Jake and Marshall

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the tail end of  Thursday.  It`s been another hot, sunny day though it`s very overcast and oppresive and I wouldn`t mind betting a storm is on it`s way.  I`ve just waterd the flowers so it`s bound to rain now I`ve been lugging a heavy watering can around the garden.  Today we took charge of Marshall the German Shepherd for a couple of days while his owners, good friends of ours, take their children for a long weekend at the New Forest.  He`s a really good-natured dog and he and Jake have grown up together but he seems to think Jake is a female with worrying consequences...lol!  Jim and I took them for a run late this afternoon armed with bottles of water to keep them refreshed, hoping that that the pair of them would sleep when we got home...hmmm, not a bit of it, they resumed `playing` again as soon as they got outside.  If anyone has any ideas, apart from keeping them separate, please let me know!

                        

I was up even earlier this morning so I decided to tackle Tesco as soon as possible before the rest of the world decided to do theirs.  I was there just after 7.30am and I shopped in complete peace and quiet,  the only thing was that many of the shelves hadn`t been filled which isn`t very good for a shop that`s open 24 hours.  Later this morning I collected my winter duvet from the launderette, they have made an exellent job of it and it was certainly worth the money.  Jim had bought a bag for storing duvets in so I thought I`d give it a try.  You have to roll them up, place in this polythene bag, seal it, apart from a hole just big enough to put a vacuum cleaner hose in. Then you suck out all the air and the duvet is made 60% smaller and you can pack it neatly away.  Well that`s the theory, in fact I did all those things but it took ages and ages.  No way did it shrink down to 60% but it was smaller and easier to pack away, so I put in on top of the wardrobe in the spare bedroom where it immediately slid back down and hit me on the head!  Eventually I managed to get it to stay put but I`m thinking that next year I`ll just shove it in the bag and throw it in the back of the cupboard...lol!

                       

I`ve had a text from Kerry saying that they`re having a great time, Roman won`t sit still and she can`t take her eyes off him for a moment...hehehe  that`s my boy!  She`s going to give us a ring in a couple of days.  Did I mention that Danny and his girlfriend are going on holiday in a few weeks to Egypt?  They`re staying in that place that Tony Blair always visits, well the same area you understand, I doubt if our revered PM would be staying in the same hotel as my lad....lol!  There have been terrorist bomb explosions in the area and I can`t say that I`m too happy about their choice of destination but it`s up to them of course.  I know I`ll feel a lot happy once they get home again.

                                                    

Well that`s it from me today.  I`m up to date with journals so I think I`ll play some Bookworm, I got my second highest score the other day and I want to add to that.  I hope you all have a lovely evening, take care and Bye bye for now. :o)