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For the past two nights I've been staying in Datchet, Windsor. My auntie had got tickets to go to Windsor castle to see the Garter Ceremony (well the royals and stuff going into the ceremony).

It was so much fun! A real treat to be truly patriotic and British for the day!

I wore red white and blue! Unintentionally but a very good mistake! We had to get into Windsor and queue outside the castle very early otherwise we would've have a good spot once we got in.

We were right at the beginning of the place where they all came out - and sat second from the front! 

They gave use free flags to wave as the queen and other royals came past. My auntie had made us a picnic to have while we waited, which was yummy and seemed a very british picnic!

This is a photo from my camera, but taken with my phone..the Queen is so tiny! I've seen her in person once before but I was small then so didn't realise. But stood next to William and Charles (who look really tall!) the queen looks so little! She looked so lovely in her robe and stuff - she looked happy and had a lovely complexion. I think she must've been cheery as her hubby Phil had come out of hospital that morning. 

All the royals looked so lovely - the horse on its way to get the queen had a poo which was humorous! 

It was extra exciting because one of the volunteers from where I work was one of the men dressed in all red carrying a big pole thing - I'm sure ill fin out who they are haha.

Overall it was a fabulous day spent with the family! 

  

Just a week ago..

We've had Max for just over a week now and he seems to love it here! He sleeps really well and behaves really good with Matt and Laura now too.

I've taken him on lots of long walks around Shropshire and still have lots more places I can take him.

There's a lake about 5 minutes walk from the house which I didn't even realise was so close! He seems to enjoy that walk and halfway around the lake is my friends house so I get to have a cuppa on the way! 

I have also realised that soft toys aren't for Max, as he chews them up in a matter of seconds! So his bed is also out of the question...

Yesterday I had him groomed at the local groomers - he didn't mind being washing but really didn't like the hair dryer, he kept biting at it and getting stressed. So once he was cut he left the groomers half wet! 

Luckily it was a beautiful summers day so he dried off very quick on our long walk in my hometown of Newport in Shropshire.

The last picture is to the council who are trying to take away the beautiful countryside and build a Sainsburys and lots of housing. Newport is only a small market town and already have a Waitrose and a Co-op and the market which is more than enough for our town so you can imagine the protesting!

Anyway we had a lovely walk apart from when Max came off his harness and ran away!!! Because of his grooming his hair was so silky his harness slipped off and he took that as an opportunity to run!

Luckily after 10 minutes of panicking and crying I turned around to look for him and was say staring at me with a 'what's all the fuss about I'm right here' kind of face. Little shit.

Apart from that we've had a lovely week with Max and are looking forward to many many more! Going to take him to Wales next month to see my mum and play on the beach!

Sorry I have probably rambled, bye x

Woof!

Mr Max has been in our home for a day now and he's a lot of fun!

Still nervous and playful but I'm sure once he's settled and stuff he'll be okay. Once he is settled a bit more I'm going to take him to the groomers and also get a bit of training sorted so he will respond to his name and stuff!

But at the moment for only a day he's doing great :] 

Going to take him on a nice walk later with the new long lead I've brought, and take a ball so he can play too!

Upcoming travels..

Today I've been sorting out a trip to Amsterdam in July, hopefully it will happen....

Going with my friend Roy who I've known since school..see what shit he posts here - www.roy1992.blogspot.co.uk

Hopefully going with my mate Ralph too when he gets back from cycling to Russia and back. Go follow his blog it's pretty amazing - www.ralphjbutler.blogspot.co.uk

We haven't exactly spoken to him about this trip as phoning to Russia is pricey...

But anyway me and Roy have been working out prices of ferry, trains and accommodation today so it's all systems go! 

Going for about 5 days so should be really cool! 

Have wanted to go back to Amsterdam since my first time there was wasted with someone I didn't get on with! 

We worked out camping is going to be so much cheaper - and fun! May as well do these things while I'm young and can stand it.

Currently looking at stuff we can do while we're there, places to go and see.

More soon - bye!

Busy busy!

Work today was quite busy..not as busy as yesterday! I think it's caught up with me as I have been so tired all day, everyone else at work had too!

We had some lovely visitors today though, two of them left us really uplifting comments in our feedback box which is great to know we're doing good! 

I took a few snaps of work today with my phone on the way back from taking a cuppa to the ticket hut:

I must say that I love working in such a gorgeous environment! The house itself is amazing, and the gardens - beautiful! 

I basically run the tea room and everything and everyone who volunteers in there with me. From doing the ordering and invoices, to getting new products and suppliers! It can look like an easy job from an outsiders perspective, but it's quite demanding - but that's why I love it!

It could be easier if you run a place similar yourself with cleaning etc, but I have national trust guidelines to always work with and of course events happening all the time to prepare for!

Overall although work makes me quite tired, I really love it. Love the people I work with, the place and even the customers!

Moving on from work, the guinea pigs are getting very squeaky lately - I think they're whining too much...

Hehe, bye!

Don't you hate it when..

I was cross at work today, I was watching two beautiful dresses on eBay that hadn't been bid on this morning. They were due to end today, but because work was busy I missed my chance to bid on them.

One of them went for £3.20 and I would've gone up to at least £5 :[ It was so pretty as well, 1950's style and a lovely light coral colour.

- Rant over - 

After work today my Mum came to see me at my house. She brought her boyfriend with her as well who I'd never met before, so it was odd but good to finally meet him. 

He seems nice, makes her happy and seems genuine so I'm okay with that.

In other news I drank lots last night so was slightly hungover at work today, but had a lovely night with amazing people!

Probably more interesting stuff to mention tomorrow...with pictures!

New addition to the family!

Over the past week I've been heavily considering getting a dog, since I have my own place (well shared but you know what I mean). 

I'd seen a few for sale on local Facebook pages and actually met one which was beautiful, although she was smelly, overweight and very very malty! 

On Thursday me and my housemate decided to go to dogs trust in Shrewsbury to see what poochies they have there.

At first we found a nice little dog called Patrick who was lovely - but found out that he was an aggressive dog and a lot to handle. I didn't think he would be right for me being my own first dog.

So we looked around again and found a dog called Mr Max, a black collie with a white ruff and white front paws. I love collies so asked for more info and to walk him. The info we were given was all positive and nice, so we gave him a walk!

He was absolutely great on the lead and liked to jog with me too!

So all in all, I've reserved him because he's just such a lovely doggy!!! 

Got them coming to do a house check Thursday, then by Tuesday he should be with us :]

So excited!