When you smile, the world smiles with you - and gives you signs.

Note to readers (my lovely Baggees): For the avoidance of any doubt - every character in this blog is me!!! No Baggy was harmed in its writing.

Baggy's daily state!
Depression (Black = really bad/Grey = not great/Blue = okay/Yellow = sunny day): Yellow.
Anxiety (From 1 = barely any to 10 = gibbering wreck standard): 4.
Tears: No.
Pancakes (Yes/No): There's still time!!
Weight in her terrifying naked state (Stones and pounds): Whatevs.

Here he is - Hormonal Hannah's sign from the universe. While Furry Mama was throwing the ball for the pooch earlier in the week she had a sign. They were in an area known locally as The Folly, part of which is an old gravel pit, so there are pebbles everywhere. Baggy paid no attention to them, but the ball was placed by the pooch next to this one! A pebble with a big grinning face. Psychic Ploppo saw him as a sign that she needs to get Baggy to smile when Hannah is feeling down or anxious. She started instantly - wandering about with a big daft grin on her fat face - her mood, which was okay anyway, lifted and her anxiety dropped. Whenever she gets really anxious, Calum tells Clever Bird to get Baggy to think of it as excitement, so she's trying! Grin and think, "excited!"

Shortly after finding him, Pepper lost his tennis ball - well maybe Furry Mama lost it to be more accurate. It disappeared in a bramble patch, never to be seen again. Fortunately, Clever Bird always makes Baggy carry a spare. But a few minutes later......

Usually the pooch goes in the canal and the ball stays fairly put. But he decided to go in the stream, that has rather a strong current. Fortunately Clever Bird had a back-up, back-up ball!

Baggy's sister is coming to stay for a few days tomorrow, so The Domestic Goddess has been wearing Baggy out trying to get the house looking vaguely decent. Two days in and Clever Bird decided that Pepper and Hormonal Hannah needed a treat. As the pooch is getting Baggy up at 6.30 these days, she figured there'd be time for a treat and cleaning. They were at Dunwich Heath just before 8.30. Remember the sea on Sunday Baggees, courtesy of the Beast-from-the-East:

No Beast in sight today:

But before they hit the beach, they did a really long walk around the heath:

 

Can you see the roe deer Baggees? Probably not, but they are in the photo. Furry Mama had already seen a muntjac and a fallow deer - if they'd seen the red ones, she'd have had the full set!

The pooch made a valiant attempt at losing another ball...

It was a beautiful peaceful walk, and Baggy was happy to be alive. She was just thanking God for such a wonderful day when the pooch dropped the ball at her feet - two heart stones together!!!!! Another sign.

Freda Fretter wasn't sure that Furry Mama should take the Pepper Pooch on the beach, in case the Beast-from-the-East had dumped more palm oil, but Clever Bird had a good look and it seemed to be okay, so they went down to the shoreline and hurled the ball:

 

The pooch had a lovely time, and Furry Mama was happy to get salt water on him, to get the ditch water off him! Creative Clara picked up interesting pebbles. By the time they got back to Billy Bob Jalopy campervan, they were both exhausted and Baggy's brain wasn't working properly, so she managed to set Billy Bob's alarm off five times before letting the pooch in. She was delighted to bump into her recently acquired Uncle Ron (actually, no longer that recent, as Baggy and Calum will have been married for eight years this year), for a quick hug and chat, before heading home.

Baggy and the pooch were so tired that they planned on flopping, but Calum insisted that they went to dog training class, as they didn't go last week and "the boy needs training". He's had a couple of 'accidents' recently, which got Cal a bit disappointed in him, but Clever Bird is fairly sure that it was Furry Mama's fault, she doesn't always hear the pooch's subtle requests to go out. So they went. The pooch was a superstar as usual. They were both totally exhausted by the time they finished. When they got home, The Goddess was supposed to carry on, but Baggy had no energy, so she didn't. Instead Creative Clara decided to check out her pebbles. Well! Now Baggees you may not be able to see this, but (and this was not intentional), every single pebble that she picked up, has a face on it!

If ever there was a sign from the universe, Psychic Ploppo knows that this was it, and guess what Baggees, every single pebble, was found by Clara, because Pepper dropped his ball right next to them! Baggy is beginning to think that perhaps Hannah might be leaving the gang soon thanks to the pooch. Here's hoping.......

Meanwhile, Baggy decided to practise for her sister's arrival - well, the wine was chilling in the fridge after all.........