PIPPA

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Gone but never forgotten

When i first saw Pip in June 1992 I knew she was the dog for me, at just 8 weeks old she was as cute as can be. We walked for miles every day, in the cornfields she would play, she would spring up and down, chase the pheasants and scare them away.
When times got rough and i was blue Pip always come for a cuddle or two, she always seemed to help me through. Pip was so loving and kind, the kids pulled her about but not once did she mind.
Pip never had a nasty bone in her body, every one that knew her loved her.

I had to take Pip to the vets last week as she was short of breath , we had loads of tests done on her, then we got the bad news, Pip had tumours on her lungs and there was nothing they could do, so I had to make a decision to have her put to sleep, its been the hardest thing i have ever done and telling my kids was no fun. For 13 years Pip was a loyal friend to me.
For selfish reasons I brought her home to spoil her rotten , I didn't want to let her go.

Today 31st January 2005 I had Pip put to sleep , I held her so tight in my arms and kissed her goodbye for the last time, it has broke my heart to say goodbye.
Pippa has gone but will never be forgotten .
Love E

Star Wars and Wife

Me and E were talking last night, and as she sometimes does, was trying to wind me up. She wanted to watch The Empire Strikes Back DVD last night through the computer, and I said that I would much rather go watch on the W/S telly and surround sound in the living room. You should of heard her, she didn't see what difference it made where you watched the film as long as you just watched it.
I know she doesn't like the home cinema, she thinks it's to loud, but she doesn't see why I would prefer to have proper sound.
Its enough to tear my hair out.
But at least she likes the films.

Jaded

I have been so pissed of today, both dogs have been sick all day. Obviously both ate something that has disagreed with them, and there's only one person in the house who will clear it up. Me!

The house is driving me nuts, we are a Peddars Way Association Tenant and we have been classed as over-crowded since my wife moved in nearly two years ago. Its a family of five living in a two-bedroomed bungalow.
Today I just cant seem to relax, I'm tense, titchy and just want to get away, on most days I can cope but today has just been terrible. I just wished that we could get a move to a decent sized house where we aren't living on top of each other.

Pippa Update

Just thought I would give you all a update on the condition of Pippa, after the steroid injection last night and the tablets the vet gave me yeterday, Pippa's condition has seemed to improve.
Her breathing is a lot better, but she is still very lethargic, this improvement has thrown us into a quandary about what to do.
Do we put of the inevitably and let her keep going for a days/weeks or longer, or bite the bullit tomorrow and have her put to sleep.
I think another conversation with the vet is needed tomorrow.
More news tomorrow.

Laptop

Got the confirmation for the laptop today, already cocked-up the order with the wrong hard drive, but a quick phone call and it has all been sorted out.
Delivery date is for next Friday, so I could soon be posting from the living room for a change of scenery.
Also our exchange hs been broadband enabled, which I thought would never happen, so good-bye dial-up hello broadband.

Sadness

Tonight we had some sad news that one of our dogs Pippa, has secondary tumours growing in her lungs. Tonight we were advised by our vet that if the steroid tablets didn't improve her breathing by Saturday, then the best thing would be to have her put to sleep.
E is devastated and feels completely lost, it doesn't matter how prepared you think you are, you never really are when you are faced with the loss of a pet. We told the kids when we got in, but how can you be sure that a seven year old has really grasped whats going to happen. I just hope we're ready for it.
I know we're doing the best thing for our dog but it doesn't make things any easier.

AlterNet

AlterNet: Home

Love this site, its as scary as hell, but worth the read.

Just a different slant on the news.

Still haven't had confirmation from Mesh on the order, haven't replyed to my e-mail, getting a little pissed of.

Dying is...: November 2004

Dying is...: November 2004

Just read this blog tonight, and it really tugs the heart, in just a few entries this woman has made me think about the really important things in life.

Read it and take a moment to think.

Ordered the new laptop.

MESH Computers Plc - Award Winning PCs Since 1987
Well this is the one, the laptop I've chosen to replace our desktop and hopefully make some room in a very over crowded house.
Ive gone with up grading the HD to 60GB, the same as our present PC.
I've never ordered from Mesh before, so hope that it works out and they don't mess us about. You hear so many horror stories about PC manufacturers, I hope we aren't going to be another.
If it goes horrible wrong you'll all know about and if its a thing of beauty, I'll probably tell you all about it.

Got Comics

Today I got my monthly comic parcel from Ace Comics, which was very welcome as it had lots of good stuff inside.
The wife reckons that I'm to sad, because I sort them out in order that I want to read them. I'm sure, I'm not the only person that does this, so I'm just going to wallow in my supposed sadness.

Travels

Today I done the dreaded trip to Hertford to go and pick the kids up from their Nans, anyone who knows me, knows that I hate this journey.
But today was a pleasant change, I changed the CD's in the car a few days ago (the only place I get to listen to the music I want to hear when the kids are at home) so virtually my trip down there was spent getting re-aquainted the the album A Northern Soul by The Verve. Hard to believe but I had forgotten how good this record was, The Verve at their best and it really lifted my morning.

Read some sad news tonight on my friends blog Karma's Drum, its hard to fathom that Oscar has had a stroke, and I hope everything works out for the best.
Sometimes it's hard knowing what to do for the best when your animals are old or seriously ill, I know how I feel. I dread taking the cat(17 years) to the vets, cause I'm always thinking "is this it".
I hope he gets better.

Its so quiet

The kids have gone away till Sunday, the house is so still it feels abnormal.
Who'd of thought that I would miss the noise of the kids in the background, but its wonderful to get the break.

A Boring Day

I haven't really got anything to Blog about today, its been basically a pretty boring standard day.
Been looking at the stories coming out of Asian tonight on the BBC website, it just gets more and more depressing every time I look at it, at least once every other dayat the moment.
I am so thankful that I dont live in an area of earthquakes or volcanoes, surely some of natures most powerful forces.
I know I'm rambling so going to cut it short and wish you goodnight.

Advertising

I've just been tampering with the look of the Blog and thinking about putting some advertising on the pages.
After looking at a few sites and how they operated, I started to worry about what sort of restrictions these adverts would put on my Blog. If there's one thing I despise, its the thought of someone censoring what I can write about.
Let alone what I might feel about some of the adverts that were carried on one of the adverts I tried, me promoting a form of censorship.

I DON'T THINK SO.

New Present and a decision to make

Today my wife brought me a great new toy, a new Samsung SGH-E600. Its fantastic, small and oh so funky.

E sure does treat me well.

Today we also decided to start looking at a laptop to buy, as our ever increasing space problems have forced us to starting looking for a smaller PC solution. Oh what did I do before I had a PC?
I am now seriously overwhelmed with laptop jargon, the more I read the more confused I become. A decision must be made by the end of the weekend.

Firefox

A Voice from Inside
Been using Mozilla's Firefox for about 6 months now, and I cant recommend it enough.
SO if you use IE at the moment and want to break the shackles of Microsoft, if only in a symbolic way, get Firefox.

www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/central.html

Install it , use it and spread the word.

New Year

This is my first blog entry and I promised myself this year that I would try and keep the blog as regular as I can.
So I just want to wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR and I hope I can keep you entertained for just a little while.