Awoke to cloudy skies and light rain.
I was having a lovely sleep until Rosie got me up wanting a poo.
It's a long story but .....yesterday was the summer dog show fundraiser . Mrs J was making a mountain of sandwiches and triying to feed the 5000.
I had to do the gate at Lydiate on my own as Mrs J had agreed to look after all the animals at the sanctury whilst everyone else was at the show.
So, she made the sandwiches etc , the kitchen was a mess and we started loading my car with the food, in between times Rosie , quick as a flash , managed to get the leftover cheese from the work surface ( there was a lot ) and in about 20 secs that we were away ate the lot. She wasn't sick but cheeese disagrees with her and she gets the runs - as I found out last night when she woke me up - fortunately she made it outdoors first - too much info with your cornflakes ? Sorry.
Ok back to the show. Perfect weather for it sunny but not too hot for the dogs. Never seen it busier and as usual with my charm and wit I was on meet and greet and trying to get as much as possible off people as they came in. Anyway no one told me that we had a celebrity judge for the dog show. There was a queue of cars trying to get in and I was trying to get them in as quickly as possible , inpart info and get loads of money off them . Sounds easy but it's actually quite hard to be so nice to so many people - at least I find it hard ! Anyway this really glamourous woman gets out of the 3rd car in the line and goes to get into the show. I'm thinking - she's vaguely familiar but wayyyyy over dressed for a dog show........
Me; "Sorry , there's a queue but I will get to you as soon as I can "
Her ; "No I'm judging the show"
Me ; - with a smile - " You're late it started 10 minutes ago ., you'd better get in there !"
Her; " I can't run in these heels!"
Turns out it was ................Tricia Penrose off Heartbeat ! That will mean nothing to
@Sassy Colombian and anyone under 40 but some of you may remember her.
She was actually lovely when we had a laugh and chatted later. Anyway it was a good day - we raised over £4k and I took £950 on the gate so happy days all round.
Must admit we were equally knackered when we got home though. And Granny helped out looking after the escape artists Tintin and Rosie.
You will note that I have assiduosly avoided any Everton chat. We had the table tennis club do on Saturday and a couple of the lads came along after the game. They weren't very complementary about our performance and prospects for the season so I'll leave it at that . PersonallY I think everything depends on what we do in the transfer market in the next few days but as we all know are hamstrung by our financial position but I will leave it at that in case I upset any of my chums on here. With the train strike I had to get a bus to Southport - first time I've been on a bus for 30 years - it was a really pleasant experience .
So, bit of a restful day - off to the gym ,a bit of light gardening and then a 90 minute yoga session tonight. Don't think I can bring myself to watch the United / RS game. Yes it's hilarious to see United imploding and at least they are worse than us , but the RS will benefit from their incompetance and that's not something I want to see.
Have a lovely day everyone.
