Helium.com, Dogs, Coughs and sneezes and more

Have an article re "ways to save money on feeding your dog" on Helium's homepage today,
http://www.helium.com/
Its been a funny week, what with Leo, one of my dogs and his poor health, see http://hubpages.com/hub/When-your-dogs-illness-cannot-be-cured-Heart-Failure-in-dogs and my bout of coughs and sneezes. I started last week the same and decided it was just my hayfever. However the last two days has seen me snozzling again but now with a sore throat and bad chest. Bummer as I am on leave from work, from today, for 2 weeks.
Have to pop to work early Friday though as I have an interview. Double bummer.
Leo is due at the vets in the afternoon.
Let's hope that we at least get some sun. Has been raining cats and dogs for 2 days. Triple bummer.

Helium.com

I have been absent from Helium for a while. Various reasons I guess. It is nice to get busy again on this varied and well paid site. My first task, creating a zone dedicated to the Atmosphere and Weather Channel is done but will need updating from time to time. So many great writers it's hard to know who to feature.

What a washout

Sunday has been a dead loss. Rain, rain and more rain. Now it is nearly 7 pm the sun has come out. I hope it is only my hay fever playing up but I do feel a little out of sorts. Perhaps it is because of all this rain. In 2 weeks we are on leave from work so let's hope things pick up.

Saturday

Hubby arrived home from work at 3 in the morning feeling unwell. He had stayed at work long enough to make a difference and then had to come home. He really should have left earlier but there you go. He is full of aches and pains, very pale and looks tired. He does not have a sore throat so hopefully it is not the dreaded Swine Flu. I guess only time will tell. For now it will be TLC, rest and no work this evening. Bummer as he will not get paid but these things happen.

Stress and Nintendo Wii

The morning was one of those days when you think "Gawd I hate my Job". Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day, as they say.

Hubby was home this afternoon so we relieved the tension by playing with the Wii, whilst drinking long cool lager shandies. It was hot but fun and the laughter was certainly welcome.

A late evening meal is one the cards, soon, but it will only be something with rice. Too warm for much more.

Monday, Monday, Not bad for a change

Monday was relatively kind to me today. The workload was manageable from the weekend and the morning sailed by in a pleasant sort of way.

The promising morning weather though has turned to cloud but it is still great to be home. Plenty of paperwork to keep me busy later on.

Sunday Bloody Sunday

It has been a restful Sunday. Hubby has been glued to the bed having worked an extra night shift this week. Sometimes its like living with the invisible man. My hand has settled but now I have a painful eye. Gawd help us. I thunk it is dues to mt hay fever but the drops I used have not worked. It has meant though that today has been very unproductive.

Poor Leo continues to cough his little heart out and there seems nothing I can do to help. Hope the antibiotics work soon. He needs a haircut but I can't take him to the groomers in case he does have kennel cough and is infectious.

Saturday again. Where did that week go?

It soon seems to get around to Saturday again, although some times the week drags. Strange but true :) My problem finger has turned into a painful hand and arm. Hope it is not some form of RSI. How will I do my Internet work? Planted out a few Impatiens or Busy Lizzie's which I snapped up cheaply yesterday. Have almost finished reading Dawn French's, Dear Fatty. I think I will finish it later when Hubby is at work. Oh the excitement of it all :). Nice read though.

TFI Friday

Having to cover a colleagues job today, as well as mine, was a pain. Still she has done it plenty for me, and done a great job. It was just one of those days from Hell that usually occurs on a Monday. I only work 5 hours a day and just did not have enough minutes in the day. I was determined that I would not stay late but ended up signing off 20 minutes late. I had an appointment at the vets with Leo for his kennel cough check.

The vet still seems to think that he has kennel cough and has prescribed more antibiotics. As my other pooch has not developed a cough I am still doubtful but I bow to her superior knowledge. I guess only time will tell.

Bloody nuisance

Isn't it strange how bumps and the like appear from nowhere. I was going to say from out of the blue that is more what it turned into.

Just before I left work at lunch I was knocking seven bells out of my hole punch. I had ordered one at work a few weeks back. I had used it a couple of times, went on leave for a week and found it had been nicked when I got back. Charming.

So unfortunately I had to cost the NHS a further £16 and ordered another one. It is huge and perfect for the job except that my work station is minute. So, you have guessed it, yesterday I knocked it off the desk accidentally.

With much hitting etc I managed to repair it today. The problem was that as I got on the bus to go home I noticed that the base of my middle finger, from the knuckle down, and part of my hand was turning from red to brown to blue to black. It is still like it now but has faded to a reddy brown. Gawd knows what I have done. It does not hurt but is swollen and feels a little numb and tingly. I shall have to pick one of the doctor's brains tomorrow and see if it is OK. Anyway to cut a long story short I have had to keep off the computer this afternoon.

Nice end to the day though with unexpected family visitors. Always good for a laugh.

Michael Jackson

The memorial service for Michael was odd but better than I thought it would be. The finale with all the family saying their piece seemed strange at first but, thinking about it, is only the way that people say goodbye and thank people for attending a funeral.

Where has Summer gone?

With another unpredictable day I have to ask juts where has summer gone? Sure it is warm now but this lunchtime has seen torrential rain accompanied by thunder and lightening. A colleague tells me yesterday's storms were in fact a tornado.

Let's hope Summer can resurface soon before everything in the garden stops being rosy and becomes flooded. I could not stand to be flooded again, as in 2007

My Internet articles

Looking at the RSS feeds I have put on Blogger.com, to some of my Internet articles, I must say that I have certainly written on a wide range of subjects. From pot smoking to death to recipes to Alexei Sokolov to depression and more. I can't say that I always get it right, in fact I probably hardly ever do, but at least I try to formulate an opinion and express it. The body may be getting on a little but the brain is still as wild and active as ever, lol.

Leo

My photo is my beautiful rescue dog Leo. He has recovered well from his poor start in life but is currently suffering some heart problems. I guess the hot weather is not helping.

He has some paralysed muscles in his neck which does mean that he coughs a little now and then in an attempt to clear his throat. However this week his cough has got worse. A visit to the vets seems to show that he has kennel cough. Antibiotics for a week and a return visit Friday will confirm if this diagnosis is true. If it is, no doubt my other pooch, Jessie, will also develop this cough. I hope not.

Leo is due a short haircut Saturday to help him cope with the hot weather but if he has kennel cough I will have to cancel this. Don't want to go spreading it around. Poor sweetie his coughing is wearing him out.

Lazy Sunday

There are masses of things that I should do today but it is just too hot. It is sticky and clammy and not nice.

I have relived my holiday memories with a Hubpage about a day trip to Seville. We travelled from the Algarve. A long way to travel but well worth it.

I think a long cool G and T is now in order.

No work today-Yippee

It has been hot and sticky in my part of the world today. The threatened wet weather as yet has not arrived. The heatwave continues at least for a few more days. It has beome hard to be bothered to do anything as the heat is tiring. Still I managed to write a couple of new Hubs today, had more fun on our new Wii fit and did a couple of chores. The Wii fit will be ace in cold weather but just now is hot and sticky work.

Check out the hubs at :-http://hubpages.com/profile/ethel+smith