Random Witterings!

So I finally managed to get another cross stitch finished!  Because my moods can be so variable cos of the dumb dysthymia I go through phases where I lose interest in some things.  I’m really glad the interest came back eventually cos I loved this kit.  It’s a Cat’s Rule kit by Heritage Crafts and I love them, have at least one other to do next

This is so like my lovely Bubbles it makes me giggle every time I see it!

On another note, I’ve had a good rummage through my project boxes and I realised how much my tastes have changed and there are kits and charts I will never do now.  Rather than let them gather more dust, I’ve put them up on ebay and can see the list here.  Also up are a set of Princeton Gallery World of the Unicorn collection plates that I’ve had for so many years and never had out of the boxes and on display.  I kept telling myself that eventually would find a place to put them but have finally accepted that will never be

That’s all for now!

A very Merry Christmas!

Santa was very good to me this year – I got Buffy and Angel comics, book tokens, some smellies, a couple of DVD boxsets, a pair of cute PJ’s amongst other things but the most amazing present I received was from Tony and I totally love them.  I opened up one box and inside were an exquisite pair of silver celtic drop earrings which were beautiful and to top that, another box contained a delicate silver celtic necklace with an amethyst gem.  I was actually speechless and may have cried a little… don’t tell anyone tho!

And yes I might have worn my pink PJ’s and the jewellery all day   So classy!

Thankyou so much Tony, I don’t know how I got so lucky to be your wife but I am happy about it every day

Fizz had a whale of a time playing with the wrapping paper and made us laugh by picking her way carefully into the middle of the pile and making herself comfortable.

Bubbles felt it was all beneath her and took up residence on one of Tony’s toolboxes.

What do you get a cat that has everything?

I haz a box!

It took Fizz about 5 seconds of me putting the box on the floor, to set up shop and she stayed there for quite a while looking very proud of herself

Too. Cute.

It’s finally happened, I have a new Furbaby!

First off, thanks SO much to Tony who loved me enough to indulge my need to have another furkid.

I felt a huge gap when Squeak passed on, we had such a close bond and I loved her so much. I love my darling Bubbles just as much, but she has never needed the level of affection in the way that Squeak did. She also bonded with Tony more than I (they are so cute together!).

So I had been getting increasingly broody and emotional because I had all this love to give and Bubbles just didn’t need or want it. She even got quite grumpy with me when I tried

I recently joined a fantastic online forum called Catsey and it helped talking to other cat nuts and to see the pictures of their furry babies. One of the ladies on the message boards fosters cats for the CPL and had a cat in called Fizz. I loved the look of her picture as she was uncannily like Squeak but as she had been reserved to go to a home, I thought nothing more of it.

Last week, the lady contacted me and asked if I was interested in her as 2 home offers had now fallen through for poor Fizz. After talking it over with Tony, we arranged to go and meet her and if she liked us, we would bring her home!!!.

I went into her pen and she leapt up onto me and I was smitten

She is everything I was looking for She is 4 years old, spayed and half Burmese. It makes for a wonderful mix of affection and chattiness and she chirps at you if you merely look at her

Bubbles is doing better than I expected. We’ve had hissing and a couple of paws lashing out (but nowhere near each other) and they seem to be getting on better each day, I really hope it continues to improve as time goes on. I remember when we first had Bubbles and Squeak was in situ and not impressed at all. They had some quite spectacular arguments and in time they sorted themselves out and tolerated each other, so on the whole, this has been a much better experience, please let it continue to be!

Fizz is a bundle of energy and affection and takes flying leaps at me when I am sitting in the computer chair. My shoulders and back look like a well used pincushion right now so we are trying to train her to be invited up rather than just leap at me when I don’t notice. She understands ‘NO’ thankfully so hopefully it will take. She likes climbing everything too which we haven’t had with Bubbles since she was a kitten so again we are trying to establish boundaries early on.

Tomorrow she goes to the Vets to have her first set of injections. The final set are given after 2 weeks and then she can start going out. She has seen Bubbles asking to be let out and is doing the same thing already

That’s about it for now, I will finish with a pic!