Here Comes The Sun!

Woohoo! Summer is here! Well, it's been warm and sunny for a couple of days so that must be our summer right? In great British tradition, as soon as the sun came out we made the decision - picnic time! We packed up a coolbag with too many sandwiches (with cucumber to make them soggy of course), quiche, pasties and lots of crisps and cakes and off we toddled to the beach :)

Someone forgot to mention that it's cold at the beach!

Rookie mistake! It's windy and blimmin freezing at the coast and numbnuts here didn't even bring a cardigan so it wasn't the most pleasant of strolls along the beach. Plans of taking lots of sunny and glamourous bump pictures by the sea definitely did not pan out - best laid plans and all that jaz.

It was that cold that we probably only lasted about 1hr on the beach and ended up eating our picnic in the car with the windows up! Next time the sun comes out (next year knowing our luck) we're heading in land to a forest...it's got to be warm there right?

So, although our day wasn't quite what we wanted, we do know of two furry friends who did enjoy themselves just a little bit...



So whilst the wind and cold may have reduced me to tears with back pain by the time we got home, we did have two satisfied (and smelly) dogs asleep in the car the whole journey home.

A good day out :)

Living with Dogs: Meet the Doggies!

I have two beautiful little doggies that I love unconditionally. It's time you met them, I'll probably talk about them lots!!

Now due to the death of my old laptop I don't have many of their pictures :( But I do have zillions of pictures that I've taken on my phone! So although the quality may not be as good, the spontaneity of the pictures will hopefully make up for it!

So please meet our eldest:

This is Roofus! (yes with two o's) He is our beautiful little Cavlier King Charles and is currently 15months old.






Isn't he gorgeous! He is possibly the most playful dog in the world, you thought Cavalier's were lap dogs? Not this little boy! He will play for hours on end and only stop for a snooze when he is thoroughly knackered - he even outplays the next little doggy on the list!

This is our gorgeous little girl - Dakota. She's a blue roan Cocker Spaniel and is currently 8 months old and about double the size of Roofus.






Look at that face! How could you not love her? Dakota is a misunderstood little doggy, many people dislike her boisterousness and clumsiness (the girl hasn't got a clue how big she is) but I wouldn't change her for the world. She actually loves cuddles more than Roofus and is currently asleep next to me on the sofa :)

Sometimes we worry about the battle for dominance between our two dogs as sometimes their 'play fighting' seems to get a little bit heated, but the truth is they are the best of friends and they really do love each other muchly.






We all know that dogs can cost a lot of money to look after but there are plenty of ways to cut that cost without affecting the well being of your pups or the loveliness of your home! I'll show you a few little tricks soon.

Toodles!