ibeka I am lucky enough to live only a few miles from my school (but in a different catchment area!) and I used to come home every lunchtime to let the dogs out. I did this every week day for years. If we did, on a rare occasion, happen to have a lunchtime meeting or something, I would ask my parents to come round, which they did, even though they live 45 minutes away. The year before last, I got a job at another school and it was impossible for me to make the lunchtime journey, so I hired a dog walker who would come round at lunch and walk them for half an hour for £10 a day, which was expensive, but I couldn't leave them all day, it would be unfair. I didn't last long at that school though, and was only there for 5 months before moving back to my first school. I kept the dog walker on because it made sense. DH moved in with me a year ago and became self-employed at Christmas. He now works shifts and he is able to walk them during the day, so it's worked out well and we are 'saving' £200 a month. 
I couldn't have them if me or DH or someone wasn't around to walk them or at least let them out; it wouldn't be fair on them 
What was Far from the Madding Crowd like? Thomas Hardy is my all time favourite author. DH and I went to Dorset for our honeymoon and I made him do the Hardy trail with me. He was not impressed!
Queen I love your posts. You need to post more often. I hope you're feeling better soon 
Woolly Yay for angry pubes 
(There is no pube emoticon, so I will do this: ~~~~ Although, since yesterday, mine are more like this: ~ So angry pubes is ~~~ Oh, I'm waffling. Someone shut me up!
Night Congrats on the fixed smug bastard smiley 
and the EWCM!
Spinning Good luck with catching ov! Good news on your DH's SA
Glittery Minge Hope you start to see some flashers soon! 
Nomio Good luck for your SA. FX for good results.
Welcome Rachel
Boris Baby bombs are shit. I've had one today, on FB, from a girl who got married a month before me. Her baby is due in November, so it was in the form of a scan pic. I think it's worse when it's from someone who got married around the same time as I did, as I can infer that they've been trying about the same time as we have. They've managed to make a baby and I haven't even had a proper period in that time! 
Sammy Good news on the blood test. Things are moving, even if it is infuriatingly slow.
TMI alert: I can always tell the difference between my EWCM and my DH's spunk because DH's spunk is quite yellowy in colour and my EWCM is always transparent. Having said that, I have tons of EWCM but not sure if I have ovulated since coming of BC. I have had lots of positive OPKs, but not always at the 'right' time. My hormones are haywire, but I do get EWCM at the time of the supposed LH surge, so think they are at least trying!