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That Bleddy Dog
So – went I went to the gym yesertday I thought: I know. I'll try a little experiment. Scrumpy is nearly two now and not a scatty puppy any more. While we always put her in her crate when we go out, maybe the time has come to see if we can upgrade her in-home experience.…
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Super Sleuth
After much soul searching and self-examination, I have come to the highly educated conclusion that the evidence presented in the photo here, may be one of the (many!) reasons why I am a porker. Had a pub lunch with K and Curly yesterday – and this was the 'small sharing board for 3' that they stumped up.…
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Saw the Shoulder Doc
Well, I must have had a sore shoulder for at least a year now, so even I have finally had to submit to the 'it's not actually going to get better all by itself or by magic, is it' great realisation and go get it sorted out. So went to see the very nice Mr Duncan Tennant at…
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Easter in Dorset
Just back from a very nice weekend down in part-sunny, part-rainy Osmington, Dorset. Close enough to Weymouth for Mr H to reminisce over every pub that he's been in / got shedded with the rugby boys / snogged some girl / thrown up down the outside white brick walls of a mate's house or worked…
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New Forest weekend
As Mr H and Mr Rich Crowther had entered one of those long 'man at one with his bike' races, Hatch and I and the two boys, and Grumpy (new name for Scrumpy, still having to wear her plastic anti-scratch post-spaying hood) found ourselves in the New Forest last weekend. We didn't see much of the…
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Good April Result
Seems the Easter bunny came earrly this year as my April paraprotein result was actually – drum roll – very slightly lower than my March one. For the first time EVER! It was 7.25 in March and a teeny bit less at 7.15 this time round – or did the finger writing up the scores just slip on…
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The Paris Marathon Medallist
And here she is – Sophie Green, complete with her Paris Marathon medal, amazingly still able to walk and talk despite the hideous 26 mile rigours of the day before en France. Nicky is still trying to heal her stress fracture which kept her out of taking her pipe cleaner pale little legs around the marathon…
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Unimpressed hound
Poooooooooor Scrumpy. Wicked Mummy won the battle of 'shall we spay her or shan't we?' versus Kind Daddy and our four legged canine whirlwind was whisked off to see the nice vet man last Friday. If you'v ever wondered if a dog can communicate their feelings, you should have seen the 'you did this to…
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The Ginstitute
Yes, there really is a place called The Ginstitute. Above the Portobello Star bar in Portobello Road and funnily enough therefore, also the birthplace of Portobello Road Gin. One of the many nascent (good word heh?) brands of gin that have sprung up in the last 5 years as part of the renaissance of gin…