October | 2012 | Cider with Rosie

10 things that’ve made me happy this week…

26.10

1. buying halloween goodies from waitrose- delicious toffee apples, and teeny tiny baby pumpkins called ‘munchkins’!

2. trips up to the park with our little man :) it’s so lovely to watch him grow in confidence and make friends with other pups!

3. candles candles candles. i’m obsessed!

4. the muddy pawprints washing right out of my cream cardigan, without leaving a stain! ;)

5. chinese food. so greasy. so good!

6. jason going an extra day longer than normal without trimming his beard! i’m all about the stubble ;)

7. picking out some lovely new furniture for our living room to buy next month :)

8. the look of utter triumph on teddy’s face when he managed to jump up on the sofa for the first time! i’ve never seen a dog look prouder of himself!

9. putting together a little parcel to send out to jason’s brother joe, in afghanistan. it’s full of sweet treats and soft toilet roll ;)

10. spending time with my cousins. i love those two :)

what’s made you happy this week? :)

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‘I wish I were…’

25.10

image: found via pinterest

yesterday i had one of those ‘my brain won’t absorb any information no matter how hard i try’ days whilst in a university. i ended up drifting off in my lecture, and coming up with a list of things i’d rather be doing instead of sitting in a chilly lecture room, like…

- drinking hot chocolate out of my favourite mug

- watching lovely childhood films like 101 dalmations, mrs doubtfire, and elf

- taking a trip to a zoo or an aquarium

- sitting on the sofa with a cup of tea, watching the cooking channel

- shopping for candles, lipsticks, and bubble bath

- selecting sweets for a bag of pic and mix

- taking a trip up to the big pond to feed the ducks

- rereading the harry potter books for the fifty millionth time

- wandering around the british museum

- filling the house with fairy lights and candles, and turning off all the other lights

- baking cupcakes, and then letting loose with the frosting, sprinkles and chocolate buttons :)

- picking out a christmas tree and decorating it, even though it’s only october!

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what’s on your ‘instead of being at work/university/school, i wish i were…’ list? :)

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This is what I’ve learnt since having a dog…

24.10

wearing a brand new cream coloured cardigan out on a dog walk is basically the worst idea ever. learn from my mistakes- don’t do it!

on that note, you’ll suddenly understand why seasoned dog owners have ‘dog walking clothes’ in dark, mud-proof colours ;)

sometimes pups have ‘demon’ days, where they forget everything they once learnt about housetraining, want your undivided attention 24/7, and eat all sorts of disgusting things that make you retch (big juicy slug, anyone?) these days aren’t your fault, and you just kinda have to weather the storm…:)

puppy teeth and knitwear are not the best of friends…

you basically won’t ever need to sweep your kitchen floor again, because dogs = furry vacuum cleaners. and it’s brilliant!

7am at this time of year is pretty dark and chilly, but the sunrises are beautiful :)

puppies smell like popcorn and milk and cuteness 95 percent of the time, and bum the other 5 percent of the time…

squidgy puppy rolls are the cutest thing in the world :)

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dog owners, please feel free to share your best ever tips for stress free dog owning in the comments below! i wear brand new clothes out on muddy puppy walks, so i quite clearly need all the help i can get ;)…

p.s. i know i’m his owner and so am totally and utterly biased, but i think this photo of little ted is basically the sweetest thing ever to have existed in the history of the world…;)

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Reason #5217 that I love Jason…

23.10

…his sleep talking is comedy gold! :)

jase went to bed before me on saturday night, and when i joined him i had the following conversation with my snoozing man:

jason: what was that banging noise?

me: dunno. it was outside.

jason: i think it was a potato falling from the sky.

me: was it really?

jason: no. it was a bald eagle. lost on its way from america.

me: hahaha!

jason: don’t laugh.

me: are you being serious? you are actually asleep aren’t you, you’re not mucking around?