The Beagle Diary
A
fascinating (perhaps) insight into Streamer's life with and without Mistress
Hellen. The diary is updated frequently.
MAY 2003
Saturday 31 May 2003
Michael visited!!! Yippee!!!! He and Mistress H moved furniture around and
re-organised a lot of the house. It's particularly fascinating to see what people get
up to when trying to get large objects through doorways that aren't quite the same sort
of large. At one stage I thought we'd have to spend the rest of our time here
(until we got an axe or a wood saw) with a desk stuck in the front doorway.
Friday 30 May 2003
A mishap with a huge puddle of mud in the park meant an unscheduled bath - well, at least it
was warm (the bath, that is, not the mud).
Thursday 29 May 2003
More fun with the house moving around with the big wet - and now I have a sore nose.
Normally I can bowl through the house, smack into the back screen door, which flies open, and
run down the stairs. Was running at top speed today having a game of chasings with
Mistress Hellen - I did my usual smack into the door - except it didn't open - because
it's STUCK!!!
I tried to be as dignified as possible with the pain - scored lots of sympathy from Mistress
Hellen though and we settled into less energetic playtime.
Tuesday 27 May 2003 (back to top)
The house is moving around with all this rain - the kitchen door went from not shutting and
then it stuck on the floor so it was halfway open. It's now progressed to not staying
shut - as I found out the other day while I was snoozing. The door slowly swung open
all by itself and scared the living daylights out of me. Immediately I was on BEAGLE
ALERT MODE - suspecting an intruder. Eventually I figured out that the house had just
moved that little bit again and the door was making itself more comfortable.
Sunday 25 May 2003
Over to zeRellies for a barbecue. Lots of people and yummy food. Rained off and
on all day but I still had a few good games in the garden with the more playful of the
visitors.
Despite a select few continually saying "don't feed Streamer" I scored quite a bit of food
and later just had to rest to let it all digest.
Thursday 22 May 2003
Continued with the stocktake of my CDs. It's very time consuming, that's for sure but
good to just look over my collection. Now that I'm constantly listening to new music
that's sent to 2RRR, I don't often sit and listen to my OWN CDs.
Watched the roadworkers again from the safety, comfort and warmth of Command and Observation
Post 2.
Tried on my Puppy Coat (the one with the sequins, beads and appliqued paw prints) and was
delighted to find it wasn't tight anymore - the Dogaerobics have paid off!!!
Wednesday 21 May 2003 (back to top)
Woops - discovered that the playlist I published for last week had the previous week's date
on it.
Busy Day! Emptied out my outdoor kennel and put everything in the sun to air
out. Found some very interesting things I'd forgotten about. Pinned up all
my High Dicstinction Awards in my indoor kennel (my awards from WARD "C"!) and I must
say it looks very classy in there now.
Sunday 18 May 2003
It wasn't raining so I played outside all day because I could. Watched Mistress
Hellen prune everything that didn't move fast enough to get away. Needless to
say - I kept my distance.
Saturday 17 May 2003
Visited Dilys and Chelsea - haven't seen either for many many weeks. While the humans
went off to do grocery shopping Chelsea and I lazed about together.
I've been doing a stocktake on my CDs and finding ones that were filed away without being
cataloged. Ooo! Naughty Streamer!!!
Wednesday 14 May 2003
Did my show then spent the day watching the rain. No roadworkers recently, not sure if
the job is over or they've just been washed away.
Sunday 11 May 2003 (back to top)
More visiting. Call over to zeRellies in the afternoon for some yummy food and lazing
around. BoyGraham has bought a huge telly so Mistress Hellen and Missus Elizabeth watch
a movie while I play with the Sanatorian Disco Space Ball.
Missus Elizabeth cuts Mistress H's hair - also offers to shave a fancy pattern into my fur - I
decline politely and hide under the computer desk. I have no intention of ending up
looking like a poodle.
Saturday 10 May 2003
Michael suggested it might be time for Mistress Hellen and I to visit - if for no other reason
than to get out of the house. Good idea - so we pack ourselves into the car and head
Michael-wards. Pleasant evening in the company of two of his friends.
Also caught up with Cario who has, predictably, grown somewhat since I last saw him.
Thursday 8 May 2003
More roadworks watching but not as much house shaking.
Wednesday 7 May 2003
Roxy's in trouble for taking off during floor time and going into the dining room
again. THIS time, although there for less than a minute....you can guess the
rest. He is now confined to the back room during floor time by means of a closed
door! Dumb Piggie. <*rolls eyes*>
Tuesday 6 May 2003 (back to top)
We have roadworks going on - seems like they're rotary hoeing the road surface. The
whole house was shaking - and things were rattling and clunking around.
Spent the day watching the roadworks from the safety of Command and Observation Post 2.
