Flying solo

Clever_Dog

Hello Hello - is there any peoples in the box today? :wave:

I is whispering 'coz Mistress is sleeping. Don't want her to wake up.

Why? I think she is cross with bad-head from fighting bits of paper in the night.
Yes very silly; paper is for scrunching or tearing up and bulls is for fighting but Mistress doesn't seem to know that.

And she's angry with her box too. All night it sits with blue picture not moving. Next to it is Master's box with scent of him still on it. This one has different letters, better for me to play with I think because there are no gaps - Mistress can't complain about dog-slobber dripping into this box!

I has a message for all Friends; Mistress said she is not doing anything else until the papers are - in her words - beaten into submission..

:eek: I wonder if that means no more walks before then? :mad:

NewLeaf_2

I think it is lovely that it still smells of Master and poignant too. Give Mistress a kiss from us x

dorothy52

Hi CD - I am typing this quietly in case Mistress is sleeping again.

Thanks for letting us know that she is allright and is beating her paperwork into submission - she can then send it to THEM and forget all about it.

I agree with NL, I too caught my breath when I read that masters pc still smelt of him. It is indeed poignant and yet strangely comforting.

Be a good CD

Dot
xx

please-let-me-be-lucky

Hi CD, good of you to let us know Mistress is ok! I think it is very brave of her to tackle the paperwork! Give her lots of big licks from me (I think she'd rather you did it than I did it ).

I hope you managed to get a walk and you aren't sitting cross legged still Xx

Fudgefund

Hello Clever Dog

I think you should drag mistress out on a nice walk so she gets a bit of fresh air in amongst all the paperwork. Perhaps offer to lend her your lead?

HeadAboveWater

Hey Clever Dog

Really good to hear from you again. Thanks for keeping us updated on Mistress. We're all keeping a close watch on her here too I'm glad you're there with her when we can't be (although I know we're all there in spirit though not in body!)

Big cuddles for everyone

HAW

Clever_Dog

Hello to all Mistress' Friends!

Must be quick before she gets out of shower (can't imagine why she likes doing that ).

Fudgefund wrote: »

I think you should drag mistress out on a nice walk so she gets a bit of fresh air in amongst all the paperwork. Perhaps offer to lend her your lead?

Was a good idea thanks, but didn't work.. Mistress would not come so I thought if I went first then she would follow. Instead she shouted at me as I got to the gate, and when I ran back - trying to be a good dog - she tied me to the chain again! :mad:
Is not too bad; chain is two times twelve dogs long so I can get from patio to garden and inside where Master's box is - but the shame of it!

Oops no more time Mistress is in kitchen - I can smell chicken - maybe she's not that cross with me.

Love and Licks to all of Mistress' friends in the box. :smileyhea

*Robin*

Hello Diary and dear MSE Friends, :hello:

Phew. Done it.
Heaps of paper tidily piled; appropriate numbers extracted, noted and aligned in columns. At which point the final frightening step wasn't so bad after all:
The on-line SA questions are a lot easier to input than filling out the old paper forms used to be. Weirdly, it was almost enjoyable <how sad is that?> especially as the final twisty sums solved themselves which was a surprise (and a relief ).

..Revealing a figure that confirmed what PC had suspected; as the recession has dragged on, my little part-time business is failing. If he were still here, I'm certain PC would now be encouraging me to look at other possibilities for increasing the contribution I can bring to our income..



It's all change in The Nest without PC of course; the next TR covering the year he passed on is going to be rather more complicated - so I hereby promise that I will not leave it so long between filing sessions from now on.

The good news: Apparently THEY over-charged me in some earlier time; but rather than a note with the information that my deficit has shrunk a little, THEY elected to offer a refund. :think: Interesting. A different mistake, therefore a separate solution perhaps?
It's not a large sum, but sufficient to ensure that Daft Dogs and I won't go hungry for a few weeks.
..No new bill was a very unexpected reward for completing the dreaded task! :j

Have awarded m'self a Baileys to celebrate; just a sip as the scales delivered a nasty shock yesterday <too many xmas delicacies> so the bi-weekly fast has been reinstated on Mondays and Thursdays. Need to shift 5kg <again sigh>.

Meanwhile a brace of strong, handsome young men are improving The Nest for me, and catching up with some general maintenance tasks. Gaffer is great; all I have to do is point at the [STRIKE]problems[/STRIKE] jobs and supply mugs of strong tea at regular intervals.

Blind Dog has spent the day striding regally round his domain, seemingly fascinated by the sudden proliferation of unexpected obstacles, with which he collided in slow-motion. No damage done thankfully, but no sooner had he 'mapped' an object than the chaps would shift it. So then he had to find it again - with every appearance of enjoying himself. :cool:

please-let-me-be-lucky

Yay :j:j:j well done Robin :j:j:j

It must be such a relief for you to have completed the task! You 100% deserve that Baileys Xx

chevalier

Well done on sorting out the paperwork. That must be a great relief for you.

Please thannk CD for letting us know what was happening. Good dog!

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