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frenchfancy
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I had a really rough evening last night when we got home from friends. I could feel my tummy bloating up while we were eating (I never ate a lot) and I had horrible pains. I soldiered on but was feeling grim and made our excuses to leave quite early. My tummy was really sore and as soon as we got home I dashed into the loo and had horrible explosive experience (if you know what I mean) My tummy settled but as soon as I had a drink it started again and within half an hour I would be back on the toilet again. 5 times I ended up going and felt decidedly delicate. I have no idea why this should happen.
I am up this morning but still feeling a bit on the rough side so will take my time and be gentle with myself today. Definately not a good feeling; but hubby is fine
I am up this morning but still feeling a bit on the rough side so will take my time and be gentle with myself today. Definately not a good feeling; but hubby is fine
frenchfancy
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I decided to take Biscuit to the post office for a gently walk (just over a mile ish round trip) the walk there was fine but when I walked him past the butchers shop he cowered down to the floor and tried to run past the shop and his tail was curled right under him. The shop was closed and shutters pulled down so no idea what spooked him, unless it was the smell. Anyway we got to the post office and posted our letter and set off home. When we were just leaving the town a huge Boxer, intact male dog started to follow us. he looked a real mean dog, but we just carried on walking, but the boxer started to circle us and made us stop. he was nose to nose with little Biscuit and he dropped to the floor. A man stopped in a car and told me to pay attention as this dog was very dangerous; hence my bum starting to twitch a bit. The man then drove on but stopped again as he saw the boxer was not letting us move. he got out of his car and then started to take photos with his phone. The dog then went for poor Biscuit, growling, snarling and biting and my poor baby was terrified. The man ran back to his car and got a wooden cosh out of the door and ran towards us shouting and waving the cosh, so the boxer ran off. Then some of the local resident s came out of their houses and the man phoned the gendarmes; apparently this dog has attacked 3 dogs being walked in the last 3 days. The gendarmes asked the man for my details so I supplied my name address and telephone number and am expecting a visit. the man also said he would go to the town hall and report the incident as the dog needed to be destroyed. I am a great animal lover, but I have to agree that the behaviour of this dog is unacceptable and dangerous and he probably does need to be destroyed if he is allowed to wander and cause injuries to innocent animals.
Needless to say when I got home I was a bit of a quivering wreck. Biscuit quickly got over the ordeal, but hubby is going to sort me out a walking stick that I can take with me when I walk the dog to protect me and Biscuit should the Boxer be about again. I refuse to be stopped from walking my dogs into town as it is good for their education and socialisation, but we do need to be safe. Nobody appears to know who owns the dog but it has been hanging around for the last 3 days now.
Needless to say when I got home I was a bit of a quivering wreck. Biscuit quickly got over the ordeal, but hubby is going to sort me out a walking stick that I can take with me when I walk the dog to protect me and Biscuit should the Boxer be about again. I refuse to be stopped from walking my dogs into town as it is good for their education and socialisation, but we do need to be safe. Nobody appears to know who owns the dog but it has been hanging around for the last 3 days now.
tubbynomore
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OMG what an ordeal for you and Biscuit, he didn't hurt Biscuit did he?
I know the dog now poses a threat and might have become vicious because he has been loose for days and looking for food? If this dog showed signs of being like this by its owners then they need to be found, if they purposely let the dog out to roam the streets, they should be punished.
I thought that it was illegal to have dogs off the lead in France, if the dog has been spotted before today why hasn't it been captured? Is there a dog warden person in France?
Hope you're alright? xx
I know the dog now poses a threat and might have become vicious because he has been loose for days and looking for food? If this dog showed signs of being like this by its owners then they need to be found, if they purposely let the dog out to roam the streets, they should be punished.
I thought that it was illegal to have dogs off the lead in France, if the dog has been spotted before today why hasn't it been captured? Is there a dog warden person in France?
