Inspired by another blog that I read I decided to attempt a tally of occurances that have taken place in the last 6 day or so.

Number of times I was late for work because 5 camels blocked the road from the house.

1

Number of minutes of quality phone chat with a great pal in Malaysia.

27 mins 52 secs

# of guinea pig castrations witnessed

2

# of bowls of noodles consumed

6

Nights spent in desert

1 - another happy camping experience in Schwaib

Number of silly lurchers who tried to get in sleeping bag with me

2. NB zero were successful

# of times I hugged my lovely horse this morning

innumerable! It is almost daily that I am so thankful I was able to buy her - such a lucky girl!! She has really been a lifeline of normality through some pretty dark says

# of times I've cried

4

Potions of fries consumed (McDs or New York Fries)

4 (pretty easy for me to achieve, this will of no suprise to anyone who knows me)

Books read for more than 15 mins

3 ('Persuasion', 'The Other End of the Leash' & Shantaram)

# of tabby feral cats that yelled at me to feed them

2 (one outside hospital and one outside shop)

BabyBel consumed

6! But all to accompany a crisp green apple - does that make it better?

Episodes of The Archers listened to

4 (via podcast)

Trips to Red Lion pub

Just the one so far!

# of Marble Slab ice-creams

2 - always cheesecake with fresh raspberries

Number of great pals who live in different countries who I've wanted to hug this week

5

Old lady falls on wet floor after someone smashed my full mug

thankfully just the ONE but that was embarrassing enough!

Whilst driving the fabulous LandRover LR3 lent to us by some lovely pals whilst our other car in the shop, what proportion of the time do I grin from ear to ear?

Pretty much 95% of the time!!!!!

# of blogs that I read or check on a daily basis

approx 22

# of dogs (and their owners') lives that I hope to have made a little bit easier
3

# of times woken by explosions

that would be just the once, today! And, I can confirm that this, is, a fairly unpleasant way to wake up

http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/General/10200462.html

So what's down the bottom of YOUR garden?

Sounds like another dodgy Channel 4 reality tv show, doesn't it?
Well, this morning Stanley suddenly flew out of the house into the garden and started shouting at the fence at the bottom.

He's really lost it now ....... or so we thought.

Ollie (the stripy one), having the nervous system of a squid (but without the mental capacity) followed about 45 secs later, just 'cos he thought it looked like fun.

About 15 secs behind him came poor ol' Max (the Rottie, who we are currently fostering and is the most sorry excuse for a Rottweiler with terrible joint problems as was living in fairly dire conditions but the most fabulous temperament) who is, well, a Rottie with terrible joint problems and simply cannot be expected to keep up with 2 wanna-be greyhounds!

Anyway, so there they are. All 3 of them, standing at the bottom of the garden looking at the fence - Stanley still shouting at the fence.

Ahh-ha, we say knowledgeably to ourselves (we are after all one dog expert and one veterinary-type person).... ahh-ha ....... a foolish cat has come into our garden and then excited stage right over the fence.

We were wrong!