Long Time, No Blogging!

It has been nearly a year since I last posted on my blog. In that year I've had 3 cycles of Chemo followed by an enormous operation that removed 95% of my cancer, then another 3 cycles of chemo to try and zap the remaining cancer.

Three weeks ago I had another huge operation to repair a massive incisional hernia that appeared after the operation last year, and I'm currently recovering slowly and trying hard to be a good girl and not lift or do very much!

The good news is that the surgeons have told me that they've managed to get shot of the Peritoneal cancer, but during my op 3 weeks ago they took a biopsy of a nodular area and it turns out I now have cancer cells in the mesentery, so goodness knows what will happen now. I see my Oncologist next week.

I have been reluctantly trying to down size my cat family to make it easier to care for everyone- if you can offer a permanent, loving home with a cat proofed garden or cat run then please call me for a chat- 0208 529 8114. Betty and Chilli are wonderful girls with loving, confident personalities.

Presenting Angel and Betty's New Babies!

 

 

 

"Solitaire"- Solid Blue Girl (Betty's Baby)- Available

 

It's all very exciting- we have some gorgeous Dilute kittens from Betty and Blue Boo (Solitaire-above- born on 25th April 2014), and Angel and Hullabaloo (6 of them, born 29th April 2014). Please scroll down for photos of them all plus more info, and availability.

 

Betty just has the one beautiful, chunky Solid Blue girl we've called Solitaire (above). She was looking a little lonely until Angel had her litter of 6 kittens just 4 days later, and now 7 kittens are being looked after jointly by Angel and Betty and they're all very happy.

 

 

Angel's Blue Smoke Girl- Under Assessment

 

Angel has 6 wonderful kittens- 3 girls: 1 Solid Blue, 1 Blue Smoke and a Blue and White who may be a Tortie, and 3 boys: 1 Cream Smoke and 2 Solid Blues.

 

 

"Goldfinger" Angel's Cream Some Boy- Available

 

 

We have our eye on Angel's girls for Gary who bred both Blue Boo and Hullabaloo, but once we've chosen one, then the other two will become available. Don't hesitate to ask if you're interested in one of Angel's girls, we'll be more than happy to let you know what's happening.

 

 

Angel's Blue & White Girl- Under Assessment

 

 

We've named Betty's kitten already, and we've chosen names for Angels' too, and we're in the process of allocating names to each kitten. We've been re-reading all the Ian Fleming James Bond books recently, so they'll all have names from them! I think that these kittens have great potential, and some may be good enough to show.

 

 

Angel's Solid Blue Boy (Number 1)- Available

 

 

All our kittens are fully vaccinated, neutered, micro chipped, registered with Felis Britannica/FIFe and are insured for 4 weeks before leaving us at 14 weeks.

 

Angel's Solid Blue Girl- Under Assessment

 

We ensure that they're all very well socialised (we have a 3 year old son who loves to play with them all!), and they grow up underfoot in our home and are used to meeting new people and all the usual household noises like the vacuum cleaner, hairdryers, washing machine etc, and of course noisy little boys.

 

 

Angel's Solid Blue Boy (Number 2 )- Available

 

If you'd like to be considered for these babies, please read all our Kitten Information on our website and then phone Ali for a chat on 0208 529 8114, or email Norskwood@ntlworld.com 

 

 

 

Home Again

I've now been home for almost 2 weeks and it's very nice to back in the bosom of my family both human and feline.

This week I have to see a Specialist at Bart's who will hopefully shed some light on what is wrong with me and if they can treat me.

So, once more, I will beg forgiveness if we don't answer emails terribly quickly as I maybe either in hospital or feeling poorly. We will try and get emails and phone calls/messages responded to ASAP.

On the happier side, we have kittens due Easter weekend from Betty and Wolfie, and kittens are also expected from Angel the week after.

Poorly Ali...

Sorry I haven't posted on the blog for so long. Life gets very busy at times and something has to give.

Anyway here I am in an unusual situation sitting in a hospital bed at Whipps Cross undergoing tests for a very swollen tummy and feeling very unwell. As an ex Nurse it's not natural for me to be on this side and I  not a very patient patient, nor a good one!

