"More Cheese Lad....?"

Monday, 8pm

Thought for the Day - Dogs will only want to go out into the garden when the back door is closed, and you've just sat down

Pug Status - Only wanting to go into the garden when Daddy has just shut the door

Another busy day. Relaxing in the front room with a small glass of Creme de Cassis, a blackcurrant liqueur, which tastes a bit like being mugged by a carton of Ribena....

In preparation for the new job, and daily commute to Oxford, we decided to get a reliable second-hand car so this afternoon I parted with a few pennies and got a little Fiesta. With its 15 inch alloys, tinted rear window and sporty bucket seats I have turned into the oldest boy racer in town, although I think having The Best of Perry Como blaring out of the sub-woofer on the way home was a bit of a giveaway....

I then made the mistake that I always do when I drive a different car. I pulled into the petrol station and couldn't remember which side of the car the petrol cap was. Rather than take the sensible route of checking the wing mirrors I went for the casual "I always drive this car" approach and pulled in at the nearest available pump which, of course, was the opposite side from where the cap is. After a few minutes of discomfort hauling the hose across the roof so the nozzle would reach I then did what I always do when I only have the exact money - went a penny over.....

Puppy Bob is going through a growth spurt - he seems to be entirely composed of ears and knee joints and this had led him to adapt a walking style almost identical to that of Gromit. I believe this is the equivalent of an 'awkward teenage stage' although he doesn't wander about with an iPod permanently inserted and moaning that he didn't ask to be whelped....

Just finished feeding our little horrors, not that it takes many minutes - pugs don't so much as ingest food, more inhale it. I like to think that they are just racing to admire their nice new feeding bowls - how naive I must be....