OS Daily Thur 26th Aug 2010

grandmasam

Hi Topsy :wave:

I second Candygirls advice here, I dog and house sit and the three labs i look after in their own homes are each colour and i reckon the choc lab has half a brain cell which he only uses at feed time :rotfl: beautiful animal,owners have spent 3 :eek: years at various training classes,he is still a lovable but loopy loon!

Go for a black or gold , and they love the training and respond well.
Caz

candygirl

grandmasam wrote: »

Hi Topsy :wave:

I second Candygirls advice here, I dog and house sit and the three labs i look after in their own homes are each colour and i reckon the choc lab has half a brain cell which he only uses at feed time :rotfl: beautiful animal,owners have spent 3 :eek: years at various training classes,he is still a lovable but loopy loon!

Go for a black or gold , and they love the training and respond well.
Caz

:T:T:T:T:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

csarina

The stove is in and working, the chaps left just after 4.30 pm taking the last of my saivings with them in their pocket. I had to smile dear LL staggered down, with his cheque book in his hand, to pay for the chimney pot and cowl!!! He can hardly walk, he has a bad back, walking with a stick, His shoe laces had come undone, I had to do them up again for him........

RosyRed

Hi folks,not posted for a couple of days,but been reading as usual,so Kezlou-hugs to you,so sorry about your friend.
Poor you Jellybaby,hope the pain eases soon.I lost all my confidence after a crash,and never drove again(15 years ago now)but wish I could have got over it.
BB- I got my crochet back out last week.Someone on the crochet thread was asking where everyone was-I said it was too hot in summer to sit with wool on your knee,but I was glad of it last night:rotfl:
Jayward- my MIL always made that jam cake from Bero.Hope your op makes life a bit better.

DB and DN have been up,we had to make cakes out of DNs Children cook book.She gave me 3 choices-a massive choccy cake with all kinds of fancy stuff on,a gingerbread house complete with all the icing,trimmings etc,or cup cakes.....guess which we made.Its my birthday tomorrow,so I said the cup cakes would be good,and I had lots of diff sprinkles.Trouble is she's taken most of them home,but left us 1 each

Went to see Aunty in hospital,her legs are really swollen,one is all bandaged over the blisters,but they are talking about discharging her.

Got a new motor fitted on the vacuum, it seems more powerful now.:)
Hugs to anyone who needs one.Take care x

redruby

jellybaby, awww poor you, have a big hug, hope you are ok xx



Csarina, it looks great, nice and cosy too.


Sorry meant to say to Jayward, nice to see you posting, pop in before your op hun xx

Lindy_-_Loo

jellybaby21 wrote: »

I am so gutted, just as I was preparing to go back to work, I was in another car accident last night. A car drove into the back of me at a roundabout, you would think with the terrible rain people would be more cautious. I was majorly in shock, whiplash pain has returned again, and likely to keep getting worse until it all comes out. What is worse is my phone wasn't working so I couldn't call anyone. My bumper is hanging off and my mud flap is pressed into my wheel so my car is undrivable. Also my very good friend text me today saying her Mum (who has terminal cancer) has been taken into a hospice today and won't be coming out (it wasn't expected to happen this soon).

OH has already suspended my mortgage payments for three months bless him, just can't believe I have to go through the whole claim process again and all the pain. Lightening really does strike twice. It took ages for my Mum and boyfriend to convince me the accident wasn't my fault, I guess I feel jinxed (for those of you that don't know I had an accident in April, the same thing). From a jellybaby who is feeling very sorry for herself right now

take care - get some rest before you see the doctor again xx

jackieglasgow

I have tried to post three times today but kept pressing the backspace by mistake for too long, and maing my browser go back and lose my posts. So in all honesty I CBA'd trying again, but I want to say {{hugs}}for Jellybaby, Falady don't forget to let us know if you go into labour overnight;), Jayward let us know how you are and good wishes for dandy-candy's mum.

I have been in a lot of pain today since Physio, but that's good as it means we hit the spot, apparently, and I haven't given into it, I weeded my driveway and swept the path - in the sunshine which finally appeared, it's been a lovely day!!!

Jac X

camelot1001

Evening All

Csarina - your fire is lovely, we have a log burner and it always looks so welcoming and cosy, hope you enjoy it.

Jellybaby - what bad luck - feel better soon.

JackieG - hope the physio pain subsides.

Hugs to anyone else that I have missed - too many pages for me to remember everything!

Managed to get a load of washing dried today it was really quite a nice day. Would have liked to cut the grass but the dews have been so heavy in the mornings that the grass is still too wet even though the days have been dry. Tea was whatever anyone could find in the fridge, always too tired after being at work and then going to hospice for a couple of hours, but I didn't have to buy anything for tea which was good.

I think it was bargainbird who asked for the pattern for the door stop - I don't have one! I am making it up as I go along, just knitting 4 rectangles and then I will knit 2 squares for the ends. I will make a liner from an old sheet and fill with lentils or something similar.

Take care all. XX

jackieglasgow

Ooh lentils are too dear, get some value rice!

Bitsy_Beans

LameWolf wrote: »

Topsyturphy a well-trained Lab can be an excellent companion for a 10 year old lad, if Mr LW's friend A's Molly Dog is anything to go by.

What I do know is that A used gun-dog training right from the start with Molly, but tbh I don't know exactly what that entails. I do know he had a book to work from plus relatives who work with gun dogs.

You don't actually have to end up using the dog as a gun dog, but the training methods are (apparently) very effective. - Put it like this, when I looked after Molly, I could have her walking off-lead beside the mobility buggy, with no trouble at all.

The downside to Labs is that they are very often basically stomachs on legs! Other friend C had one, named Bo (short for Bourneville), and he was a veritable hoover!
HTH.

My parents have had 3 labs since I was 4. All of them eat everything in sight and sheep poo is a veritable delicacy <retches>
Oh and fox poo is like Chanel No.5 to them :eek:

bargainbird wrote: »

Topsy - OOOh a new pup :T, German Shepherd if trained correctly are fab dogs...our neighbour has one with 2 toddlers and its very well trained i' dont think i ever seen it on a lead, all i know about choc lab they can be chewers but thats just what i've heard

My mum and dad's remaining dog is a choc lab - can't say she's been a chewer, she likes a bone but she's never chewed anything she shouldn't have

redruby wrote: »

I have come to the conclusion that I just cannot have an untidy and cluttered house, it stresses me out far to much, and I find I cannot relax at all , my house is far from spotless, but everything is in its place, and gets cleaned regularly, my kitchen is always spotless though, unless i'm actually cooking. Once it all tidy I can relax, I just find it easier to do an hour or so each day, and then I find I can relax.

thanks for all saying you feel the same as me re the mess. I try and keep the house tidy - probably why I feel I am constantly tidying up If I am honest what bothers me is when H is home things are more untidy - I spend all week keeping on top of things and then weekends and days off it all goes to pot


Csarina - oooh send some of your lovely fire my way it's freezing here tonight.

jackieg - Hope the pain is worth it and the physio is working x