On Sunday, James & I went to the Midland Game Fair with Ruth & two of the dogs (Homily & her granddaughter Capri).

We were helping out on the Norwich Terrier Stand in the British Rare Dog Breeds tent. Basically, telling people about Norwiches, and letting them play with ours – the idea is to try & educate people about them, and maybe get them to consider having one as a pet. I talked to lots and lots of lovely people, and actually surprised myself by being able to help a lot of them who had simple questions about the breed. I passed any difficult questions onto Ruth though!

The Norwich Terriers Stand

It was nice because I was able to give people the pet owners perspective on the breed – I think that some of the stand visitors found it useful to be able to talk about leaving them in the house alone, that kind of thing. I actually really enjoyed myself – it reminded me of the eden project where, even though we were working on the till, we were encouraged to chat to the visitors & recommend our favourite bits, etc. Just a nice chance to chat to people who are interested about something you love.

We had a wander around the Fair while we were there, and watched a few demonstrations. I love that kind of thing, watching gundogs work really fascinates me – and of course there was ferret racing which I always love, it’s so silly :P. Ruth was very nice & bought us some treats while we were wandering – cashew nuts in cinammon & sugar, frozen yoghurt, and some lovely cheeses. It reminded me of going to the Staffordshire County Show with my Mum & Dad every year while we were younger.

Um. James’s fault. I couldn’t resist playing in Photoshop when he suggested this.

There was a bit of puppy sitting on Saturday as well..

Did you do anything nice at the weekend?

Apologies in advance for this lame blog post, but I am torn by indecision.

So, I’m having a bit of an issue. I think I want to get my hair chopped off.

Before you get too alarmed, I’m not going to do anything too drastic! My hair is naturally straight, a nice (I think) shade of brown … and something James is very fond of!

I like it long, but I think that it’s been a bit too long for the last year or so – it’s getting a bit boring, and there isn’t a lot I can do with it, that I wouldn’t still be able to do if it was 1 ft shorter. At the moment it is down to my lower back, almost 2 ft long. Also, it is really heavy! That fact doesn’t help with my headaches, especially when I just want to tie it back & I can’t ‘cos it hurts too much due to the weight of it on my scalp!

This is it now, with some feathering around my face to give it a bit of shape:

Here are some various photos from over the years, with my hair at varying lengths…

(click the photos to see them bigger/go to the flickr photo page)

2008 (I looked like a prat on my hen do)

2007 (Pic in the pink top is awful but it’s straight after the hair appt & I’m half asleep!)

2006

2005 is missing.. I had a mad year & seemed to not take photos!

2004

2003

Between 1999 & 2003 is was long and straight. Shocker.

1999 (Just to show you how freaky I am. I’ve hardly changed or aged in about 10 years. I swear, I’m 24 and I get IDed EVERYWHERE I GO)

So anyway, it’s pretty much always been long.. it doesn’t really suit me to have it any other way. I have to be able to get it up into a ponytail or I’ll scream! There is a lot of it in terms of thickness, and it grows about 6 inches a year.

I think I want to get it cut like it was in 2007, but maybe a touch shorter. Only a diddy bit though. It would be a big chunk off. About 10 inches. Somewhere between the 2003 & 2007 styles.

What do you think?

While James & I were puppy sitting on Saturday, I took the opportunity to have a play around taking some photos of the puppies while James cleared out their pen. Here are my 3 favourite shots, cleaned up & tweaked in photoshop:

“This is my good side!”

A whole pile

“RUB MY BELLY!!”

What do you think? Aren’t they just SO CUTE?!?!?!

Apologies for the caps there.

I got a little overexcited. I don’t know how I manage to stop myself kidnapping these adorable things every time we go over.

It takes a lot of will to walk away.