{"id":5818,"date":"2012-01-09T08:31:56","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T08:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=5818"},"modified":"2012-01-09T08:31:56","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T08:31:56","slug":"monday-9th-january-2012-a-little-mischievous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2012\/01\/09\/monday-9th-january-2012-a-little-mischievous\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 9th January 2012 &#8211; a little mischievous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh I shouldn\u2019t laugh, but then it\u2019s Monday Mischief so I suppose my mischief is laughing at the predicament. It serves her right for not letting me help. Two batches of marmalade were made yesterday. Two pans were cooking at the same time. At the end one half has some whisky added and one half doesn\u2019t. The half with the whisky has set the half without is still really runny and needs to be boiled up again. I volunteered to eat it exactly as it was, but apparently that wouldn\u2019t be good for me.<\/p>\n<p>Ari is the real mischief maker. Blue cow has been shredded, Mr Happy is now nothing more than a smile and we have reached the conclusion that he gets just a s much fun with an empty plastic bottle anyway! I\u2019m sure toys are bought more for the benefit of the owner than the dog. We\u2019ll play with a stick, a piece of string or a garden plant with just as much enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p>Ari went for another walk with the girls yesterday. He\u2019s asked if he could have a quiet day<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5819\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_0106cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5819\" title=\"IMG_0106cropped\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_0106cropped-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the paddy fields<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>today as he is quite tired. The girls have been having a great time, but seem to come back caked in mud. Where they walk looks much more like a paddy field than it does a normal field. Megan said she went to investigate but it definitely isn\u2019t rice that the farmer is trying to grow. I do hope the crop likes water!<\/p>\n<p>My book sales were doing better last week. There was a moment when I thought I could break into some of the charts that mattered, but then we went down again. Take a look at Alfie\u2019s Woods <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/xmJJSq\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/xmJJSq<\/a> (It\u2019s on the other Amazon sites too). I can now proudly say that I have two 5* reviews. It\u2019s very exciting.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkytools.com\/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=122797\"><\/script><br \/>\nAlfie Dog with a little help from Rosemary J Kind&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:alfie@alfiedog.me.uk\">alfie@alfiedog.me.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book is available at Amazon UK &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00583ZGSA\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00583ZGSA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Oh I shouldn\u2019t laugh, but then it\u2019s Monday Mischief so I suppose my mischief is laughing at the predicament. 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