The Kittens

I was reading some of Jiva’s new posts earlier and saw her photos of Jasper and Otis (her kittens). This is somewhat inspired me to post some of the pictures I have of our cats as I haven’t shown them since we got them.

So, in all their glory, I present Pusskins and Niblet (drum roll please!):

I have to say, they are awesome, I won’t change them for the world. The only problem we have now is that Niblet likes to go to the toilet in our shower!

November Already?!

Is it me or is it when November started looming, it suddenly dropped about eight degrees? It went from being a really warmish October to suddenly having to crack out your winter coat and gloves.

Anywho, that aside, it’s been a pretty run of the mill couple of weeks, I don’t know why but I haven’t felt like updating recently.

Going back to some of my recent posts, Katie discharged herself from hospital as soon as possible, with over seventy stitches in her back. The nurses took her off her morphine drip for her pain and sent her home with some really strong pain relief in the form of Paracetamol, not really in the same ball park is it?! She has since been laid up, not allowed to sit on her bum, trying to find comfortable positions by laying on her side.

This weekend Katie and I ventured to an event run by my employer, an NLP taster day. After working at my current employer for over three years, I had asked Katie if she wanted to experience the field in which I worked and to see if it would benefit her in some way. Leaving at half past seven Saturday morning, I overcompensated for the journey time with us arriving over an hour and a half early, I expected inner-city London to be packed but that was certainly not the case!

The day itself was very enjoyable and we left just before six in the evening, hoping that because the heavens had opened, we would be extended a less busy route through London…that was not the case. In total it took us nearly an hour and half to navigate two miles, getting stuck between Kensington High Street and Piccadilly Circus, later getting stuck in roadworks just before The Tower Of London. Once through that however, it was plain sailing driving along the A13, pushing through the rain to get home just before 8pm.

We got in, changed into less formal attire and just chilled for the rest of the evening.

On Sunday I was up early, I played football, narrowly losing in a tight match. I managed to get on the score sheet, pretty much claiming a fifty yard free kick which sailed over everyone’s heads! After that, I quickly showered and got changed ready to get some food shopping and get the kittens vaccinated and de-wormed/de-flea’d (sp?).

As the kittens were introduced to the vet, Pusskins was like a big man on campus, strutting about without a care in the world, whereas Niblet was holding firm in the carry cage. As they were inspected, Pusskins stood there proudly not making a sound as he was injected, a tough little trooper. Niblet was very similar except as she pushed the vaccination in, he looked at me as to say; “Daddy, I hate you right now!”. We purchased a christmassy penguin home for them both and took them home so they could sleep off any grogginess.

That evening I completed Fable 2 and we watched the new Liam Neeson film; Taken. We also viewed The Spiderwick Chronicles but as you may have seen from my Twitter feed, the first film was awesome but latter was very average.

Nothing is really happening this week except we are going to hope the kittens don’t go crazy when the 5th of November celebrations commence, deep joy.

Home Sweet Home

If there was an award for the quickest settlement in a new home, Katie and I would have won it. Having packed two cars and a horse trailer both on last Friday and the Saturday morning, we were completely unpacked and ready to put things away by 2:30pm that Saturday afternoon. My father in law and I of course were busy building all manner of tables, Katie and her mother putting away bits in the kitchen and my mother helping bring in possessions from her house I had left there. Eventually, we dismissed the families and took stock of our own house, with a fair amount of clothing needing to be sorted upstairs.

Sunday morning was more of the same, we called up the utility companies and activated our BT phone line. Clothes were packed into wardrobes and anything not needed was dumped unceremoniously in the loft space! Short of a few food items, by Sunday evening, the whole house was completely as we wanted it, unpacked and all sorted out…the only thing we lacked was a TV signal.

Since then, the internet has been ordered and is due to be activated next Wednesday and we have Sky+ so we can watch TV. We also have two other additions to the house…..these guys!

Their names are Pusskins and Niblet, I got to name the latter. Pusskins has a smudge of white on his paws whereas Niblet is completely black. We looked at some of the local ad’s in the paper, visited a woman who took care of her pets better than herself and came back with these little guys!

So, as you can see all is going swimmingly! Expect a few more updates as of the 1st when we get internet access at home.

Two Months (and one day!) On

I can’t believe it’s been two months since I walked down the aisle and married the woman I love.

In this time we have secured a marital home, furnished it from top to bottom with some very nice pieces and started new businesses and jobs. All signs point to good times ahead, especially now I look forward to events as a team, share experiences with my partner.

The football season is upon us and I have managed to shed six pounds since our Honeymoon which has cheered me up no end! Katie and I are regular gym goers, walking to as many places as we can to get that extra bit of fitness.

No news on my car as yet, I have spoken to a few dealers now and they recommend selling it privately and then paying off the finance company direct, instead of taking a hit on a part exchange. That doesn’t worry me though, I will get it sorted in the long run

One worrying thing is, I will be turning 25 at the end of this month, I am now looking down the barrel at 30……*cue dramatic music* With the addition of two kittens next month and hopefully some little sprogs a little further down the line, I will be a happy man.

Internet Catfight

With a surprise ending!