I hope you are all well. The sun is shining here for the second consecutive day which is lovely and it has the added bonus of making dog walking a joy. It also makes me want to go to the beach hut which I feel I have not given as much attention to as I should have this last month or so just because I have been busy. It will soon be time to pack it up for the winter so I really must make the effort to get there as soon as I can.
Now, onto the latest news....
...the past week has seen the birthdays of my eldest daughter who is now 32 (how did that happen?!) and my youngest granddaughter who is now 5.
My granddaughter loves princesses and Disney but she also loves babies. I really didn't know what to get for her on the Disney theme and, to be honest, I wasn't sure what she already had so I took a chance and brought her Tiny Tears, the doll that cries, burps, laughs and wets itself.
Tiny Tears was the doll to have when I was young and my youngest daughter had Tiny Tears too but I had no idea that the doll was still manufactured. A trip to Argos was all it took to ascertain that the doll was still available. I purchased the doll - the last one in the shop - and then asked my daughter if it was a suitable gift for the birthday girl. I was really surprised that my daughter didn't know what Tiny Tears was but once she had Googled it she told me it was the perfect present and she was correct.
When my granddaughter opened her present she was overjoyed and immediately wanted to feed and change her 'baby'.
The next day it was her first day at 'big' school which she was anxious about. Later in the day I was sent a photo of my granddaughter after school with a big smile on her face and clutching her Tiny Tears. Happy Nanny!
The second birthday to be celebrated was that of my eldest daughter - the one who is pregnant with twins - and the one who loves her birthday more than anyone else I know and always has done.
She has always gone out of her way to make other peoples birthdays special and my youngest daughter decided that she wanted to repay the favour and give the birthday girl the kind of birthday that she really wanted.
After some consultation and with a list or two in hand we went shopping for the requested jelly, ice cream, sausage rolls, crisps and dips and bits required for various sandwiches. Youngest daughter also purchased party bags, banners, napkins and plates, a tablecloth and candles for the cake which was a shop purchase in the design of a Jammy Dodger, another item that had been requested.
I made cheese straws and butterfly cakes and that was it really.
The birthday girl wanted to spend her birthday with her immediate family and had spent the previous evening with her Dad and had had a lovely time. When she got to our house the party food was set up, presents wrapped, cards written and Spotify playlist of her favourite songs was being played.
Throughout the afternoon and evening all of the family arrived - sisters, brother, nephews and nieces, partners et al. The sun shone, Pass The Parcel was played, the children had great fun with the dogs and the food and drink was a great success. It was just what my daughter had wanted and she was delighted which was wonderful.
As I said earlier, she always goes out of her way for everyone else so for us to be able to give her the day that she wanted with the people she wanted was fantastic.
We finished of the evening with fireworks which is another of her passions and she was a very happy lady.
Most of the family stayed overnight and so we had bacon sandwiches or egg on toast for breakfast with a few mugs of tea before the birthday girl decided that she wanted to come for a walk with me to take the dogs out.
We went on one of our favourite dog walks Queen Elizabeth Country Park and had a good old natter while being amazed at the beautiful scenery. As we approached the end of the walk I put the dogs on leads as I always do and walked down the path to the car. We were immediately approached by 3 spaniels who had just arrived at the park and were off leads. They surrounded me and my biggest dog and one of them proceeded to aggressively attack him. I have never witnessed anything quite like it and it was very, very scary.
My daughter took my other dog to the car while I attempted to prise the horrid spaniel off of my now terrified dog who was still on the lead and who had no hope of getting away. My concern was that if I let go of the lead there would be a full blown fight and I wouldn't be able to separate the dogs. Because I held onto the lead I was almost pulled over in the scramble.
The person who was responsible for the three dogs seemed clueless and just shouted at the dogs to try to get them away. This was hopeless and made no difference. By this time the offending spaniel was climbing on the back of Harvey and was actively trying to bite him. He seemed like a dog possessed.
I screamed at the woman to get him away but she had no hope. In the end I kicked the dog in the mouth area as I had no other option. At some point in the scramble I got bitten above my knee and it hurt. I was aware of it straight away.
After I had kicked out at the dog it backed off a bit. I was livid and shaken up. The woman who was responsible for the dogs simply said that the nasty dog didn't belong to her and that she was looking after it for someone. She said that usually it was other dogs that attacked her dogs and not the other way around. I told her 3 times that I had been bitten and she made no response.
As she finally got the dog on a lead she apologised. I was very angry but was also worried about my own dog who I knew must have been bitten too. I just wanted to get home and make sure that we were both ok.
I checked my dog over and he seemed ok although, this morning, I have found several grazes on his back - not enough to warrant a trip to the vets thank goodness.
I, however, made a trip to the local Minor Injuries Unit as the bite on my leg had broken the skin. I was prescribed antibiotics and my knee is now quite bruised. I think I'm lucky that I only got bitten once.
So that's my week in as few words as I can get away with. There have also been a few cooking and baking attempts which I will leave you with.
Snow Queen and Chocolate Sauce (Hairy Bikers)
Rum Babas (Hairy Bikers)
Have a lovely week everyone.
xxxxxx
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