Grey puppy time (not quite grown into black dog)

Nonu What a inspiring message. Thank you

Sorry, should have typed an inspiring message,

Oh Soop you are such a poppet , you really don"t know how much u cheer me on . For that you can have an extra cupcake , don"t tell the others , you know how they can be .

Why hen ? you know you have you have an awful lot on your plate with LIL"s bar . You can"T be in ten places at once , and anyway you did hint that Mr Soop might have grounded you , Lord knows how they will cope , frankly I despair for them . REALLY hope they don"t run amoke ,but what can we do if they do ? Did hear mention of the vice squad, phew

gracesmum- I have never heard the expression grey puppy before but I think it is wonderfully descriptive. There seem to be a number of us in the doldrums just now for a variety of different reasons.
I always think that the most important is to give some worth to the feelings and not start thinking ...... "There are others worse off than me", "I should be stronger than this" "I am so lucky to have all the good things in my life so have no right to feel like this" etc.
How we feel is how we feel and we just have to go with it a bit and recognise that it is a valid feeling for us at this moment - I am planning a massage sometime this week and think that this might do it for me - we all need to find the best solution we can.
I have recognised that I have been overdoing it, and this can often be a trigger for many people.
Hope everyone perks up soon - I will visit Lil's bar - but I am a teetotaller so likely to be banned!

Think gracesmum had a creative moment despite the gloom with this expression. Could become GN standard jargon for a down day?

gracesmum hope you're feeling perkier, you've inspired me to get on with what I should be doing! So I'm going to use the energy that was sustaining my mood to sort out a large bookcase! ((((hugs))))

I've only just read all these posts because I didn't 'get' the heading - I thought you were all talking about puppies!

Saying that, I have always had a dog in my life (not a euphemism, I mean a four legged friend) and I can honestly say that being a dog owner/lover has given me so much happiness. My lovely little dog is by my side as I type. He watches my every move, follows me from room to room to garden, loves me unconditionally even when I make him do things he doesn't like,such as be bathed or trimmed or have his claws clipped. He's my rock. A lovely country walk with him lifts my spirits every day.

Gracesmum do you or could you have a dog? I ask because I'm sure your grey puppy days would be reduced in number if you did.

I have a daft white greyhound (see profile pic) and it is difficult to feel down for long when she leaps about grinning her silly grin, not realising that she is not a puppy but about the size of a shetland pony. It was just "one of those days" when I felt a bit sorry for myself and all sorts of nostalgic, but sad thoughts and memories kept flooding over me. Behind me for now though!!

Jolly good! And mine. Really wanting to meet you in Brum?

Sitting g drinking my tea and typing have sons soppy mutt buried under quilt,he has been making me giggle licking his bum scratching his ear and wagging his tail at he same time...he loves being withme and on the other side have my faithful lovely black lab cuddling me. .....the only dog not welcome in my house isthe dreaded black one who is invisible.....

speki4eyes.......yes do agree about dogs. Am new to the world of dogs (we liberated our adorble Poppy Springer/Viszla cross from Dogs Trust in January. She needs 2 gooda walks a day and whatever the weather its always a good way to blow the cobwebs away. In the evenings when shes calm and soppy she will drape all over my lap and because she is a short haired dog shes so wonderful to stoke...its like warm velvet. Yes they are a bit of a tie, but having a daft dog bouncing around certainly makes life a whole lot jollier.