Maia

Asleep on Dad

We have a new verb in our family, it is to be 'Maiaed'

Ready for action!!

Socx gets 'Maiaed' every day and so does the house!  What this means is that our new puppy 'Maia' takes a delight in playing rather roughly with Socx.  We found that she was hanging onto his fur as he tried to run away!  She may only be 4" tall but she has a very large character.

Walking in her food bowl

The house of course has been 'Maiaed', with the inevitable wees and poos all over the place, mostly where we can step into them.......ah well.....all part of having a new puppy.

Maia will be 8 weeks old on 23 Jan so she has only had one jab and cannot walk out into the open.  Still it is  good for her to experience new things so I have rigged up a sling to carry her on our daily walks with Socx.  My first attempt at a sling was not very good, the knitted material was too stretchy but this red scarf works a treat.

Ready for her walk/carry!!

I have had to make a harness for Maia as she is so small but she still manages to wriggle out of it (I do not know how!)  On our walk today I suddenly found her making an escape from the sling and that was when I found that the harness was securely fixed to the sling but she was not in the harness!  I may have to make adjustments to the harness.

Even being carried is very tiring

Late Christmas fun

Last Sunday my nephew and his wife, Philip & Steph came to visit for the day bringing their 4 boys with them;

Felix, Isaac, Ethan and Archie.

Father Christmas had forgotten to deliver 4 late parcels to their home and asked me to give them to the boys on this visit.  

The boys wanted me to 'gel their hair, this is the result on Archie the youngest

Archie's new hairstyle - cute

So we had a big Sunday lunch:

Yes, even boys eat!

Captain Cook with Ethan 'EE'

Macaroni cheese

Vegetable bake

Slow cooked lamb with roast veg

Mashed potato

Followed by:

Fruit trifle with ice cream

Followed by:

A walk at Smallbrook meadow, in Warminster, to feed the ducks and play in the park and give Socx a walk. 

Testing the depth of the dipping pond

Daddy playing in the 'children's playpark'

Then Ellie started playing

I think Tom was making sure Ellie did not fall off, long way to the ground 6"

They are delightful boys, full of energy and they even made Socx tired, he slept very well that evening. 

Yes OK I was tired too!! LOL

New Year !

Well I have survived Christmas and New Year and I hope that the festive season was not too traumatic for too many people.

I always think of people who have no family, no cosy home to go to, no job.................  well I am sure you know what I mean.  Then it makes me grateful that I wake up each morning to a new day with a home, family, job, not a lot to grumble about in the grand scheme of things.  

Still today got off to a bit of a rocky start, the alarm light failed to work and both David and I slept through the radio alarm even though it was on for an hour!
The dog had spent the night scratching at the door to be let back up to the bedroom where he likes to sleep. Then when I had a shower the drain was partially blocked and I nearly flooded the bathroom.
Then I looked out of the window to see that our front fence was being blown over and a side panel has also broken in the overnight storms.
Oh and the outside light bulb at the front of the house has gone again!!

So I will not grumble - it is just part of life!

Hope your 2012 gets off to a good start!! LOL

Newest member of our family!!

David and I would like to welcome the newest member of our family

Meet Rhea

(Sorry it is a bad, blurry photo but she moves too fast)

Rhea is a Yorkshire Terrier, 5 weeks old so still with her mother Maggie.  

She will be a companion to Socx our  Jack Russell Terrier

She is named after Rhea a Titan Goddess married to Cronus (king of the Titans)

RHEA was the mother of the gods, and a goddess of female fertility, motherhood, and generation. Her name means "flow" and "ease."

She will be coming home to us on 15th Jan 2012 - I will keep you updated

Remember.....................

The reason that I am posting this on my blog is because having talked to local people in Luxor, Egypt they believe that these FACTS are exaggerated...........................................

General Eisenhower Warned Us.

It is a matter of history that when the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead.

He did this because he said in words to this effect:
'Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened'

This week, the UK debated whether to remove The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it 'offends' the Muslim population which claims it never occurred. It is not removed as yet.. However, this is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country is giving into it.

It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended... This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the, six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians, and 1,900 Catholic priests Who were 'murdered, raped, burned, starved, beaten, experimented on and humiliated' while many in the world looked the other way!

Now, more than ever, with Iran , among others, claiming the Holocaust to be 'a myth,' it is imperative to make sure the world never forgets.


How many years will it be before the attack on the World Trade Center
'NEVER HAPPENED',

because it offends some Muslim???
FREEDOM ISN'T FREE...SOMEONE HAD TO PAY FOR IT!

  

What a shock !!

Well good grief what a shock when we got back home from our holiday.  I know that the youngsters like to 'enjoy themselves' whilst we are away (that much is given) but the drunken state and debauchery were staggering to behold..........................

Just look at these photos............................. need I say more???

Dinner with good friends

I just had to post this photo taken on Saturday when David and I were lucky enough to have dinner with our good friends Michael and Sue with Lyn and Fraser.  

Michael & Sue, Me, Fraser & Lyn

We had a wonderful evening with good food and even better conversation.  Just for the occasion I wore a sari, a bit 'over the top' but great fun. 

Thank you to Michael and Sue for such a wonderful evening.