Happy New Year!

Wow! It's already more than a week into 2007! So much has happened to us already.

I had my eyes zapped but this meant travelling to London to get it done as I am (was?) uber blind. Daniel's mum kindly agreed to look after the kids for a few days while we were in London. And so starts Yu You's tale of woe...

On Tuesday afternoon I was picking up the rubbish that had blown onto our front lawn as a result of the storms and the cheeky puppy decided to go to the toilet on next dorrs lawn. As it was a no 2 I had to get a poo bag and pick it up and noticed it was a bit soft but thought nothing of it as by then Yu You had invited herself into Hannah and Beth's house for some play. Cheeky, cheeky puppy!

Boomer had decided that outside was too scary as a result of a slight accident (it was!) the night before when I had locked her outside for the night. She was very, very clingy for ages afterwards but I refuse to feel (too!) guilty about it as she has to learn!

Anyway, that night Yu You started to vomit and had diarrhoea and by bedtime had nothing left in her belly. She hid herself under the bed as is her preference when feeling a bit poorly. By morning she seemed a little bit better so Daniel dropped the kids off at their grans as arranged and a quick check on Wed night showed she had been a bit down but ok and so we thought that was that...

On Thursday, we called again to see how the kids were and discovered that now in addition to Yu you being ill, she'd managed to spread the bug to Jake, Daniel's mum's dog. Poor Jake!

We collected the pets on Friday afternoon and found Jake still ill and Yu You not too bad but on Sasturday morning we had a huge amount of mess to clean up so I called the vet and made an emergency appointment for them both.

The vet thought it wass probably just some bacteria picked up at the park that caused the bug and gave them both some pills and a jab.

I am pleased to report that they are now both better.

Boomer is still asking for lots of cuddles so obviously I am not quite forgiven for locking her out!