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Kas ja kuidas võiks lemmikloomakuludelt säästa?

February 25, 2018~ koerapreili loore, kogumispäevik

“Sa vastutad selle eest, mille sa taltsutanud oled.”

Oma lemmiku tervise pealt kokku hoida ei või – kui oled looma võtnud, on elementaarne ka tema eest parimat võimalikku hoolt kanda, mitte talle supermarketist odavaimat rämpstoitu osta või allapanu kvaliteedile järeleandmisi teha, mis sest, et odav kraam tolmab ja pisilooma hingamisteid kahjustab. Kuid n agu kõiki teisigi kulutusi, tasuks loomapidamisega seotud väljaminekuid planeerida. Mitte ainult kokkuhoiu eesmärgil, vaid pigem ka selleks, et kulutatud vahenditest maksimum võtta ja oma lemmikule kvaliteetset elu võimaldada.

Kui ma Kogumispäeviku kodukuu raames Loorele kuluvatele summadele mõtlema hakkasin, katkestasin selle mõttelõnga kärmelt. Ma ju ei tea, sest ma ei planeeri! Toitu ostame Loorele siis kui see otsa saab – H käib tööpäeva lõpus mõnest teele ette jäävast lemmikloomapoest läbi ja võtab kotitäie misiganes brändi kvaliteettoitu. Kui toit on otsakorral ja mina parajasti Coopist tellimust teen, viskan ostukorvi kilo Lily’s Kitcheni toitu. See on väga kvaliteetse koostisega ja maitseb talle meeletult, kuid kättesaadavuse ja mugavuse eest maksan pea kolm korda kallimat kilohinda kui sarnase koostisega toit mujal maksta võib! No kas ei oleks siis mõistlik seda väljaminekut pisutki planeerida ja kulusid optimeerida?

Muus osas on meie väike Loore-Lorku-Porku (passi järgi Lorelai) tubli säästuloom. Loore on prügikastisurmast päästetud koeralapsproua (kuidas see aeg alles lendab…), kelle mina sain hoiukodust ja kelle eest maksin sümboolse summa* ussikuuri jm väljaminekute katteks. Siis käisime temaga loomakliinikus ja kiipisime-vaktsineerisime – issand ise teab kui palju see kõik maksis, sest mina olin siis 19 ja ajad ning valuuta olid teised. Arstiabi on Lorku vajanud ühe korra kui ta oma põse katki kraapis, sest hammas valutas. Esimesel visiidil see ei selgunud – põsehaav küll paranes arsti poolt välja kirjutatud salvi abil, kuid mitte kauaks. Teise kliinikusse minnes selgus, et koerakesel on hambas põletik ning haige hammas tuleb narkoosi all välja tõmmata. Tookordne visiit läks maksma (kui ma õigesti mäletan) 160€ ja on seni *ptui-ptui-ptui* jäänud ainsaks suuremaks väljaminekuks.

Et kõik mu lemmikloomapidamisega seotud kogemused ja teadmised piirduvad väikese terve ja tugeva krants-tüüpi Loore omanikuks olemisega, arutlesin sel teemal oma loomasõbrast (ja hoiukodupidajast) hoidjapreiliga, kes oli lahkesti nõus kaasa mõtlema ja selle postituse valmimisele kaasa aitama. Nii panime üheskoos kirja mõned ideed, kuidas lemmikloomapidamisega seotud kulutusi planeerida ja oma raha looma heaolu silmas pidades kõige mõistlikumalt paigutada:

* Hoidjapreili palus lisada, et tema annab oma hoiukodused uude koju ilma igasuguse tasuta. Vat, säästunipp! <3 

Üks väga ilus ja armas lumekoer täna oma tagahoovis ninani lumes sumbates. Pole kedagi, kes lund nii väga armastaks nagu meite Loore!

