Hello Australia!

Oh well, it's back to normal now. She's not rushed out again this morning and this is the second day running so I think she's not working. Some of us don't have that luxury. Some of us work from home. Some of us don't even have any career choices. Imagine being born a shelf-stacker, a dustman or a milkman without even being asked what you wanted to do. Imagine getting up in the morning and leaving milk on people's doorsteps without knowing why. Imagine being a retriever; some of us don't have to.

Anyway, I digress. She's using His laptop now because she broke her own. Can you tell my why it is that I get gesticulated at for digging a hole in the flowerbed (okay, so it was two holes) and no one does a thing when she wastes a perfectly good piece of equipment. It's a bit harder for me to get access to His laptop and the whole flowerbed thing isn't going to help the situation so I thought I'd better do this quickly before He comes home from work.

I know that I promised to share the contents of my lovely postcard so later on I'll show you a photo of it to prove I'm not imagining it. However, I think I also mentioned her broken camera which has now been replaced by a new one which I can't work. So, I'm going to have to do some serious sucking up tonight if I want help with that. Maybe I'll do less slurping whilst they watch television. Anyway, here is what she said:

Dear Monty,

As your Antipodean cousin I thought that I should introduce myself to you even though we have never met. I am Jacquie, the Jack Russell and I live in sunny Queensland. I do have to tell you how much I enjoy your blog especially the trials and tribulations you have with having your bed made up. Maybe you have to train her a bit better (I have no trouble there at all). Also, please let me know what the Antipodeans got up to on their recent visit (any mention of their adventures was sadly lacking from your blog).

Love and kisses
Jacquie

ps I have been in 3 different beds on 3 different nights this week due to renovations.



I am sure that you will understand my disappointment that we shall never meet in the fur but it is nevertheless an absolute delight to communicate with such an articulate and eloquent young lady dog. I am also confident that she has been attracted to my dignified and mature image on my blog, the likes of which are very rare indeed. Therefore, I must not disappoint and will let her have a little information about her humans' activities whilst they were over here.

Unfortunately, my understanding of their movements (no, not those sort of movements, we're not all obsessed) is limited due to my lack of hearing but I did spend one memorable day in their company and details of this will follow soon.

In the meantime, I send my best wishes to Jacquie and any other dogs out there reading my blog who are too shy to comment but who appreciate my witty banter.