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 #213

Today we started painted the downstairs bathroom. It's in 'soft steel' so it looks light and airy. I think it will make our pictures and mirror really pop. We also took Stark for a walk with our friends and their dog. We came across a dead bunnies and their dog decided it looked like a nice snack! Surprisingly Stark wasn't at all interested and just wanted to carry on playing ball. 

Snack:

Song Of The Day: Emanuel - Make Tonight

Reason: Love this album, such a great band! 

Highlight Of The Day: Going through some of my old stuff at my Mums. Really nice to see my childhood toys. 

Inspiration Of The Day: Killah. One of my favourite brands when I was younger and I'm gutted my old things don't fit anymore! 

Photo Every Day #199

Today has been really productive. We got loads done at work, looked up things for the future and finished it off with a relaxing walk with Stark. We also have our new rat cage set up. It's just over 5 foot tall and a couple of feet wide! It's great as they can properly run about and make the most of all the levels. They seemed to have settled in. The photo has cropped out about another half a foot off the bottom, just so you have an idea how tall it really is! 

Tall Tower:

Song Of The Day: Emily Browning - Asleep

Reason: This is from the Sucker Punch soundtrack, it's really atmospheric and reminds me a little of the Donnie Darko score. 

Highlight Of The Day: Learning more stuff for work. 

Inspiration Of The Day: People who take your advice about pet foods, treats, care etc and it has a positive effect. It's nice to know I'm making a difference. 

Photo Every Day #195

We went to Lymm Dam again for our walk this evening. We keep seeing these carvings in the trees and each time we go there seems to be more and more. I don't know if they're supposed to be there but they are pretty to look at. 

Carvings:

Song Of The Day: Metallica - One

Reason: Possibly the best music video ever. 

Highlight Of The Day: Getting some general sorting out done. 

Inspiration Of The Day: Online courses. Trying to decide is so hard! Way too much choice. 

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 #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 #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 #166

Today the boy had a battle with hayfever. Hayfever won. His eye has puffed up and forced his eye closed, it looks terrible! I've never seen anything like it! It looks like the photos in magazine stories where people have bad reactions to hair dye. The moral of the story is don't walk the dog through fields when you've not taken  anti-histamines! 

Song Of The Day: Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench

Reason: Classic song! 

Highlight Of The Day: A fast day at work.

Inspiration Of The Day: People who want the best nutrition for their pets. These are the people whose pets are truly family members rather than pets. 

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!  

Photo Every Day #159

Stark made some new friends at the park. There was a big field where lots of people were walking all sorts of dogs, but he mainly played with some smaller cross breeds. They were so cute! All crossed with poodles and other small dogs so thy had superb coats. It was nice to see them all running around in a small herd and good to see how nice Stark is with other dogs. 

Song Of The Day: Queens Of The Stone Age - Feel Good Hit Of The Summer

Reason: I know it's a QOTSA pick again but I'm listening to them a lot and I love the double meaning of the song title. 

Highlight Of The Day: Seeing Stark wolf down some bacon ribs. 

Inspiration Of The Day: House magazines. I'm making a mood board to better envisage my style. 

Photo Every Day #157

Today we went on a walk with Stark to Lymm Dam and he learnt to swim! He watched another dog swimming in the water after a stick and started paddling in deeper water. He wouldn't jump in or go any deeper that his tummy but he was sticking his whole face under! We carried on our walk and found another place with a shallow slope into the water. After some more encouragement he finally started swimming after the sticks we were throwing to him! I was so proud! He's so clever and he was so brave to finally start swimming even though he was a bit scared at first. I can't wait to take him to a beach now. 

Song Of The Day: VNV Nation - Beloved

Reason: Awesome song! 

Highlight Of The Day: Being a proud puppy mummy! 

Inspiration Of The Day: Seeing how Stark can learn something so quickly even when he's so young. 

Photo Every Day #147

Today we went to Lymm Dam to walk the dogs again and we saw this carving on a tree. We walk past it every time we go so it must have appeared in the last few days. It sort of looks like its been shot in one eye. Strange. 

Song Of The Day: One Direction - Live Whilst We're Young

Reason: I think 1D are a bit of fun. If only I was a teenage girl! 

Highlight Of The Day: A nice tea of stir fry with oyster sauce at my Dads. 

Inspiration Of The Day: I've been watching the MTV series Buckwild and I'd love to go and live in the rural areas of America. I enjoy being outdoors and its just so different to the UK.

