Hair Dye

Humans do not have shows, the way dogs do. When Paula died her hair today, there is no risk she will be disqualified from a show. 

My coat look good as it is. I have no need to dye it. If Paula wants to dye her hair and feels good about it, it is fine with me. To each her own.

Our Own Veteran

Our Affenpinscher friend Morran liked that I wrote about dog veterans yesterday, on Veterans’ Day. However, she had expected that she would have been mentioned in the blog post. After all, Morran is nice years old and is, thus, definitely a veteran as a dog. 

We celebrated Morran a little extra today, instead. There were pieces of sausage and bacon with our food. There is no better way to celebrate, than to have a decent amount of meat to eat. It makes life good. 

Veterans' Day

It is Veterans' Day and a flag flying day today. This means we can celebrate all dogs who have turned eight years old. They are all veterans.

The day is actually instated for veterans of the armed forces, who have protected Swedish freedom and values through their service. Some of them are dogs. I still believe we can note veterans of all kinds on Veterans' Day. 

Hurrah for all the veterans out there! 

Random Letter

There are times when I have a lack of inspiration for this blog. Then I may just chose a random letter and try to write about whatever comes to my mind with this letter. I tried this trick today. The letter was L. However, it made me think of the randomness of it all, so I chose the headline Random Letter. It might be that I can help someone by letting them know of this choice of a random letter. It would be nice if I could help someone this way. I hope so. 

Heavy Rain

It has rained today, quite heavily now and then. There were a little lightning and thunder in the afternoon, too. As long as we can stay indoors, this is a rather nice weather. It feels cozy to stay indoors, when the rain is falling outside. Life is good. 

Bronze

Sweden won the bronze game in the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship today. It was the first time since the gold in 2018 that Sweden has won medals, so it was about time. Sweden is one of the foremost nations in ice hockey throughout history, being one of the ”big four” together with Canada, Czechia (formerly Czechoslovakia), and Russia (formerly the Soviet Union). 

Sweden played very well in this tournament except for the semi final, where the team lost to Czechia. It is not very bad to lose to Czechia, but the loss was 3-7, which is too much. It is, however, good to beat Canada in the bronze game. 

We believe Czechia will win the final against Switzerland. Czechia is the higher ranked team and has home turf. Switzerland won against Canada in the semi final, has become better and better over the last decades, and it cannot be ruled out that Switzerland may win. 

Newly Mowed Lawn

Daniel mowed the lawn today. He said it was long over due. We agreed with him. 

For small dogs like us, it is better with a well mowed lawn. It also prevents ticks from jumping at you. 

I guess a well mowed lawn looks better, too. Daniel thinks so, anyway. 

A Little Rain

For the first time this week, we had rain. It rained a little in the morning, when we got out. It was not much and by afternoon, the ground was dry again. So far, there is no drought. All the trees and bushes and the lawn grows. Green groning things are everywhere. It is quite nice. 

Sausage slices

Daniel worked from home and made a sandwich for lunch today. He had sausage slices on the sandwich. Each of us dogs got a slice of sausage. This was a great lunch. It was also part of Daniel’s birthday celebration. I wish we could have lunch like this more often. 

Happy birthday, Daniel! 

Flashing Lamp

The lamp in the ceiling by the entrance to our house is broken. It has given away flashes of light on random instances. Paula and Daniel did not know where the flashes came from at first. They did not ask me, so I did not get the chance to tell them. Eventually, however, they discovered that it was the lamp in the ceiling. It will be replaced. 

No New Election

Ukraine is under heavy pressure by the war, where it defends itself against Russian aggression. There should have been a presidential election, but all Ukrainans seem to agree that the election can wait until after the war. It would be difficult to hold an election with about a fifth of the territory occupied by Russia and many citizens as refugees abroad. 

Ironically, it seems like the only critique against Ukraine for not having a presidential election come from Russia. Russia has a worse record as a democracy. The Russians should look to themselves before accusing others of having a flawed democracy. It is Ukraine that fights for freedom and democracy. 

Results

Daniel put a document together tonight with the results from the group finals and finals from the dog show last Saturday. There was a Chihuahua who became best in group 9 in one of the age classes.

Pepe or I might have won, but we did not participate. 

What Remains to Be Done

The garden needs to be attended to. Over the last days, the lawn has gone wild, dandelions has spring up here and there, and there are old leaves and tree branches here and there on the ground. Daniel extracted dandelions from the ground this afternoon. He says this is most important. We would also want a shorter lawn, to avoid ticks. This will come, Daniel promises, just not today. The garden will look better further on. 

