Beautiful blue sky (just the odd fluffy cloud) and it feels positively warm ..... compared to what it has been.

Just had a lovely walk with my two but they are soooo muddy right up to their tummy. Saw lots of other dogs which was nice as they are dogs mine have met before.

Just waiting for my brother to arrive for coffee which I'm looking forward to and watching (with one eye) the tennis. Really thought Murray would win, but it's looking unlikely now.

Enjoy your day and see you later.

Wardrobe is sorted. I've ended up with 17 pairs of trousers that bury me after loosing weight three of them still with the labels on. Destined for the charity shop when I go to town. I've only got 4 pairs now that fit me that I've bought recently. Tons of room in the wardrobe now & no I don't like shopping.

I cleaned the windows this morning as well while it was a nice day but of course I've made it rain doing that. Still blue skies though so it might pass over.

Good luck with the job applications Lynn .Hope you manage to get something.

Thank you TM. If Gorden can strike lucky I won't need the part time job but I thought maybe I better start testing the water because if he doesn't we will need every penny.

- It's a Korean video by PSY that took YouTube by storm. It became the first video to get over a billion hits. It's mad and all the kids do the dance - and so do certain PMs apparently. Forget French - the school children's Korean is coming on well.

It's driving me mad!

That wasn't a dream, it was a nightmare! What did you eat last night to do that!

Nothing that I know of I only had a banana for a snack abt 8pm

At least I wasn't alone last last night in the storm...Almost as bad still although always easier when it is light.

Sunshine then watch out! Pea- sised hailiboys smashing sideways...The back mountains that I can just get a glimpse of between the nearer range are still white.

All is as it needs to be; at least the range fire caught fast as always when it is windy.. I have dumped the chicken breast in the oven in foil and managed to peel potatoes and cut cabbage to cook later. Would love to bake but no energy for that so will rest on my laurels, or cabbage leaves in this case..

Dogs are fine; you would never credit collie was so ill. I reckon it was the burst pipe THAT SHE BURST! and lying in cold water half the night that caused it all. Oh landlord told me the plumber had sent a bill for E150 ( of course I has said I would pay) When I picked my jaw up I realised that that was the aggregate bill for all the other work....landlord not very good at paperwork! All will be sorted yet.

So on we go; can hardly believe January is all but over. Panic as I will be taking knitteds to a craft shop on March 1st and need more than I have.. of course it wil be fine but this is a new venture down here and I need to make a good and professional impression.

Just got back from a lovely morning out in the sunshine. A lot milder (still cold, but so much better), but the wind is quite high.

Rosie did a parcel while we were out which was slightly green and slightly mucossy <sp?> so I'm starting to think the problem is possibly food related. She's still very happy in herself though so maybe just a bit of a reaction to the changeover.

If it carries on, or, God forbids, gets worse, I'm thinking that allergy testing may be the way to go on the testing front. Does anyone have any idea how much it costs these days for allergy testing for dogs?

Hopefully, it won't be needed, but I like to be a bit prepared.

Must be the weather then!

I all but lived on bananas once as I was trying to keep working with the M.E; now I cannot even bear to look at them..

You can do a lot with this yourself by giving one food only for a while, usually rice with either chicken or fish; I will ask family as they are the experts.

Their wee dog that was so ill a while back pulled through.it was pancreatitis and she is doing fine on just chicken or turkey breast and electrolytes and naturopathic meds. It was a very near thing.