Another lovely day in the quiet life.

I finished Bridgerton last night and headed through to be about 9ish. It was still very light outside.

Woke at 5.36am and remembered it was Father’s Day so I did a Scottish Dog Behaviourist FB post for all the dog dads out there and most of all, our very own dog dad.

He’s on his way home from Berlin, flying about 5ish tonight. I can only imagine the mayhem in this house when he walks back through the door, the dogs will be SO excited to see him!!! I might try and video it for his page.

So we’ve had a lovely, lazy day today… peppered with the remaining tidying and cleaning that needs doing.

It’s 3.40pm at time of writing and it’s rained all day. It’s not heavy, it’s just relentless!

We got wet on the dog walk at 8am but never saw another soul.

When we first moved in to the village, this little patch of land had tiny tulips and daffodils and it was always really pretty and I stopped to admire it.

It’s totally different now they the owner of the house died, but I thought it looked so lovely this morning, full of wildflowers. (I can hear Craig shouting WEEDS but I don’t care. I loved it. 😆)

I know I’ve done this before but this gives you an idea of how many times they swap around. It always makes me smile.

When I came home I started work on tidying and cleaning the last of the things I hadn’t done Friday and Saturday.

The house feels so good, I’m so glad I took all that time to do it.

It still needs painted but I know how much cleaner it is now.

Of course today it’s wet and we have muddy paws back on the clean floors but that’s ok…. We do have to live here.

Thankfully Craig is only bringing back one small hand luggage rucksack so there won’t be a mountain of washing.

I’ve been meaning to work on a Mel Robbins “Make it Happen” training course for months now. I sat down at my desk in the bedroom and watched training #1.

I feel really stuck just now, I know I want to move forward but I don’t quite now how, or what with. This gave me a chance to rate all aspects of my life like a fuel tank… from empty and depleted to full of fuel and highly motivated.

I was very pleased to see that I wasn’t at empty in all aspects of life. If I’d done this pre 2018, before I went off sick, I’d have been empty for everything.

She likens it to a row of dominoes but you are the domino sitting out in the front, stagnant and too far away from the rest of the dominoes, to make any difference. The desire is there to move forward but you need a push.

Training #2 will show us how to get moving. I haven’t done that yet as they were released a week apart, so I will hold onto that one for a bit.

I think it’s good to reflect on how you feel about life. It’s worth doing just for that. You have to print out a workbook and fill it in. It took me just over an hour but I enjoyed it.

I’ve realised that I take on a lot of other people’s energies and I needed time to reset and refocus.

I have been in absolute silence for the weekend, apart from Bridgerton on the TV both nights. When Craig is here, he always has podcasts playing or the TV on, we just have different ways of relaxing.

I worry about things that I cannot change.

I worry about money.

I worry about things that are not mine to worry about.

It’s been nice to spend a weekend detached from that.

I’ve missed him being here…. Today has seemed like a long day without him being around.

I’ve also done a bit of work on manifesting financial freedom. I’ve said often that I walked away from a senior management job and am lucky enough to still live in the same house without having to sell up as a result. I am going to focus on the positives and realise that money comes from so many other places than just where we think it comes from. We’ve had a lot of expense of late and that takes its toll. It you continue to focus on lack then you will experience more lack. I am going to focus on abundance and be grateful for all that I have.

All these words sound great, I need to put them into practice.

I feel like I’ve been on a health and wellness weekend just with some dog walks thrown in!! 😂😂

Oh I did phone the emergency vet at 5.45am….. I’ve been worried that Khaleesi hasn’t been drinking water since he’s been away.

Every time I try and give her some she turns away. I figured she hadn’t really drunk anything in the whole time that I was solely I charge and I panicked. That’s what woke me.

The vet was lovely and said “we loved Khaleesi” as soon as she realised who I was.

She said to add some water in with her dinner, which I’d actually done last night. She said that dogs in cones, often protest in one way or another. The fact that’s she eating and going to the toilet normally, means all is ok.

We should keep an eye on it and make sure there’s no listlessness or runs.

There’s a lovely sentence to end the blog with… 😂

Hope you’ve all had a great weekend.

Happy Father’s Day to my lovely Dad.

Looking forward to seeing Mum and Dad for a trip to Dumfries House next weekend!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️