Kate Pullen

Although Ian tells me that England could still go on to play in more matches. He explained it to me at length, however I blanked out after about 10 minutes. The village does still have representatives of  one team left…

It was very quiet last night, not a beeping horn or firework to be heard….

Listening to the news about passports last week I was able to give Ian the full benefit of one of my ‘I just don’t understand how these things come as a surprise’ tirades, which Ian was delighted to note that…

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,…