Day 1251 a lovely morning canoeing with friends 🛶🛶

Ok so yesterday I had 3 caffeine coffees, 3 alcohol free beers and a 0% gin and slimline tonic…. And I slept like a LOG. Go figure?!?

I had the best sleep. I went to bed really early, about 9pm and read for a bit. Maybe that helped. Who knows?!?

So up and out early with the OG3 this morning. Still resting Khaleesi’s injuries after a couple of big walks earlier this week.

It’s still hot but no sun this morning. interesting cloud cover.

We met Lindsay and Euan at Kilbirnie Loch at 10am this morning. We are so lucky to have this within 10 minutes of the house. We are even more lucky that they have leant us their lovely big, red canoe.

They both had kayaks and Craig and I shared the canoe. 🛶

Now I’ll be honest and say I’ve enhanced this photo a bit but Kilbirnie Loch has blue/green algae at the moment. If it wasn’t so dangerous to dogs, it could be considered quite pretty!

Ready for the off!

I love the luminescence of the green against the water.

At precisely this point in time my Co-pilot (who am I kidding…. Pilot!) reminded me to put down my phone and start paddling 🛶

It was SOOOO calm. Just the most peaceful thing in the world. Out there on the water having laughs with Lindsay and Euan.

They are excellent kayakers.

We are so grateful that they have lent us their canoe 🛶 to try.

Seeing the loch from the water is really lovely. Opens up a whole new world. I have always wanted to kayak around Scotland and Craig is loving the canoe.

Too much chat, not enough paddle 😂

I think these look like a heart beat!

It was so calm, still and peaceful. Just the paddles splashing and the chat and laughter.

Next thing we know, we are heading in here!!

This was just so beautiful and so unusual for us, we’ve never done anything like this before. It was so much fun!

We all have to turn round as the river got shallower further up. I have to say that Craig did all the pilot work and just told me what to do and I actually listened. Check me!

It went surprisingly well considering we are novices.

A wee bit too much photography again 😂

The sky is really moody.

There is a heron flying through this shot but it’s too dark and moody to see properly… the sky that is, not the heron!!

Then we pulled into the waters edge and had tea, coffee and cake!! Lindsay was super organised with her Jetboil, even had a choice of teas!

It was so lovely to stop and look around for a bit (as if I hadn’t been doing that already!!)

Here comes the train!!

Lindsay and Euan swapped kayaks out in the middle of the water. Super impressive.

Euan then did some spinning!!

Craig and I just kept on paddling 😂🛶

Some more of the blue/green algae.

This old walkway has mostly disintegrated now, really sad it wasn’t looked after.

And back to where we started.

Such a lovely morning and still had the whole afternoon to write this!!! That’s how long it takes sometimes when you have so many lovely photos 😂

Hope you’ve had a great weekend and all the best for another lovely week ahead!

Stay safe everyone 🛶☀️🛶

Day 1250 no sunshine but shopping, village flower show and pub!

Wide awake at 4.45 this morning. I slept really well, just woke up early and stayed awake.

It was back to normal this morning for a Saturday, just me and the three degrees!

It was warm but misty and cloudy all day here! Mum just messaged to say they had a glorious day and they’re only an hour and a half away.

I just need to say that Craig cleaned our windows today and oh my word, I can see the whole street!!!! We live on a main road and only a pavement between the windows and the road. You are aware they are deity and need cleaned but the clean windows are a total revelation!!!

He also brought some beautiful flowers from the garden and put them in a vase.

After dog walk I was up and out to Braehead Shopping Centre. I had in in my head I need another pair of trousers.

This is me in my own clothes. The combat trousers are actually a size too big now and they look ok but are not comfy to wear.

I tried on these black joggies but I tried on the size too small. Size 12 M&S combats fit me but size 12 joggies felt a bit too tight.

Still too tight even with a black t shirt 😂

I still love these camouflage combats but I know that I won’t get enough wear out them.

