Looking Back at 2006

Looking Back at 2006: The Tale of a Ridgeback and The Bookbag (1303 words)
by SueMagee - written on 05.01.07 (Very useful, 323 readings)
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January began, as so many of our years seem to at the moment, with further health problems for our older dog. Rosie O'Hooligan Magee is the Rhodesian Ridgeback the vets love. She's a delight to treat, but then she's had a lot of practice. This time it was ears and we gained a lot of knowledge about perforated eardrums. Two operations in the space of a week seemed to clear the problem. By February I'm sick of winter and this year was no exception. "Do you know what I'd like?" I asked my friend Jill Murphy. Before she could reply I said that I'd really love us to have our own website, just for book reviews. "Why not?" said Jill and ...

Life is like a box of chocolates - maybe I had too much last ... (2876 words)
by koshkha - written on 05.01.07 (Very useful, 229 readings)
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My thanks go out to whoever agreed to add this category. None of my product suggestions have come through yet and I'm busting to post something after the holidays. So here's a review of what 2006 meant to me and to the world in general. ~Things you probably didn't know about 2006~ Did you know that 2006 was designated as the "International Year of Deserts and Desertification" by the United Nations General Assembly? No, me neither. It sounded quite exciting until I realised it was Deserts and not Desserts. Ironically I spent quite a lot of time in deserts in 2006 without realising that they were celebrating their big year. It ...

Looking Back at 2006: 2006, The Year That Was (3063 words)
by chrisandmark - written on 15.01.07 (Very useful, 154 readings)
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I saw this question and answer thingy and, as I’ve been away from Dooyoo for a couple of months, thought what better way to kick start my return? A look back into 2006 chrisandmark style! 1. What did you do in 2006 that you've never done before? The obvious one has got to be that I turned 30! Never done it before and will never do it again – depressingly the next milestone is 40, but that can wait! I also visited the US which I’ve wanted to do for many years, an opportunity came up for us to spend four nights in New York at a pretty knock-down price so we grabbed it. It was a wonderful break, we came back feeling sooooo refreshed ...