Our New Life in Devon

 Well, I was very surprised today to see how many views my blog had in the last 7 days. I've had readers from 5 continents, Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Altogether from 14 different countries! I really didn't think this blog was that interesting but it's lovely to find people all over the world are enjoying reading it. Thank you all for your interest and please feel free to leave a comment if you want. I can't see exactly where or who you are just what country you are from. I had a very bad night the other night as I woke at 4.30am coughing continually. I decided to get up at 5am (as it wasn't stopping) so I took my inhaler and a 2nd allergy pill, which stopped the cough after an hour or so. Then I remembered what was causing it - I kissed both dogs 🐕 on the head goodnight. Stupid thing to do as I'm now allergic to dogs which is usually controlled well by taking one allergy tablet a day. It took me ages getting back to sleep afterwards...

 We're full here atm as we have son, daughter, and granddaughter staying. Actually, we were over full at the weekend as our nephew came to stay too. Now I only have 3 beds, so he had to sleep on the sofa but it was ok as it reclines almost horizontally, so quite comfortable. Daughter left granddaughter here for 2 nights as she had to attend a wedding, but she's really well behaved for us. Note the 'for us' as she's not that well behaved for her mum, but aren't all kids good for their grandparents? Anyway, daughter came back and nephew left Monday for work so they all have a bed now.                The Dog Show OH and granddaughter took one of our dogs into Dawlish Carnival Dog Show. She won 2 rosettes this time. It was a 1st for waggiest tail and a 2nd for prettiest female dog. Not bad for a dog that's almost 8 now. Granddaughter was really delighted and had a photo taken with our dog by the organisers. Dog's prizes were a packet of dog biscu...

Well first the good news and my phone has magically sorted itself out without me doing anything! Daughter, son and granddaughter are coming to stay for a week next week so I will have some company. I'm now able to catch up with the very neglected housework although OH assures me he's kept up with the cleaning! His idea of washing the floor is dropping a floor wipe down and moving it about a bit with his foot lol. Yes, just the one for the whole of downstairs lol. The bad news is I have a bad stomach starting with indigestion and continuing right through the intestinal track. Went to GP to check I haven't caught a germ but test was completely normal so this is from 3 different antibiotics taken at the same time. I'm taking a probiotic, Actimel, which is helping but I'm nowhere near normal yet. Sadly I couldn't travel to visit my family for their birthday meal at a very nice restaurant last week as it's 100miles away. Also, I'm eating a fairly bland diet a...