Sometimes you never know what’s around the corner, and for me that was last week. In the very early hours of Monday I woke up to a sick Barbarian. Before the day was out, we were in an ambulance on our way to hospital. Four days later, after living and sleeping in a chair by…
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It’s the little ouchies that hurt
Last week while we were on holidays, I was throwing the ball for Ludo on the beach. He’d pelt along the sand, grab the ball and run back. Well, he’d almost run back. What he’d actually do was climb onto a low concrete ledge where he’d drop the ball to watch it bounce down onto…
Border down
The last 4 days The Hub, Barbarians, Ludo and I have been visiting my parents in Queensland. Yep, we could finally head north after 2 years of closed borders! It was a fairly last minute decision, and none of us actually thought we’d make it until we were in the car and driving. It’s been…
Three times the good
Ever since the Barbarians could talk, we did “our favourite thing of the day” every dinner. We each took our turn to say what that our favourite thing was – could be as simple as playing with friends or reading a good book, but we had to find something that was our high point. A…
The ultimate lockdown haircut
One of the first things people did when lockdown ended was get a haircut. But I don’t think anyone needed a haircut – or had such a dramatic transformation – as Ludo. Our pup is now 10 months old, and just as we went into lockdown back in early August he started losing his puppy…