Hope you're alright? xx
frenchfancy
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Yes Biscuit is ok and unhurt, just shaken and yes it is an offence to have a dog off lead in france. No one locally knows where it lives, it just turned up. The gendarmes and maire are now aware and they should now be actively trying to get it caught and see if owners can be traced. The gendarmes are the ones who will catch the dog, its not practical in rural france to have dog wardens due to the vast area they would have to cover. I just hope they catch it soon.
tubbynomore
Gold Member
I hope it doesn't take too long and your walks are safe again. xx
frenchfancy
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Thanks Ali, I hope so too. But we will not be stopped! x
frenchfancy
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Weigh day today and I remembered lol. I have lost 2lbs this week, which is the 2lbs I gained last week when I started to eat food again so hopefully next week I should have started to lose again, but losing new weight if you know what I mean.
This morning I am off to a charity coffee morning/clothes sale in aid of the Bansang Hospital Appeal (one of my friends is a very active fundraiser for this charity) and then after that there are 4 couples going out for lunch, hubbies are not usually invited but thought it would be nice for some of them to get to know each other. So we are off to a local restaurant for the menu du jour. It should be a nice day.
This morning I am off to a charity coffee morning/clothes sale in aid of the Bansang Hospital Appeal (one of my friends is a very active fundraiser for this charity) and then after that there are 4 couples going out for lunch, hubbies are not usually invited but thought it would be nice for some of them to get to know each other. So we are off to a local restaurant for the menu du jour. It should be a nice day.
Thetrigos
Silver Member
Well done on the 2lb loss, fab news. As for the boxer dog story - so scary!! I'm not particularly frightened of dogs but knowing what they are capable of always makes me a little nervous, i don't know what i would have done. My sister-in-law has a dog, no idea of breed but i know it is cross and there's some rotweiler in there, she is as obedient as anything with my sister in law, and she swears she's as good as gold but whenever i'm there with my little boys the dog always goes for them, barking like crazy and has to be shut away, my little boy has nightmares about it always after we visit, so i fear he will grow up being frightened of dogs now 
frenchfancy
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Good morning all, we had a lovely lunch out yesterday with a few of the ladies from coffee morning and their husbands. When we came home we were stuffed and just vegged out on the settee. I am off to the market this morning then off to collect my asda order this afternoon. As I was getting dressed I suddenly spied Biscuit trotting out of the bedroom with one of my shoes in his mouth. I grabbed it off him but could I find the other one; I searched high and low and then ended up in the garden and found it half buried under the plum tree, the little sw*ne; he must have done it last night as it was wet with dew. Good job it wasn't one of my Jimmy Choos (lol like I possess a pair; but they were a good, new pair of leather footgloves from M&S)
tubbynomore
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:giggle: naughty Biscuit
frenchfancy
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I went off to market and apparently Biscuit sat and howled at the gate for 10 mins, poor baby thought I'd gone for good lol. Anyway I had a lovely time in town and met up with some friends and had coffee; bought a beautiful handmade glass christmas tree for hanging on our tree. The tea room in town is also a pottery shop and has other hand made craft things available and the trees were so pretty. I got asked if I could do the carol sing-a-long poster for december that is being held in the tea room, so spent some time on that when I got home. Then we were off to collect our asda shopping. We have a delivery every 3 weeks to a nearby town as some things are just way too expensive over here and very limited choice too. Dont you believe that programme Little England about the Dordogne; it is definately not a true depiction of life here and where I am it is typically french with a small english community, but none around our house.
We took Biscuit round the lake in the afternoon which made a change as we usually go in the morning. But it was beautiful, picuresque and peaceful and as usual biscuit had to sniff and investigate however many thousands of trees we walked past; catching up on his doggy news.
There was a definate nip in the air last night and it is beginning to feel like winter; we had snow this time last year and we are only just starting to wear coats so don't know whats going on this year.