Looma võtmine

Kõige soodsam ja vastutustundlikum on loom võtta varjupaigast või hoiukodust. Neile loomadele on juba tehtud parasiiditõrje, vaktsiinid, kiipimine, vahel isegi muu ravi ja oppimine. Võtja maksab sõbra eest vaid väikese loovutustasu, mis katab loomale tehtud kulutused vaid osaliselt. Varjupaigas on sadu erinevaid kasse-koeri ja teisigi koduloomi – tuleb ainult minna ja valida, kellele oma süda kinkida. 🙂

Tõutunnistuseta tõulooma pole olemas. Kui keegi müüb odavalt ehk mõnesaja euroga mingi tõu välimikuga looma, aga pabereid pole mingil põhjusel teinud, siis on tegu nn milleri ehk loomapaljundajaga. Neil loomadel pole tehtud terviseuuringuid, kuid neil lastakse maksimaalse sagedusega järglasi saada. Need loomad elavad tihti kohutavates tingimustes, nad ei saa kvaliteetset toitu, neile ei tehta parasiiditõrjet ega vaktsiine. Kõik seepärast, et looma pealt maksimaalselt teenida. Nii saab loomavõtja endale sageli väga haige koera, kes vaatamata suurele hoolele peagi hinge heidab ja omanikule jäävad murtud süda ja tohutud raviarved. Õudseid näiteid loomavabrikutest saad lugeda näiteks SIIT, SIIT ja SIIT.

Tarvikud

Nagu kõige muugagi, tasub ka loomale tarvikuid valides esmalt mõelda taaskasutusele ja isetegemisele. Kassidele ja pisinärilistele saab pesi ja mööblit väga edukalt ise ehitada – internetis on palju seesuguseid õpetusi, kuidas vanast kampsunist ja padjast kassile imearmas magamisase teha, rottidele kiikesid-tunneleid meisterdada jne. Kindlasti tasub lemmikule kodu rajades internetis maad uurida ja hinnavõrdlusi teha – kasutatud lemmikloomatarvikuid liigub internetis palju ning erinevaid e-poode, kust puure-kausse-pesi soetada, on kümneid ja kümneid.

Kui koer peaks millegipärast elama õues, on talle kindlasti vaja korralikku tõstetud ja soojustatud kuuti. Poes saadaval olevad kuudid maksavad sadu eurosid ning ehkki see on ühekordne väljaminek, tasub kindlasti ka ise ehitamist kaaluda. Internetis on palju õpetusi, mille abil koerale soodsamalt ilusa ja praktilise kuudi ehitada saab! Samuti on internetis palju kuulutusi, kus inimesed seisma jäänud kuute müüvad või suisa tasuta ära annavad.

Toit ja maiused

Tugeva tervise aluseks on loomulikult kvaliteetne igapäevane toit. Nagu endalegi toitu valides, tasuks ka loomale süüa ostes jälgida toidu koostist, mitte hinda ja nime. Näiteks nimeka ja populaarse Royal Caniniga sarnase koostise, ent märkimisväärselt odavama kilohinnaga toite on väga mitmeid. Nii võib soodsamalt saada isegi parema koostisega kraami ja ülejäänud igakuiselt üle jäänud raha panna looma ravifondi kõrvale. Kui endale toitu valides välistad glükoosi-fruktoosisiirupi ja naatriumglutamaadi, on ka loomale toitu valides oluline teada, millised ained vältida tuleks. Näiteks neere kahjustavad värvained, tapajäätmejahu ja loomsete kõrvalsaaduste jahu ning igasugune toit, mille koostiset suure osa moodustab teravili. Esmapilgul kallima kilohinnaga toit võib olla Darlingu, Chappy, KiteKati jms “marketitoitudega” võrreldes ka toitvam – näiteks tuleb seda anda kaks korda vähem, mis tähendab, et looma toitmiseks kulub lõppkokkuvõttes ikkagi sama summa. Väga paljud loomaomanikud tellivad toitu soodsalt saksa Zooplus’i nimelisest veebipoest. Postikulu Eestisse on (misiganes koguse ja kaalu puhul) 9,99€ ning sääst on märkimisväärne – meie kliinikus müügilolevat eritoitu saavat sealt suisa poole soodsamalt! Kui Saksamaalt tellimisega jändamine tundub tüütu, on ka kodumaistes internetipoodides kaup tihti palju odavam kui lemmikloomapoodides. Hea valik soodsaid (ja hea koostisega) loomatoite on saadaval ka näiteks Tallinna külje all asuvas aianduskeskuses Hortes. Kui ostad ühte kindlat toitu ühest kindlast poest, on kindlasti mõistlik teha püsikliendisoodustust võimaldav kliendikaart.

Racineli kuivtoidud on Coopis praegu väga hea soodushinnaga. Ostsin kohe kuus kilo varuks. Ja Lily’s Kitcheni puhtad ja ökokoostisosadest valmistatud konservid on ka allahinnatud!

 

Lemmikule toortoitu pakkuvad loomaomanikud saavad soodsat ning värsket liha ja kala soetada turult. Kusjuures argumendiga, et ostad koerale-kassile toortoitu, saab turult oma taarasse lihakraami osta. Muidu turumüüjad seda hästi lubada ei taha, topivad ikka oma plastkoti või -karbi sulle kaasa.

Kui leiad hea toidu korraliku soodushinnaga, tasub seda tagavaraks varuda. Kulub ju loomatoitu igapäevaselt ning kuivtoit säilib kaua – pole mingisugust põhjust, miks peaksid seda täishinnaga soetama!

Dentastixide jm teraviljapõhiste maiuste asemel võiks koerale pakkuda naturaalseid puhtast lihast valmistatud maiuseid, mida saab poest osta, aga ka väga edukalt ka ise valmistada – näiteks kuivatatud kanafileed jms. Samuti soovitatakse koertele anda porgandit – vajab ju loomgi vitamiine ja kiudaineid. Meie Loore igatahes krõbistab porgandit suuure isuga!

Kassiliiva asemel puidugraanulid

Ka kassiliiva saab odavalt veebipoest Zooplus (et postikulu kaalu tõttu ei muutu, võib seda kümnete kilode kaupa varuks tellida), kuid kes liiva aseme kassidele allapanuks mõeldud puidugraanuleid kasutab, saab ehituspoest soetada identseid, kuid oluliselt soodsamaid saepurupelleteid.

Kakakotid

Biolagunevad või mitte – koera kakakottidele kuluvaid ressursse (nii rahalisi kui looduslikke) saaks kokku hoida, kui kasutaksime kakakottidena juba olemasolevaid ja niigi kuluvaid kotte. Saia- ja leivakotid, ühekordsed puuviljakotid vm kaka üles korjamiseks sobivad pakendid oleks mõistlik säilitada ja lemmiku kakat kokku korjates taaskasutada. Nullkulu.ee kirjutab:

“Ainus mõistlik variant seda protsessi sammuke rohelisemaks muuta, on taaskasutada majapidamises tekkinud plastkotte. Sul on koer ja sööd igapäevaselt leiba? Korja kokku oma leivakile ning kasuta see uuesti. Kui sul jääb saia-leivakottidest puudu, siis miks mitte paluda oma tuttavatel sulle neid kõrvale panna?”

Loe Nullkulu täispikka postitust “Mida teha koerakakaga?” SIIN.

Tervis

Loomade ravi on väga kallis – neil ju pole haigekassat. Küll aga pakutakse lemmikloomakindlustust (nii tõuloomadele kui ka segaverelistele). Samas tasub silmas pidada, et kindlustada saab vaid kuni 7-aastast looma ning sageli ületavad arved maksimaalse hüvitatava summa – kindlasti tuleks (nagu iga) kindlustust sõlmides lepingu tingimused üle vaadata ning kaaluda, kas väljaminek end ära tasub. Nende tõuloomade puhul, kellel tervisehädad juba noores eas ja sagedamini esinevad, võivad ravikulud kindlustuseta pika peale ülejõukäivaks ostutuda. Igaljuhul võiks loomaomanik kaaluda ise iga kuu kindlustusmakse summa kõrvale panemist, et siis aja jooksul kogunenud raha pärast looma 8-aastaseks saamist tagavaraks jääks – seda enam, et just siis hakkavad tervisemured enamasti ilmnema.

Kliinikud teevad aeg-ajalt koos loomakaitseorganisatsioonidega kampaaniaid, mille raames on soodsamad näiteks kiipimine või steriliseerimine/kastreerimine. See ühekordne kulutus aitab vältida sagedasi, kuid väga kulukaid terviseprobleeme (emastel koertel mädaemakas a piimanäärmekasvajad, isastel eesnäärmeprobleemid).

Kindlasti tuleks loomale valida usaldusväärne kliinik/arst, kus arst saab kiiresti panna täpse diagnoosi. Kindlasti mitte usaldada röntgensilma või ultrahelikõrvaga ja telefoni teel diagnoosivaid arste. Mida kiiremini tervisehädade põhjused välja selgitatakse, seda vähem kulub looma ravile visiiditasusid ning seda tõhusam on looma ravi. Raskemat sorti diagooside puhul küsida alati teise (konkreetsele liigile või tõule spetsialiseerunud) arsti arvamust.

Millised koduloomad teil kodus on? Kas planeerite nendega seotud kulusid? Olete loomad kindlustanud või kogute nende raviks nö. “sukasäärde”? Milliseid nippe loetelule lisada oskaksite? Jagage kogemusi ja tarkusi, teie kommentaaridele tänu on blogi vähemalt poole väärtuslikum!

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Weird Pooch is weird

January 5, 2015~ koerapreili loore

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Lorelei has been a wonderful companion ever since we first met and brought tons of love into this household, but behind all that loyal loving companionship lies a whole lot of weird quirkiness, too. 😀 Among many weird qualities she possesses, she:

♥ Is absolutely MAD about tangerines
♥ Hates waking up early and hides under the bed when H tries to take her out for her morning walk before work
♥ Likes to sometimes handstand pee – apparently she has so much on her mind she has to keep walking while peeing
♥ Is afraid to death of H’s radio-controlled toy car, the vacuum cleaner and, apparently, fireworks. New Year’s Eve seems to taken a toll on her mental stability and she’s still a little shaky and stressed out.
♥ Is the world’s biggest drama queen and pretends to be in pain (squeals like she’s being tortured) at the sight of her nail clippers
♥ Adores snow and runs around in perfect circles at 250 mph like a maniac when there’s fresh powder snow
♥ Can jump super high
♥ Doesn’t eat sausages unless they’re halved
♥ Sometimes gets so excited about going for a walk she forgets to poop and needs to go again minutes after she comes in from a walk
♥ Steals a plushie of Ladybug’s every time she has her period and switches to mama dog mode. It’s both sad and adorable all at once…
♥ Gets insanely excited and starts barking every time anyone exclaims “hi!” in a joyous manner. She assumes someone has come over and is completely unable to contain her joy. We sometimes just yell “hi!” to each other across the apartment to make fun of her. Nice dog owners, huh?
♥ Got this doggy bed from my mom for Christmas last year and loved it from the minute she got it… until Christmas was through. She neglected it for a whole entire year and never got in it once. Not ONCE! This year, right after I cracked out all the Christmas decorations, pooch rediscovered her bed and now spends every spare second all cuddled up in it. We suspect she thinks it’s a special Christmas bed…

// Alates esimesest päevast, kui ma Looret (passi järgi Lorelei) kohtasin, on ta olnud täiesti imeline kaaslane ja meie kodu armastuse ja soojusega täitnud. Kõige selle truu kiindumuse ja armastuse taga peitub aga ka paras ports uskumatuid veidrusi. 😀 Meie Loorekene:

♥ On mandariinide järgi täiesti hull
♥ Pole üldse mingi hommikukoer ja peidab ennast varahommikuti voodi alla, et ta H’ga koos hommikusele pissitiirule minema ei peaks
♥ Armastab teinekord esikäppadel pissida – tuleb välja, et tal on lihtsalt liiga palju ideid ja liiga vähe aega, et neid teostada. Kes see jõuab kõik pissi ühte kohta jätta, kui sama hästi võiks esikäppadel edasi kõndida?
♥ Kardab pööraselt H puldiautot, tolmuimejat ja, nagu sel aastal selgus, ka ilutulestikku. Vana-aasta õhtu on tema närvikavale sel korral päris sügava jälje jätnud ja vaeseke on siiamaani õige pisut ebastabiilne.
♥ On maailma suurim draamakuninganna ja teeskleb põrguvalu (st. ruigab, nagu teda piinataks), kui ta küünetangid kuskilt välja ilmuvad
♥ Jumaldab lund ja tormab ülehelikiirusel ringiratast, kui õues on värske puuderlumi
♥ Hüppab ilgelt kõrgele
♥ Ei söö viinereid, kui need pole poolitatud
♥ On mõnikord õues käies nii elevil, et unustab kakada. Muidugi meenub häda talle alles pärast tuppa tagasi jõudmist.
♥ Varastab iga kord, kui tal päevad/jooksuaeg on, ühe printsessi kaisukatest ja on sellele hoolitsev koeraemme, hoiab seda kaisus, peseb seda ja tassib igalepoole kaasa. See on ühtaegu imearmas ja natuke südantlõhestav…
♥ Läheb elevusest lolliks ja kukub haukuma iga kord, kui keegi rõõmsalt “tereee!” hõikab. Ta nimelt eeldab, et keegi tuli külla ja ei suuda oma õnne kuidagi varjata. Mõnikord kisame teineteisele eri korteri otstest rõõmsalt “tereee!”, et teda närvi ajada. Toredad koeraomanikud küll…
♥ Sai eelmisel aastal mu emmelt jõulukingiks selle pesa ja jumaldas seda hetkest, kui see talle üle anti… kuni jõulud läbi said. Ta ignoreeris seda aasta otsa täielikult ega roninud sinna kordagi sisse. MITTE ÜHTEGI KORDA! Sellel aastal, kohe pärast seda, kui ma jõulukaunistused välja panin, taasavastas koerake oma voodi ja veedab seal nüüd iga vaba hetke. Me kahtlustame, et ta peab seda oma eriliseks pühadepesaks…

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Family day out in the nature

October 14, 2013~ chit-chat, family, koerapreili loore, kroonprintsess: pildid

c4Both Saturday and Sunday brought along  beautiful weather so we spent most of our weekend out in the nature. These pictures are from when we took a walk in the woods, picked some pine cones, let Pooch go for a swim and just enjoyed each others’ company. On Sunday H let me sleep in and took the little one to the playground, once they returned it was time for Ladybug’s nap (which she also took outside in her stroller, she barely spent any time indoors on Sunday) so while she was sleeping I prepared lunch. After lunch we drove to Tallinn’s most beautiful park (Kadriorg), took full advantage of everything the playground there has to offer (we shot a video of the little one playing, I’ll try to edit as soon as I have a spare minute), then went to see the swans (beautiful black swans, they looked amazing) and ducks because our child is a huge fan of those and then took a little walk and popped by the grocery store before we headed back home. After we had dinner it was time for Ladybug to bake her first ever cake. She did excellent and we, again, filmed her in action. It’s an adorable video and I promise to show it to you. 🙂

To sum it up: I had the opportunity to spend a wonderful weekend with the wonders of my world. Even something as trivial as taking a walk in a park is so fulfilling and real 100% quality fun with my darlings 🙂c5 c3 c10 c1 c6 c2 c8 c9

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Snapshots: A Saturday spent mushroom-hunting

September 23, 2013~ adventures, friends of ours, koerapreili loore, kroonprintsess: pildid

Me and Marilin planned for Saturday to be a day of mushroom hunting and even though we barely found any, we had a wonderful day out in fresh air. The Jellybean got to pick and eat blueberries, the Pooch got to run around the woods like mad and we all really enjoyed ourselves so the time really flew by and we all got our batteries recharged. But this being a snapshots-post… enough chatter, here’s a couple of shots of what a Saturday can look like in our family. 🙂
Edit: I, ouf course, meant “have A picnic” in the third collage. Don’t know where the “a” went. Sorry about that!
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Those crazy, hazy days of summer: Barbecue party

July 11, 2013~ chit-chat, friends of ours, koerapreili loore, snapshots (pildipostitus)

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This summer is turning out to be really busy and we’re absolutely loving it! We had a barbecue yesterday, me and auntie Madiken are going to our friend’s housewarming tonight (you may expect a DIY-post, by the way), then we’re off to Viljandi with Triinu & co. on Friday, Saturday brings a huge get-together with our mommy-group and all our families and when we get back from there on Sunday, it’s time to pack our bags again and head off to our paradise island. A week there, then two weeks in town (have to get my nails done, take the Jellybean to the doctor and H probably needs to work, too…) and we’re flying off to Stockholm to visit my mom (a happy-dance is in order) for a week, then another week in Hiiumaa and at the end of August, we’re off for a long weekend in Finland, visiting family and going for a car meet (NPS big meet in Yyteri) with the Lowlifer car club. I’m sure there’ll be more – I don’t know if I can keep up with all the awesomeness. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining – my life is amazing!

Back to yesterday’s barbecue party – it started off as a spontaneous idea on Monday and we had everything set and planned by Monday evening. We had great food and most important of all – wonderful people as always. We had so much fun, some of it pretty indecent and childish, but quality fun nonetheless. Nothing beats being surrounded by people you can feel totally relaxed around. And learning a thing or two about sign languages isn’t the worst thing either.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, sweet friends. I really came to think today how wonderful it is that we can come together on two days’ notice and create priceless memories together. I truly am blessed. Thanks again!
suvi3Jellybean is happy to be in uncle D’s lap – Mia is used to it. 😀
suvi2Ladies at the grill. Ain’t no man taking over our job!
suvi1 suvi7Our most trustworthy food critics approved of my chicken wings or at least so it seems.
suvi9It’s funny how you’ve actually known someone your whole life and even though you barely ever see each other, they’ll always pretty much be the same person they always were. In the best possible way, of course!
suvi5Triinu Liis took the prettiest picture ever taken of our Pooch! Adorable, isn’t she?suvi4Those two have a fair chance at becoming BFF’s – they beat each other up, cry, yell, then cuddle and hug, hand each other toys and take care of one another. If that isn’t true friendship, I don’t know what is…suvi6Potato salad and a classic greek salad – nom!
suvi7 (2)Shroooms – the most perfect BBQ side dish ever discovered by man. Definitely will share the recipe, I’d be a bad person if I didn’t! suvi8Another example of BFF’s…suvi11 I’ll admit this is probably one of the ugliest pictures ever taken of me, or it might just be due to the fact that I’m standing next to Little Miss Absolutely Fabulous, but whatever – I had to post this. You know when you already know someone is great and then, after getting to know them better, you’re surprised to find they’re even more awesome than you thought? This happened to me yesterday and I couldn’t be happier.
suvi10There can’t be a perfect night without dessert. Here: a Pavlova.

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The perfect weekend getaway: Our Hiiumaa

May 27, 2013~ adventures, friends of ours, koerapreili loore, kroonprintsess: areng, snapshots (pildipostitus)

20135171869.jpgI showed you this one already and as you know, we started our trip off by missing the ferry. I was a tiny bit bummed out, just because we were so close to making it, but me and T grabbed a couple of ice cold beers (the boys couldn’t because H was driving and D said something about a bro-code) and our mini-holiday could begin regardless. We made the 19:00 ferry in stead so after only an hour and a half long wait, we were back on track!

We had a bite to eat, stayed out on the sun deck and tackled two overtired little ladies. When we disembarked, it was time to drive to Kärdla for food shopping! I had written a shopping list beforehand so getting everything we needed was a walk in the park. The boys made it very clear that our shopping techniques were very different – the boys like to pick everything up systematically, we like to run around and go back and forth if we need to. A very nice lady passed us when the guys were making fun of us and advised them to let it go if they didn’t want to go hungry (all kinds of hungry)…  😀 We filled our shopping carts with delicious food, beer and soft drinks (me and T decided we didn’t want wine this time) and headed towards our little house.
HMWhen our van (that we borrowed from our incredibly helpful and generous neighbors) finally reached destination and we could let the pooch out, guess who was the happiest dog in the world? I think she went for a swim at the beach pretty much straight away…

When we got home, the house was pretty chilly and damp so I needed to light the fireplace before we made the little ones’ beds and unpacked all our stuff. The chimney wouldn’t draw properly so we had the entire house full of smoke until we finally managed to get the chimney warmed up and the draft fixed. Since it was a really warm evening, the daddies and little ladies just hung out on the terrace until the mommies worked on resolving the issue.
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The kids were really exhausted from a long day of adventures so they passed out pretty much instantly when their little heads hit the pillows. We stayed up until 4 a.m. –  barbecued some chicken, drank beers, discussed existential topics and enjoyed good company. We had a well-deserved break from our everyday lives in a busy city and went someplace that’s peaceful and quiet beyond anything you could ever imagine. All you could hear was the fire in the grill crackling, the waves of the sea hitting the shore and occasionally the dog barking at wild animals lurking in the woods.
HM2The kids scattered all their toys across the floor so it would feel like home. Auntie T adores sheep so that’s what she needed to feel welcome. I was just happy to finally have a real stove to cook on. 🙂

We got up at around 9 a.m. Saturday morning, had coffee, oatmeal and sandwiches for breakfast and really just had one of those lazy day. We hung out on the terrace, played with the dog, chased the toddlers and when it was time for the kids’ afternoon naps, I started making lunch –  borsch (the Ukranian gift to mankind – the most delicious beetroot soup). HM3“Mom! I smell soup! Hand over the soup!” 

Somewhere around two or three in the afternoon we started preparing ourselves for a little road trip around the island. We went to Kärdla for some mo re shopping and were hoping to possibly have a decent cup of coffee at a café. That was not going to happen, we were too late and everything closes at around 3 p.m. We got everything we needed and decided to go to the Kõpu lighthouse – when we arrived, our ladybug had fallen asleep in the car so as far as she’s concerned, we never went there at all. We’re truly a lazy group of people – in stead of climbing atop the lighthouse, we had lots of delicious cake and coffee at the cafeteria. In our defense, though – climbing up those claustrophobic little stairs carrying a toddler would probably not have been the easiest of challenges. And our family has been there once already!

We bought cute little refrigerator magnets (as a little token of appreciation for the people who lent us the van) from the souvenir-shop and decided to go see Kalana port next – there’s a little seaside holiday village, a camping lot, a café and a stranded fishing vessel that you can climb onto and explore.
HM5HM6Then auntie T remembered she had once visited some old military catacombs (read more about them in Estonian {HERE}) on the island and since we were nearby, we decided to drive by and see if we could find any of them. It was cold and the kids were asleep so we decided we would come back someday with proper clothing and equipment (flashlights etc.) for that sort of adventure. We’ll look it all up on a map and it will be awesome! HM7Gee, excited much, baby sis’? Nah, I actually made her do jumping shots for me 😀

Last summer we had the fence surrounding the house rebuilt by a really nice and talented local man, who also happened to grow rabbits at his really awesome estate. I asked H to call him this time, too, and ask him if he maybe had any delicious smoked rabbit to sell us. He didn’t, but got us one from a friend of his. We went to pick it up and asked if we could show our guests his incredible estate and really cool accommodations – he didn’t mind at all. He also told us that this year, in addition to his two dogs, the cat and the (baby) bunnies, he also has hens, roosters, tiny little chicks, quails and (baby) ducks. He said right away that seeing the rabbits wouldn’t be a good idea because they sometimes have a nasty habit of eating their kits’ paws when they’re stressed. For some reason, he changed his mind (probably to make the kids happy) and invited us to see all his animals, including the tiniest little bunnies – he lifted those out together with the little box they were in to avoid mama-rabbit getting pissed. Our kids were absolutely ecstatic and from the minute she saw her first rabbit, little ladybug knew the word and couldn’t stop saying it: “JÄJIIIIII” is derived from the actual word “jänes”, meaning rabbit…
HM8Those are his really cool little thatched accommodations built almost entirely from straw. I really wish I had brought the camera when we visited that magical place… The top picture of the little houses is borrowed from their home page {HERE}.
The tiny little 13-day old bunny is an opal (slate blue at base of hair, then gold, then blue tip) rabbit and his fur is very desired and expensive. The ones in the middle are meat rabbits.

I strongly believe that knowing where your food comes from and accepting it is really-really important. I have no problem telling my daughter that the adorable bunnies she went to see are going to be food on somebody’s table. I love the way those rabbits are treated, taken care of and loved so I have a much clearer conscience buying a rabbit from him than getting meat from the supermarket. 🙂

We headed back home to start cooking dinner and put the little rugrats in bed – it had been a long day and the littlest troopers were exhausted. For some reason, we didn’t take pictures of our barbecue dinner, I guess we were just that hungry… We grilled meat skewers, corn, filled mushrooms and had two salads to go with it (coleslaw and tomato-cucumber-sour cream). We stayed up until way-too-late-o’clock again, drank beer and had a nice chat out on the terrace until we ‘just couldn’t keep our eyes open anymore.
HM9There can’t be a perfect Sunday without a glorious pancake breakfast (presented by me and D, who helped out with the frying). After we had filled our tummies with delicious Nutella-pancakes and coffee and rested a bit, we finally got our opportunity to spend the day at the beach – the weather was amazing. We grabbed towels, drinks, toys and tanning oil and headed to the beach. After a 15   s e c o n d  walk, we were almost there and joking about going back because the beach was too far away.  That’s how close the house is to our little “private beach”.
BCHThe kids loved it – the sand, the water and unlimited freedom. And since it’s such a private place, you don’t have to worry about anything other than the actual sea. 
BCH3It looks a lot like we really were enjoying ourselves, doesn’t it? It surely was one of the best days in a looong while!
BCH1Our sweet-sweet friends, one for each. Me and T are good friends and match really well, D and H are like long-lost brothers and each other’s copies and the little ones play really nicely together as well.  🙂
BCH4The pooch, the littlest ones, my baby sis’ and the boys all went for a swim. I grabbed the camera and made sure there was documentation (I have video proof of the guys really diving in!) . And then I may or may not have splashed others wet because I had camera-immunity. Mwahaha!
bch5

When we left the beach, we had three hours to have lunch, clean up the house and hit the road in time to make the 20:30 ferry. Everyone helped out and together, we finished packing, cooking, eating and thoroughly cleaning the house sooner than we had expected and could really take it easy and be on our way in time. There’s nothing better than proper team work 🙂
donecleaningYay, we’re done cleaning! Might as well take loads of pictures before we go!

We had a lovely dinner on the ferry, took the kids to play in the toy corner and went to the sun deck to wave goodbye to our paradise island. We’ll be back soon!
byebye

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You scream, I scream

May 16, 2012~ koerapreili loore

I had a very traumatic experience this morning when I went for a stroll with the pooch (involving her rolling around in human feces, people, please stop pooping outside) and now that we’re done cleaning and disinfecting her, I’m going to do something a lot more soothing. I’m going to make toffee ice-cream with raisins soaked in Bailey’s. We have a very special guest coming over tomorrow so we’re making ice cream and waffles to welcome her. 🙂

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Mama dog

March 29, 2012~ koerapreili loore, kroonprintsess: pildid

There have been a lot of questions about how our dog Lorelei (we call her Loore) reacted to us bringing home a baby. We usually try to keep them apart as much as possible because Loore keeps wanting to lick the baby clean and we’re not too sure it’s a good idea. When baby gets a little whiny, the dog is clearly very upset and wants to console her, but she gets a little too excited and may end up hurting the ladybug… All in all, we like to keep them apart as much as possible. But this once, when the baby was falling asleep in the armchair, Loore veeery carefully got up on the chair and placed her body next to baby’s, resting nothing but her head on the kid. Extremely cute.

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Minutes later…

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