Household

Happenings in the de Villiers household.

Ons is verloof, now with hardware

Ons is verloof, now with hardware

J and I got engaged while we were in Europe this past June, but it wasn’t until September that we started on the quest for the perfect rings. Luckily, we found them very quickly, just in time for our actual wedding on Friday, 21 September. (We chose the date because #1, it needed to [...]

The end of an era

The end of an era

After almost ten years and 130k miles of top-down fun I’ve finally sold my Z3. It was sad to see it drive off into the sunset with someone else behind the wheel, but at least the new owners are great people that will take good care of it.

Meeting the new puppy

Meeting the new puppy

Yesterday, Mom, Monica, Jacques and I drove down to Veneta (near Eugene) to meet our new puppy. There were only two available after selections were made for breeding and showing, which made our choice a little bit easier, but I’ll tell you what — not much! I was overwhelmed by their cuteness, and am probably [...]

Tuta feeling better

Tuta feeling better

Good news! Our little chubbilee is feeling much better after “a series of enemas” (boo) and a few weeks of a special, wet-food diet (yay). No, J and I did not have to administer the enemas ourselves, but frankly, I’m not sure what would have been worse: giving them to her and taking the heat [...]

Amelie's puppies cute, also

Amelie’s puppies cute, also

At last, we have been gifted with some ridiculously cute pictures of Amelie’s litter:

These babies were born 16 July 2007. I can’t imagine trying to pick one of them over the rest. I just hope that somebody in the bunch takes a shine to us when we meet, to make it a little easier!