Stix was at her most expensive when she chewed through the phone line. One blink of my eye. One snip of her tooth. And I'm indebted to the phone company for a small fortune.

"No biting!", "No digging!", "No stones!" is all my neighbours ever hear. Stix gives a new meaning to the 'House of Tiny Terrors', the TV house for families whose little ones are driving them to distraction. But she's so cute, and so much fun that I end up forgiving her everything.

Last weekend, I submitted her photo to the beautiful people website. You can only join if current members vote you 'beautiful' enough. They didn't even put her forward for the voting. Probably thought this picture was a misrepresentation as it was taken almost a year ago.

Never mind, she'll have no difficulty joining broccoli anonymous. She would eat it all day every day if she could. She shakes and barks because she's not allowed. A serious addiction.