It appears that I am not the only one looking forward to spring! The sun has finally started showing itself in the Netherlands again and Spencer took full advantage by finding this warm sweet spot on a shelf in our living room.
Everything seems to be starting to come to life again. I see flowers starting [...]
Pixel loves the snow. When we take her out in it she sniffs around, pushes it with her nose, digs in it and runs around like someone put a firecracker up her arse. It’s a very exciting time for her!
When we first got her she hated being outside if it was anything other than warm [...]
Merry Christmas from Pixel and Bailey!
We have one year to try to teach Pixel to sit still before next year’s Christmas photos! Wish us luck, we’ll need it!
Yesterday is snowed in the Netherlands and I woke up and squealed like a crazy person. Thankfully I was home alone as it was one of the few days this month that my husband was called in to work. I thought about going out to take photos but it was so dark and dreary that [...]
So does Bailey!
… or maybe he doesn’t, it’s kind of hard to tell.
He also does this with choir music, fire engines and the monthly Monday at 12pm city alarm. Xander took this video last night while I was watching the end of Becoming Jane during a scene at the Opera. We’ve tried so many [...]
According to Bailey… it’s Chestnuts!!
This has been a bad few weeks for me pet wise and anyone who knows me or reads my blog knows that I love my pets and it breaks my heart when anything happens to them.
First there was Bailey’s attack by a pit bull, which frightened the life out of me and has [...]
Bailey in his Medical Pet Shirt, so much nicer than a big ugly cone!
Sunday night Xander and I went out with the dogs at about 10pm. As we were walking along Xander was telling me how he met up with a guy a few nights ago with two big Staffordshire’s off their leashes, and when [...]
Ok two things first:
1) Ignore the mess in my house, it was when I was all sleep deprived, so there was no cleaning happening.
2) Ignore me and my doggy talk, it had to be done.
So yeah, those two things aside… you can see that Pixel is still as spazzy as ever. When she was a [...]
Someone reminded me lately that I haven’t posted about any of my turtles in a while. Fear not, they are all going strong! I took a few photos of my little ones to share. I’ve had them over a year now, almost 2 years actually, and they are doing really well. They are growing, although [...]
People often ask me how our pets get along together, and there is no real way to answer that as it all depends on each of their moods. Spencer generally avoids the dogs, and the dogs love to chase him every chance they get. Bailey, at 6 years old still is very playful, but at [...]
… but for today, I’m all about the grrrrr.
Another amusing, yet frustrating, addition to the Stupid Spats section of my site.
Honden Niet Uitlaten
This morning my husband was going out with the dogs for their morning walk. He asked me if I wanted to join him and I decided this would be a good chance for [...]
If you have two dogs, and you use those extension leads with the big plastic handles… don’t do like I did today and think you can hold both of them and your camera at the same time. Whatever is out there can wait. Otherwise, you will just end up deciding it’s a good idea to [...]
Well, Pixel is almost a year old now and has been with us for 9 months. It’s been a bit of a roller coaster of pee and poo but we’ve finally gotten it all under control *knocks wood*. She is so cute it’s hard to stay angry with her when she does things like, oh [...]
(Photo taken by Carol, an expat friend here in the Netherlands)
Apparently I am not the only one having problems with Shit Ninjas in their area. Today when I checked one of my expat lists I saw a funny message from another lady who is fed up with the fact that people [...]
If you are a friend of mine on Facebook or have followed me on Twitter, you’re fully aware that my anxiety levels were through the roof this year during the holidays. Mainly between Christmas and New Years.
Why? – Because of the firecrackers, bangers, fireworks and everything else that went off causing my dogs to spin [...]
It was just a few days ago I was telling Xander how happy I was that I could actually have things around without cats knocking them down or breaking them. Spencer has been so good since he’s been here without Salem and I’ve noticed he’s a lot more careful about walking around things for some [...]
Pixel is slowly coming around to her old self. She can now jump onto the sofa, run around looking for treats and torment Bailey now and then. We do try to stop the playing though as her incision has not fully healed yet.
She spent the first two days acting like a little drama queen, and [...]
Well today was the big day for Pixel. Now six months old it was time to have her sterilized. The poor little thing! It was so heartbreaking for me to have this done to her now but I know it is the best thing for her. We learned our lesson by putting it off too [...]
Even though I’m feeling like crap at the moment I am giving all my well wishing vibes to Pixel. Somehow she managed to scratch her eye, which has caused some swelling and irritation.
The vet said that she has a scratch on her cornea and gave us cream to put in her eye 4 times a [...]
Tunnels of Blood (The Saga of Darren Shan)
by Darren Shan
