need that vacation!

Marlies WobbenAbout Life

Damn, do I need that vacation… October is definitely too late. When we booked in January we thought we’d plan a long weekend or something in the Eifel in the early summer, but we totally forgot that. Probably because we’ve been busy with some parts of the yard around that … » full post and pics!

hot summer, vacation schedule

Marlies WobbenAt Home

In the past months we had two heat waves (hadn’t happened in a long time) and July broke all sorts of decades and/or centuries old records. Lots of 30+ days, some even up to 37°C! That makes me physically sick, ugh. I’ve had a lot of headaches and almost-migraines, thanks … » full post and pics!

RIP Robin

Marlies WobbenAt Home

RIP Robin 9/12/1991 – 6/21/2006

Robin

Very sad news this time, two weeks ago we unexpectedly had to say goodbye to Robin
He came in at 10.30pm, restless and with big eyes, wobbly legs, in half an hour he was almost paralyzed at the back. After giving him sugar, because … » full post and pics!

meeting Marlin in Amsterdam

Marlies Wobbenthe Netherlands

Marlin came to Europe again and we met up with him in Amsterdam on the 25th and 26th. We hadn’t been there in twelve years ourselves! We planned this five or so weeks before, and had a very hard time finding a room below 100 euro, since it was a … » full post and pics!

doing well

Marlies WobbenAt Home

Good morning 🙂

Not a lot of news lately. Been focusing on writing reviews for Morrigan’s Pit and to finally get through the pile of CDs here (must’ve been 80 or something when I started, should be around half now).

Robin is doing very well on the diet + insulin. … » full post and pics!

already planning the vacation!

Marlies WobbenAbout Life

Yep we’ve started to plan our next vacation, we’re going back to Canada in October! We have some options at flights and car rentals, we’re gonna book them this afternoon. We’ll be flying to Calgary on October 7th, have a big road trip and on the 27th we’ll fly back from Calgary … » full post and pics!