still no news

I can hardly bear to write this but I still dont have the laptop . And Im so bored hearing myself telling John lewis the same old story about how theyve now had it well over four weeks and I was told one or two weeks at the outside an dI would have it back , that I now cant even bear to ring them up an d harras them .
And some other minor irritations like a sore throat , feeling cold like Im getting something nasty , like realising I havent booked Nat any holiday insurance .
On a positive note though , only three more work days until we go to Menorca . And of course hopefully very soon after we get back , we pick up the dog !
Bear with me ?
Now sure I can even bear with myself at the minute !

migraine days

Ive been excited about my sister coming to stay all week . She's not been well so it seems like she might want to doss about and not do much apart from the odd walk to the sea then sitting around eating and chatting ... then I get over excited and wake up at six and having read my latest book Sally Vickers ( the one about the psychiatrist , its brilliant ) for ages , my mind turns to breakfast and I have this desire to cook bacon and eggs and mushrooms and tomatoes for everyone and I do but I accidentally fry an extra egg for me ( I dont eat eggs having discovered almost for sure that they contribute to causing my migraines ) and I look at it sitting in the pan an dit looks so wonderful and I love eggs so much and its only one after all and I say I'll juts take a chance and maybe I 'll be ok and Nat advises caution ( shes seen me too many times with migraine , hanging over the bidet losing everything ) telling me if it doesnt work out I '' really regret it , but too late my mind is made up and I enjoy the egg and the rest of the oil laden breakfast and almost before its digested I start to feel seedy and even though L and I go out for a long walk down by the mouth of the river an d then out along the pier where the waves are crashing and the men are fishing an dthe birds hopping on the wall and by the time we get back my neck is aching and my head throbbing and I feel sick and take off to bed with Immigran .
I wake at five and jessie , the smallest Birman is entwined between my legs fast asleep and I darent move in case she bites me .

So , no more eggs ......

events ...

events are conspiring against me and blogging . Not a word about my laptop . My sister is staying .

But just in the hope that you will keep coming back when I do finally get back to normal , I enclose a picture of the greyhound who will be coming to live with us once the formalities are completed . She is cat friendly , seemed to settle immediately on her preliminary visit to us , and as you can see from the picture demonstated the posture that is greyhounds , ie known in the trade as " cockroaching " . It seems we have a lot to learn about these lovely dogs . I couldnt believe how trusting she was of us .

We cant wait to get her . At the m,inute I feel like somewhere Ive had a baby and someone else has to look after her . Wendy , her foster mother , is lovely and has told me to ring any time to find out how she is . But I still find myself wondering endlessly how she is and wishing she was here ......

still no laptop

Still no laptop and its so hard to keep on blogging on a borrowed pc with limited access. the laptop is always there right beside me so when I think , I blog .
Its now been three weeks plus , and they promised me one week or two .
Ive been told it has had a repair , and that its going through the final checks now ( that was two days ago ) so it WILL come back . Meantime we continue here on a roller coaster of Greyhound Dreams and Thoughts ( we should pick her up in three weeks time roughly . I dont know how I will wait that long . I feel like Ive been given a new baby but she has then been taken to live with someone else ....) and ( the down side ) some tricky teen issues .... If this was an anonylous blog Id be writing about them , but it doesnt seem fair .
But , once laptop is back , normal service will be resumed .....

Greyhound...!!!

So much happened at the weekend that I didnt finish my posting about Makeover 2000. Suffice to say the photographers ( female ) were lovely , very talented , an dthe pictures were wonderful . We spent a small fortune . But , the upside is we will get some great pictures and who knows , the results may appear here .
But , and far more interesting , we were offered an older greyhound who is described as cat friendly , has just been received at the greyhound foster home . A challenge to decide whether to pursue the idea of a puppy who would be socialised from an early stage with our four cats ( not to mention guinea pigs who apparently becasue of their squeaking , are likely to be of even more interest to a greyhound than the cats ) but who despite that might turn out to be one of the thirty per cent who is definitely never going to be cat friendly . As you see Ive been reading ( and fretting ) about our already existing family / household members . Or to consider an older dog who is cat tested and known to be one of the 60 % who is really not that keen to pulverise a cat , small dog or other small animal . Obviously we are aware it wont be all plain sailing and our cats will have their views , but something about an older dog made us feel it was worth finding out more . Surprise phone call from Margaret to say they an older dog had been left with them and she was not at all interested in the foster home cat.
She asked us to think about whether we wanted to meet her to see how we felt , and we managed to make a decision on that in about three minutes flat , finding out that the dog ( a female ) was black with a little white , probably about three or four years old , very sweet natured " no bother " . Something about this sounded meant to be . I had always said during our agonising over which breed , that the right dog would show up for us an dthis felt like that moment .
What can I say? She was brought along to meet us by Wendy last night and from the minute she stepped in the door she seemed perfect .... folded up her long skinny legs and lay down then soon stretched and rolled completely onto her back ( just like Kitty lies , her tummy being too lardy to place too much weight on it . I'm guessing with greyhounds its their boniness that makes them comfortable on their backs . )

Wendy has taken her back home to complete the formalities and make sure she has had all her injections , is neutered ( they will attempt to find out if she has already been neutered ) etc , so we can expect her to move in in a couple of weeks or so .

Now we need to find the right name for her . Nat wants Elektra . I love the name but not sure it suits her , and given the way she lies about like a big hot water bottle I think Comfort is perfect .
But any ideas gratefully received . ...

Cycling to South Shields ....

" I reckon its high time you got a puppy ......"

More on makeover 2000 tomorrow ......the photographs were spectacular ....

desk wars test post

The Birmans jealous of Kitty's supremacy .. desk wars last week .