Introducing Sasha!

So here we are, a few days into 2006 and already we have a surprise!

Introducing our latest addition to the Snowbabies nut house….. Sasha!

We had talked about getting another puppy before Christmas but plans were put on hold over the festive season because it’s was just too busy here. On Friday we called in to the sanctuary were we adopted both Lucy and Lollypop, not really expecting to be taking anyone home.

Imagine our surprise to find two puppies who both had a remarkable resemblance to Debbie’s beloved Tyler who sadly passed away in November 2002. The only decision to be made was which one, they were both so gorgeous. However, with one puppy being a little quite and knowing how mad Lollypop is, there was only really one choice.

Sasha settled in straight away, having a bit of run around with Lolly on Friday night and in 10 minute spurts during Saturday. Dad came over in the evening to celebrate New Years Eve with us and Sasha slept the whole time lol.

During Sunday and Monday, Lollypop began to find that Sasha is the ideal playmate given his insatiable appetite for a game of tug.

Lucy is taking it all in her stride, she’s never been one for racing about like nutcase Lolly and is quite content to watch on from the comfort of her bed or the sofa.

This years New Year Resolution is walkies, walkies and more walkies!

Paul

Happy New Year

Its a bit late, but here it comes:-

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Hope it bring you all magic, happiness and wealth.

Debbie & Paul

Brrrrrrrrrrr

It was freezing cold, when Lollypop woke us up at the crack of dawn it was -6.0c thats minus, that is FREEZING....lol....

Paulie is waiting for the next lot of snow to head our way, all that fell has now disapeared apart from a few bits in the garden and some on the road, it does look mighty slippy outside, as I was looking out of the window of our nice overheated house, I watched a man struggle to keep upright on the pavement outside...lol...I know I should not ...lol... but it was very funny.......

Yesterday, we did our usual trick of finding snow, we went everywhere and none was as good as where we had set off from, hence our home.....still we got some good piccies, which Paulie will put on after for me, cause now he has change from the programme we use to use "hello" to flick art, and I have not got a clue.....

Lucy and Lollypop have had an hair cut today, a much needed one and our Lucy looks soooooo cute its untrue, we have been busy at the bird feeding station in our garden to, filled up all the nuts and seed and also gave them half a loaf of bread, which Lollypop decided he liked too and did not want to share...lol...

Paulie has just rushed to the window to get a shot of a Robin having a munchy on some of the food there, lets hope he got a good shot.

Till later Aligators,

Debbie

Fame At Last!

Jubilation this morning as one of Debbie’s photos from our last post appeared on BBC Breakfast! It was a bit weird seeing our back garden on national telly lol.

Hoping to get more photos, we left scenes like this in our garden behind this morning for a shopping trip to Holmfirth.

We expected there to be more snow up in the Pennines than there was here but all there was on the top of Holme Moss was thick fog! After navigating the pea souper, we dropped down in to Holmfirth.

No snow here either, but all was not lost, Debbie got a new pair of gloves, some nice winter tops and I got a new fleece. But most importantly of all, we got the last bottle of Tomatin

single malt whisky, our number one tipple since visiting the distillery on our honeymoon last year.

On the way home we stopped off for lunch at Brewsters, now we’re both stuffed and ready for an afternoon kip.

Paul

It's Snowing

We woke up this morning, or should I say Lolly woke us up this morning to a light blanket of snow!

It’s been snowing on and off from about 5am, looking forward to going for a ride and getting loads more pictures when it gets light!

Paul

Merry Christmas!

It’s Christmas Day and we’re having a fabulous time here listening to Debbie’s new CD’s while taking in the aroma of the beef and pork roasting in the oven!

Santa called in overnight, bringing loads of goodies, I think he might have been a little bit peeved dragging that lot down the chimney only to find the fireplace closed off lmao!

We’ve got loads of fabulous presents, Debbie’s got a new coffee maker along with some extra strong coffee, we’ve had two mugs already, we’ll be bouncing off the walls soon lol! Debbie’s got me a Game Boy Micro which I knew nothing about, it’s already on charge ready for some action this afternoon.

I think it’s time for some Christmas spirit, where’s that bottle of champagne gone!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Paul & Debbie

Asda Wins Muppet Of The Year Award

Plans for Christmas were going awfully well until this morning when we decided to get the shopping done at Asda before work, given that they are open 24 hours a day. It's not very often we take advantage of this but at Christmas last year it was a blessing, although it was still mental in there at 5 in the morning lol.

