Good Mail Day!

When I checked our post box last night, I found the coveted slip of paper telling me there was a parcel waiting at the Post Office for me.


 It most definately indicated there was one parcel....what was it going to be? I have been waiting for a book from Ruth (which I must confess, I was sure had been lost in the Post), some new Moisturiser from Liz Earle, a couple of scrappy prizes I have won and some new scrappy 'bits' ordered from Sarah's Cards.


As you may remember me mentioning, our local Post Office is only open for an hour a day...so I got  all my chores done this morning (this is the 'big' clean this week, due to the  three weeks of houseguests I mentioned in yesterday's post), had a swim (to cool down) and then got myself showered and dressed in time to catch the last fifteen minutes before it closed......pretty good going if I say so myself!


Imagine my surprise when I got there and discovered there were three parcels......one of which was very obviously the book, I'm glad to say.

As you can see very clearly by the postmark, Ruth posted it on June 22nd...so either Royal  Mail or Correus (Spanish Mail) has been playing silly beggars! Hope you got the email to say it arrived, Ruth!


The next parcel I opened was my moisturiser...beautifully packaged as always, and with a 'freebie' of the cleanser I use too (I do love Liz Earle products).......only ordered online last Thursday, I hasten to add!

And lastly, my new scrapbook ( an AC 12x12 Modern Album) and a few other little things from Sarah's Cards.....again  only ordered last week!

All-in-all a good mail day!


Just to bring you up-to-date with Boo's fleas....the Vet used a newer, stronger treatment on her last night (he says the fleas have become resistant  to good old 'Frontline'), and she certainly hasn't scratched as much today! Fingers crossed!


Thanks for dropping by!
Take care of you
Alison xx

FLEAS!!

Ho- Hum,,,DRAT...BLAST!.....I've realised that our beloved Boo has the dreaded FLEAS! Not many, I hasten to add and I just treated her a week or two ago! I picked three off her last night and another two this morning, so it's off to the Vet's tonight to get her treated there. Mornings are for emergencies and surgery at the local Vet, so it's always just 'turn up and wait your turn' at night.

I heard in the village that there is a new strain of flea this year, which all the local dogs seem to be carrying and the Vet is having to use a new treatment. 

Does this creature look the least bit concerned that she has the dreaded things?......

....not even remotely- apart from a bit of a scratch now and again, she seems oblivious! It's only me, with the prospect of houseguests for the next three weeks in a flea-ridden house, who is in any way panicked about the darn things!

DH is mortally offended that she has them at all (you would think I had deliberately gone out to find some for her!), but, as I tried to explain, they are rife in the heat and all it takes is her stopping to have a sniff at another dog, for them to transfer.

She will also be off to get cut again in a couple of days, as it's easier to see the blighters when she is short...all-in-all I am not going to be her favourite person this week...she's already avoiding me, as every time she comes near me I'm searching through her fur!

Hope I haven't left you scratching :)

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx