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[turps]

Happy birthday to sperrywink who is all kinds of awesome and a constant delight. I like to include a photo in with birthday posts, and we've shared so many fandoms over the years, I could pick from many. But I thought I'd go for some classic sweet little dudes this time. So happy birthday again, Kimberly, enjoy the rocker dads.



Storm Babet passed by with no real damage, to my house anyway, a lot of fences on the estate are down, but the wind was gusting in our favour this time, hitting the side of the house and not the back. Rain did continue to get in to the toilet ceiling, but a bowl contained that and while the ceiling is a little bowed, it's not actually down so can stay like that for now.

We did have a drive to the coast on Sunday and the damage was very apparent there, all the carparks were deep under sand, rocks had been moved, railings had been blown from one pier and one lighthouse had lost its dome, which is just, whoa.

We went to see The Creator on Saturday, and I liked it well enough. We went to the Odeon at Metrocenter and man, I'd forgotten about how busy that place gets on a Saturday. It was chaos, especially so as Trolls had just opened and they'd also set up photo spots themed on the Taylor Swift film. Those photo spots consisted of a lot of glittery stuff and lights, and kids being kids, a lot of them were getting tangled in the hanging sparkly streamers so the stuff was getting everywhere.

James' work now has an in-house therapy dog and James has booked it for this afternoon, so he gets some doggo love today. I'm not sure what breed the dog is, but he's called Henry, and I'm looking forward to hearing all about him.

I've made myself a Nikita and Vito icon because that dance from last week is still my happy place. Though the lack of adorable rooftop love fic is a tragedy! I went looking again earlier and got excited when Google brought up a result, but it turned out to be a link to my LJ post wanting the fic. So, tricked by myself.

Comments

[sperrywink]

Thank you! Happy Sweet Little Dudes, too! *g*

Glad the storm didn't damage anything too bad in your place.

So inquiring minds want to know- Is James a secret Swiftie and is eager for the tour movie???? Ahaha.

And yay, therapy dog.

[turps]

Happy Sweet Little Dudes! I feel that should share your birthday, so 24th of Oct can now be SLD Day *g*

I was sure we'd lose a fence, but nope. What was funny was the windows aren't the best and the one in Corey's old room has a dodgy seal so made this howling noise when the wind hit it. It was like we were house sharing with a ghoul for two days.

He is not a secret Swiftie! *g* Though, he did suggest I get a photo taken in one of the photo spots so may be half a one. It was actually really adorable seeing all the fans there for the movie, they were so excited.

I'm looking forward to hearing all about the therapy dog.

[sperrywink]

I'm down with SLD Day being my birthday!!

Ahaha, how very Harry Potter of your house. *g*

It is exciting seeing fans being all into their thing. I love it.

I bet. I wish my work had a therapy dog, and I'm not a big dog fan (and the cat would freak if a dog came into the house). But I need the endorphin boost these days at work.

[turps]

YAY! It's offical, green tea kitkats for all in celebration!

Well, the house has to stand out somehow you know *g*

If I could I'd send you all the kitty friendly therapy dogs to lean against your leg and give endorphin boosts as you work. As I can't I'll just smite your manager across the ocean and hope they stand barefoot on lego.

[sperrywink]

Rubberstamped and everything!

♥

That is some serious smiting, there. *g*

(He may not be a bad person, but is definitely a bad manager).

[dine]

glad you guys didn't have major storm damage! hope the ceiling leak can be easily fixed, and you won't keep have rain on your head in the bathroom

it's cool that James' work is bringing in a therapy dog - those can be invaluable when folks are stressed. I know my sister's dog Herbert served in that capacity when her office was in the courthouse; he was available to crime victims, especially on trial days, and really helped little kids especially

[spikedluv]

I'm glad you didn't have any damage from the storm!

Yay therapy dog! That sounds wonderful. I can't wait to hear whatever he's willing to share about the experience.

[frausorge]

I'm glad to hear you weren't hit with any worse storm damage! I hope the ceiling can be repaired in due time.

And how cool to get to have access to a therapy dog - I hope James really gets to benefit!

Your icon is lovely. Too bad there's not anything more in the search results yet than your own post!

[turps]

We got off very lucky, especially compared to people further up the east coast in Scotland. That damage was horrific. The ceiling will have to stay as it is for now, I'm not even sure who would have to fix it, a plaster or roofer considering it was the wasp nest outside that caused the damage.

James loved his time with he therapy dog. It's such a cool idea.

My icon makes me happy, but yeah, why is the internet not doing what I wish and providing fic!?

[turps]

I'll take a small leak over fences being down any time. One of my close neighbours lost all of one side of their garden fence, exposing their shed and all the kids bikes. They were very lucky someone didn't come along and take them.

James loved the therapy dog session. I've a photo of the dog and will share it next time I post.

[turps]

Getting rained on in the bathroom was weird. Though, I still think it was a shame the leak wasn't a bit to the side so the water would go straight down the toilet. Less cleaning up that way.

Oh, I bet Herbert would have been so good in that role, he always looked so steady and calming.

[spikedluv]

Just thinking about James having some time with the therapy dog makes me smile. I'm glad he loved it. I'd love to see a photo!

[turlough]

I'm glad to hear you escaped the storm without damage! I think it had calmed down a bit by the time it reached us because while there was the usual blown-over trees etc it was nothing like what Britain experienced.

That's so cool James' work has its own therapy dog. I see from comments that James loved his session with Henry, yay!

Why is fandom so bad at catering to us?!!!

[turps]

Storms are scary. The fact the wind got so strong that it could blow the top off a lighthouse amazes me.

He did love his session with Henry. It's such a cool concept and I hope a lot of people take advantage of the scheme.

Fandom needs to up its game!