Finding a new vet
We had a great vet living at our old house. She was about 20-30 minutes drive which I didn’t consider to be a bit deal and the sister of one of Stefan’s colleagues. But now that drive is at least 45 minutes and since it’s warming up very quickly in the late morning and into […]
Martens among us
Last night was a very exciting occasion at home. We were getting ready to call the dog inside and head upstairs to bed when we heard a screeching noise. Our first instinct was that something was wrong with one of our cats. But then we realized the sound was coming from outside… As we approached […]
Eureka, the granite man has come!
It is indeed a good day on the farm. Not only do we have blue sky and sunshine just in time for our party tomorrow night, but the granite man, Dino, has come and delivered our countertop. There has been a few weeks of delay and even though Dino called on Wednesday to tell us […]
Attencioni! Attencioni!!
I can barely contain my excitement as I type this. Stefan just called and…. OUR COUNTER IS BEING INSTALLED ON FRIDAY!!!! WOOOHOOO!!! Just when we started to wonder if it wasn’t going to happen at all, Dino came through. He really must have been riding their case because they managed to finally get everything stuck […]
No, seriously. This time we mean it
About this time last year, we started looking into getting a Cool Bed or something similar. My Defender does not have an air conditioner and even if it did, most of the cool air would probably never reach Ayla. She has the back seat to herself (most of the time) and we’ve removed the double […]