Hi everyone! How are you all? Keeping well I hope. As I write this, the pandemic in Scotland is getting worse. There are more cases and deaths. It’s awful. However, we try and remain cheerful. Our area has very low numbers of cases, so we’re grateful for that. Anyway, let’s not talk of bad things, let’s talk of nice things. Todays’ images are all puppies because I love dogs and they make me cheerful.

This week, I’ve been doing my usual busy stuff: the script is coming along slowly but surely, I haven’t written a word of my assassin book although I’m very nearly finished it and my social media business is going well. So, it’s all good. I also actually managed to go out this week – I met a friend at our local pub for lunch. It was lovely catching up although weird as we had to wear our face masks going into the pub and exiting, but could take it off whilst sitting having our meal. I had the macaroni cheese, which was very good.

We also had joiners in replacing a door my daughter smashed by slamming it in a bad temper. Our house was built in the 1970s, so had glass doors leading into the living room and the area that was the dining room (now my office). The doors had a glass panel either side. None of the glass was safety glass, but thankfully myself and my husband had put plastic over all the glass when Emma was born so that if there was an accident, the glass would not shatter and hurt her. I always detested the panels and doors, so not my taste. So, I got the joiners in to replace the broken door and its twin opposite and remove the four glass panels. These were replaced with gyproc, the doorway was widened and new doors were installed. I also got a new front door installed while I was at it. It’s not finished, but it’s looking so much better.

Reading – I’m reading and loving Dorothy Whipple’s They Were Sisters which is (unsurprisingly) about three sisters, one of whom has a horrible bullying husband. It’s about their relationship with each other and how they try and help the one with the horrible husband. Loving it so far.

Watching – watched the Will Smith film Focus, which also starred Margot Robbie. I’ve only just found out this came out in 2015. Never heard of it before. Anyway, it was quite good. It wasn’t superb, but it wasn’t crap either.  The story twists and turns, and I guessed a few of the twists, but it was a good enough watch on a Friday night.

Took our pug, Bonya, for a check-up at the local vet’s. She has lumps that have been slowly growing. They are probably cancerous. She had two lumps, which we had removed and analysed, before. They were cancerous, so we reckon these two possibly are too. We’ve been keeping an eye on these lumps for a couple of years ago. The reason why I haven’t had them removed is that the first lump only appeared after she had had a second operation to remove a lump. We had only had her a year. I got her dressed, then she had a lump removed and then another. I just felt she had been through enough. With these two lumps, I could get them removed, but here’s why I’m not: she’s an older dog, we don’t know how old and I don’t want to put her through yet another operation. Also, as a pug, her breathing is terrible and I’m worried if she’s put under she’ll not survive. The lumps are not bothering her. They are not painful, they are slow growing and have not moved into her lymph nodes. So, having discussed it with the vet on several occasions we have decided just to leave her be. The wee soul was, I think, just used for breeding before we got her. I am her third owner that I know of. She didn’t act like a proper dog until 12-18 months (we’ve had her three years now) after we got her:  she stuck close to me at all times, she didn’t roll and run on the grass in the park, she didn’t play fight with the other dogs. She did nothing. Now, there’s no stopping her (when she’s not snoring somewhere, as she is now): there are some very noise play fights every day between all three dogs, she once rolled in something nasty and I was so proud, and she does go off on her own now in the house and when we’re in the park (not too far away, but I let her go and sniff things). Anyway, we’ll keep an eye on her and see how she goes. If she needs an op, we’ll do it, but hopefully she won’t.

So, anyway, that was my week this week. A bit more interesting than previous weeks, but still not super exciting!  I am going to leave you here and wish you adieu. 🙂 Til next week,

Dawn xxx