Dogs.. missing and otherwise

So Sunday morning I get a call from my friend M hundreds of miles away. 

Out walking with her numerous dogs and rescue S hasn’t come back yet.. 

Fast forward an hour and still not back. Now ,he’s not the sort to run off but he does have a few issues so likely got himself stuck somewhere.

So phone and iPad both had to spring to action putting him on Facebook ,sharing posts ,asking for help to search. By the end of lunchtime there was a drone on site looking along with plenty of foot soldiers but still no sign as darkness fell. 

A lovely man from one of the dog search teams head out in darkness but by morning S was still missing and more seriously no sightings either. 

Facebook group was set up , chats for searchers , dog warden calls , plea to the local fishing club for someone with waders .

It was just amazing where everyone came from to help , Monday morning , really restores faith in people. And then he was found , by lovely ladies who heard a sound in the middle of a bog. One got a rope tied round her and went in.. 

I saw the message and just cried .. he’s fine sore feet and back legs but in the circumstances..well it’s not worth dwelling on that.

And I will catch up with the rest of the week another day.

Anxiety

So I bit the bullet and decided to talk about this. It’s putting it out there..hardly anybody probably knows I have anxiety. It’s come in fits and starts over the years and I’ve finally recognised it for what it is.
I read a blog post today a friend had shared about anxiety and I thought they have just got that taped , what a good explanation.
It comes from nowhere, or a very small incident . Usually about something I have no control over and it leads to me feeling OVERWHELMED about everything. What to wear , buy at the supermarket , cook.watch on tv , literally everything. So if I’m not careful I end up doing not much , then I feel guilty and the cycle continues.
SO I stick to a vague routine so the things that need doing get done anyway if I’m feeling like this and it seems to work ,more or less. Things still get done that need to be. even if it’s a bad day.
Having other health issues hasn’t helped the anxiety as now there’s more to worry about but lots of people have things to worry about and like I said sometimes I’m absolutely fine and cope with all sorts.
I think that may be enough soul baring for today. This is a big step for me to write this down ..

On a more mundane level the strong winds have calmed and it’s looking like tomorrow may be an ok day .

So back to normal..ish.
Finally got to the nurse yesterday where she zapped my other ear with the flusher so that should be me sorted now. Then off to the co op ,great excitement after a week . Supplies had got low for sure. Then collected fish and chips as had promised Dad them if I ever got out

Today it was a case of a few jobs and then heading off to the MS Centre in town for the sewing machine class.
No I don’t have MS but being a small place the centre caters for anyone with a long term condition.
So I took the material my eldest brought me back from Ghana 5 years or so ago ..delighted to make the outsides of 4 oblong cushions. The material is really vibrant and can’t wait to get them finished next week.A friend there used the rest of the material for 2 meditation cushions.
We had a talk about a retreat being run locally and although it’s not all my cup of tea I certainly have been doing some research this evening.
The dogs were great whilst I was out . Delighted to see me but not really rushing out for the loo..

Tomorrow is tai chi and I really missed that last week .
Might even master putting photographs on tomorrow 😀

So another year and another post.

Had a pretty awful couple of weeks with the snow and ice. A few ok days in-between the being snowed and iced in so luckily enough supplies were to hand. It was so pretty with the sun glistening but terrifying every time I set foot outside the door.

The dogs have been absolute stars as we were really limited the distance we could go but this morning. ... IT HAD ALL GONE.Big sighs of relief all round.

Mum came up for a bit of a break late morning and we had a proper catch up ,cuppa and real natter.

I spent half the afternoon packing orders , auction items and rainbow doors as hopefully I will get to the Post Office tomorrow , and nurse to get my ears sorted , and the coop to replenish the cupboards and promised Dad fish and chips for Lunch...

Then another inventive tea and slice of my gluten free fruit cake. Only 1 slice and bits left now.

Dogs are snoozing away now and I'm going to do a bit of cross stitch whilst Cold Feet is on.

Been asked to do a Craft Fair on 16th March , Bowls Competition on 23rd and a holistic afternoon on the 30th so March is looking good.