Life

For a while now we have been considering getting another dog so Simba would have some company as we noticed he missed having another dog around since we lost Freda. We also often look after both my sisters dogs when they go on holiday and he would always pine when they went home. Our initial thoughts were that we would like to take on a rescue dog preferably a boy, not a puppy as we did not think we could go through training again and definitely not another Jack Russel like Freda as from pass experience they bark at the slightest sound and we also did not want a dog who was too energetic for Simba and I.

However it seems this was not meant to be as we somehow found ourselves with Poppy

Poppy at 3 months old

Poppy now at 5 months old

Poppy is basically everything previously described she is a Jack Russel cross Pug puppy. To say she is the most active pup/dog we have ever known would be an understatement and she has required quite a lot of training and still does. I blame my sister for this happy occurrence as she took Poppy in for a week to give her previous owner a break as Poppy was just too boisterous for her to cope with alongside her 5 children. It took us only 1 visit and 1 walk with her to completely fall in love and offer her a home when her previous owner decided she would have to sell her on. She is exhausting, destructive (our sofa is ruined) and noisy (she definitely has the jack trait of barking at everything) but we now wouldn’t be without her. Plus I don’t think Simba would have ever forgiven us if we had let her go to someone else as he became instantly smitten.

I am hoping to start posting regularly again and I apologise for my long absence. My health got pretty dismal for a while and I am still having some difficulties but I’m getting there. One thing I am grateful for this time is that I have had no mood swings and until Monday, which only lasted Monday I’m glad to say, I have been pretty upbeat considering.

My current positive mood has a lot to do with the time of year and Christmas being just round the corner which has to be my favourite season. Sometimes it surprises me as my family always seems to dread this time of year not only the cold and possibility of snow, which I have always loved, but also the stress and family politics involved in the Christmas season. Happily I always find organising Christmas to be a joy and look forward to it each year much to the bafflement of my mum but then as she says I have only been doing this a few years whereas she has had a lifetime of the drama
For me Christmas is the perfect time/excuse to do all the things I love. Make lists, buy presents and craft, bake and create to my hearts content (health willing).