I am up bright and early at silly oclock this morning, no animals woke me, I just didnt have a great nights sleep. I was out feeding the chickens in the dark before they even got up. So all the chickens, cats and dog are now fed and I have had my bar and coffee and it is still only 7am.
The plan for today is to go buy a tall larder unit for the kitchen and paint it cream to match my dresser, buy the waste fittings so my dh can plumb the dishwasher in before christmas. Then we need to have another bonfire to burn the rest of the tree prunings before I start our puppy/dog socialising group next week.
We took Biscuit round the lake in the afternoon which made a change as we usually go in the morning. But it was beautiful, picuresque and peaceful and as usual biscuit had to sniff and investigate however many thousands of trees we walked past; catching up on his doggy news.
There was a definate nip in the air last night and it is beginning to feel like winter; we had snow this time last year and we are only just starting to wear coats so don't know whats going on this year.
I am up bright and early at silly oclock this morning, no animals woke me, I just didnt have a great nights sleep. I was out feeding the chickens in the dark before they even got up. So all the chickens, cats and dog are now fed and I have had my bar and coffee and it is still only 7am.
The plan for today is to go buy a tall larder unit for the kitchen and paint it cream to match my dresser, buy the waste fittings so my dh can plumb the dishwasher in before christmas. Then we need to have another bonfire to burn the rest of the tree prunings before I start our puppy/dog socialising group next week.
Thetrigos
Silver Member
All sounds lovely - winter is definitely running a bit late this year over here too, although it does tend to all of a sudden turn and be bitter, we had snow this time last year too but so far i'm still in a jacket and not a winter coat - praying for no snow this year, it ruined all my christmas plans last year!!
frenchfancy
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this morning we have a thick white frost on the ground so I definately think winter is now here.
We didn't go shopping to the bricomarche yesterday as dh said the weather was due to turn and the grass needed a last cut before winter, so I cut the grass instead whilst he weeded and turned over the veg plot ready for winter. We still have some veg in sprouts, carrots, sweet potatoes, leeks and cauliflowers which should see us thru most of the winter and a few raspberries which need picking before the frost ruins them. So today we plan our usual walk, then off to get the larder unit and dish washer fittings. I can then get organised a bit better in the kitchen. We need a new kitchen really but finances wont stretch to one yet, so have to carry on as we are.
I had a wonderful wake-up call this morning NOT!!! Billy (cat) decided to wake me for his breakfast by crawling under the duvet and biting my big toe, the little sw*ne, it really hurt but he thought it was a game. Needless to say I shot out of bed. I did my usual trip down the garden in wellies and dressing gown to feed the chickens and one of the adolescent birds we have raised was sat on the fence post and another was having a fly round in the pen, so we desperatly need to catch them and clip one of their wings to stop the flying. The only problem is it takes us ages; looks like a scene from a carry on film and one of us if not both of us ends up on our ar*e. So I think we might invest in a net and see if that's any better.
Had my bar and coffee this morning so now off to wrap up warm and get out on a walk. Catch you later x
We didn't go shopping to the bricomarche yesterday as dh said the weather was due to turn and the grass needed a last cut before winter, so I cut the grass instead whilst he weeded and turned over the veg plot ready for winter. We still have some veg in sprouts, carrots, sweet potatoes, leeks and cauliflowers which should see us thru most of the winter and a few raspberries which need picking before the frost ruins them. So today we plan our usual walk, then off to get the larder unit and dish washer fittings. I can then get organised a bit better in the kitchen. We need a new kitchen really but finances wont stretch to one yet, so have to carry on as we are.
I had a wonderful wake-up call this morning NOT!!! Billy (cat) decided to wake me for his breakfast by crawling under the duvet and biting my big toe, the little sw*ne, it really hurt but he thought it was a game. Needless to say I shot out of bed. I did my usual trip down the garden in wellies and dressing gown to feed the chickens and one of the adolescent birds we have raised was sat on the fence post and another was having a fly round in the pen, so we desperatly need to catch them and clip one of their wings to stop the flying. The only problem is it takes us ages; looks like a scene from a carry on film and one of us if not both of us ends up on our ar*e. So I think we might invest in a net and see if that's any better.
