Rain, Rain, Go Away

Hello,

There have been a lot of thunderstorms this week so we have kept the computer turned off for much of the time, and I have been staying close to my Mummy a lot too so she has not liked to go upstairs and leave me in order to type this for me.

My People went back to work on Monday. Auntie was still feeling pretty down and not eating much, which worried Mummy so she was glad when Aunties Claire and Devika asked her round to their homes on successive evenings as Auntie could talk things over with them (My People do like to talk!). Mummy had discovered that she hasn’t been able to pay the rent this month (and the bank has fined her for the privilege!) so she was pretty fed up too.

We had workmen in on Tuesday. Mummy stayed home with me and they put some new floorboards in the bathroom and a new bath. We also had two men in to check our gas fire was working properly. It was a very disturbed day and then there was thunder so it’s no surprise that I had a fit the next day. I had a nice walk with Melody one day though – it was short but sweet as we had had our proper walk and were only going down the village but it was still nice to see her. There has been lots more rain and lots more thunder over the last few days. I don’t like it at all, and Mummy does not like the muggy, buggy weather. We did get out between storms yesterday and I met a new Springer spaniel called Max who is 10 months old and is another puppy who barks at me when I pee, just like Dylan does! Can’t a man pee in peace around here??!!

Mummy had a long chat with Auntie Tracy The Tree hugger the other night – she is still cheesed off with Auntie Judy and the whole The Mother/The Seaside situation (no news yet, it’s all about money apparently – you poor People always seem to have to worry about money). She had also had a dream which upset her. Auntie Tracy TTH made her feel better. Mummy is not feeling at her best today and she thinks she may be brewing a chest infection – she is certainly coughing a lot right now. She might even be louder than the budgies!

I hope you are all well,

Regards,

Bruce xxx

Happy Birthday Mummy!

Hello everybody,

Well, My People have had this week off work and it has been a very mixed week. On Monday, the Council Man came out to look at our bathroom. Ever since we have moved in, the bath and toilet have both leaked so the Council Men would come out and patch things up and then they would leak again – the water drips on my head and into my bowls and there is a big dark fungussy patch above where I sleep. The Council wanted to fix this and Mummy said that they couldn't until they fixed the bathroom properly as it would only leak again and they have already re-plastered it before. So The Man came out and he said the toilet leaks because the floor moves (!) so the floor has to be replaced, and the bath leaks because it has splits in it which Mummy apparently said when My People moved in with Uncle Benjamin, the dog before me and also Uncle Barney the Cavalier. The Men are coming out this Tuesday to fix it all so my Mummy will go back to work for one day and then have to take another day off (she says a big thank you to her boss Lisa for okaying this).

On Tuesday, we walked all the way to the vets to get my blood test done, but Mike The Vet said that I only need to have it once a year now. I did not escape the needle though as I had to have my injection. I also got weighed and I now weigh 48kg which Mike says is too heavy but My People say is what my breeder expected me to weigh because that's what my Father weighed. We walked home and were all very tired, then My People left me here alone while they went off to see Pirates 3, which they said was good but not as good as the other two.

On Wednesday, Auntie went off shopping and Mummy stayed home with me. It thunder stormed that evening and I trembled a lot. On Thursday, we saw Auntie Geri and Melody in the daytime. in the evening, Mummy and Auntie Had Words but they made up again after they had both cried. They said that they both get like this because of stuff that happened to them with The Mother... it all came to a halt when Mummy spoke to my former Auntie Raye (she has been de-Auntie'd) who was nasty about my Auntie and Mummy got very fierce and angry and told her off big time so now they are not friends any more.

On Friday, we had an early walk and I sulked a lot because I knew that that meant they were going out. They went off to the zoo with Auntie Claire and Uncle Geoff and looked at lots of animals who aren't me so I'm not impressed. Auntie was sad that night because A Man upset her very badly and now they are not 'that sort of friends' any more though she says that she will have to remain friendly with him as he is a colleague. Mummy called him some very bad names indeed and wants to rip his private parts off and feed them to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had an upset stomach that night because I ate something pooey on my walk.

Not That Man's privates though!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday, we had another early walk and the they went out for a meal with Uncle Ricky. I had been poorly again in the morning so I didn't eat yesterday and slept for most of the day. Judy upset my Mummy later by being nasty about My People not feeling safe around The Mother (she doesn't believe them about the Bad Things that The Mother has done) so Mummy was glad that she spoke to her yesterday and not today – though she waited to open her card from The Mother until today which was obviously a mistake as she has gone a bit quiet… And today is My Mummy's birthday! Uncle Rick came over to see her open her presents and we are having a nice day and I am going to try some fish and rice soon.

Happy Birthday Mummy!

Regards to all,

Bruce xxx

Good To Be Back

Hello,

At last, Auntie has finished her project and Mummy and I can get back on the computer. We are all well. The weather has been very up and down – some days have been very hot and some days have been cold and rainy – typical of the time of year, I suppose. My People have been ok, but they have been getting more and more tired and now they are both going to have a week off work and be home with me lots, which makes me happy.

Auntie Geri’s new business is starting to take off and she has had some good reports back from contented clients, which is good. We have been walking with her and Melody about once a week and we are always happy to see each other and greet each other through the catflap. Auntie Angie next door has split up with her boyfriend and is feeling a bit fed up and she can have all the cuddles she wants to, especially as she gave me some chicken today over the fence (she asked Mummy if it was ok before she did so).

My People are upset because The Mother is almost definitely going to move to Our Holiday place. Mummy has lots of memories of her family and of the dogs who came before me and she likes to share them with me and Auntie and she is sad that she probably won’t be able to do this for a long time.

My People saw Spiderman 3 and enjoyed it and they are going to see Pirates 3 this week, and they are going to go to the zoo with Auntie Claire. I like Auntie Claire, she is one of my favourite people. She came round to look after me when I was very small (along with Geoff, who is now her husband) and I have always been very fond of the pair of them.

Auntie Tracy and Uncle Steve have been struggling for money so Steve is doing lots of agency work in factories and things. I like it when they come to see me because Tracy cuddles me nicely and Steve is funny, especially when he talks to me man to man!!

Uncle Rick has started his new job. My People took him out for lunch to congratulate him and they said he seemed quite touched. He comes over most weekends. It is good that My People are close to him, especially for me because I like to play with him. They are not close to Auntie Judy, who torments me and the budgies and is rather annoying, and Mummy is very cross with her at the moment about The Seaside thing.

Auntie still goes to the pub with that boy from work and stays out late, and I don’t like that. If I ever meet him, I will stare at him and tell him that I am The Man and these are MY women!

I think that is all for now. I hope you are all well,

regards,