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Gerbils R Us…

That’s right… we got ourselves Gerbils!! & we are happy, excited, pleased, excited, elated, delighted… did i mention happy & excited? 😀

We have been very lucky to have been given not only 2 lovely Gerbils, but everything needed to provide them with a good home & wonderful care… we got the whole works (cage – both big & travel ones,  food, bedding, lots of home-made housing – which i love!!) from a generous friend who is now having a great time settling into uni life in England 😉

So meet Nox (the black one) & Puddle (the brown one):

Here is one very excited, over-the-moon little boy standing next to their cage:

We love watching them scurry around, hiding their food under the bedding, chewing up cardboard & paper to “decorate” their little home, sitting on their hind-legs eating their little bits of food, climbing up & down 😉

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On a Roll Here…

Hehehhee… indeed i’m on a roll here… 3 posts in one day… never done before!! 😉
Ok that’s enough!

i thought i would post something related to just US – that’s Walter & Sandra.

We celebrated our 9th Wedding Anniversary yesterday & since we did go out to celebrate (just a simple meal at a typical Swiss Restaurant in our little village) & i’ve never actually officially recorded any of our celebrations (they have been small & private – twice we were in another country), i thought this time i would.

Here we are at the restaurant – not the most flattering photo of us – taken by Tobias 😉 who wasn’t quite sure how to work my camera, which is a little different from his own.

Here’s the yummy food we had – i had Broccoli Cream Soup & Cordon Blue, Walter had Gazpacho & Wood-grilled Meats… (these were taken with my handphone as my point-n-shoot is just crappy in low light):

The food was very good – if anyone comes visiting, we’ll take you there. Everything, except my fries, was homemade & very fresh ingredients were used. It was also very very filling!!

& of cos here’s my cute face – can’t do without a picture of him – he was there after all 😉

To quote a beloved friend:
“(We) survived the 1st-year novelty, 5th-year trial and 7th-year itch! 😀 Looking forward to (the) decade!!”

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Spring is finally here!!

YES! Spring is finally here! The sun came out today for the whole day & temps reached at least 18 – WOW!! Yippy!!! It was great – i was walking around outside with just a spaghetti top with a light sweater over! So great to be able to take Tobi to the playground without putting 4 layers of clothes on him – just 2 light ones was good for today.
Here’s a photo of Tobi enjoying the sunshine:

Tobias pushing his walker around in the playground next to our apartment.

i’m a bit sad that the weather forecast is saying that temps will drop with some rain on Tuesday – but it looks to pick up again towards the weekend so that’s good. As long as temps stay above 10, i’m happy.
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