12th April 2019

Marty and the Fifth Gotcha Day

Marty (and my ensuing mule obsession) came into my life five years ago, on April 13th 2014! I’m very glad he did, although there have certainly been times when I’ve...

15th March 2019

Team Half-Ass and The Move (part two)

Team Half-Ass and The Move Part Two: The Equines Almost three months to the day since Ben and I moved out of our flat (see Part One here), we finally...

21st December 2018

Team Half-Ass and the End Of Year Round-Up

❤ Another year draws to a close! ❤ The main things that happened in 2018: Marty had some man troubles in March. Ben spent a lot of time working on Xato’s steering...

26th October 2018

Marty and the Mood Diary

Last week, I had friends visit Wednesday lunchtime. I was surprised by how mellow and friendly Marty was when we arrived – four hours earlier, when I’d done morning chores...

7th July 2018

Team Half-Ass and the Track System Update

The last time I wrote about our track system attempts was back in May last year. Towards the end of the year I abandoned the track idea because it was...

27th February 2018

Xato and the Three Ways He’s Awesome This Week

Xato has been excellent lately. I mean he’s always excellent, but he’s been extra excellent. Much of his excellence is just that he’s been affectionate, loving, friendly and a joy...

13th February 2018

Team Half-Ass and Five Photos, One Day

This blog has brought me a lot of good things. My garbled ramblings about Marty meant I was recommended by Sarah Weston (still a little star-struck over that) when Xanthe,...

18th January 2018

Team Half-Ass and the First Sentences Of 2017

Back in ye olde days of LiveJournal, there was a popular New Year’s meme that involved going back through your previous year’s entries and copying down the first sentence of...

12th January 2018

Team Half-Ass and the Not-A-Lot

So what’s been going on with Team Half-Ass lately? Not a lot, to be honest. Well: when I say not a lot, I mean besides the poo-picking, the feeding, the...

13th November 2017

Xato and the First Gotcha Day

Xato’s 1st Gotcha Day* was on the 9th November, meaning he’s been with me a whole year! I’d planned to put together a little video compilation, but unfortunately my video...