel of Italy Puglia-well off the beaten track. you cant go wrong with the states-i have loved it every trip. we had a few cheapies recently to majorca & tenerife: i was very sceptical-but both times we had a fantastic time-just book carefully so you are out of the big family orientated bits. im afraid i didnt like Egypt much-i can accept a bit of hassle-but being physically pulled about continuously got a tad wearing! lastly-id take a look at Thailand-we had the most fantastic time there-it was one of the best trips we have ever done-amazing history, glorious food, lovely people-plenty to see & do...and of course great weather-and its not that expensive. choices, choices-god i love travelling! whatever you choose-have a great time Fee

roll on 2010-im sick of this year-and death & dying OH best mate is now in hosp following heart attack. OH sister-going in tomorrow for major surgery for ovarian cancer...prognosis at best guarded i know its incredibly ME ME ME: but im starting to feel like a damned professional funeral attender: this year im in double figures for attending funerals......its only August for crying out loud fee

my X hubby has a lovly bengal rescue called India. very happy together-excepting the gifts of various small creatures! she seems to be bullied by a few of the local cats-she has ended up having a few good scraps with them-and XOH has had problems with cats coming through the cat flap-however if India thinks theres another cat about she will break through the cat flap to attack whats outside.....this weekend the latest (apparantly indestructable-yeah right!)cat flap bit the dust as India attacked a ginger cat that tried to get in-she chased him down the garden. the cats have tried to come in even when XOH is there (a few have been well washed with the hose!)and they will run when they see him but nothing seems to distract them in the long term she lives in a beautiful village surrounded by fields- so keeping her in (IF he can find a cat flap that will do it) seems a sad option-maybe necessary. she remains unscathed-but he worries she may be getting upset by this (she seems to go out & kill something to cheer herself up every time this happens) any advice on how to support her with her run ins with the local moggies? fee ps she is neutered-about 8 yrs old, very fit

dogs went to vet today-Michael for kennel cough Vax and Lulu to have lump on leg examined-OK tis a fatty lump but due to location were going to leave it alone. dogs went for a wee-then i noticed the red polka dot pattern on the carpet-Lulu has pulled a nail-claret every where! i made her stand with her foot in cold water-i have then bandaged it -badly-and have then used a tartan sock to protect it till morning.the sock is held on by the liberal application of packing tape! looks like i shall be back at vet tomorrow! fee ps scary thought im a nurse-and thats my first aid kit!!

the books by Charlaine harris are excellent. i love her harper Connolly series. she has done about 4 different series of books-and i have to say they have for many years been my bath book of choice! fee

white sheet black glasses-nana mouskari! or cut off jeans-bare feet-tank top and some cheap hippy jewellery-sandy shore (take a toy puppet with you) fee

we have swine flu at work-so got called to emergency meeting. internet went down at work-so had to call cloudy to call boysie to call the peeps i was due to homecheck tonight and tell them i couldnt make it today. drafted FIL eulogy sent off to others to amend. spoke to crazy relatives about arrangements-i can see why i got the -talk to mad jeannie card.... Ho Hum fee

im in kent-great place to live-if you pick the right spot! be lovely to meet up-the downs are fantastci-fab beaches, woods. welcome fee ? what sort of work are you after??

when i lived alone-i did BIG meals and then froze them (lasagna, chilli, basic pasta sauces, stews etc) it meant when i couldnt be arsed to cook-my ready meal was something i knew was to my taste...and was reasonably healthy-otherwise i lived on Bits... fee

XFIL dies saturday-feel oddly devestated. he was a funny bugger who i didnt see eye to eye with...but feels like the end of an era following on from so many older people dying in the wider family...... trying to support in laws...without excluding current OH. sad. feel very sad fee

can i recommend The Historian-Elizabeth Kostova-fantastic absorbing read... or a classic? i recently re read Dracula-what a page turner! War & peace-again, you really want to know whats going on-and the burning of Moscow is a power house of reading. on a lighter note-have you tried jim Butcher or Charlaine Harris. as you like cats-try the early cat Who..... books very funny or MC beaton-the Agatha raisin seris is one to make you snort out loud...or Paul Magrs (if you have ever been to Whitby-read these-very funny and you will want to fins out the results! fee

i was a steward on the greyhound march that Sam (brilliantly) organised. I know she & mark worked like trojans to get it underway-and to their credit it was a great day. I dont think in reality that we made much difference to the plight of greys...but a few peeps did come up and take leaflets etc off us-and ask about what we were doing. i think the only other word of caution is-many many people said they would attend-but for various reasons were unable to on the day-so be preparedto manage either more or less on the actual day fee

frankly-he meant nothing to me alive...and nothing when dead. i hope those who loved him come out the other side of grief. personally i found what little i did see of him in the last 20 years disturbing-a little like watching a slow motion car crash. fee

im back from a jazz /pims & strawberry tea extravaganza in the local village. fantastic-i mean fantastic house was given over to the event in aid of the church organ. my neighbours and their baby came up and it was fab just sitting, chatting in the sun. the baby is just beautiful as well.... fee

i suppose my only regret is not being a mother...but it wasnt to be and sometimes you just have to accept that "here your life lies".But it makes me sad when i allow myself to dwell on it.... as someone with no siblings i do in the wee small hours sometimes worry about the future when i will be without any family at all. life is hard-and I have no wish to repeat it: i find it deeply reassuring that there is a start a middle and an end. i dont think there is any grand plan or even any meaning to life outside what you pesonally attach to it "i regret nothing, would change still less, since there my past life lies, why alter it?" fee

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i have had a mix of pure breeds-some whose pedigrees went back as far as the eye can see to various totally unknowns. im prepared to take the risk....i tend to think that good food/sleep/execise and keep a lotof health issues manageable-after that its luck my requirments are simple happy to be left a bit must like home cooked food jazz lover short coated enjoy a good walk-but no bouncing tigger like like a routine not a yappy dog-a woof is OK er-no wonder i have hounds! fee

bonnie raitt-dimming of the day...but" i cant make you love me" , brings a tear to my eye every time i hear it fee

all quiet on the western front. can someone remind Mchael that we get up at 4.45 am -not 4.15. 4.20 0r even 4.35 and that podding me, huffing loudly and sticking a sharp saluki nose in unwanted places will Not get me up any soddin earlier! fee

i wish you & your pup a long & happy life together. But without wishing to rain on your parade.....there are so many hounds...including pups desperate for a home-i am sad that you couldnt find what you were looking for in rescue. fee

Oh Billy my thoughts are with you. you two had something special...and i hope the memory of that helps you through the awful places. theres no way round grief...just a path through-let Malcs memory guide you through fee

Bye All & one. off to romania. see you in 2 weeks... fee