Like the style of these but I’m not an animal print guy.

I could get them in another colour maybe.

Tried on the joggies in the right size and decided they were good to go!!

I had a wander round the shops and got a text to ask if I was free to help support the judges at the Gateside Horticultural Society Flower Show…. I was a half hour away. I was pretty much done with shopping so came home.

They didn’t need me! 😂😂

So I did housework instead. Once again we had STUFF everywhere so I put all of the stuff back to where I belongs.

At 2pm I popped in to pick Claire up and we headed over to the village school for the first part of the Horticultural Show.

Check the size of this cabbage…. Hand for reference!!! This was grown by my neighbour 4 doors away from my house. I couldn’t believe it. It’s massive.

We then headed back down to the village hall and saw all the flowers.

They are absolutely stunning.

Some of my neighbours entered this. I love the flowers and the card. It didn’t win a prize but was lovely.

I had a lovely wee cream tea with Claire and chatted to some older neighbours that I haven’t probably seen since last year. Lovely chats. They all said it was nice to see the youngsters involved yet someone did ask me if I was “still” working… I panicked silently thinking they thought I was at retirement age 🤦🏻‍♀️😂😂😂

So in other news, the Scottish Dog Behaviourist page is doing really well and gained another 150 FB followers overnight as a result of a Khaleesi and Calaidh video clip he shared.

I remember when we were counting and were chuffed when he got up to 50!

I’m so proud of everything he’s achieved. I’ll share the clip so you can see them!

Khal & Cal’a first play

It’s great to see his page grow.

I think Khaleesi is feeling quite at home now.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Day 1249 a gorgeous day off work! Even hotter!

It’s been a scorcher today. What a truly beautiful day. ☀️☀️☀️

I’m so lucky to have had the day off work to enjoy it.

I had a dreadful sleep. I was going to call the blog… “can Tiramisu really keep you awake?!?” 😂

I have no idea what did keep me awake. I had half a bottle of alcohol free Kopparberg and some Tiramisu with dinner last night. This was me for most of the night….

Wide awake!!!!

The bedroom was hot which didn’t help. Someone may or may not have been snoring but shall remain nameless 😂

I moved downstairs at midnight and tried to sleep under a crochet blanket. It was much cooler and I did sleep, I know this because I then woke up cold! Figures.

So traipsed back upstairs to bed for a few hours. Eventually got up at 7.

Check Craig’s new T-shirt that says MAL-IN-WAH (Khaleesi is a Malinois in case that doesn’t make sense to you!!)

Safe to say that’s she’s settling in great.

We had some freshly ground coffee(it sounds so lovely when you say it like that!) and then decided to take the FOUR dogs out for a walk.

FOUR…..

For the first time.

And it actually went very well.

As I said, it’s a beautiful morning, it’s hot. I have shorts and a vest top on at 8am. That doesn’t happen often up here. (Sometimes I write like we are in the North Pole… 😂😂)

I should say here, Craig was with me. No way on this earth I’m doing 4 by myself.

Khaleesi thought it was cold and wet when she heard she was coming to Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 it’s almost been the best weather all year this week. What a great way to get her used to the climate.

Here she is looking positively tropical on her outdoor bed!

When I got back I crossed lots of things off my list.

Called to reschedule my Breast Screening Clinic appointment which is the day before we go on holiday, right in the middle of the day and in the opposite direction to work! I changed it to the same day at 9am so at least I’m not out of work for a huge chunk of the day.

I hung out the washing.

I sorted all the stuff that I took out of Abbie the Campervan and decided what will go back into Bertie Beeetle…. Which is precious little to be fair 😂😂 tried to find a home for the rest.

I picked up my HRT prescription, ordered in the nick of time as I’d used my last patch.

I posted jeans I sold on Vinted.

I went to the little gift shop to see Gayle and bought ANOTHER Christmas present.

Who actually am I these days?!?

