Alfie our new family member

This is Alfie. He is the newest addition to our family. He will be joining us on the 5th Jan and I cannot wait. Looking forward to seeing Sappho have a buddy to chase around the house. It seems so quiet with just one cat in the family, I say quiet but how quiet can it be Sappho managed to bring the whole christmas tree down yesterday .

Paper Mountain

It was absolutely disgusting how many presents were under our tree yesterday. Here is a piccie of Sappho and the paper mountain. She loved it, she kept diving in to it

Christmas day was busy, lots of cooking for me and fetching and carrying for Kate (she has a poorly leg and can barely walk) and my mum (who always sits on her arse when she comes to ours). I will be glad to go back to work for the rest! I had to pack all my scrapping stuff away in order for us to get the spare room ready for mum staying and I cannot wait to get it all out again.

All of My Advent Swap

Here are the contents of my advent swap that I received from Ching. A big thank you all the contents were wonderful and I cannot wait to start putting them all to good use.

5 random facts about me

1. When I come into the house the first thing I remove are my socks and shoes. If my feet are bare then I am home
2. I am a natural born navigator and can find my way around anywhere. I inherited an in built navigation system from my father.
3. I have two teeth still buried in my upper jaw that did not grow down so when I get my teeth x-rayed I look like a vampire.
4. I always win at tombolas never played one where I did not win with a strip of 5 tickets. Usually 2 or 3 prizes is the norm.
5. I always sleep in the recovery position so if I ever take ill in my sleep I'm sorted

All in all a strange week

I am kind of glad to move onto a new week today. Last week was horrendous what with Dugless dying and me breaking my toe. I have found my real life and online friends of massive support the past week and I appreciate you all for the care you have shown and for distracting me

Sappho is still unsettled and looking for her buddy. We have made the decision to get another cat in the new year as she needs the company. Sappho has never been in a household without another animal.

Feeling very uncreative and guilty as I am behind now in my Digital Divas CJ which is not good especially as I am host! Maybe try and get somthing done in the morning tomorrow before work.

Planning on going out with Jen and Claire tonight so looking forward to that although I won't be able to ice skate due to my toe.

My Saving Grace

It has been the strangest day today. We took Sappho to the vet this morning for blood tests to make sure that she is not aneamic like Dugless. Below is a photo of her sleeping this evening. What you cannot see is her little shaved neck where they took the blood from. She has been so clingy today, she knows we are sad She keeps looking for Dugless in his usual haunts, the spare bedroom, the window sill, it's heartbreaking to watch. I have barely stopped crying since yesterday and the silliest things set me off. I am still in total shock at the loss of our first furbaby. He was such a lovely cat and will be sorely missed. Sappho is the high energy cat and he was the laid back boy of the family.

Sappho has been demanding lots of cuddles today and that is helping me through this grief. I cannot believe how devasting this all is. I have never lost a pet before, Dugless was the first pet I have had as a grown up. I tried to sort out his photos on my laptop this evening, I will be doing an album in his honour but I just kept crying. I want this pain to go away, I want to not think about his last day yesterday as he sounded in so much pain, I want to start remembering the good times we had in his short year with us.

Sappho is my saving grace today. She is such a sociable little cat.

Sad Day Today

Dugless September 30th 2004 - December 7th 2005

My gorgeous one year old cat, Dugless died this afternoon. We are still in shock, he was at the vets yesterday as he had been losing a lot of weight the past week and this morning he got blood taken for tests but when he came home he was not right. We rushed back with him but he died in the taxi with us.

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind. They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart. Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

My Advent is Here

I had to celebrate that my Advent swap is finally here and boy was it worth the wait!!! Its lush. Poor Ching http://www.myscrapblog.com/chingltan/archive/ must have taken ages to make it. I am so overwhelmed by the effort that has gone into the production of this.

Altered Dominoes

Been having fun teaching myself altering dominoes. Love the different effects you can achieve with the Tim Holtz inks.

Shopped and bought loads yesterday at the crafts fair....just about stuck to budget which is good for me. Then came home and broke my toe which was very clever...not! Its now a lovely shade of blue and purple. Hopefully it will heal soon.

Still not got my advent package yet, hopefully it will arrive tomorrow. I am getting very fed up waiting. It does not help that the person I sent to is not posting due to illness & holidays so I have no idea whether she likes it or not.

It's Here!!!

I started work at 7am this morning, bleary eyed as I had not finished till midnight. Logged on and checked my e-mails and it's here!! My wonderful personalised Dreamy Diva from Rhonna Farrer. Its fab, wearing my favourite colour and catches my eye colour to perfection! Cannot wait to get this uploaded and paraded as my avatar. A mega thank you to Rhonna for such a lovely prize.

December!

Cannot believe it's December already. So much to do in the next 24 days I am very excited as I have won a personalised Dreamy Diva from the talented Rhonna Farrer and have to stop myself from checking my e-mail every 5 minutes.

I am taking part in the advent swap on UKS but unfortunately my parcel is in transit and won't be here for a few days yet. Its torture reading about everyone elses pressies but I know I have a good santa and am excited to see what is in store for me when it eventually arrives.

I feel very creative today and managed to get some scrapping done. I have several more projects in mind just need to find (or make) the time to do them. Looking forward to the weekend as I am off stash shopping and more importantly have a cyber crop to attend.

On a happy note my CD tin accordian book that I made for my fathers 60th he adored. Never heard him so happy about a present before.