Dog Show

Paula and Daniel worked at the dog show today, while we dogs stayed at home watching the house. We got news about what happened. Paula did a very good job as a ring steward. Daniel also made a good job with the administration of the show. It was surely a good show, but I was happy to stay at home. 

By the way, they solved the question of replacing a ring steward, that I wrote about yesterday. 

Late Cancellation

A ring steward to the dog show tomorrow cancelled tonight. 

Daniel is responsible for contracting ring stewards. Sometimes, there are valid reasons for a ring steward to cancel with such a short notice. It was, this time. 

We will have to see if it is possible to get hold of another ring steward. 

Updates

It is disturbing when you want to use your electronic device, but it says it needs an update.

Electronic devices are inferior to brains in this way. You never have to download new brain software and install it, then restart you brain. Of course, we have to sleep sometimes, but electronic devices also go to sleep a short time after you stop using them. 

On the other paw, without being disturbed by the habits of some electronic devices, I would have less things to write about in this blog. This is a good thing about the disturbances. Life is pretty good, after all. 

Cat On the Roof

Our cat friends Malin and Totte are outdoors a lot of the time this season. Late in the evening, we heard rumble from the roof. It must have been one of the cats. We know they like to be on the roof once in a while. Cats are better at climbing, than dogs are, we have to admit this. It is good that rumble like this is not very common. 

City Council

Daniel served at the city council today. He does this about one day every month. There are just a few people who have seats in the city council, Daniel is one of them. He thinks it is interesting, but he enjoys other things more, whenit comes to things he does away from home which is not work.

We are proud that Daniel has a seat at the city council. 

Sorry, I missed

Sorry to my readers, I missed writing a blog entry. It is now a little past midnight. I have been bad at being daily this month. It will get better. Say tuned! 

The Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest was held yesterday. We were disappointed with the songs. There were no song lyrics involving dogs. We would like to have more songs involving dogs. This is not just in this Song Contest, but also on other scenes were music is played. Dogs are important, this should be reflected in songs. 

A Little Cleaner

We cleaned our house today. We often do, when it is Saturday and Daniel does normale to work with the things that paus him money. Cleaning is also work, but the reward is not money, it is a more pleasant house to live in.

Quiet Day

It was a holiday yesterday and Daniel took the day off today. We have had a nice and quiet day when everyone has been at home all the time. I like the occasional quiet day of this kind. Life is good. 

A Lot of Songs

There are a lot of songs that a lot of different countries compete with in the Eurovision Song Contest. They are so many, that there are qualification rounds twice, before the final on Saturday. Unfortunately, many of the songs are rather bad, or very bad. Do people really believe these songs can win? I don't. 

Mimi the Cat Was Saved

A block of flats in our home town caught fire today. The fire fighters got there and started to put the fire out. They also got inside and fetched the cat Mimi. She was saved from the fire and turned over to her human. 

We celebrate the rescue of Mimi the cat today. 

Statue

We have had a small statue of a Chihuahua in the living room window. Paula and Daniel has moved this statue outdoors. It is of a material that can stand any weather. This is a good thing, it may show anyone who come to visit us that nice dogs live here. 

Eastern Easter

Apparently, the Eastern churches celebrate Easter today. There are Swedes who are members of these churches. Their dogs can get Easter candy two times, both when most people in Sweden celebrate Easter, and when their humans celebrate Easter. This would be nice. For us, it has just been an ordinary weekend, no extra candy. Easter candy is good. 

Late Friday Night

We stayed up late tonight. It is Friday night. Friday nights are fun, because you know you can sleep in Saturday morning, so you can stay up for as long as you want. Life is goodon Friday nights. 

Doughnuts

Paula purchased a few doughnuts, so we had those for a late night snack. Pepe and I enjoyed our bites. Morran did not want any, though. She is not fond of sweet bread of this kind, she told us. She would rather have minced meat, fish pate (like the other day) or any other food for a carnivore. I would agree that the food she mentioned are even better, but I like doughnuts too. Just because other things taste better, you do not have to say no to good things. It was a good late night snack. 

Tax Return

Daniel put in a couple of hours to review everything in his tax return for 2023. Then he finished it and signed it electronically, without making any further changes. It must be complicated, the Swedish tax system, when a tax payer can put in many hours to review what he is supposed to play in taxes, only to conclude that he will not do any changes.

All of us dogs are happy we do not have to file tax returns or pay taxes.