IT'S PUP TIME AGAIN
Yes, Merlin has been with us for five weeks now. I am quite used to getting up at 6:30, stumbling downstairs all bleary-eyed, filling a bucket with hot soapy water and clearing the poo and wee. He is getting better too; he has had a couple of clean nights, so we're getting there slowly.
We have had our moments, though. Trying to catch him yesterday, when he had a dead shrew in his mouth, took some cunning. And my wife - despite being very enthusiastic about buying a dog with webbed feet and a waterproof coat, used for hunting aquatic mammals - is dismayed to find him trotting into the house covered in pond weed and mud on a regular basis. I have pointed out it is suggested by the name - otterhound - that he may be attracted to water, but it cuts no ice.
Luckily, we have arrived at what is seen as an equitable distribution of labour when it comes to poo clearance. Everyone else tells me where it is, and I clear it. Far be it from me to quibble. Anyway, enough from me. Here's the little fella......
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Merlin has now realised that food magically appears on work surfaces in the kitchen. He can actually get his paws onto the edge of the work surface, and plates have to be moved away from the edge. God help us when he is 27" at the shoulder. Here he is hoping I will turn my back for a second.....
You know what they say about the size of dogs' paws?
I done seen about ev'rythin', but I ain't seen an otterhound fly......
You have no idea how firmly I am holding him here, to keep him still. Which probably explains the slight grimace on my face......
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In other news, we all went to see Ice Age 3 today. My favourite line?
"Oh, Sid. You'll see. You'll meet the girl for you one day.......one with low standards, no other options, and a poor sense of smell."
You hear that, Merlin? You stinky hound!
Oh, and some agency rang me and interviewed me over the phone for a Director of Lean Operations post in Belgium. Didn't get it, unsurprisingly! But they want my CV, so I've been sprucing it up. Just re-reading the profile.....
A keen and committed Lean Six Sigma Change Agent in IT Services, accustomed to promoting and channelling innovation, and meeting tight deadlines in project delivery, service integration and improvement. Skilled in the delivery of intergrated live services, and the management of live support functions.
This is known as creative writing (although I can think of another phrase).
Merlin is chewing the table leg; I have to go.
Love to all you wonderful friends.
L x
Yes, Merlin has been with us for five weeks now. I am quite used to getting up at 6:30, stumbling downstairs all bleary-eyed, filling a bucket with hot soapy water and clearing the poo and wee. He is getting better too; he has had a couple of clean nights, so we're getting there slowly.
We have had our moments, though. Trying to catch him yesterday, when he had a dead shrew in his mouth, took some cunning. And my wife - despite being very enthusiastic about buying a dog with webbed feet and a waterproof coat, used for hunting aquatic mammals - is dismayed to find him trotting into the house covered in pond weed and mud on a regular basis. I have pointed out it is suggested by the name - otterhound - that he may be attracted to water, but it cuts no ice.
Luckily, we have arrived at what is seen as an equitable distribution of labour when it comes to poo clearance. Everyone else tells me where it is, and I clear it. Far be it from me to quibble. Anyway, enough from me. Here's the little fella......
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Merlin has now realised that food magically appears on work surfaces in the kitchen. He can actually get his paws onto the edge of the work surface, and plates have to be moved away from the edge. God help us when he is 27" at the shoulder. Here he is hoping I will turn my back for a second.....
You know what they say about the size of dogs' paws?
I done seen about ev'rythin', but I ain't seen an otterhound fly......
You have no idea how firmly I am holding him here, to keep him still. Which probably explains the slight grimace on my face......
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In other news, we all went to see Ice Age 3 today. My favourite line?
"Oh, Sid. You'll see. You'll meet the girl for you one day.......one with low standards, no other options, and a poor sense of smell."
You hear that, Merlin? You stinky hound!
Oh, and some agency rang me and interviewed me over the phone for a Director of Lean Operations post in Belgium. Didn't get it, unsurprisingly! But they want my CV, so I've been sprucing it up. Just re-reading the profile.....
A keen and committed Lean Six Sigma Change Agent in IT Services, accustomed to promoting and channelling innovation, and meeting tight deadlines in project delivery, service integration and improvement. Skilled in the delivery of intergrated live services, and the management of live support functions.
This is known as creative writing (although I can think of another phrase).
Merlin is chewing the table leg; I have to go.
Love to all you wonderful friends.
L x
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Are these hostelsa just for young people? As I said earlier, I have no clue as to whether i'll be able to afford to attend my friend's wedding. Perhaps it would make more sense to contact you in the future once I have a better idea what my plans will be. Instead of troubling you, I could probably get information from the bride and groom.
Thank you for your help.
We haven't known each other long enough for you to understand the history and depth of my feelings for Lyrical. To make a long story short, I credit her with making it possible to move forward from a very dark place at a time when I was still in the depths of deapair from the loss of my wife even about a year and a half after her passing.
Even as recently as less than a month ago, despite moving far away and dealing with the vagaries of a new life, I was still able to reach out to her when I didn't feel I could do so to anyone else, and receiving the kind of comfort I desperately needed at the time. I feel that she knows me more completely than anyone else in the world, and knows just the right things to say for any situation.