I went to Tesco and did a food shopping to cover the weekend.

Spectrum Windows came to have a look at the patio doors at the back of the house as the locks are being temperamental.

Craig came home at lunchtime and suggested Mocha Jak’s with Khaleesi. Now I should say that I bought plenty for lunch but I am NEVER gonna say not to a coffee shop!! Also think that he likes the fact that Khaleesi was found at a coffee shop. (

Actually I’ll do a link to his FB post from yesterday, telling her story)

Khaleesi of the Unbreakable Spirit – Scottish Dog Behaviourist

I ordered a halloumi and pesto salad bowl. I am OBSESSED with salad. I also ordered a Strawberry cream brownie. 😋

Oh my actual word it was exquisite and I only managed a tiny bite sized piece and brought the rest home. My stomach has shrunk!!

Phew, as I write that down I feel quite justified for sitting out in the sunshine. It’s still only 4pm. The day is yet young.

Have a great weekend y’all!

Stay safe everyone ☀️☀️☀️

Day 1248 a hot, hot day!!

Phew what a Scottish scorcher!

It feels a lot hotter than this to be honest. There’s not a breath. We were sitting outside after work and had to come in as there are midges in our back garden?!?! We NEVER get midges!!

So yeah…. Didn’t have the best sleep last night. Woke at 4am and couldn’t get back to sleep. I stopped eating too early yesterday, after a big fast the day before so I think I was hungry. I still managed through until lunchtime but I’m having dinner tonight. You can’t survive on nothing. I’ve lost 3 lbs this week thought!

I had such a lovely drive to work today.

Being in a Beetle will take a bit of getting used to as I’m so close to the ground, I feel a bit vulnerable. Also at some junctions I can’t see over the long grass!! I used to see over everything!

I also filled up with fuel and it only cost me £75 to fill the tank. It used to cost me over £100 to fill the van so I hope I start to see a difference there.

Work was busy but we got a lot done. It was a good doing day.

There not much else to report really…. Khaleesi is settling in well. She’s sitting beside me just now.

That’s me at the weekend now, woop, woop!! 3 days off. Despite a wee wobble on Tuesday morning, I’ve had a really good week. I can see myself letting things go that would usually be a trigger to worry.

I feel very laid back and calm. This has been a week filled with huge changes and rather than fall apart, I have embraced them all.

Check. Me.

Khaleesi sporting her new collar. Makes her one of the gang. Calaidh’s is purple and pink, Bhru’s green, Freya’s is grey but they’re all the same style.

Matchy, matchy.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Day 1247 the arrival of Bertie the Beetle (her/she)

I slept like a log last night.

Thankfully this heat cools right down in the evening so it’s easy to get to sleep.

It’s been a scorcher today. Walking out of the portacabin at work feels like us Scots walking off the plane when we’ve flown abroad on holiday.

Craig’s sent me this just before 9am.

He had to take delivery as I was at work.

Then he had to take Khaleesi to the vets in the car before I’ve even been in it!!

I did say I hope she hoovered up after herself. 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

I took her (Bertie, no Khaleesi!) for a drive when I got home from work…. Wow those brakes are good… we just about went through the windscreen every time I touched them! It’s a different colour than I expected but I really like it. I thought it was electric blue but it’s more petrol coloured.

When I was younger I’d have wanted to go every where in my new car but now I’m more like….. hmmm I have a nice new car now off to sit in the scorching sunshine.

It is scorching hot today! This isn’t just quite hot for Scotland, it’s hot for a Scottish person on summer holiday, hot!! I think it’s been up to 22-24°C today. It was cloudy and cool first thing but got hot just before lunch when the sun came out. There’s barely a breath of wind. It’s lovely.

Now that I have wheels I’ll be able to go places after work but it’s been quite a week for us. If you think about the law of attraction, if you believe in that at all… then how funny that I sold the van and bought a car and was able to use Craig’s when he was off spending time with the dogs. We could never have planned that to work. He’s here to receive the car rather than me having to shuffle days off and he’s back to work tomorrow. It’s all been perfect timing. Things are panning out like that for me a lot just now.

The other thing this week was winning the Body Shop advent calendar. I had a Marks & Spencer one last year, which I was given for my 50th. I loved it. I wanted another one for this year but thought they were awful expensive to buy for yourself. Next thing you know, I’ve won one!

I was sooooo terrified of selling the van…. Yet I found someone who bought into me as a person. She bought it and paid 90% of it and still hasn’t even seen it.

I am very much in the present moment at the moment and going with the flow. A wee hiccup yesterday where I was worried about the dogs but it didn’t last long. I keep coming back to “what will be will be”.

The dogs seem a bit less alert to each other today. Everyone seems to be settling down s bit. Maybe I am…. 😆🫶🏼

Incidentally I fasted for over 22 hours today really by chance. I know that scares people a lot but I really feel great for it. It’s not like I’m going to waste away anytime soon!

Fasting is quite addictive for me as it’s the one way I’ve been able to control my calorie intake. I had a huge lunch yesterday and some biscuits at 2.15pm and when I got home I just want hungry at all so I didn’t eat anything until lunchtime today.

I’m averaging just shy of 18! Hours a day though my target is 16 hours a day.

So all in all a life changing week so far, in scorching sunshine which is surprising.

I haven’t taken any other photos of Bertie Beetle today either, I must be slacking. I’ll get one before crochet.

I did and here they are!

I’m off to meet the Hookers in half an hour. Hope we can get some time in the beer garden before the sun disappears behind a house!

Here’s Khaleesi this morning before I left for work.

Craig and Khaleesi, she won’t leave his side!

And her

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Day 1246 a crazy busy day at work and Khaleesi’s 1st full day 🐶🐶🐶🐶

We were in bed for 8.30pm last night!

We were all knackered. We had Khaleesi and she didn’t crack a light apart from breathe all night. It does wake you up having a second monster in the bed every time you roll over though.

I am still shattered today and I’ve yawned a lot. Proper non stop yawning. Energy changing.

It’s been a stunningly beautiful day. Pure blue skies the whole time. And hot. It was so lovely to sit outside at lunch.

I was a bit emotional before work today and there were a few tears. Can only think it’s the hormones and the changes that we are all going through at the moment.

I feel anxious that I just want Khaleesi to have the best life as she’s been through so much but rather than me assuming it will be easy, my head looks for all the reasons it might not be. Four dogs is a huge commitment.

We will all get used to each other. I’m just worried I do the wrong thing or say the wrong thing to them.

Craig is so brilliant with them. Khaleesi now wants to play and be a part of the gang.

Craig took her to Mocha JaKs today. She met some cows and sheep along the way. It gets her used to different sights and smells and Scottish coffee shapes. She used to go to the Bhuddist Temple coffee shop in Spain. She was found lying outside a coffee shop when she was rescued.

Work was so busy I felt a bit out of control. Constant yawning didn’t help.

I’ve been to the Kinisi-flow class, with Gayle, in the village hall and I feel so much better after it. Much more relaxed. I’m still yawning!

Here we are bonding just now.

All will be well.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Day 1245 another whirlwind of a day but Khaleesi is home ♥️

What a day. I am shattered!!

I was up at 5.20am. Showered, lunch made and out with the dogs by 5.45

A last pose in the garden before 3 became 4.

Holly next door kindly let them out mid morning and Craig was home with Khaleesi by 12.30pm. He made great time having left at 5am.

Work was crazy busy. The sun brought everyone out. At one point we had 4 lots of people waiting to speak to someone. I sat down outside for lunch and was interrupted twice! Don’t get me wrong, that’s what we’re there for, I’m not complaining it was just THAT busy.

So virtually no work done today other than to add to the list of things to be done.

In the background…..

I’ve almost run out of HRT meds so had to call the doc re a repeat prescription
The company I’m buying the car from hasn’t sent through the paperwork so I had to chase that
When they did send it through they then chased me twice to sign it, don’t they know how busy I was!!?
When I finally tried to sign it a bit wasn’t right so had to get them to change it
They chased for the payment again
Then I had to try and change my existing van insurance over to the car and their system was done so I had to call back
All the while Craig is travelling home with Khaleesi and sending me photos and videos of their progress

As I said, what a day!

We are all out in the garden, it’s been a scorcher!!

We are watching the dogs find their way around each other. Here I am saying hello.

Calaidh and Khaleesi are starting to play together. Bhru and Freya are more wary but that will come.

She loves Craig!

He’s been working relentlessly with the 4 of them. Integration into a pack of 3 has to be managed.

So not as relaxed an evening as it could be but I’m managing things way better than I would have in the past. I’m letting things wash over me in a way that makes me very proud. Despite the chaos of the day, I’ve laughed at it and things have fallen into place.

I love the calm when it comes to stay.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Day 1244 a very early rise, dog walks, shopping and lunch with Gayle

Another busy but lovely day off. Craig actually had to wake me and ask me to roll over last night which suggests I may have been snoring?!?

Moi?!?! 😳

Couldn’t possibly be true.

His alarm went off at 5am. I knew I wouldn’t get back to sleep so got up about 5.30 and made coffee. The grindy bean kind ☕️

We sat and chatted for an hour or so then Craig set off bound for Potters Bar, north of London.

It’s a long drive.

He was meant to be meeting Tito The Transpawter between 3 and 5pm so he had to be down there for 3pm, just in case, which he was.

Unfortunately, due to delays in France, they didn’t make the ferry, from France, until 3pm so they are now meeting at 8.30pm.

Thankfully Craig has checked in to a hotel so he was able to get some rest and a shower. It does mean he’ll have to drive home in Monday morning traffic.

On the plus side, it gives him time to spend with Khaleesi as she’s been travelling since Friday morning. Poor little poppet. I feel so sad when I think what she’s going through. We have to make her stay here extra special for the next few days to make up for it. Here he is saying goodbye to the pups!

I set off with hoddit, doddit and ploddit at 7am when Craig left.

Love this tree 🌲

Something serious to sniff here!

It’s much cooler than yesterday.

Bhru looking for sheep 🐑 😂

Lots of cows this morning instead! Finding cows instead!

Gateside village was looking lovely in the sun this morning.

I really loved this next shot.

In our excitement leaving the house this morning, I had forgotten poo bags…. I had to retrace my steps to pick up two poos… not a lovely subject but important to say that I did retrace my steps when I’d forgotten to take them with me!

We passed this next field twice this morning and it’s never cut for silage…. It has been this year. This is about 500yards from the back of our house. I did wonder what the noise was yesterday…. They must have been cutting this field.

I did two loads of washing and hung it up and got showered and ready to head to Braehead Shopping Centre with Gayle.

I forgot to get a pic of us!

We tried on lots of trousers in M&S! I didn’t buy any of them.

It’s fun trying them on though!

We had a lovely lunch in Starbucks and a good wander around the shops until we both hit a wall. I was shattered.

Oh I got some magnesium for my aches and pains. The really helpful guy in Holland & Barrett said it would start working in a couple of days. Fingers crossed as I feel really stiff and sore just now… probably lack of exercise, I know!

When I got home I took the dogs up the hill to the field for a big run about.

That back fired as the farmer was hay baking…

They only got one big run and I had to put them straight back on the lead. Was fascinating to be so close to the baler though.

Since then I’ve made a lovely salad for dinner, thrown balls for the dogs in the back garden and read a magazine that Holly next door gave me.

I’m determined to stay awake to see that Craig has Khaleesi.

Exciting times!

