Snow freak!

Other than having a rough time at work (you don't want to know the details), I've not got much to say right now but enjoy the video of our pussycat re-discovering the winter wonderland! More snow please!

Cats Christmas!

Family Christmases are so lovely!

We treated the cats to a new play tunnel thing which I couldn't resist giving them early - Pern has been more into this than Eric! Very 'in' to it!


Of course, on the big day, they were keen to assist us in the unwrapping process - more for the paper than the present contents of course! Pern will sit on anything that she thinks we might want to use / move!


On the day, the cats were overwhelmed by a cat-nip toy from Cilla (my American Online-Auntie!) so their ham was wrapped up on boxing day as a further treat for the dearlings!


Eric was never really sure about all the decorations!


And it often all got too much for Pern who reverted to her natural state!


Jxx

Double fail!

OK, so I've been quiet again for a few weeks... Life got ahead of me and I just couldn't seem to catch up! Once I'd got five or six blogs behind on the challenge, it just seemed an ominous task to try and double or treble post and so the event stalled... I also failed to complete the required 50,000 words for NaNoWriMo... I scored a respectable 35,000 in the end but again, life took over and there were so many other things to fit in...

So, what other things?

Well, I popped to Liverpool to see friends (images on Facebook as always) and had a great time visiting the newly re-vamped city centre and took a trip to Chester, which is rather beautiful still!

My friend Pat will of course love this photo in particular:



I hit Birmingham NEC for the Memorabillia event (again, more pictures on Facebook) and met my hero - Gareth David-Lloyd! OMG OMG *squee* and all that! I'm still not quite over it!





And my mother joined me for Memorabillia (managing to speak to Gareth enough to embarass me wholly - "You're the reason my son's here today!" she cheerily chirped, whilst I gibbered!

Mother & I also hit Leicester's new centre and I had my first Yo Sushi experience - how cool is that place? Food is lovely and it's really groovy inside:




I've also been preparing for Christmas a little, with some shopping expeditions and the creation of the Celebrity Male Advent Calendar I make for D each year:



The lights are the special addition to this years model - the problem is, I try and better the previous years version each time and it's getting more and more difficult to do!

And we bought a gift for the cats that I decided couldn't wait:



Pern is into it (must be the catnip) but Eric is being wary... We'll see how it goes! I'm all for getting a kitten (or chickens) in the New Year too, depending on sweet talking D and discussion with the vet so we could have another fluffyness to play with it too soon?!

So, I hope that little round up explains some of my absence and makes up for the lack of recent posts? OK, it probably doesn't entirely but it's a start! I'll try again to keep you up to date in December... Jxx

Day Four! (Did I mention the cat?)

Around six years ago, amidst all the purring, Pern, our black & white cat was noted to have a slight heart murmor. This was deemed to be only a small problem but she was referred to the local Cat Cardiologist for review. At this time, having performed an Echocardiogram, they determined that she had a Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy! She was started on Atenolol, a cardiac medication used in humans but at a very small dosage obviously and we were advised to have her repeat Echo'd in three years. This we did and thankfully saw no worsening of the condition and were set free for a further three years.

Anyway, a few weeks back, we headed again for her three-yearly Echo and were thrilled to find that her condition, if anything, has improved! She is to remain on the medicaiton, which is no real hassle to give but has been discharged from the specialist! We're all very pleased... Although Pern seems unbothered either way! She's still purring away, though she has taken to sitting on my legs on an evening... Finally, some expression from her that she actually likes us!

WriMo = 10053 words
PoMo = 4/4

Jxx