Magnolia Advent Calendar Day 14 and a New Friend!

Hi all, hope that you are all well.  

Today is day 14 of the Magnolia Advent Calendar and it is my turn to host……yayyyyyy!   Pop over to my Magnolia Blog for a chance to win a surprise gift from Magnolia……….be quick though, you only have till tomorrow to enter. 

 

Most of you know that we lost our beautiful Labrador, Billy, and I would like to thank everyone for their comforting words and support you have all sent, it really has helped.  Its been so strange him not being around and we miss him so very much, he has been a part of my life since I was 17 years old, so it has been really hard.

On Saturday my lovely, wonderful husband decided to surprise me with a new little friend, Teddy the very soft and cuddly Shih Tzu puppy.  He is 8 weeks old and very much a handful already LOL

   

We have talked for years about having a smaller dog along with Billy, but never actually did it.  So Leigh thought that now was the time to go for it, we couldn’t face having another Labrador so close to losing Billy, as its going to take time to come to terms with losing him, but it will be something to look at in the future when we feel ready.  For now we have this little cutie to help us through and trust me when I say it was the best medicine in the world for a heavy heart, Teddy is such a little love.  I have to say too, very very mischievous, worst then Billy was at this age that’s for sure LOL……….he is off to the vets tonight for his first lot of jabs, not sure what he will make of that bless him.

 

This is him with his new best friend, his little squeaky duck, its too funny to watch when he tries to rat it, the little growling noise is too cute for words.  I was quite shocked how big Teddy is to be honest, it is hard to tell from this pics, but he is enormous for his 8 weeks.  He was deffo  the leader of the pack with his brothers and sisters, he was almost twice their size {so Leigh said LOL}.  I think he will be a big lad when he grows up, his Dad was and it looks like he will be following in his foot steps.

As I was taking this picture he was trying to pull the blimmin camera strap, little tinker……….and those teeth of his are razor sharp and he is not afraid to use them LOL.  We are not doing to bad in the house training dept he is pretty good, we have had the odd mishap….so keeping everything crossed it won’t take too long, I am really pleased with his progress for 8 weeks.

Well thanks for stopping by, I shall be back soon with some cards that I have made recently.  Thanks again for all your lovely comments, you are all too kind for words :o)

See you all again soon, and I will share some more pics of Teddy’s adventures too!

Hugs Tab xxx

MIA

Hi all!  Sorry for the lack of posts from me, but the reason for it is we had to say goodbye to our best friend in the whole world, our beautiful Labrador Billy :o(

We miss him like mad, he was more than a dog to us and he helped us through many hard times over the years.  The house feels so empty without him.  He was completely full of energy all the time even right up to the day before he passed.  It was the hardest discussion we have ever had to make in our lives, but we knew it the right one.  He was fine one day and the next day he just couldn't get out of his bed, his back legs just stopped working and it wouldn't have been fair to him to leave him like that.  I know he was a good age {14} but it doesn't make it any easier.  

They bring so much joy to our lives, but boy they don't half break your heart too.

Anyway I just wanted let you know why I was MIA, I am finding it hard to craft at the moment, cos he used to come and lie in the room with me......hopefully I will be able to craft again soon.

We don't seem to be having much luck with things this years, what with Mum and stuff, so I can't wait for this year to be over to be honest.

Going to go now cos the tears are flowing again :o(........there is a picture of him on my side bar cuddling his precious toy cat, I couldn't face going through he endless pics we have of him trying to find one for my blog, so you can see him there.  He was a real beauty!

Hugs Tab x