I need to get a lift to work tomorrow as I’m van-less and car-less and husband-less in the morning. I need to be up and out with the dogs and potentially starting work by 7am. I might be asleep at my desk by 11 😂

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Day 1243 back down to earth with housework and decking staining

It’s 3pm and I have hit a wall….. I’ve been on the go since 7am with dog walks, housework and decking staining.

To be fair I also did it all while I was fasting so I think I got a wee bit too weak and had to stop for some food. That was an hour ago and I’m only just starting to feel a bit stronger now.

It is a BEAUTIFUL day up here today. It’s calm and sunny.

Only a gentle breeze… and as I say that the sun goes behind a cloud 😂

This is a fairly mundane day compared to all the excitement of yesterday.

Khaleesi is still travelling up through Spain and France. She should be in the UK sometime late afternoon tomorrow.

Tito The Transpawter said his wife wanted to keep her because she was such a sweet girl. I think she stayed at his house overnight.

So this is me off out with the OG trio this morning.

Every time I take the phone out, Freya turns round to say hi.

There was even a big of a dog jog today! Been a while.

Freya looking back at me, is quite a new thing. It makes me smile. It’s like she’s checking up on me! 🫶🏼

As I blitz the house, these 3 seem to be on canoe guard duty.

I go to hang washing out and they are still at it, just facing down the garden! 😂

By 11.30 I can put it off no longer. Craig bought the decking stain and pads…. It seems unfair to leave it for him finishing work, when he has so much on this weekend.

I officially hate staining decking.

I am so sore by the time I finish it. I am only 50 and 3/4 and everything hurts, way more than I think it should.

I have another full coat today that I can start in precisely 25 minutes. The price I pay for a wonderful day yesterday. 😂

It really does look so good though and I’m so proud of myself for doing it.

Craig comes home to find me lying flat out on the grass, trying to stretch my aching muscles. His jokes about the second coat almost result in World War III.

To be fair to him he left a perfectly happy wife at home and had no idea he was returning to the she-devil from hell.

I laughed at that. I’m prone to exaggeration for comedic effect. He may beg to differ.

I’m now in a deckchair counting the minutes until I can relax. I’m not one of those people that can just leave it until tomorrow. I need the decking staining out of my life for good. As soon as. 😂

It’s 5.36pm and I am done.

The second coat was easier as “Mr Here’s How You Should Have Been Doing It” saved the day. A lot more decking oil and a lot less scrubbing. He did save the day but why does that annoy me so much?! 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

I’ve learned another lesson today. Stay well out of my way when I’m doing a job I don’t want to do. Simples. 😂

Ok so I’m still a work in progress and there are things I could do better at. I will try to remember “Mrs Sweetness and Light” the next time I’m exhausted doing something I don’t want to do. The fact that I know I’m the one in the wrong is a very good start. 😂

I’m going to celebrate with a frozen bottle of Nozeco as someone put it in the freezer…. 😬 it’s actually really lovely but the pic was more about the decking.

I am pretty damn proud of myself for doing all that, even if every part of me aches!

And relax.

Khaleesi is now in French France 🇫🇷 and was out for a walk on a beach. She was a good girl and got back in her bed for the next part of the trip. I just snapshot this from a video Tito sent.

Craig is away at very, very early o’clock in the morning so we’ll definitely be having an early night.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Day 1242 1st September 2023 and it’s all go in a life changing kind of way today!

Some days just sail on by and some days make their mark with some real life changing decisions.

Today is one of those days. 1st September 2023 (can’t actually believe it’s September).

So Abbie the Campervan is sold. There were tears this morning as I realised I can’t get to work on Monday as Craig is away so figured I’d have to hire a car for a week.

My anxiety was on overdrive as Craig was helping me look for a car and all I heard was “what do you want what do you want what do you want what do you want it depends what you want!” That is certainly not what he really said. My head is screaming I DON’T KNOW WHAT I WANT!!!!

