Smudge

By Iain 17 January 2018ReflectionsNo Comments

Smudge died today. Jane sent me a message while I was at work. She'd been off for weeks, coming up for more cuddles and being very clingy, but I never thought it was this bad, that would come to this. Jake and I had a lovely long cuddle with her yesterday. We were on the sofa and she came up…

R.I.P. Tigger

By Iain 5 November 2012ReflectionsNo Comments

It was a sad day today. Tigger was taken to the vets and put down. He'd been having thyroid problems for a while and he lost loads of weight. It was for the best really, save him from suffering any longer. In honour of Tigger and his legacy, I'm going to repost an old article from a couple of years…

Holiday 2011: Day 8

By Iain 10 September 2011ReflectionsNo Comments

The drive home was pretty uneventful. We stopped in a random Tesco on the way back, visited the toilets and got some sausage rolls. The journey to get home seemed longer than the journey to get there for some reason. Smudge was so cute when we pulled into the drive. She was sitting at the semi-open window of the garage-room,…

Smudge was acting strangely

By Iain 28 March 2011ReflectionsNo Comments

When we woke up yesterday morning, we were greeted by a cat curled up at the bottom of the bed. Usually when one of us goes to step over Smudge, she bolts, but this time she didn't. Jane got down and had a closer look, