by Sam Dounis | Apr 10, 2019 | About Sam, Edinburgh, Fun Days Out, Kimber, Uncategorized
Yesterday was our wedding anniversary, our fourteenth to be exact, and even though it was a school night, we decided to go out to celebrate. After all, fourteen years is rather a long time. Now, obviously there’s no show without Punch, so Miss Kimber Dounis would have...
by Sam Dounis | Jun 20, 2018 | About Sam, Edinburgh, Fun Days Out, Kimber, Project Joy
I’ve eaten out a few times this month, and since I’ve had only good experiences, I thought I’d share them here. Normally I only eat at dog-friendly places, but I had occasion to be out and about without the pooch this month, so I took advantage of...
by Sam Dounis | Apr 9, 2018 | About Sam, Blogging, Edinburgh, Kimber, Stories, Thoughts and Musings
For the last few years, the husband and I have shared a car. For most of the time this worked quite well, but over the last few years he’s been using it a lot more, and it’d become a bit of a bone of contention. So when the lease came up for renewal last...
by Sam Dounis | Mar 19, 2018 | About Sam, Blogging, Edinburgh, Stories, Thoughts and Musings, Writing
During Snowmageddon a few weeks ago, I massively misjudged my fellow human’s capacity for panic-buying. As a result, I ran perilously close to running out of milk for my porridge, the husband almost had to drink short blacks instead of lattes, and the veg for...
by Sam Dounis | Mar 6, 2018 | About Sam, Blogging, Edinburgh, Stories, Thoughts and Musings, Writing
When I’m writing a blog post, I like to take my time, sit down at my desk, scribble a few ideas in my notepad, choose one and draft it out. Maybe I’ll have been for a walk in the sunlit countryside to get some inspiration. Once I’ve drafted the post,...
by Sam Dounis | Jun 13, 2017 | About Sam, Edinburgh, Fun Days Out, Kimber, Project Joy, Stories
The husband and I like to eat out. We like good food and decent wine, and when we first got Kimber we were worried that we might have to compromise on our dining-out experience, or train her to wait at home. Thankfully we were worrying about nothing, because more and...
