Friday 30 November 2012

Ruin... the day has arrived!

Wednesday 28/11/2012

This was Ruin, fast asleep on the sofa last night:
Blissfully unaware what is going to happen tomorrow!!
Took him into the vets for 8.30am and as they weighed him before taking him in 
the receptionist said "I think we can technically call him a lion!"
I'm not gonna argue with that... let's face is they sure would in Essex!!

I got a phonecall just after 1pm to say he'd had the procedure
everything was ok & he was coming round now so all ok to
collect him at 4.30pm when I was due to take Baillee for her booster.

Collection Time:
It seems 'someone' has been getting LOTS of cuddles!
The receptionist has fallen in love with him and aparently they've been grooming him
while he was coming round from the anaesthetic :)
Baillee surprised also today, she was extremely friendly & loving
towards the vet... I really am considering showing her again!!

As soon as Ruin got home he first went to chat to the water fountain
(I presume to tell it all about his day and to apologise for his abcence)
then he sat at his food bowl 'demanding' some tea!

The vet phoned Thursday to check on him..
'balls... what balls!' I think pretty much sums it up!!

Thursday 22 November 2012

Yesterday...

It is with a very heavy heart that I must write that we have no kittens.
Anni unexpectedly went into labour yesterday afternoon and after a very strenuous hour of contractions she produced one breach kitten which appeared dead I tried to revive it and saw a last flutter of a heartbeat which faded.
I let Anni groom the kitten for a short while before I removed it from her, she started straining again as if contractions were starting but didn't seem happy so I rushed her to the vets.
The vet gave her an internal examination and was convinced there were more kittens so administered a shot of oxytocin to try move things along. We left her in a dark room in the warmth for half an hour and when there was still no progress the vet administered another shot of oxytocin.
Another half hour went by and Anni seemed quite happy purring and paddling with her paws very affectionate with the Vet and I but still no progress with regards to kittens.
At this point we made the choice to give her a C section. They admitted her and I went home to wait....
I eventually got the call from the vet to say Anni was OK - I burst into tears! But there were no more kittens, somehow it seems there was just the singleton kitten who didn't survive.
I collected Anni a short while later and although moving around on 'space legs' she seemed almost herself.
I was so releived to get her home and that she was OK, she was a bit groggy and not interested in food but by the time Wayne got home from work she was purring her little head off again asking for cuddles.
A very traumatic experience and I think it's affected me more than it has her, to hold that little kitten in the palm of my hand and know I had done everything in my power.

Thursday 15 November 2012

Ruin... first visit to UK vet.

We took Ruin for his pre-neuter check at Vets4Pets in Swinton, Manchester yesterday... of course everyone fell in love with him! He's 7.5mths old and weighed in at 5.5kg and I noticed whilst we were in the waiting room that the 11 weeks old Golden Retreiver that was there for his 2nd vaccination had feet the same size as Ruin..... My gosh this cat is gonna get huge!

Whilst the vet was inputting all his details into their computer from his Pet Passport he spent the time mooching around the room peering at the screen to see what she was writing about him, he was not at all phased by being somewhere new just took it in his stride as always.

He goes into be neutered on 28th of this month and the Receptionist was saying she's really looking forward to sneaking lots of cuddles in whilst he's there. She was telling me they have one other person with a Maine Coon who goes there, a little old lady who has to go and give the vet her car keys so that the vet can get him out of her car for her and apparently he has a rather small carrier so you can see all his fur sticking out!!
After going to the vets - chilled as ever!

This morning whilst I was getting ready for work I noticed Ruin was asleep on top of his carrier in the back bedroom, I was in the bathroom and heard a thud... rushed into the bedroom to find the carrier upside down on he floor and him sat in the middle of the room looking round as if to say 'what happened there then?' I gave him a cuddle and put the carrier back, guess where he was asleep when I left for work... yup! lol x



If I can't sleep in it..... I'll sleep on it :)

Seconds before him and the carrier fell off...

Saturday 10 November 2012

Tattoo doodles & sleepless nights..

Cheshire Cat
Still suffering from the after effects of having the flu decided to have an hours kip at 9pm.... I didn't wake up until half past midnight and then seemed pointless getting back up! Couldn't get back to sleep though so went downstairs and curled up on the sofa with Wayne. I replied to a few emails whilst he played on his latest xBox game 'Alice - Madness Returns', he'd been telling me about how cool the Cheshire Cat looked and now I've seen it I've had more tattoo ideas :)

One of my alltime favourite quotes...















The next tattoo I'm working on is a sleeve, based on a daisy chain which starts at the back of my neck loops round my collar bone then wraps round my upper arm ending at the inside of my elbow. This will be my treat to myself when I reach my goal weight of 9 stone - still a way to go on that as I haven't lost any weight this year at all regardless of all the diests etc,. I've tried so far.. Just not motivated enough!!
Back Piece by Genko Tattoo


I want the quote to be on the main part that goes round my arm with the daisies in the back ground. I did the first doodle months ago but it was really lacking something and have been stuck for ideas.. 


I found the picture of the back piece by Genko tattoo on Facebook a few days ago and I now want to try and incorporate something cross between the Cheshire cat and the Genko image into my sleeve :)


Anni's pregnancy..

2 weeks left until Anni's kittens are due, these will be 2nd generation Naughtypaw kittens and I'm excited about the prospect of other colours than usual!

If there is a fawn girl she may just have to be for keeps but shhhh... I've not told Wayne that yet!!! :-) x

Hot water...?

Well it all started off well, Wayne got up to take the bike for it's MOT I waitied for the Asda delivery then set about dying my hair. Getting extensions put in next month so decided to get rid of the red in my fringe and dye it all black again.

Everything was fine until I turned the shower on to rince my hair... hot water as normal super hot, turn the cold tap a little bit... nothing... bit more.... still nothing .. then eventually started to be an OK temperature so I get under the water only for it to go ice cold even when I turned the cold tap off..

So by this point I've got black hair dye running all down my I'm shivvering like hell so jump out of the shower wrap myself in a towel and try avoid dripping hair dye on the cream bathroom carpet or even worse... on Ruin! Ran downstairs and checked the boiler expecting to see that tell tale red light but now the boiler is chugging away to itself and all seems fine. Run back upstairs and put the hot tap on again... gave up with the cold tap and decided burning myself was the easiest way to go.... just as I was rinsing the last bits of conditioner the water all of a sudden becomes barable - bloody typical!!!