However, for reasons only known by the Manager of Asda Barnsley, they decided that this week, the busiest week of the year, they would stop opening 24 hours. So this morning we arrived to be greeted by a crowd of seasonal shoppers standing outside in disbelief. The big white cricle in the photo is actually a big red "24 hours" sign but didn't come out, which is a shame lol.

The moment the doors opened at 6am, there was a stampede towards the fruit and veg isles with people pushing and shoving to get to the goodies and someone ended up in tears. To make matters worse, instead of re-stocking the shelves overnight, they had only just started so much of the stuff everyone was looking for was missing!

The place looked a disgrace, with rubbish all over the place from the chaos the day before, cleaners had only just started work, trying to sweep up without being bowled over by herds of disgruntled shoppers.

So, Manager of Asda Barnsley, you win Muppet Of The Year 2005 hands down, just what were you thinking off!

Paul.

Anniversary Weekend

We've had a great weekend, kicked off on Friday night at the office Christmas bash, both mine and Debbie's were on the same night and we chose to go to Debbie's, might have been something to do with the free bar! Anyway, we had a great night out, having our first turkey dinner of the season, washed down with a never ending supply of drink!

Saturday was our turn to put on the show, hosting our own family Christmas party, despite the late night on Friday we made it to the supermarket for 7.30am, just in time for a whizz round before trolley rage started setting in and got done just in time for the cafe opening.

There was a bit of a set back in that the weight for the pressure cooker had gone awol so the hunt was on for a steamer to cook all the veg. Despite seeing one everywhere we went over the last few weeks, we couldn't find one anywhere now we wanted one, then on the way back from picking up Dad, we found one in Asda Living while looking for a gravy boat. Getting back home, with the light fading and all our Christmas lights on, our house was really looking festive.

Debbie sorted the dinner out, the pork roast was done to a turn and despite Debbie not being all that keen on using the new steamer, the vegetables were perfect! The table was set in the dining room and looked fantastic, ready and waiting for dinner to be served which went down a storm with everyone. We all head a great evening, drinking merrily while flicking between Strictly Come Dancing and X Factor.

For Sunday, our Wedding Anniversary, we had made plans to go out for a meal, then changed them to have a meal at home with friends which then changed to having a meal with friends at their home. On the day itself, our friends called to say they were still stuck doing the packing with them moving house at short notice in the next few days. So we ended up doing what we like doing best and have been yearning to do for weeks....... bugger all!

Before making a start on doing nothing, I presented Debbie with her eternity ring, "Princess, with this eternity ring I declare, you're going to have to put up with this muppet for life!". The ring is beautiful and fits snugly next to her engagement and wedding rings.

The PJ's stayed on all day as we lounged about watching Santa Who, Santa Clause 1, Santa Clause 2 and Christmas Vacation. We had a fantastic chilled Christmasy day topped off by a lovely anniversary meal......pie chips and peas.......well, we need the space in the freezer!

We're a whole year on, we've been to Scotland and back, adopted the daftest dog in the world, spent six emotional months moving house followed by three months turning our new house into a palace. It's not been plain sailing by any means, we're hoping for a smoother ride through 2006 and some snow would be nice!

Paul.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

To my Darling Paulie, Thank you for a wonderful 12 months and I hope we have many more to come!!

Love u loads

Debbie .x.x.x.

Posing Till Closing

While we were in Leeds last week, Debbie bought a lovely white reindeer which had a fluffy white collar.

The next morning, the fluffy white collar had mysteriously disappeared.

We think we might just have an idea who the culprit was!

We went over to my Brother’s at the weekend for an early Christmas party, here’s Grandma and Debbie posing away.

Here’s Debbie and me, can you tell who was knocking back the amber nectar?

Dressing up time at the weekend and Lolly wasn’t too impressed with it while Lucy just posed away all night.

While Lolly bounded around the living room trying to escape from his outfit, Lucy soaked up all the attention.

Lucy has Rudolph off to a tee here, while Lolly continued with his Zebedee impression behind the scene.

Not too much longer now until Christmas is here, we took time out from the preparations on Sunday and just did a bit more shopping, built a glass display cabinet, a television corner unit and a chunky new pine coffee table. It’s transformed the living room, all we want now is a couple of minutes to sit in it!

Paul