What small DFW things will you do this week? Wc 24/10/16

Morning all,

Another week at work commences.

Eaten lunch from home. I have forgotten what a bought lunch tastes like. Not had one since July!

Supper prepared so an easy night, which is good as I am ready for bed now and it is only 12.45!! Sigh!

We have dogs and they give me incalculable pleasure. Good luck with your.

M x

determined_new_ms wrote: »

I have a question for those with dogs. We have been considering getting a dog for the longest time and wanted advice from those already with one. There are two areas we are not 100% sure on:

1. being left alone - I have found someone in the local area who would be willing to spend a couple of hours mid day with our puppy so it wouldn't be on it's own for longer than 3 hours and other than that I think between oh coming in at lunchtime to spend time/walk with it I could organise my 1 day every other week where 1/2 day I work from home. Do people think this is sufficient/fair to the puppy? I'm assuming at a certain point it will be able to spend 4ish hours on it's own with a dog walker at lunchtime

2. insurance is a mind field! what companies do you use. What level of protection have you gone for? & how much have you paid

really appreciate your input!

I work full time shifts and my partner works full time, but my mom pops in let him out for half hour or so at a dinnertime, so Max is on his own from about 8am til about 12ish, then 12.30/1ish til about 5pm. I know this will be unpopular on here but Max has never known any different and he's not affected by being on his own, if anything he just gets more fuss when we're home. Max is hyperactive when we get home for about 15 minutes, then he just wants to snuggle all night (and eat as much as possible!). He very, very, very rarely makes a mess inside (it's only when he has an upset stomach from eating something he shouldn't have) though he does chew things this has slowed since we invested in a couple of kongs to keep him occupied. We got Max when he was 8 weeks and I had two months off at the time so I was there with him when he needed training and I wouldn't change it for the world. I think of him as my teenager as he's so grumpy and he 'argues' with me about going to bed / going outside. Getting Max made our lives so much better, but I think you would definitely need to be there a lot at the beginning as they've just left their littermates and they will be lonely. We had a crate for Max at the beginning but if I could do it again I wouldn't have crated him at all as it was harder to train him after he left his crate.
Max is my first dog as an adult, but I was always brought up with rescue dogs and we're thinking of getting another dog from a rescue next year when we've got a bit more room. Just make sure if you go to a rescue you explain that you work but you've got a plan for lunchtimes and your lifestyle (very active, inactive, no children, young children, etc.) and they will help you find a dog that will slot into your life. Be wary obviously, but don't be scared off by people saying that rescues are vicious, as it's not the case more often than it is (and where it is the rescue will know this and rehome wisely / not at all). Plus you can have an age request, so you could request a dog that's under 6 months so you get all the fun of puppies without all the housetraining (hopefully!)

W x

Just a thought as for pet insurance, Max is currently with T35co I think it's about 13 a month. He's not on any medication for his legs yet as they just don't seemind to bother Jim (and I got 35 cashback for signing him up) he has been on pet plan before this and they seemed okay too but luckily have never had to put a claim in so no idea how they are at paying out. Unless Max's legs start to go funny I'll probably tart around insurances every year as nothing seems to phase him and he's not as boisterous as he used to be so don't think he really needs the insurance. I'd probably put away the money instead like the others have said as it'll work out better in the long run xx

1LuckyLady wrote: »

Afternoon all and thanks for the started Dnms. (Sorry not a pet person so can't help!)

School holidays and dh holiday week here, Kids are out on an adventure day that was taken from entertainment spends last month Really hoping that they're having a good time Kids had a fab time
Its a spendy day as dh's car was in for service. We went shopping this morning, a few bits from the £shop to go into the kids xmas pressies (notepads/pens etc) Also got pjs & slippers for me that dh will wrap from the kids for xmas.
We didn't go out for lunch, we came home and had fishfinger sandwiches When we go out to pick up kids later we decided to get 2 portions of fish & chips and bring them back here for us all to share. Decided against the chippy as we had some left over sausages in the fridge so kids had them & beans instead

So todays small things (not a lot as its always hard when everyone home with me!)
* Ys bagels for breakfast
* Kids took a bag of crisps from home for the bus ride home from the adventure place, rather then give them money to get something from the onsite shop.
* Checked banking
* Checked luckyphone
* Updated pressie list
* Limit heating as we have plenty of blankets/jumpers etc
* Another movie night with the kids from our stash or netf1ix/amazn

Other small things
* Dh & I had soup & ys bread rolls from stores
* We are watching Kingsmen from our stash
* Used a code from :money: email to get some thornt0ns chocolates for fil for xmas (also went through cashback site)
* Used a code to get £5 off a £30 shop for mil's xmas pressie from Lakeland, added a couple of extra bits onto the order to get up to the £30 which I will be able to use towards xmas 2017 for my niece. :beer:
* Always struggle to find something for my parents for xmas, so I've booked tickets for them to see a show at the local theatre at Easter
That's all the presents ordered now :beer::j:money::p;):D:cool::eek::rotfl::T:A:)

All in all a very productive day
Tomorrows going to be a much cheaper day thankfully!