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Luna. Sitting pretty. 💙
22 Saturday May 2021
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Luna. Sitting pretty. 💙
20 Thursday May 2021
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It’s that time of year. I mean, Loki seems to barf up hairballs all year round but once he starts shedding in the spring things get serious. Especially as he has taken to barfing during the night ON THE BED in the guest room. So after a couple of spectacular “incidents” I had to not only wash the sheet and the mattress protector, but also the thick zip-on cover that comes with the mattress. Fine. But you know, getting the foam mattress out and back in again was no picnic, so I decided to opt for a little extra protection.
Hence this old towel that is still quite absorbent, placed over top sheet, protector, cover as it’s much easier to wash. As you can see, the towel doesn’t cover the entire bed, so I moved the cushions up against the pillow and pulled the towel down, so in the end the bed was about 90% extra-protected. And dammit, wouldn’t you know that Loki managed to throw up last night on that 10% sliver of available space. Fucker. Gotta admit he has a talent for it.
01 Saturday May 2021
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Well I never would have thought way back then that I’d still be writing this silly blog 15 years on. And at times it even looked like I wouldn’t even still be around to write it. But here we are. 🙂
We’ve sure been through a lot together! So thanks for sticking around (and welcome to any new visitors!). Should we try for 15 more? 😉















29 Thursday Apr 2021
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So my lovely across the street neighbours Antonio and Ana are back! After having spent most of the pandemic in a small beach village to avoid contact with lots of people. Now they are vaccinated and back home. But OMG imagine my horror when I heard “Hola Shawn!” as I was sitting at my desk, balcony doors flung open, wearing my crappy PJs (the ones I work out in because “hey nobody can see me!”, not the other nicer ones that I can actually receive deliveries in) and I had to step out onto the balcony to say hello looking like god knows what (hair a mess, no makeup). I think I need to up my pyjama game, even on days when I’m not going anywhere.
28 Wednesday Apr 2021
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Yes, more brown food and one of my specialities – the fridge forage. Today’s was frozen pork & beef meatballs cooked with sweet onions, garlic, portobellos, amontillado… buttery mash with wilted baby spinach on the side. Took me about two hours to do this and it totally saved me. Because I woke up this morning not sure how I was going to get through another day, as in what the fuck was I going to do with all those hours. So I did a bit of this and that, realised I wasn’t able to go out, and then decided to COOK SOMETHING. In the end I got to do something creative, share it on my social media (yes, I’m one of those) and also have a tasty meal. By then I was calmer and could settle down with Morcilla to do a bit of Netflixing. Somehow it’s now almost time for bed, again, and then it will be tomorrow, again. Wish me luck!