Photo Every Day #142

Today was a busy day in the sunshine. We took Pixie for coffee and cake in the morning, walk with Stark in Delamere Forest, then pub tea with my Dad. Feels like its been a long day but an enjoyable one.

Coffee & Cake For One:

Song Of The Day: Iggy Azaela - Work

Reason: Super catchy, would be interested in hearing what she comes out with next. 

Highlight Of The Day: Spending time with Stark and Pixie. 

Inspiration Of The Day: Game Of Thrones, all of the episodes are like mini movies. Stunning. 

Photo Every Day #139

Today was my first delivery day at work being in charge!! It was quite stressful but think it went well overall. We have a new baby bearded dragon. He's so tiny and cute I already want to take him home! Pixie is snoring away tonight so have a feeling that what's been a long tiring day will be followed by a long snore filled night!

Puppy:

Song Of The Day: Bastille - Pompeii

Reason: I really don't like this song but it got stuck in my head when the boy decided to play it last night.

Highlight Of The Day: Seeing our shop's new beardie for the first time! 

Inspiration Of The Day: Seeing Stark enjoy his walks so much. Makes me feel like everything we do for him is starting to show. He's an excellent dog. 

Photo Every Day #138

This evening we went to Lymm Dam again for our walk. We were by the waters edge looking at the tadpoles when two swans and a troop of babies came right up to us. They didn't like us being near to their babies so the male hissed and tried to scare us off. Starky was barking at him trying to protect us but we had to run and grab him before he was tea! Then Pixie wandered over to them too, so she had to be picked up before she was a snack! Was nice to see the babies so close though. 

Song Of The Day: Johnny Truant - The Bloodening

Reason: One of my favourite songs/albums of all time

Highlight Of The Day: Chippie for tea! 

Inspiration Of The Day: A series in DMAX called I Was Bitten about people who survive animal attacks. It's crazy what the human body can survive through. 

Photo Every Day #131

I had a lovely day off today. I went to the RSPCA this morning to talk about volunteering, then went to Debs to find out I'd already worked my last shift. We then took Stark to Lymm Dam and for a quick pub lunch. Then I went to my Mum's for tea and finally we watched Game Of Thrones. Aah, what a good day off!

Run Puppy:

Photo Every Day #129

It was my second day off in a row today and its been really nice to have a bit of a break. I took Stark out at lunchtime as he seems to be extra boisterous at the moment and it did nothing to calm him down any! Puppies, eh! I also caught up on some sleep and did all my washing. Having a house has made me well more boring! 

Song Of The Day: Nicki Minaj - Beez In The Trap

Reason: Stuck in my head, really different from her singles but I like it!

Highlight Of The Day: Meeting another collie on our walk. Can't wait to see how big Starky is going to grow! 

Inspiration Of The Day: i-Crime, a new series on the Crime Channel about crimes captured on video phones. Some people are just idiots! But has made me think more about how I should use my phone if I ever saw a crime as it can be used as evidence.

Photo Every Day #112

Today seemed to be quite a long day but it also seemed to go fast! We took Stark on his first walk and he was so good! He was a bit confused and apprehensive at first but then he seemed to really enjoy it. He needs a harness and a stretchy lead as I don't want to let him off whilst he isn't trained but he trips us up with his running back and forth whilst on the rope lead.

Walkies:


Song Of The Day: Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy
Reason: This came on the radio at work today so I had a good singalong whilst there were no customers in to listen!!

Highlight Of The Day: Stark's first walk!

Inspiration Of The Day: 11 Reasons Why Cats Make The Best Alarm Clocks - http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/reasons-cats-make-the-best-alarm-clocks?s=mobile

Photo Every Day #75

Today we had our induction for volunteering at Cheshire Dog's Home. We had a little talk about the place and what was expected of us and then we paired up with an existing volunteer and helped walk all of the dogs! We walked Buster and Buzz, two staffie crosses who are lovely. Then two more staffie crosses who were terribly excited and raced around and two lurchers who were as good as gold. We walked them round the track a couple of times and also had a bit of a play with them in the fenced off compound where they're allowed to go off lead. It was really nice to see how excited they were to get out of their kennels for a bit. It's a shame so many lovely dogs are unwanted and left there. If you want to volunteer, make a donation or adopt a dog have a look at their website and see if you can help! I also got round to watching comic relief and donated £5 to the cause!

Donation:


Song Of The Day: Brigit Mendler - Ready Or Not
Reason: Chirpy song for when the sun is out

Highlight Of The Day: Walking the dogs!

Inspiration Of The Day: The volunteers at the dog's home. It's really kind how they give up time for the sake of the dogs.