Kate Pullen

Ian and I celebrated the 14 year anniversary of our meeting on Tuesday. It was our first anniversary without Bob who, I remain firmly in the belief, was responsible for bringing us together. When we met, it took Ian about…

I’ve been down with the dreaded lurgy again. I feel that I’ve spent most of this year being under the weather due to child originated germs. Happily Ian and I now have a well oiled lurgy management plan in place,…

We were very sleep deprived yesterday, thanks to not being able to have a wink of sleep due to Queenie behaving oddly all night. In fairness to her, I think something had spooked her and she was unable to settle…

We’ve had a special bottle of cava in the fridge since earlier this year ready to crack open when we got a jewellery sale. Sadly, it’s remained there. However Ian got a statement from the Extremadura Artisaños people yesterday showing…

After a run of hot weather we had rain yesterday. Not a lot, but enough to bring the dust down, and to cool things down a bit. The back garden is looking good, with the pomegranate flowering, the honeysuckles and…

Can’t believe that it’s been over two weeks since I last wrote a blog. Good job Ian’s been on the case. The weather has turned hot, and the floor is warm when I stand outside at night with Milly who…

After a week or so of being very light with her eating and apparently picky, Milly has suddenly become a normal dog with her food! It is a bit of a relief, as although the vet said she was healthy,…

Having written about how good  Queenie is, she suddenly turned into a complete loon – otherwise known as a puppy. She went from walking round the house nicely to going everywhere full speed and full bounce – in a straight…

We took Milly to the vet last night as I wanted to get her checked. She has trouble with her back legs and I wanted to know whether the problem was a genetic problem with the knee joint that Yorkies…

I’ve had some new students start over the last couple of weeks. One of which is the little nun who was hitting the pope over the head in the photo that Mum took of carnival. But she’s not so little…