Why on earth would two adults in possession and semi-control of two kids decide to get a dog? Normal people who still carry the scars and the bloodshot eyes of an almost two year old little girl who only recently started sleeping through the night.   People with a four year old boy who still wakes up at 5 am every morning, including mornings spent on holiday, at the seaside, or the day following new years eve… Because they felt guilty about finding new homes for the three dogs and a cat that they previously had.   Because the elder of the two kids decided that he wants a dog, and because we are still being guilt tripped about giving away said original pets and moving to Australia, that’s why. Liam has been nagging us for a dog for quite some time and we finally gave in, and got a dog immediately christened “Lisa” by her new owner Liam.   So we have Liam, Luka and Lisa residing with us now, people will think we have three kids, and when heaven forbid Luka also gu...

Everytime I get on an aeroplane, I get this unbelievable sadness that just totally surrounds me, and I think back to the start of 2012 and the four of us getting on a plane off to Sydney.   I vividly recall all the crying and hanging on to a couple of last sad chats via bbm.   Gerhard and I sat at opposite sides of the isle each with a kid in tow and I just felt despondent.   So I am never truly surprised that we never made it in Sydney, actually more shocked that we actually did it. Looking back at 2012, it has actually been a truly amazing year for us and in many instances we learnt a lot and I like to think that we grew, all of us, not just Liam and Luka in length and mommy in girth.   We have come a long way, left home and back, found jobs, a home, cars, furniture, schools etc, some of these things twice over the space of literally weeks.   We made some radical changes, we have different jobs, a different style of décor going, I have way less shoes...