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