proper car has arrived

Mrs Stellegasie and Harpo have a driver since last week. And the proper set of wheels to go with it: my Skoda Superb finally arrived. It was worth waiting. Silent, luxurious, comfortable. Umbrella included. A very Thunderbirds like parking system. And roomy. Very roomy. When sitting behind me Mrs Stellegasie can actually stretch her legs - and though she might not be very tall, she is by no means a dwarf. No beard, for example.

Back to the car: it is scaringly large, for someone who is used to a normal EU sized hatchback. That's not a downside though: the bigger and more expensive your car seems on the highway, the more courtesy you meet.

It definitely also excels in the engine compartment. It's still using VW's good old pump injection 1.9 diesel - but after some Czech magic I got the rather incredible mileage of 5.5L/100 km over the first 800 km I did in the car. Most of that in the daily traffic jam to/from the office.

We caught the tooth fairy

The tooth fairy visited us again, and this time we caught her! One of Harpo's front teeth was loose yesterday evening. So, after some careful towel tugging, we found this in the living room:


Excuses for the dirty hands and - for Mrs Stellegasie - the scratched wedding ring. It wasn't me, dear.

smelly

Harpo is making progress.
Basic obedience is coming along nicely, everywhere except on puppy school. He is extremely well behaved - Mrs Stellegasie took him to the office all day today, and most collegues only noticed he was there at lunch break!

He also experienced the pleasures of raw meat this week: we gave him some minced porc, and some chicken. I hope to replace his dry dog kibble by a raw-meat only diet; according to labrador people it should make him look better, smell better, and reduce the amount coming out of the other end.

As practice he has been chewing away at a raw bone with some meat attached for the past two hours. He has never been this quiet. And our living room never smelled this bad. I do very much like meat in all kinds, shapes and sizes with exception of organs - but there are limits to what even I can endure.
Nevertheless, once this bone is done with we'll try the dried sheep stomach, and the bull's tendons. Lots of practice for those sharp little teeth :)