On The Island

Thought for the Day – “The difference between humans and animals?  Animals would never allow the dumbest ones to lead the pack.”

A frosty walk with Ellie and then Mal had an hour at the allotment, digging up some strawberries to go in the pot at home.

Lunchtime I met up with Pam who is going to be my vice queen when we start our new Red Hatter group, so we went and had lunch at Charlie’s in Margate. We spent a good couple of hours working out how we are going to run the new group. It is certainly not going to be just a lunch club which is what is happening with the present grou

Thought for the Day – “Beauty is hiding in everything, just learn how to observe .” ~ Ritu Ghatourey

Frost everywhere, far better than mud when we went across the fields. I much prefer this weather, crisp and cold but dry.

We spent a while  doing my new red hatter website.

I have just seen this on Facebook…………

Beacon View Vets

Excellent Ellie, our weight loss superstar came into today for a stage 1 dental procedure. Here she is after her procedure looking very pleased with herself

Thought for the Day – “Count your age by friends not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” ~ John Lennon

Poor Ellie woke me at 3am and wanted to go out, she was sick, I guess because of the anaesthetic and also maybe the change of food as I had to give her soft food and not her normal kibble. Then again at 4.30 by 5 Mal and I were both up and turned the heat on!

So, Mal took her out for a short walk and I went for a quick shop. She seemed to feel better after her walk.

Megan , the vet nurse phoned later in the morning to check that Ellie was OK. She agreed it was probably the anaesthetic that made Ellie sick and told me to call if there were any problems.

Mal spent another hour at the allotment.

It was a very cold day. Ellie improved as the day went on until she seemed back to normal by her dinner time and back to eating her hard kibble.

Thought for the Day – “I realized that I don’t have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect, and beautiful journey of my life.” ~ Kerry Washington

No breakfast for Ellie as she was having her dental procedure. She was not impressed by the lack of food but she was having anaesthetic to have her teeth deep cleaned so no food. She went in with the nurse, no problem. As Ellie couldn’t eat, we waited for our breakfast and so went to the Waterside Cafe to have it. It is a lovely place by the lakes.

We wanted to keep busy and so then went on to Wingham Wildlife. They put out an appeal for blankets for the Orangutans and chimps and I have been collecting a few. If there any in the Cancer Research shop, I buy them. So, we took those along.  Of course we went to see the orangs and the chimps, in particular Lucas.

The vet called twice while we were out. Once to say she was fine and settled and then after the tooth procedure to say that she will need 5 extractions at a future date. That was a bit of a shock but then having been a street dog, who knows what she was eating to keep her teeth in good health or not!

We really didn’t want to go home with no Ellie so we went into Deal, a look around the shops and then we went into the opticians as we both wanted new glasses. I can’t believe I found ones I liked within 5 minutes as I hate glasses having worn them since I was 18 months old (with a gap in between). So mine are ordered and Mal discovered he only had a couple of months until a test so he said he would pay for a new test as he found some nice ones as well.

We had lunch out in Deal and then the vet called to say we could pick Ellie up.  She was so pleased to see us but felt very sorry for herself when she arrived home, obviously her mouth hurting . We followed the instructions on her discharge letter(medicines and doses)………………………..

She certainly had a lot of that as she cuddled up next to me on the sofa and didn’t move until we went to bed and then she lay on the floor beside me.

Thought for the Day – “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” ~ E.E. Cummings

My volunteer day at Cancer research shop. In spite of the horrible weather we were quite busy.

Thought for the Day – “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them” ~ Walt Disney

I was woken by Ellie licking and had to make sure it wasn’t the place on her leg. It wasn’t but she will have to be watched and get it checked out when she is at the vets on Tuesday.

During the week Mal contacted “PALS” at Maidstone hospital saying he still hadn’t heard anything about seeing a consultant re his op. They replied saying no one had contacted them! So much for Canterbury Hospital AND our GP chasing it up! He has now gone through PALS at Canterbury Hospital and wait for their reply.

We have another holiday booked to Madeira at the end of January (yes, we had two booked) and now have not a clue whether we go or not. The holiday in January was with my friend Paula and he friend Jill, so we have to let them know soon.

Our walk was to Gazen Salts, along by the river and back through the town, a bit of a mistake as Ellie saw people who know her and feed her treats. I persuaded them to give her a piece of her weighed out kibble instead.

Mainly because of people we met, the walk was well over 2 hours!

Mal cooked a roast. We watched the Spurs game…they lost!

Thought for the Day – “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt