<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476348978086_4261">Firstly, drool to all dogs and humans that need it. We have plenty to spare right now.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476348978086_4261"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476348978086_4261">I took Clara (Younger Clara, for those who remember Debbie and Elder Clara) to the vet for her annual check-up today. Unbelievably, she is now 12-and-a-half years old.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476348978086_4261"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476348978086_4261" dir="ltr">She has slowed up a little recently, but is still always game for her walks and initiates games with me where she charges up and down the stairs. So, it was a little surprising to learn she has a heart murmur, grade 2-3. I also got the vet to look at Rolph's leg where a skin tag has got more prominent. We are going to watch it, as vet thinks it is a cyst, but it could also be a mast cell tumour, so if it grows another 2mm, we must go back.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476348978086_4261" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476348978086_4261" dir="ltr">In happier news, after applying for more than 40 jobs and attending 10 interviews, I have finally been offered a job working in Westminster for the Government, subject to passing security checks. Let's hope buying the ingredients for Blue Power won't go against me!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476348978086_4261" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476348978086_4261" dir="ltr">Sally, with Rolph and Clara, UK</div></div></body></html>