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Site Under Construction!

I'm currently in the process of trying to transfer the blog over to word press and I'm also going to change the domain name to http://fortheloveofcats.wordpress.com/ , so there might be some interruptions on the site from time to time while I sort this out! Apologise :) Hopefully it will mean that the site will look better if it works out.

The domain is set up but not everything is transferred etc, check it out and see what you think. I'm trying out different headers and stuff. Advise from experienced bloggers would be welcome :D!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all you pet parents out there! I found this very cute image at a site called  www.actioncat.com . It's a lovely site with some really nice little images to suit all occasions.

However this idyllic image above is not how I was woken up this morning! No. As I mentioned in yesterday's post I have the flu. This morning as I woke up I had difficulty breathing. Different thoughts flashed through my mind, had I developed a bad chest infection, did I now have pneumonia? Actually it was simpler than that, Poppy was asleep on my chest! It's amazing how much weight there is in her little body! So no flowers, no breakfast in bed, just near suffocation is all I get for Mother's Day :) hehehe

I must say though as well as having very nice e-card type thingy's, the actioncat site also had a lovely little piece about Mother's Day, if you are an animal lover I recommend you checking it out here :

http://www.actioncat.com/mothersday.html

That Darn Cat!!

Poppy seems to be going through some sort of destructive phase! (I pause as I type to try and stop her knocking over a lamp!)

Her war on inanimate household objects has a high casualty list, so far we've lost:

1 Bottle of Olive Oil - tipped off kitchen work top

2 Wine glasses - 1 knocked from kitchen shelf, 1 from wine cabinet

1 Ornament - Arm can be glued back on

1 Tall Tumbler Glass - Kitchen counter (again)!

The glass in our favourite picture frame - pushed off the top of the telly.

The cordless phone  met a watery death too when it was tipped by the Popster into the toilet!

Now, I've look this up on the Internet. Apparently it is not unusual cat behaviour, which is comforting.  I'm glad to know I'm not the only half crazed cat lover out there frantically gluing bits of things back together!

I've read it's the cats way of acting out their natural instinct to hunt. I've also read some cats do it because they enjoy the entertainment value it gives them, ie seeing me scramble to catch something before it hits the floor or the wonderful crashing noise glass makes when it hits a tiles!! Either way it can be a sign of boredom, this coupled with the fact that I worry she will hurt herself or Oliver is worrying.

I'm trying some new tactics at the moment. First of all I've removed most of the tempting breakable from shelf edges, TV tops, window sills etc. I'm also really trying to make extra playtime with her to try and tire her out and keep her active. If anyone out there has any helpful suggestions or advice, please share it!

If all else fails I could just glue everything down!

Oh and I've got the flu :(

Two Wise Heads....!

"When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
        The reason I tell you is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
        Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name..."

From Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot

Cutesy Cat Pics

 

Anyone the knows cats. knows they love to sleep! not only that but they often seem to find the most unusual spots and positions to sleep in :)

Poppy takes great pleasure in sleeping on top of the clothes horse, Oliver, likes to sleep on the draining board when the dishwasher is on because of the heat :)

A friend sent me an email with these pics today of some other cute kitties catnapping :)

 

 

 

 

 

Happy New Year! Ok I know it's a little bit late....

The Dynamic Duo

At last, I have finally gotten myself organised enough to sit down and update this page! Things have been going non stop since the end of November. Here's a quick summary..

Once the suitcase came out, we started getting the evil eye!!

First of all we headed off to Krakow on the 29th of Nov until the Dec 6th, which was great. The extra few days made a massive difference, really got a chance to explore many more of the nooks and crannies of what truly is a gorgeous city. When we arrived home it was to some awful weather, wind and rain and more rain! I was only off the plane a couple of hours when I headed off to collect the fur babies from the cattery. Oliver apparently had made two bids for freedom while he was there. He had managed to pull back part of a partition high up on the wall and get into the pen next door! I was really surprised, usually he can hardly muster enough energy to move from his chair to a more comfy spot on the couch, and here he was recreating the great escape! I think Poppy probably drove him to it! Anyway they were delighted when they arrived home, they ran around checked everything was as they left it and settled right back in :)

Krakow - Main Square

Spotted this little kitty in the Old Jewish Quarter

Wawel Castle, Krakow

Now THAT'S a Christmas tree! (Main Square Krakow)

Oskar Schindler Factory

Krakow

We were just back two days when we got a visit from our American friend John, (Oliver's original rescuer & his honorary Godfather, hehehe). It was great to see John again and even though Oliver was just a kitten the last time they met, I'm sure Ollie recognised him!

Poppy by Candlelight at Christmas

After that the mayhem of Christmas took over our lives! My hopes that Poppy would totally ignore the Christmas tree now that she was a year older and, ahem, wiser were totally WRONG!! If anything she was worse. And this year we had to buy a new tree (yes we use artificial :P) as last year she totally destroyed our old one, so naturally I wanted to keep her from swinging from the branches like some kind of cat-monkey hybrid! The best I could do in the end was leave the electric pump from our old air bed plugged in under the tree and every time she attempted to eat/climb/destroy the tree, I turned it on. Both Poppy and Oliver dislike the hoover and this sounded similar, so it kept her away. Unfortunately She was wise enough to realise the pump did not have a life of it's own and needed me to produce the awful racket, so if she was allowed in the room on her own she would do a much damage a possible! Solution to this, she was locked out of the room when we were not in it! Overall it wasn't as stressful as it sounds, the tree did survive the festive season and it will be making a comeback appearance next year :)

We also had family visiting over the Christmas and New Year period, so it's really only now that I'm getting back in to anything that resembles a proper routine. I'm also trying to improve my knowledge of photoshop (couple of my attempts below). And my one and only new Years Resolution? To update my blog regularly :)