THIS 'N' THAT

It is now very warm here, about 28c and very sticky. The weatherman says it is not going to last though and it will be cool and wet by Thursday. It certainly must be warm because I am not wearing any base layers. Instead I am wearing one of those long shirt type garments that Asian men wear.

For the last couple of days I have been loading my CD collection onto my Mac Book Pro and then onto my iPod. I imagine it is going to take the rest of the week!

Pussy had to have her baby canine teeth taken out and the vet showed me the teeth and told me that they would never have come out on their own. The roots were about a centimetre and a half long! It did not prevent her eating her dinner as usual!

Fin was also castrated yesterday and he is looking for a good home. He is a beautifully tempered boy and a very well made boy but his head is too broad and his nose too short. Not what one wants in a Lhasa Apso. He is going to make whoever buys him a wonderful pet.

HOT AND STICKY

Summer is here but only for a couple of days according to the weatherman. It has been 28°C here today and it is very sticky.

John bought me a Mac Book Pro at the weekend. It has the new Intel 7 chip. It is a beautiful machine.

Physically my weekend was not good. I had a lot of trouble with pain and with my balance and I was not fit enough to bathe the dogs ready for the show on Sunday. I could not have attended the show anyway!

I am busy putting all of my music collection onto my iPod again. This takes a long time. I do find it absolutely amazing that I can put my whole record collection on such a small object as an iPod. This time I am using Apple Lossless Encoding. It certainly does make a difference in the hearing.

I have a dog show to attend on the 13th of this month, hopefully. Then John and I are going away to Germany. After we were burgled when we were away in Budapest two and a half years ago I stopped telling people that we were going away but I realise that that is completely silly because it soon becomes obvious that I'm not around! I only have to not write on Facebook for several hours before somebody asks if I am okay!

Anyway, I cannot think of anything else to say.

Giving A Leg Up

The Cockerpoo from Hearing Dogs for Deaf People arrived today. What a delightful creature she was too. Her mum was a Miniature Poodle and her dad was a Cocker (English). Her coat was like that of a an Irish water Spaniel. Black though. Very pretty and friendly.

Micah was very eager and so was she. Trouble being that Hetti (her name) was much bigger than Micah. In fact she was bigger than either a Cocker or a Min Poodle. So we did the mating outside in the garden. Micah stood on the concrete patio and Hetti stood on the gravel, thus being a few inches lower down. Micah didn't do it properly the first time, they didn't tie, so I told him to pull himself together and do it again properly. He did and they tied. The handler of of Hetti was astonished that Micah did as he was asked. She said that none of the charity's studs would have done it.

I think these puppies will be absolutely gorgeous and their tempers well suited for their job. I think this is such a great life for the dogs and a great service for their owners too.

Our friend Gail brought over a belated birthday cake for John.

I picked up John from Peterborough station after his trip back from Brussels. The train he went on to Brussels travels at 185 mph.

I may take Shameless for another shag tomorrow as she still seems to want to.

I have got through maybe a third of my cd collection now, onto my Ipod. I am still amazed by it. The box of already done cd's is huge and it is astonishing to me that this tiny thing holds so much music. Mind you, I am still impressed by vynl! A round plastic disc, put a needle on it, and out comes the sound. Amazing.

A Bit Of The Other

I've been busy.

Took Shameless for a successful rendezvous with Yankee. I am taking her again this morning.

I forgot to go for my blood test today. Ruth, the phlebotomist, called and rescheduled.

The new 160gb Ipod is excellent. Like the menu design and feel of it. Not quite reached half way thru my cd collection yet. The Ipod is not without it's foibles. Or maybe I mean Itunes. It sometimes insists on putting tracks from one album together with tracks from another. I have figured out how to sort it out afterwards but not how to stop it in the first place. Oh and I have a gadget, a tape with a lead on it, that allows me to play my Ipod in the car. Super.

Micah is having a special girl visit tomorrow. The Hearing Dogs for deaf People are bringing him a Cockerpoo girl to mate. Did I tell you that me and my dogs are now working with this charity to breed dogs for them? They really like my dogs tempers and 5 of my dogs have been successful as Hearing Dogs so far. Oh, no, I think h 3 have passed and one is for breeding and the other is undecided yet-maybe as a hearing dog or as a breeding girl.

I think this is an excellent charity and it is a great life for my dogs. I am very flattered that approached my about using my lines for developing their own breeding program.

John is off to Brussels for work. Next Sunday, we leave for Brussels for our 4 day break!

I did not swim yesterday as I was too tired. I swam only half a mile on Wednesday and today I swam only 3/4 mile. I think maybe I need to stick to the 3/4 mile so that I have more energy for other things.

I have almost completed another pair of socks and I shall post them up when I have.