30 Years Here

This morning I lay in bed thinking, well it was too hot to sleep. 30 years on and I still get excited about this beautiful palace that I'm lucky to call home. Last night there was a full moon and I stayed out waiting to see it. I had hoped to see it come over the Nantlle Ridge again as I had done the previous night, but with animals going in and out I missed it. It was lovely to be outside 10.30 - 11pm. The bats were busy, flying just over my head and the cats seemed to be having a social get-together before going their separate ways. Apart from the odd cow it was pretty silent out there and I honestly felt really blessed.

Back to this morning, the dogs had all been fed and been out and as Steve snored I sat on my bed with a cuppa looking through Facebook and reading "instructions" from my brother of what to say when I take my Mum to the doctors, I guess suggestions is a better word! LOL Mum has now got the Attendance Allowance, so will be able to pay someone to go in once a week to help with cleaning and shopping. This is not means tested so no poking noses into what she has and hasn't got, but at just over £70 a week it will be a huge benefit to her and to us knowing she can pay a third person to help out. We've already sorted out someone to go in for the cleaning/shopping and found a window cleaner for her ... so that's a start.

I'm still sat on the bed thinking, 30 years in this cottage, more than half of my life. Every Blanik litter born here and every dog I've ever owned has lived part of their life here. I moved in with Blade, Pepsi, Nikki, Don's dogs Sultan, Captain and Robbie, and my cats Lux and Jasmine and Don's cat Boots. (Oh and Don of course)  Happy times they were not ... but I fell in love with my home on the hill. 

In 1996 the "A" litter were born, Seffe and Dexi were mine and Rocky came back at 6 months old. By then Don, taking Robbie with him had gone, I'd taken Boots to my place of work, (to live with the boss of the Ozanam Centre) Captain had been re-homed and Sultan moved into the house. I remember meeting Carrie and Glyn in the July at The North Wales Show, and Frank and Linda in the September of the same year. Carrie had her precious puppy GSD Yanto, and Frank and Linda took Rocky into their homes and hearts. Friendships that began back then, and we are all still close 30 years later, well 29 years LOL.

Yes still sitting on my bed, yes Steve still snoring, I think of Blade and Lux, I think of meeting Steve in 1997 and his reluctance to come in past 4 GSD at the gate and how within months he adored them and how he's been my backbone, my everything. 

So today I'm getting my head together, positive thoughts Rhian. Let's try and look to the future, let's be grateful for what we have and plan ahead for Blanik. Crossing everything for our "N" litter and another Orin baby in due course. 

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