I miss Gethin and Steve and all the cats and kittens terribly. Poor Steve is on baby sitting (I'm not a baby, I am a big boy says Gethin! ) and cat sitting duties and it must be hard work for him.

So, while I'm in hospital our phone might not get answered and emails replied to as often as normal, and we ask for your patience in this.

Cat Garden Fence Upgrade- Day Two

Another glorious hot day and today was the second day of the Great Fence Rebuild Challenge! Yesterday Steve and Neil replaced several old and very fragile panels with purpose built ones.

Today they had to replace the part of the fence that is by the back door of our kitchen- it doesn't have the concrete posts that we have for the rest of the fence that go all the way down the 100 foot garden to the garage, so they had to devise a way of building a sturdy and stable fence.

Firstly, the old panels come down revealing our next door neighbour Melanie and her old shed, which we discovered had rotted at the bottom! So, this was where Melanie's 7 month old kittens had been getting into her shed...a mystery solved.

 

Steve, Neil and Gethin discuss how to best replace the fence and make it secure.

 

Gethin is all excited- Daddy has come up with a solution to the problem. They're building a frame, and bracing it to the existing fence and the kitchen wall.

 

So, Geth gets the measuring tape out to assist his Daddy. Steve is stapling the wooden slats to the frame.

 



 

Steve reattaching the mesh to the frame before starting the last panel.

 

Nearly there, then we can go to the pub for lunch and a pint!

 

Job done- I painted the slats that didn't have any wood treatment on and put the BBQ etc. back where they live, and it looks so much tidier.  For those of you who are eagle-eyed, yes, you're quite right, the cat in the photo isn't a Norwegian Forest Cat! This is Ruby our first pedigree cat- she's a British Shorthair. She just about tolerates the NFO's!

 

Lovely... next to be done is the lawn and the border next week. New turf for the old pitted and frankly tired old lawn, and railway sleepers to retain the border down the bottom of the garden.

The refurbishment of our Cat Garden begins at last

Stage one- Gethin helping from next door

 

Today we began to renew many of our fence panels in our cat garden- this has needed to be done for a while now but this summer has been incredibly busy. I've had Carpal Tunnel surgery, my Uncle sadly died unexpectedly and my Step Mum hasn't been well.

 

So, I am very excited to say that Steve and his friend Neil have been hard at work building and fitting the new panels after Steve treated the wood yesterday. The weather couldn't be better for this kind of project. Gethin likes to help of course.

 



Neil measuring up

 

This is the first part to our refurbishment- and the boys did well to get several panels done.

 

Gethin giving Steve a hand in our neighbour's garden

 

The cats have all been interested and only one made a bid for freedom- Sookie ventured next door very briefly until Steve grabbed her! They were very well behaved on the whole though.

 

 

"I think this panel is nearly done Neil"!

 

At the end of the day, Gethin was pleased with the job done when he inspected the new fencing from the comfort of his police car!

 

 

Gethin gives his seal of approval!

 

More panels to do tomorrow, then we'll get the lawn re-turfed, the border edging replaced and then start down the boys' runs with some new decking and the wood treated- will it never end???! Answers on a postcard...







Long Time, No Post!

So, it's been 6 months since my last post of here- scandalous I know. Where does the time go to?

Anyway, yesterday was the first birthday of our Red Devils "Ooops" litter from Sparky and Cracker. It's hard to believe that those little kittens- all Red Tabby or Red Tabby and White are now a year old. I remember them being born so clearly.

One of them, Toksvig is on holiday with us along with her "brother" Mags, photo below.

I emailed all the litter to wish them a Happy Birthday and received this photo of Sol aka Pippin back. he's a lovely big lad and very well loved.

We sometimes see his sister Lola who also comes to stay with us and she's a darling- and very confident. I'm now hoping that we'll get some more photos of the litter so that we can see how they've grown and developed.

Yay, I've had these lovely photos from Seth and Solaris- they're looking great. now all we need is some from Custard.