Long Weekend

Today will be my last shift for this week thank goodness, tomorrow afternoon me and the dogs are heading off for a long weekend of Agility. We are starting at EMDAC for tomorrow evening and Friday then from there we are going up to the Otley show for the rest of the weekend. At the moment the weather seems to forecast rain (I'm not surprised, that's what happens when I get the tent out!), still we plan to make the most of it.

I did manage to do a little bit of weave training with the girls yesterday as at their last show they both had terrible weaves but they were both doing them well so that's a good sign. Just the mental 'oh my god I haven't done agility for 3 weeks' to get out of them now, hopefully that will have passed by the time we leave EMDAC!

As you can see, Brian's attitude to agility has certainly changed, he now likes to have a rest in the tunnel, not be throwing himself through it!

Swimming on the Chase

I had forgotten, we took the dogs for a walk on Saturday evening when I got to mum and Dads and they went swimming in the pools on Cannock Chase. Heidi, for the first time ever did actually swim. It was only for a few second but she did it a couple of times. I only caught a split second of her on video on my phone but there is some footage of the others swimming and splashing around so here it is!

Job Done

We didn't make it to the RVA show on Friday, I felt really poorly so instead we got the jobs done that we needed and stayed at home. I didn't go to work on Saturday either as I still felt ill and wanted to be feeling as well as possible for the massive road trip to collect the caravan!

A 600 mile journey in a day is not something I want to do again that's for sure,  both me and my dad were well and truly shattered! The dogs spent the day with mum, I think Megan made herself into mums shadow as she said every time she turned round Megan was there under her feet!

Anyway we have the caravan back now and is safely stored just 10 mins away from home. It is very dirty and needs a lot of TLC but it has been booked in for a service next Thursday and I'm going to give it a good clean inside and out over the next few weeks so it will be ready for our Dashing Dogs/Dog Vegas holiday in August.

Who needs ornaments when you have got Megan?!

(No she isn't allowed to sit on the coffee table-you wouldn't think it though would you!)

What a Week

I don't know why but this week has seemed so long and I feel like I have been so busy but not actually done anything constructive. I have been at work Mon to Wed and have been quite busy with lots of naughty kids to teach!

Today I have started to get a sore throat and been sneezing a bit too so I can guess what's coming over the next few days, a dreaded summer cold, it's been doing it's rounds at work so it's only a matter of time I guess. I was supposed to be working on Sat & Sun earlies this week too but yesterday I had had enough and so booked Sunday off to have a relaxing day at home...no chance! I got a phone call this afternoon to say that the airfield that we store our caravan on in Salisbury (nope still not collected it yet), is from next week going to be a working airfield so I need to move it before the end of the weekend! I have never towed it before so I think, fingers crossed, my dad is going to come with me and sit with me back to theirs then I'll do the last bit to here on my own.

We were meant to be at the RVA show tomorrow but to be honest I'm highly likely to be giving it a miss, I feel absolutely exhausted, club has been cancelled tonight so I will have not even put the girls through the weaves or anything and I know running them when you feel crap isn't much fun, plus I need to get a number plate printed for the caravan as we have changed cars a few times since it's last outing!

A Seal At The Beach

This weekend has been lovely and relaxing. Me, my mum and dad took the monsters to the beach again yesterday as it was boiling hot. The dogs spent ages splashing about in the sea and as I'd got my shorts on I went in for a paddle too. As we were sat on the sand watching the dogs play we noticed we were not the only spectator on the beach. We saw a seal in the sea, it came really quite close and was watching our dogs play. Megan was the only one who saw it but she just stood and watched it splashing around. Unfortunately I didn't have a camera with me, only my phone so it just looks like a black dot on the picture and isn't worth posting really.

We headed home and put the dogs indoors then we went to Cleethorpes to do a bit of shopping and had a massive Ice Cream each on the sea front! Me and Mum then spent the evening sorting out my kitchen cupboards which are now much better organised (thanks mum!) and my dad fitted the skirting board in the kitchen too so its pretty much finished now (thanks dad!).

Today it has been my birthday, mum and dad stayed for dinner then headed back home. I have had 2 lovely lots of roses from Conor, 12 on Friday for our wedding anniversary and a single one yesterday for my birthday, I have also had lots of cards and some pennies to go shopping with when I get the chance and I also had a lovely birthday card from the doggies, mainly saying they want to go to the beach more often!

We are back at Agility training on Thursday night which I am looking forward too although I have enjoyed our short break as we have done absoluely nothing in the form of training at all. I have been starting to look at some of the winter shows that we might go to, I dont plan to do many at all, maybe just one a month to keep us going.