The puppies are 5 weeks today, and they're all doing good. And they've gotten names: Berend-John, Bianca, Bessie and Beatrix. Didi's doing really good too. The day we were supposed to bring her to the vet her temperature was normal and her appetite returned. The past week Didi has allowed Minis to acquaint herself with her grandchildren, and Bianca ( Read more... )

 Life has been testing me again lately. 
Last saturday the Porsche broke down while driving home from the stable. Out in the countryside there was no one to help, and it was 21:30 in the evening and the last bus to Helsinki had already gone by. And my mobile phone was almost out of battery. The engine was smoking but I thought if i let it cool down ( Read more... )

Didi started giving birth on wednesday the 29th of September. First puppy born 23:20, a big black and white boy. The rest were girls, born 23:30, 00:40 and 02:15. Pictures will follow at some point. My sister and I acted as midwives, but our "help" was completely unnecessary, she would have managed fine on her own, and she's been a really caring ( Read more... )

As usual I'm very very busy. Still leaving my house at 7:30 in the morning and getting home at 9:30 at night. Doesn't leave a lot of time for anything else. And I manage okay. But then if something extra happens which requires my attention I get stressed really easily because I JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME.

So when Gib poked his eye YET AGAIN almost 2 ( Read more... )

Okay, 20 minutes until my mom has dinner ready. After 2 weekends at my dad's summer house I'm now at my mom's summer house in Sipoo. We don't have running water (was in the sauna this morning) but we do have electricity and phone lines and my mom's work is paying for internet. So I had 7 friends requests on facebook! Four from people I knew from ( Read more... )

Lovely..... I have a day off from work today. A classmate from ISH is visiting Finland so I decided I had to take today off to spend a couple of hours with her before I head off to my dad's summerhouse in the evening ( Read more... )

So I've been really really busy again. The four day working week after midsummers was strenuous as usual. Then friday evening after taking care of Gib quickly I went to Lilli's graduation party in Kulosaari in Brändö seglare. Stayed there for 3 hours since I had promised to be a judge at a Shetland pony show the next day. Really, really didn't feel ( Read more... )

So, midsummer was good. Thursday evening after work my mom, sister and Didi went to visit Didi's boyfriend Leevi and his owner Tomi. Didi was finally in heat, but we did expect thursday to be a bit too early on. Still, had to find a relatively private big outdoor area for the dogs to play, and Tomi, owning a military pass, suggested Santahamina. ( Read more... )

So yet another week has gone by in a flash. Monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday I was away from home for 14 hours per day (leave my appartment at 7:45 a.m., get home 9:45 p.m), then friday I was away for 16 hours, since I went to dinner with two of my friends in a fancy Italian restaurant in the evening. When I walked home I had to concentrate ( Read more... )

Grrr..... some idiot has parked so that I can't move my car. That is just so incredibly inconsiderate! So I had to make a couple of phonecalls to figure out who the owner is, and she woun't pick up her phone, so now I'm just waiting at my mom's place for this person to move their car so I can drive through the gate.......
 Well my first whole week ( Read more... )