Forward planning

Tonight sees months and months of

thoughtful forward planning on our part

finally coming to fruition.

While the rest of the world will wake up tomorrow all bleary eyed

and feeling jet lagged after the clocks have shot forward an hour,

the Madwoman will leap from bed, fresh as a daisy.

This is because we have selflessly been getting her into training for tomorrow

by waking her up at 5am every morning.

She should be really grateful to us, but we bet she isn't.

In the meantime, please send any spare turkey morsels you

have going spare to us: Archie has tweaked something in his paw and is

hopping around on three legs looking sorrowful. Laser and homeopathic remedies and

ice packs have been applied, but we have more faith in the miraculous curative effects

of turkey.

Waiting for turkey 

Being bored because

walks are temporarily suspended until Archie is sound again



A bit of education

Yes, we missed posting a blog last week.

We know.

As usual, the blame can be laid firmly at

the feet of the Madwoman, who had failed to tell us

in advance that she has decided that in future

Sundays will be computer-free days.

So, plainly we cannot be held responsible.

We did put the time to good use though:

We took the Madwoman out for a brisk walk.

 

We spotted a seat that we'd never noticed before 

And yesterday we went to visit the ginger one at Bath.

We stopped along the way for a bit of education.

We are now recovering from car lag, which is a bit like

jet lag only without the jet, or having to travel to other countries.

Although Bath is a bit like another country:

we have noticed that there are lots of hills, but they lack the graceful elegance

of our own local ones. Bath hills are rather lumpy.

And much, much muddier and slippier.

Getting crafty

We've been keeping the Madwoman on her toes recently -

well someone has to, and we never shirk a challenge.

Because we are having lots of therapies at the moment,

including homeopathy with our nice Uncle Chris Day,

and acupuncture and laser with our new Aunty Phillipa,

plus various food additives to keep our tums and brains working properly,

we are apparently running up quite a few bills.

The Madwoman's horse Flash is also doing his bit -

we will be visiting him soon to congratulate him on his efforts.

This means that the Madwoman has been busy

making needlefelt thingummies,

which she hopes to sell to try and pay for some of our bills.

Work in progress on the thingummies

More work in progress.

A bigger table might be handy.

At the same she is busy making papier mache houndies

ready for the Kim's Home auction which will be kicking off 

near the beginning of May.

Naturally we are helping her as she glues and mutters and stabs and screams

(because she spends quite a lot of time stabbing her finger).

We are doing this by keeping out of her way.

That's us.

As always, supremely helpful.

Zzzzzzz