I have to commit this to paper (or PC).
Our puppy - Daisy (a black Labrador), is now 18 months old. Last year we didn't put up a tree at Christmas - we were a bit concerned that she'd ens up replacing the fairy on the top. But this year thought it was time to give it a try. The tree was duly assembled and decorated - so far so good. A few baubles got broken by a swishy tail - but I can live with that.
However, Friday December 14th will go down in our house as Nativity Friday. Why, well, Daisy Dog ate one of my Nativity sets. I have a few - I like them - what can I say?
My particular favourite is one made of fimo type modelling clay type stuff. I had set it out - out of harms way I thought. However, when we came back from our evening out it was nowhere to be seen. There was not a scrap anywhere - and we hunted high and low. We eventually concluded that she had eaten it - all of it, every single last scrap of it.
Panic ensued as I wondered if she was going to die after eating a flock of sheep which could be lodged in her tummy causing no end off harm. To cut a long story short - a trip tot he emergency vet ensued - at one in the morning - dog in one hand and box the nativity came out of in the other.
What followed was a bit surreal - Daisy was given a injection to make her sick - and boy did it make her sick - ever seen a black dog go green - I have. The vet said that if we were lucky she would have give it a good chewing before swallowing it - fingers crossed then!
Well, Daisy threw it all up - time and time (and time and time) again. Each time - little bits of nativity were visible - a bit of Gabriel here, followed by a bit of wise man there. Shepherd and sheep followed but the Piece de Resistance was Baby Jesus, Joseph and Mary - closely followed by the remains of the manger.
This continued for almost 24 hours - not much sleep for me then. Fortunately for Daisy there's no lasting damage - and all we can conclude is that the Nativity set must have tasted mighty fine to a little lumpy black Labrador
Thursday, 3 January 2008
Happy New Year
Blinkin' Flip - it's ages since I put fingers to keyboard!
Christmas is one of the busiest times for us in our organic veggie box business - and this year (happily) was no exception. You might think that after seeing so many sprouts and parsnips, potatoes and carrots in the run up to Christmas, we'd be sick of the sight of them - but you'd be wrong; we may be very simple souls - but great tasting veggies are hard to beat (especially River Nene ones) - and fortunately - we both love sprouts! This has meant though, not much time to blog - and not much time to scrap.
We finished work on Sat 22 Dec - and went on Holiday on the same day - so, much rushing around like idiots getting everything ready. We went off to Italy, skiing, and this time, were able to take along our wonderful three nephews, and my Mother in Law and Sister in Law. The lads took to skiing like ducks to water (we knew they would) and even my sister in law had a go - and really enjoyed it.
We tried telemark skiing - we booked some lessons - and hired the skis and boots. There were some positives to it; mainly that the boots were relatively comfy to walk in and the skis light to carry (not much in the way of bindings) other than that - it looks beautiful if done well.
However (and its a big however) I was not good at it - I can't believe how different it is to Alpine skiing . Its much more like snow boarding (which I can't do). I just couldn't get the hang of turning my shoulders into the mountain - completely unnatural for a skier. Russell got the hang of it better than I did - and managed to come down a couple of runs looking almost competent! Our instructor - Didier - made it look very easy - and when he brought along his "Alpenstuck" we thought he'd brought it to give us a whack with when we did things wrong - turns out it was supposed to help us turn (you can, apparently lean on it!). You live and learn!
Telemarking was definitely a good experience - but I am not sure I will be chucking out my alpine boots and skis just yet.......
Christmas is one of the busiest times for us in our organic veggie box business - and this year (happily) was no exception. You might think that after seeing so many sprouts and parsnips, potatoes and carrots in the run up to Christmas, we'd be sick of the sight of them - but you'd be wrong; we may be very simple souls - but great tasting veggies are hard to beat (especially River Nene ones) - and fortunately - we both love sprouts! This has meant though, not much time to blog - and not much time to scrap.
We finished work on Sat 22 Dec - and went on Holiday on the same day - so, much rushing around like idiots getting everything ready. We went off to Italy, skiing, and this time, were able to take along our wonderful three nephews, and my Mother in Law and Sister in Law. The lads took to skiing like ducks to water (we knew they would) and even my sister in law had a go - and really enjoyed it.
We tried telemark skiing - we booked some lessons - and hired the skis and boots. There were some positives to it; mainly that the boots were relatively comfy to walk in and the skis light to carry (not much in the way of bindings) other than that - it looks beautiful if done well.
However (and its a big however) I was not good at it - I can't believe how different it is to Alpine skiing . Its much more like snow boarding (which I can't do). I just couldn't get the hang of turning my shoulders into the mountain - completely unnatural for a skier. Russell got the hang of it better than I did - and managed to come down a couple of runs looking almost competent! Our instructor - Didier - made it look very easy - and when he brought along his "Alpenstuck" we thought he'd brought it to give us a whack with when we did things wrong - turns out it was supposed to help us turn (you can, apparently lean on it!). You live and learn!
Telemarking was definitely a good experience - but I am not sure I will be chucking out my alpine boots and skis just yet.......
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