Monday 5 May 2003
Tap Dancing Lessons again for Mistress Hellen so I spent some time this evening getting my
own tap dancing back into shape again.
Sunday 4 May 2003 (back to top)
Woke very late after our Newcastle Adventure. Spent the day watching the wild weather
from Command and Observation Posts 1 and 2.
Also spent a lot of time playing with my Sanatorian Disco Space Ball that Doctor Apollo
(from WARD "C") gave me last night. Lots of fun - I shall describe it later!
THIS is my WARD "C" Semen-ahhhh Review!!!
You may wish to check out the WARD "C" website to more fully
understand the happenings I'm reporting about. (update Sept 03! WARD "C" have abandoned Planet
Earth and returned to Sanatorius)
Travelled to Newcastle to participate in the WARD "C" Semen-ahhhh. A mere two months
since our last visit north.
Upon my arrival, Doctor Apollo presented me with a REAL Sanatorian Disco Space Ball.
We normally toss one around during our email exchanges and it was very exciting and
unexpected to now have a REAL one to play with. The only way I can describe it is that
it's like a teeny mirror ball (except Gold) and it's a lot more fun when it's thrown or
chased.
During the Semen-aaaaah I was called to the stage to receive more High Dicstinctions
(traditional awards given out by THE WISE ONES from the Planet Sanatorius to those who
have promoted WARD "C" on earth). These ones were for listing WARD "C" in my
AMRAP recommended listening list, for
preparing and broadcasting a special about WARD "C" (and Pawl EJ burnt it to CD so I could
send them a copy!) and also for publicising their web site via The Naughty Chair entry point!
The Sanatorians kept us entertained with great music and their very interesting
appearances. As is tradition at these Semen-ahhhhs, a suitable Naughty Person was
obtained from the audience for a time in The Naughty Chair - Haley the Birthday Girl.
There were some notable characters in the audience. The air-drummer/air-keyboardist
was very entertaining, as were the couple who waltzed along with one of the songs -
their looong dreadlocks flowing around them. There were also a group of football bods
who seemed to be in the bar merely to watch footy on the big TV, but who then turned their
attention to the proceedings on stage.
Not so amusing (unless viewed from a distance or with protective footwear) was the very
drunk person who commandeered The Naughty Chair (which resembles our Earth Wheel Chair)
and started wheeling recklessly around the floor. He smacked into a tower of
speakers (almost bringing them down!), he ran over feet (including my paw), he backed
into people and he fell OUT of the chair when it stopped suddenly.
A bit later someone tipped the chair up so he was lying on his back - at least that kept
him out of the way for a few minutes. Eventually The Beautiful Cindy/Cindi/Cyndi
(STILL don't know how she spells her name!) whizzed the chair away when he got up to get
another drink or some such activity.
The Semen-ahhh ended very abruptly when the power died during the last song - which just
happens to be my FAVOURITE WARD "C" song - 'If I had a sackful of cats I'd see you in San
Francisco'. Sudden darkness and silence broke the mood that had been created by our
Sanatorian Semen-aaaah presenters.
Later the publican reported that it seemed someone had interfered with the circuit breakers
since there seemed no reason for the power overload to happen by itself. Since it was
already only 5 minutes from Semen-ahhhh finish time, and it didn't look like power was
going to return in time, WARD "C" reluctantly left the stage.
Ah, and photos of the first Semen-ahhh are on show at the WARD "C" website!
There wasn't an After Party this time, so we headed off home and saw a very cool electrical
storm happening - and then drove through some very heavy rain.
Saturday 3 May 2003 (back to top)
We're going to NEWCASTLE today to see WARD "C"!!!!!!!!!
Friday 2 May 2003
Was employed briefly today to locate Roxy. He vanished during 'Floor Time' while
Mistress H was chatting on the phone to Michael. I heard her doing the
"Roxy Roxy where are you Roxy?" thing - and decided to not bother pointing out that even
at the best of moments, he has no concept of Roxy being his name - and most certainly wouldn't
come and greet whoever was calling!!!! <*roll eyes*>
A few minutes later I was enlisted in the hunt. Took me 10 seconds to pick up his
scent from the back room, up the step into the kitchen then across the floor and into the
dining room where he was hiding under some shelving. This of course required much
crawling around and grabbing by Mistress H to finally retrieve him and also a carpet
check for the usual Guinea Pig waste products. Fortunately the carpet had escaped
unscathed.
Ho....and he did it again later on. Apparently having the entire back room to run around
in isn't good enough any more.......seems that from now on, during Floor Time, we have
to watch him (he'd always been very hesitant to move around much, but his sense of
adventure has suddenly bloomed.)
The Beagle Diary
A
fascinating (perhaps) insight into Streamer's life with and without Mistress
Hellen. The diary is updated frequently.
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