You Know You're A Dog-Lover When...

...you haven't used your shiny new iPod Nano on your daily commute because it's rude to listen to music when you're in company.

Aww.

I was just concentrating on my screen at work, thinking Coco was fast asleep in her crate, but I just felt her little warm tongue lick my shin and then she trotted back into her crate to sleep again.

It was as if she'd just come out to check I was still there, gave me a kiss and then, satisfied, went back to peaceful slumber.

So. Cute.

On "How To Look Good Naked...With A Difference"

Gok Wan : "...and helping a woman who doesn't even know what she looks like"

Mother: [scoffs]

[Camera pans to blind lady in front of mirrors]

Mother: "Oh she's blind!...No good putting her in front of a bloody mirror then."

May It Never Come To This

I'm finding it incredibly depressing that there are now advertisements on the TV and radio for advice on Child Maintenance in the event of the breakdown of a relationship...

Coco Vet VIsit no. 5

Chilling on the bed after her visit.

Age: 6 months 2 weeks
Weight: 5kg

DISCLAIMER: This post ain't pretty but for in case there are concerned pug mamas and papas out there who are worried about weird bald patches developing on their little one.

Raised several worries with Tommy the Vet...she's had noticeable bald patches about midway down her back and on top of her little head. Tommy the Vet then proceeded to take out a little BLADE and SCRAPED it across the patches in questions which DREW BLOOD and I somehow didn't shriek in horror. But he needed to to put it under the microscope (KS reckoned the vet was about as excited as that Dermatologist in Scrubs about having something to do haha...) and turns out the little one has Demodex...non-fatal but kinda nasty sounding once you start reading about it.

The patch on her head:

The patch on her back:

I'd read about it before and kind of suspected she could have it (thus the vet visit) because if you Google "Pug" + "Demodex" the results ain't pretty. She's got her treatment for it now (a fortnightly treatment of some sort of liquid medication to be applied like Frontline and anti-biotics for the spots on her muzzle which aren't puppy acne like I thought, but also something to do with the freakin' mites.)

And cripes 5kg! No wonder my back's been aching!!

On another note I noticed on the board at the vets that there's a rescue 8 yr old Shitzu Male dog with a lovely temperament that needs a home with another dog to keep him company...

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It was an enjoyable experience, being in very awesomely rendered 3D and all. You can't help but marvel and the work involved (and well-acted too). Not my FAVOURITE film though and I'm not going to be rushing to buy the Blu-Ray but definitely worth seeing in the cinema.

KS and I were laughing somewhat inappropriately after he leaned over to me during the spiritual scene where the Na'vi got all chanty to Eywa and whispered "Doesn't this remind you of that scene in Ice Age 2?"

I had very trippy dreams about forests and being uber-athletic in the trees.

Gleefully Glee-d!

I am slightly worried how awesomed out I was by the pilot episode's rendition of a tune I previously only knew as "the song that I vaguely enjoyed when it was played in The Wedding Singer" which turns out to be a lil track by Journey called "Don't Stop Believin'".

I love musicals. I love snark. I love high-school geek cliques. I think I'm really going to love Glee.

Panic Buying - What would YOU buy in a blizzaga?

We woke up today to find the landscape refreshed with a new layer of snow, filling in all the footprints and wheel tracks.

What I forgot was that under the fresh layer of snow was still essentially the crappy icy stuff that made the top layer prior to the overnight snow, so I had a mini-skid on the drive as we walked to the local Tescos to stock up on food again. KS and I probably looked a bit strange as we broke into a mini-snowfight along the way, that involved kicking up snow at each other.

Mum said to buy in the basics - like bread and butter. Somehow we came back with blueberries, hot cross buns and toilet roll. I would have to admit that when the snow started falling, my first concern was "what happens if we run out of toilet roll?" which in turn makes me think that Chuck the Prophet might not be so looney after all.

Other shoppers took to stocking up on items such as milk (observed; one person - 2 semi + 2 no-fat), bread (observed; one person - 4 loaves), one person going for 16 rolls of toilet roll (I only went for a modest four).

We came home to find Coco lolloping in the back garden. As we rounded to corner to the back, she froze, assumed her "guard" pose (i.e. stood stock still with one paw in the air and a perplexed and wrinkled-in-concertration face looking at us) till she realised it was us and then she bounded over, tail wagging, before taking off again with a mouthful of snow.

Here she was at the end of it, looking dressed for a Gap for Dogs advert.

Coco Winter Frolics

After much trepidation and cautious ventures out in the wintry white landscapes that have descended upon the UK, Coco has learned to love the snow to the point of eating a faceful of it and then pugtona-ing her delight around the garden.

I'm still waiting for her to reach full size before getting her some pug-sized winter wear, so she is still in her fleeces for newborn babies (though at 6 months old now, they have gotten very much tighter on her). Also picked up a snazzy little scarf (for dogs) from Accessorize. Turns out their 50% sale gets awesome once it hits their dog range!!

Stream of Conciousness

Apparently this is how my mind works...

It's snowing in London - Blizzard - Blizzaga - "I want to be a Geomancer" - Oooh don't Geomancers look warm AND cute?

I think the snow has made me crazy.