Photo Every Day #278

Today we cleaned out the fish tank and will soon be getting all the water, lighting and heat ready! I've been doing lots of reading up on different kinds of fish and am struggling to make up my mind what I'd like!! A cow fish would be my ideal fish but sadly not in our tank! 

Cowfish:

Song Of The Day: Madonna - Frozen

Reason: I adore this song, it's timeless. 

Highlight Of The Day: Seeing how fast Stark can run now. He's like a horse! 

Inspiration Of The Day: Puffer fish, my latest fish desire. Super cute but feisty too. 

Photo Every Day #264

Today Stark was being extra annoying as he was attempting to crawl all over me and was barking at every piece of fluff whilst I was trying to do college work. I managed to get some done but it would have been a lot easier in a library with no animals!!! In other news, the fish are now eating really well and seem a lot more active. The water is still really green and cloudy but fingers crossed a few more water changes will do it. 

Big Fish:

Song Of The Day: Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

Reason: One of my favourite songs, so easy to relate to. 

Highlight Of The Day: Watching Starky run for his ball. He's so fast now! 

Inspiration Of The Day: 

I started re-reading one of my Point Horror books, Homecoming Queen. I love how American, cheesy and unrealistic they are. 

 

Photo Every Day #238

Today was the dog portrait day at work, so Stark came in for his picture taken. He was really good and hopefully they've come out really nice!!

Crossed Tails:


Song Of The Day: VNV Nation - Chrome
Reason: Love this song!

Highlight Of The Day: An early night.

Inspiration Of The Day: The students of Auckland Uni standing up for women's rights! 

Photo Every Day #235

I'm spent a good chunk of my evening feeding my Pinterest addiction. I'm now also even more depressed as I can't afford my dream home! Boo!

Big Puppy:


Song Of The Day: Madonna - Frozen
Reason: Not a massive Madonna fan but this song/video is beautiful. One of my favourite songs of all time.

Highlight Of The Day: A nice training session/walk in the park with my puppy.

Inspiration Of The Day: Cher. Shes such a creative, brave artist. Plus I love her songs!!

Photo Every Day #223

Today we took Klaus to the vets to get his paw checked out. He's been put on Metacam for the swelling and if he's not improved over the weekend he's to go back and be x-rayed. He seems to be eating, cleaning himself and pooping ok, which are all good signs. But the vet did say his lameness was very severe as he's putting no weight on it. Fingers crossed its just bruised. 

Mousey: 

Song Of The Day: One Direction - The Best Song Ever

Reason: It's been stuck in my head all day. 

Highlight Of The Day: Watching a film with stark asleep next to me on the couch.

Inspiration Of The Day: How animals just get on with life even thought they're in pain. They don't take pills for every little thing like most people do! 

Photo Every Day #214

We went to a friends for tea tonight and Stark got an invite too. He was rather rude and just wanted to play the entire time! Now he's rather tired! 

Worn Out:

Song Of The Day: American Hi-Fi - Rise

Reason: Nice, chirpy song.

Highlight Of The Day: Getting some home bits done. 

Inspiration Of The Day: Extreme Cheapskates. A documentary series on TLC about people who penny pinch. Some of it is way to hardcore for me but there are a couple of small hidden gems to save a few pounds. 

Photo Every Day #207

Today Starky has been playing outside on the new grass. It's growing really well! 

Grass Playground: 

Song Of The Day: Rancid - Ruby Soho

Reason: Up beat and summery! 

Highlight Of The Day: Weather that's not overly hot like it has been! 

Inspiration Of The Day: Cheap, tacky newspapers. Confirming to me that I am still an intelligent, logical human being.

Photo Every Day #197

Today we went to a BBQ at my Mum's house. Stark was very good and he seems to enjoy being around different people. I've also chosen the paint for the main bathroom, it's called soft steel so I'm hoping it looks nice! 

Soft Steel: 

Song Of The Day: Demi Lovato - Heart Attack

Reason: Very catchy but still not my favourite song. 

Highlight Of The Day: The BBQ. 

Inspiration Of The Day: Newly single friends. Girl power. 

Photo Every Day #196

Today we went on a picnic with a couple of friends at Marbury Park. We took Stark and he was so good, he didn't mither for food or steal any! He also went swimming in the lake, he goes out really far now and he adores it. It's really building up his fitness too. 

Paddling In The Lake:

Song Of The Day: Robin Thicke, T.I. & Pharell Williams - Blurred Lines

Reason: Still loving this song. What rhymes with hug me? 

Highlight Of The Day: A nice day in the sun. 

Inspiration Of The Day: My cats watching a daddy long legs. Hilarious how entertained they are by something so simple. 

Photo Every Day #194

Today was boiling in work! I think I was close to sweating all my new hair dye off?! But I have two days off now, so I'll try and keep out of the heat as much as possible. We took Stark to Lymm Dam for a walk this evening. We befriended a Labrador who shared her ball, they were both swimming after it in the water and Stark swam out further than he has before. Then we met two collie crosses then two German shepherds with an Akita.  I like Stark meeting other dogs as I want him to be friendly and capable of adapting to new situations. He's doing really well. 

Song Of The Day: Alkaline Trio - Private Eye

Reason: One of my ultimate favourite songs ever. 

Highlight Of The Day: A nice evening walk. 

Inspiration of The Day: Colour charts. Trying to decide what colours to paint our rooms with is definitely not a decision to be taken lightly! 

Photo Every Day #192

Today Stark lost his first tooth! Well the first one I've managed to find after its has become unattached, but I think it's actually his second. He's growing up so fast! 

