Where have I heard that one before?

This morning we get up early (at 07.30 - good grief) and take the dogs to training. Max is his usual, vaguely controllable, good-natured, happy self (he fell 'in love' with a huge female Mastiff and was difficult to control) whilst Min settles in quickly and, at first appearances, looks like she will do well. She appears to be less submissive than Max, more adventurous and dare I say it, more intelligent. We shall see.

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Manu, our elusive builder, dropped by this afternoon. He has work to finish next door and we want him to build a kennel and run for us outside. Occasionally we need to leave the dogs for more than a couple of hours and in summer it would be better for them if they were outside. They will need shade and space to move around and we have just the spot, but it needs a certain amount of building work. He promised to call next week to give us a date. Hmnnnnn.

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We didn't like the last panetone we bought in Intermarché, so Jan made a quick, easy, weight inducing, cholesterol augmenting, diabetes no no, from the leftovers. This is good. Coat slices of panetone in icing sugar and then lightly pan fry in butter. Serve warm from the pan. Great!