So late, so late, so sorry, so sorry ! Our Christmas / New Year celebrations have gone on and on this time and I just haven’t had a minute to sit down and bring you up to date. Susie arrived to spend the Festive Season with me and Ernst escaped up to his sister to have a much calmer time. In fact he seems to have spent a lot of his time there ferrying people to and fro Geneva airport. Some American friends came over and had so much luggage, one car was not enough ! Therefore Ernst was roped in to help out with a taxi service, my brother in law flatly refusing to do it “if they are so stupid etc., etc. !). Susie and I had a great time, lunching, shopping, seeing friends and falling asleep in front of the programmes we had ticked to watch on the television. We kept the television plugged in exceptionally as we were not alone but I have to say there was not much on I couldn’t have lived without. It is now unplugged again, Susie has gone home and the decorations are down – it’s all very bleak ! Susie was due to leave on the 30th but the flight was cancelled due to the fog and the next available seat was on the 3rd so we had bonus time together and she was able to join us for the Gatsby party we were invited to for the 31st, drinks with neighbours on the 1st and aperos with friends on the 2nd.
Last year very nearly ended too sadly to bear. Our own dear Domestic Quercy Goddess, Amanda, she of the amazing Book Sale cakes, very nearly left us the week before Christmas. The horrid blood disease that she is suffering from, lulled us all into a false sense of security then came back with a vicious vengeance and the family were told to say their farewells and prepare themselves. However, no-one gave Amanda the script and she is happily still with us, despite being very poorly and is swatting back the nasty blood munchers with as much strength as she can muster.
I am now back to my normal life of work, (cleaning), library duty, charity cat shop duty and, of course, dog care. One of my 2017 resolutions was not, absolutely not, to take in any more dogs. However it looks likely that an ancient Brittany Spaniel we agreed to look after for the holidays may have lost his foster home so I expect he’ll be staying. The other resolution was the one I make every other year, not to buy any clothes for a year. Last year it was not to buy any box sets, I managed it and now am excitedly catching up ! Oh, I nearly forgot, there is another resolution, to think before I speak and to count to ten before hitting the ‘send’ key ! I don’t hold out much hope for that one !!
Adoptions have not been bad over the last month, Maddie has gone again, this time let’s hope it’s permanent, Mila has been adopted, as has Maika. I should point out that the dogs who appear on the adoptions page are all, unless otherwise stated, at Danielle’s. I have 20 old dogs here who no-one wants – and, if I am honest, I would not let go now they have been here so long – so Danielle of La Mere aux Betes takes all the ‘adoptables’ and I just put them on the Poorpaws website as we get quite a good following. Little Lulu who I took to be PTS last month is still alive but hardly kicking. Bless his heart I just hope that he will soon be at rest from his confusing life.
So, 2017, bring it on and I hope it’s a great one for all of you.
Sue x