I have a dog which is part corgi, and corgis shed hair constantly. Fortunately/unfortunately I have a carpet which doesn't always show the hair, unless she also having her seasonal moult. However, I also have a Persian rug in front of the fire, and every couple of days I notice that the colours are looking paler!

I LOVE it when the vaccing process makes it look like one of the commercials, and you get the clean stripe on the rug! Trouble is, the hoover doesn't cope with it very well, even though it is a pet hair model. The entry hole for the waste into the canister is quite small, and it can't cope with the amount my dog chucks off. Sometimes it overheats and cuts out. I have to empty it out about every 10 mins if I am doing a through-the-house clean. It doesn't help that I live in a dusty house in a dusty area.

Still no word from Ruth of when she's back - she's off again at the end of next week to a rock festival, as her boyfriend has won VIP tickets for it, with backstage access. So she may not show her face at Whitby!

Andrea
- intending to have a clothes repair and ironing day. 10.35am and so far it's washing up put away and a load of washing on. I will own up to having put a load of towels through the dryer last night to get them out of the way as it was rainy, and I have other stuff to go under my gazebo today, which will hopefully dry faster.