Just Gilly

  Bella was arrived like a whirlwind. I'd completely forgotten what puppies got up to! She's into everything. She wants to bite everything. She's trying to climb up all the furniture. In the garden she tries to chew leaves, weeds, snail shells, branches, big stones, little stones, plants, flowers, soil. However, she is managing to wee and poo outside - as well as inside too of course! I don't know how on earth we managed without a crate with Libby! Mind she did eat the odd shoe or envelope lol. At night Bella cries for about 10-20 minutes but once she settles that's her quiet all night. She's cute as a button. I have one more week of eating how I do now. Then I have one week of holiday eating (I'm thinking cocktails, ice-cream, wine, chips, puddings, gin, and cocktails). Then I'm going straight onto a strict Liver Reduction Diet - low sugar, low fat and very low calories, for 2 weeks! Then it's op time and my life won't be the same ever again. I...

  We had baby lambs (like normal lambs only smaller) visit us at work this week. They were adorable and the residents loved them. They had been rejected by their mummy so have been hand reared. So cute. Bella arrives on Monday, which is super exciting but I also have some sad news. My friend got a puppy on Saturday and on Thursday morning he died. He had parvovirus which is awful. The devastation of losing a pet mixed with the shock of only spending a few days together. The joy of having him for years ripped away. I can't imagine how it must feel. Just incomprehensible. My sorrow for their loss tinged with hope that Bella is healthy. 💔 We had a lovely anniversary break. It was like stepping back 100 years. The beds (very comfy) built inside cupboards, rolled top bath, very old high cistern toilet that was a bugger to flush. Only I had the knack so I became the designated toilet attendant. Having to get up early to light the fire in the range, and then waiting over an hour to boil ...