Sunday, May 01, 2011

May Day!


It's now the 1st of May, not even really summer and still no rain. It has now been glorious sunshine for six weeks with not a drop of rain, just one storm which I could see but no sign of in Guildford. I have never known such an early summer but even more I cant remember a period this long of lovely weather - and I'm unemployed - yippee!

Friday, April 29, 2011

The Royal Wedding - proud to be British!


I dont care what anyone says, no-one does pomp and circumstance like we do! I was sooooo proud, this was Britain at it's best - and we saw the flyover going past here before it descended on Buck House!

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Happy 13th Birthday Bailey


After having a couple of wobblers over the last two weeks Bailey celebrated his 13th birthday. He is for the time being fit and well and totally enjoying life despite being totally blind.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BAILEY! xxxx

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Late on-set PRA DNA Test Result

Waiting for these results was for me agonising! Having lived with a blind dog for over two years I desperately wanted my dogs to be clear - if not a carrer. The results were that Harvey is CLEAR (which is so good for his kids and grand kids) and Brodie is a CARRIER which isnt the end of the world but a little disappointing.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Two new additions to the Billingham menegerie!


Today we welcomed two new chooks into the garden - Nugget and Tikka a Sussex Light cross and a Cuckoo Maran cross.

Crufts 2011 - Brodie continues to do well - even at the largest dog show in the world!


Brodie did me proud by yet again being placed at a championship show - not just any championship show but Crufts where qualifying is an honour but to come home with a prize is just brilliant!

Brodie came third in Special Yearling therefore qualifying him for Crufts 2012!

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Brodie continues his winning way!


Winning the Special Yearling and coming second in Undergraduate - Brodie continues his winning way and at last is beginning to behave!!

Friday, April 01, 2011

Books.....Room by Emma Donahue


A wonderful book like no other book I've ever read - very clever.

About a little boy, Jack who was born into captivity and have never known anything other than the room he lives in with his prisoner mother - all told from the perspective of a five year old child.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Unemployed again - but the weather is just fantastic!

I left the College of Law (aka the Hell Hole) after a year. I have no regrets, I have learned a lot, finished the project and been paid for the last year BUT just thinking about the place makes me nauseus - good riddance!

I have left the Hell Hole!

Despite the future being unsure and no job in the pipeline, I feel relieved after leaving the College of Law after a year. I called it the Hell Hole because that's exactly what it was. The place was full of losers who like me were only there because they couldnt find anything else in these hard times OR they were too lazy or to under-qualified for fina alternative employment.

I had to work with an old, knackered P4 Desktop Computer, behind a very noisy, very over-used printer, in an office that was so hot you fell asleep every afternoon, with colleagues that sat so near to you they could read your emails (even your so-called boss), no mobile phone or ability to have a private phone call as all the site was VOIP and a mobile phone (just 3.50 a month) was not considered appropriate for my role so I had to negotiate in the middle of this over-crowded office - the list goes on, working for a truly dim person who had no idea of man management, IT or standards, with her boss not having a role so making up little projects as she went along. Hell on earth!!

It was somewhere between the Brittas Empire and Fawlty Towers - goodbye to bad rubbish - things as they song goes can only get better!