Good afternoon Bloggets. I have had a busy day. I left my
Husband working from home and went to buy some new curtains a curtain pole and two
matching cushions. They are a mushroom with a gold fern pattern. The curtain
pole is gold. I now just hope to goodness I have the right size. Hub measured
the window last night. I can’t reach the actual window in comfort as we have an
enormous windowsill. Something I have always wanted until I got one. It’s ridiculously
huge. I’m tall five feet nine inches I think that’s about 175 cm. And I can
hardly reach the glass to clean it. So, my Husband is a couple of inches taller
than me he struggled but managed, but as I said, how accurate is he, we will
soon find out.
I spoke to a handy man today by phone who said he will call
out to do what I need doing but he will give me a call first. See if he does. I
hope so as we need a couple of jobs doing as when you rely on someone you need
to have a huge job for them or lots of little jobs or they won’t come out.
We have a blind that needs taken down Hub is going to try to
do that this weekend. It’s totally screwed in properly so I hope it won’t bring
down the wall too. And I’m going to try to attempt to remove our wallpaper this
weekend too. As our decorator is going to charge a lot of money to do so. I have
to just try to make sure I don’t require a plasterer afterwards… or worse, a
builder. Hahaha. Knowing this house, I wouldn’t be surprised.
Yesterday I was coming down an escalator when I bumped into
a woman… let me tell you two things, firstly it was a little scary as the escalator
wasn’t working so people were going up and down it there was no order. Well I was
afraid in case suddenly it started up, so I went to grab the side and promptly
put my arm in front of a woman but kept walking one way as she walked the other….
Yeah…. Then I body slammed another woman who shouted in a very posh voice. “GOSH!””
Well apart from that,
all was fine.
My little Waggatail is being so very clingy of late I am
thinking it’s the weather as it’s so hot. I haven’t been working her in the
sun, only a little in the shade most of it has been in a shop or under a overhang
and luckily, we have trees hanging over most of our walk and it’s provided
shade as well as a cool breeze. She hasn’t panted so she’s not overheating. She
hasn’t worked more than an hour each day and because she didn’t get her free
run this week, she’s totally hyper. Last Saturday was far too hot to let her
run around. I just hope this weekend is a lot cooler. If it’s over 21, I won’t
let our dogs go running. It’s not worth it. Hubs been working from home most of
the week that’s good as travelling home later on in the day isn’t good. First thing
in the morning is fine I’m talking half seven in the morning, but by the time
it gets past four in the afternoon, it’s boiling, too hot for his guide dog,
The Little Fella. He’s very lucky, we have the choice to work from home, but
some people don’t and it’s fine using our white cane, but, firstly sometimes
the route is far too difficult to do with a cane and secondly, we can’t leave
our dogs more than four hours. So, if we work 9 till 5 counting travelling in
with that, obviously that’s miles more than what we are allowed to leave them. Personally,
I would take a holiday if it’s for a week, but what about those who have little
holiday and remember we are onto three weeks of this heat and there is more to
come.
Someone suggested we should get a family member to take us
to work, not me personally but blind people in general, again, one, very nice
what a perfect world. Fact is, we don’t have that luxury and again we would be
at work too long to leave the dog. Pet dogs can be left a little longer but not
guide dogs. They are born to be with us, and they are very sociable and they
don’t like being on their own.
Where I really struggle is when people take their dogs in a
car and leave them whilst they go out to shops restaurants or wherever. Even if
they leave a window open, it’s still far too hot. Dogs are dying.
Talking of animals dying, did you read about that Dad in
Canada who was fishing with his children. A Polar bear came to attack them. The
Dad got between his kids and the bear. Told the children to run. They did. The Dad
was killed and afterwards someone came out and murdered the poor bear.
I was so sad for the children. But the bear was only doing
what bears do. It’s not their fault that we are now building houses where they
have lived forever. And the Dad was
fishing for food the bear would eat. He was killing for his stomach and the bear
ate for his stomach. What makes people
think they have a higher right to animals/creatures?
I do feel so sad for those children now though. And his
wife.
OK, back to packing away our stuff. Have a lovely day. Xx
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