Song Of The Day: Missy Elliot - Gossip Folks

Reason: Love her videos. She's also someone who seems like a cool person in real life too, she was great on MTVs cribs. 

Highlight Of The Day: A late walk with the puppy and seeing loads of bunnies. 

Inspiration Of The Day: The people who make Milka chocolate. I love you. 

Photo Every Day #191

Today we went for our next lot of training classes for the Kennel Club Good Citizen Bronze Award. He did really well and it's much easier to get things practiced properly when there's only two of us in the class! 

Song Of The Day: Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench

Reason: Reminds me of the summer and good weather for some reason! 

Highlight Of The Day: Bunny cuddles

Inspiration Of The Day: Failbook. Hilarious! 

Photo Every Day #188

Today Stark went to the vets to be weighed for his flea treatment and he's now a whopping 11.4kg! He's definitely not my little boy anymore! The nurse said she reckoned he be at the higher end of the usual collie weight bracket as he's so tall. It was nice to have a day off in the sun and to wear a dress instead of my work uniform. So today's PED is of my lovely Hawaiian 50s style dress. 

Song Of The Day: Nine Inch Nails - Wish  

Reason: Really can't wait to hear their new album. 

Highlight Of The Day: Buying some hair dye! Bye bye roots.

Inspiration Of The Day: Victorian mental institutions. I was watching the new Broadmoor documentary on the CI channel and its really fascinating to see how psychology has developed over the years. 

Photo Every Day #187

Today we bought Stark a paddling pool. He loves it! He tries to catch the splashes he makes and runs in circles. It's so cute.  

Song Of The Day: Eminem - The Real Slim Shady

Reason: I love old Eminem. Such a lot to say but still relevant. 

Highlight Of The Day: Seeing the cutest chihuahua puppy in work. 

Inspiration Of The Day: Cookbooks. I really want to start cooking properly again. 

Photo Every Day #185

Today has been stupidly hot in work, a mega 32 degrees! Crazy! I'm hoping tomorrow cools down with it being delivery day otherwise I'll loose half my body weight in sweat carrying all the heavy stock around! I've also picked up a few huge bites from insects when I've been out walking the dog. They've come up in to huge welts around 1-2 inches wide/long. They're so itchy! It's nice seeing the sun but I'd prefer it with a bit more breeze and a lot less insects.

Song Of The Day: Iggy Azalea - Bounce

Reason: Really like her and want to listen to some more of her stuff. 

Highlight Of The Day: Watching Starky play in the stream.

Inspiration Of The Day: Horoscopes. I only believe them when they say good things that I really want to happen though! My PED is of my Chinese year symbol, which is also interesting too! I'm definitely a real Leo/Dragon child.

Photo Every Day #180

Today was another day where nothing particularly exciting happened. I did have a nice chat about our futures with a friend in work though, so it's given me some more things to think about. Stark's new favourite treat at the moment appears to be jam tarts. He seems to sniff them out from across the room! He's only allowed tiny tastes though, so as not to ruin his super healthy diet! 

Song Of The Day: Limp Bizkit - Rollin'

Reason: Tune! 

Highlight Of The Day: Walking Stark with my Dad. 

Inspiration Of The Day: Egg warmers! Look them up on Etsy! Amazing! 

Photo Every Day #171

Today was one of those super non-exciting days. Sometimes days like that are ok though. 

Song Of The Day: Gym Class Heroes - Cupids Chokehold

Reason: I love this song and I never knew Katy Perry is in the video! 

Highlight Of The Day: Watching bad TV

Inspiration Of The Day: The video for 'brain bug' by Nightmare. B-movie at its best! 

Photo Every Day #168

Today we went for a walk at Eastham Woods Country Park. It was a bit of a trek to get to but was a really huge place to walk around. It was really nice with plenty of other dogs for Stark to play with. There was also lots of sculptures carved out of wood, including a huge snake, a person and a real Victorian bear pit complete with carved bears! 

Song Of The Day: Queens Of The Stone Age - Everybody Knows That You're Insane 

Reason: I'm going to see them in November! So excited!!!

Highlight Of The Day: Eating tea outside

Inspiration Of The Day: The bear pit. So strange to think there were zoos that once kept animals in such poor conditions. It's also crazy to imagine all the Victorian people going to see creatures they'd never seen before.  

Photo Every Day #165

This evening was the second to last puppy class. Next week we have to complete our puppy foundation! I'm looking forward to working our way up the awards. He's really good and picks everything up so quickly. We've also had the last side of the garden fence out up along with our gate so Stark can finally be allowed to run about outside without being yelled at for constantly wandering into the neighbours gardens. 

Song Of The Day: Stone Sour - Their latest song.

Reason: I heard it on the radio today but didn't catch the song title. It's on my 'to-download' list as soon as I find out what it's called. 

Highlight Of The Day: Playing with Stark in the garden.  

Inspiration Of The Day: The Steve Wilkos Show. Letting us know that although there are completely retarded idiots everywhere, there are a few good peoplethat  try to knock some sense back into them. 

Photo Every Day #161

Today I have felt so ill! My throat has been scratchy and on fire and my head feels like its all blocked. My muscles are all aching too. I really hope it wears off quickly as I've not got a day off now until next weekend. Today's PED is of a local cat who's lovely! 

Song Of The Day: Mastodon - Blood & Thunder

Reason: Amazing song, so heavy yet exactly the kind of song that sticks right in your head. 

Highlight Of The Day: A late night walk with Stark and the boy. 

Inspiration Of The Day: Game Of Thrones season 1 episode 9. Great storytelling!