I had my heart set on a Caddy so that I could make it into a Campervan and “keep my camping oar in” as it were.

Craig told me last week that wasn’t the best idea but I was adamant. It’s only since last night that I clicked that a car was really what I needed, but what kind?!?

Decisions, decisions. When you suffer from anxiety these are not exciting times, not fun decisions to be making. Your head doesn’t think straight it makes lots of noise and panic and doomsday scenarios. Really it just needs to calm the f down and start thinking straight.

I love that in the midst of all this drama I actually found the perfect car before 8.30am. The garage called at 8.40. They will deliver. One years’ warranty.

Meet Bertie the Beetle!

I’m not sure that I ever was a namer of cars and yet here I am, naming another car. 🙋🏻‍♀️

I had a VW Beetle before I got Abbie the Campervan so I know it’s a great drive. Although she’s called Bertie, I’m not sure my car will ever be a boy 🤦🏻‍♀️ 😂😂 anything goes these days!

Here’s my old one.

So in other HUGE news …..

You may need to sit down……

As if we don’t have enough dogs already… we are getting another dog.

There. I said it. It’s out there.

This is Khaleesi….. and Craig first met her when he was out in Spain to look after her and 4 other dogs.

She was a rescue and was badly injured and walks with a limp. Jo, her owner, took her on and loved her back to health. Jo is moving back to the UK and her lifestyle does not suit Khaleesi’s injuries so she is heartbroken at having to re home her.

Craig messaged me about a month ago when Jo asked someone to take her.

I agreed that he could message her, as a back up, as he loved her so much. I didn’t think for one minute that Jo would want her to leave Spain.

Within an hour of his initial message to me… Khaleesi was coming to Scotland!!! 😳

Craig is so excited about having her. I knew he thought she was very special. She can’t get a lot of exercise due to her injuries the poor wee soul. I can’t wait to meet her and have lots of cuddles.

I told Craig I will still have to be able to get out and do my travels and he’s said that was ok.

Deal.

She left Spain this morning with Tito The Transpawter…. About exactly the same time I put down a deposit on Bertie. It’s all happening.

And the days does not end there my lovelies…. 😂

I took Bhru and Freya for a walk and then had a photoshoot with the 3 OG puppers.

Craig has pressure washed all of the grass and decking ready for Khaleesi’s arrival. It’s looking amazing.

We just need to stain the decking but it didn’t dry enough today.

It’s not even 11am by this time.

I went out for lunch with Crochet Hooker Evelyn as a 50th birthday treat!! Still milking that 2 months before my 51st 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

Had a lovely lunch at Mocha JaK’s and great chats. Forgot to take a pic but did take my lunch. Avocado Stack. Yum. Thanks Evelyn!

She dropped me at The little gift shop as I was going to treat myself to a new bag for my holidays. I had a great chat with Gayle AND…… started my Christmas shopping!!!!!!!

Me.

Christmas shopping in September?!?!

Who even am I anymore?!?

She who scoffs at anyone who buys a Christmas gift before November!!

I walked back up the road and the only negative of the day is that my bunion is gowping.

Awfy sore body part. 😪

So, I’m walking home and Craig’s car drives past me…. With a canoe on his roof.

As you do.

😵‍💫

To be fair he had been out canoeing with our friend Euan… I just did not expect him to come home with one. 🛶

What’s this mum?!?!

Nothing surprises me anymore! 😬

Except that then I found out that I’ve won a Body Shop advent calendar as my friend Gemma ran a prize draw on her a Body Shop page.

What a day!!!!

I don’t think I can even keep up with my life just now.

Abbie the Campervan is parked up until maybe the end of September before she can be collected. By tonight I will have enough money for my new car…. All from a lovely lady who hasn’t even seen the van yet. I was terrified that I couldn’t sell the van and I found someone just like me, to buy her.

This has taken me way too long to write so I’m going to relax after all this excitement.

Have a great weekend!

Phew!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️