Had my bar and coffee this morning so now off to wrap up warm and get out on a walk. Catch you later x
frenchfancy
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Not had too busy a day today. I did the housework whilst dh plumbed in the new dishwasher, its all loaded and ready to set off when we have finished our coffee. We took Biscuit out for his walk and then when we came home he dug himself a hole at the bottom of the garden, it was 60cms long 30cms wide and about 30 cms deep, he was just disappearing into it when we realised. He was flilthy and had to have his paws, face and under belly washed lol. If our garden was like a bowling green I spose we could get angry but it isn't and he has terrior or little terror in him so its only to be expected. When we finally sat down we decided to watch a daft christmas film sat in front of the fire, lurvely. Then when it got dark we went down to the hen house and caught all the adolescents and clipped one of their wings to stop them flying; and now I'm waiting for the dancing then x-factor to come on. What a day.
I still seem to be having some digestive upsets, ike irritable bowel and am not sure if it is something that has come on since doing exante diet. I am still continuing with a meal a day and 2 products a day. Will see how I go but defo not happy with this bowel thing
I still seem to be having some digestive upsets, ike irritable bowel and am not sure if it is something that has come on since doing exante diet. I am still continuing with a meal a day and 2 products a day. Will see how I go but defo not happy with this bowel thing
frenchfancy
Regular Member
We have been to 3 christmas fayre/markets today. The first 2 were a bit naff and Biscuit wasn't too happy about the tanoy system and some stupid french man droning on and on and on. The 3rd one was quite good and we bumped into quite a few of our friends whilst there. I stocked up on some books for the winter, 2 books on cross stitch, had numerous goes on the tombola and bought the obiligatory raffle tickets. All proceeds were for cancer research, so all for a good cause.
I have sat down this afternoon and planned all the festive menus, then done my asda and waitrose shopping online ready for my crimbo delivery on 14th dec. I would have liked it later than that but unfortunately that is the last one for around here, so better then than not at all.
My bowel seems to have calmed today. I think it is IBS but never really had this before, so will monitor it and see how I go.
My dh remarked today that he thought I had lost some more weight, but when I weighed myself I had stayed the same as last week. But even maintaining my weight at this time of year is good for me. I may have a month back 100% after christmas just to give myself a kick start again.
I have sat down this afternoon and planned all the festive menus, then done my asda and waitrose shopping online ready for my crimbo delivery on 14th dec. I would have liked it later than that but unfortunately that is the last one for around here, so better then than not at all.
My bowel seems to have calmed today. I think it is IBS but never really had this before, so will monitor it and see how I go.
My dh remarked today that he thought I had lost some more weight, but when I weighed myself I had stayed the same as last week. But even maintaining my weight at this time of year is good for me. I may have a month back 100% after christmas just to give myself a kick start again.
tubbynomore
Gold Member
What a lovely day you had. Even if you have STS maybe you have lost inches. What a lovely hubby you have to notice/comment .
I have IBS and since CD and now Exante it flares up at the most odd time and not always with the same food type.
Have a great week. xx
.I have IBS and since CD and now Exante it flares up at the most odd time and not always with the same food type.
Have a great week. xx
frenchfancy
Regular Member
Had a pretty rough night with this pain in my abdomen again, now wondering if it could possibly be gall stones; I will see how it goes over the next week and hope that it (whatever it is) settles down.
We are hoping to visit some french friends today that got their 8 week old boxer puppy yesterday. Then we are off to walk Biscuit round the lake.
We are hoping to visit some french friends today that got their 8 week old boxer puppy yesterday. Then we are off to walk Biscuit round the lake.
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