52 weeks of Happy: week 16

 Well it's been another 'busy but happy' week here in Poppy Cottage!

Busy preparing for the village Quiz night - a long story, but I'll try to be brief. 

Mr B and I toddled along to our first Village Hall Committee meeting about a month or so ago. We had offered to be on the committee as we knew a few people were 'standing down' and thought it would be a way to become more involved in village activities. It was the AGM -  surprisingly attended only by committee members and nobody else from the village! The Chairman and Secretary not only 'stood down' from their positions, but left the committee altogether, along with a third longstanding member. That left 4 existing committee members and Mr B and I, and 2 other new members. The existing Treasurer said he would stay on in his role, but nobody, I mean NOBODY, from the existing committee would act as Chair or Secretary! 

I may have had a glass or two of wine by this time, in fact I think I must have, as I found myself announcing that if Mr B would be Chair, I would be his secretary!

What a fool!

Anyway, we found ourselves in the unenviable position of organising the annual Quiz night! Luckily we had a lot of help from other committee members and it turned out to be a very good and successful evening. No photos I'm afraid, we were far too busy taking money, selling raffle tickets, and running the bar!!

Tired, but HAPPY!

The other thing that has kept me very busy and happy this week is preparing for the arrival of Annie the Airedale!

Sorry, couldn't resist popping in a little picture of her here!!

I think we've probably bought nearly as much 'stuff' for our first puppy as we had to buy when expecting our first child!!

There's the fun bits - the toys! I didn't realise toys for puppies could be so cute! There's nearly as much to choose from as in Toys-R-us!!!

We just got a few to start with

This one looks like it knows it's going to be chewed to bits soon!

 

But this one looks HAPPY!

Then there's a matter of where she will sleep.....

Ooops, looks like the cats have already been sleeping on the mattress!

And she'll need a little hot water bottle to snuggle up to and keep her warm.

And a plug in diffuser so she doesn't miss her mummy too much....

Of course she has to be kept safe from the cats at night, and safe from chewing dangerous wires (to say nothing of my shoes) so she'll need a crate to put the mattress in....

Then there's the maybe not-so-happy bits about owning a puppy.....

And if we survive until she's old enough to go out she'll need all these.....

Hmmmm, getting a puppy was definitely not a cheap choice!!!

The cats are making the most of the peace and quiet

Enjoy it while you can pussies!

Oh, and in between all this I've managed to have a marathon baking session (thank you Mary Berry, I LOVE your cakes!!!) and take Miss M out to buy a new pair of Converse!

Happy Miss M!

I've found time to stand in the garden and watch the sheep and the new lambs

And of course I've found time for the odd bit of crochet too!!

All in all a pretty HAPPY week!

Hope yours was HAPPY too!

xxx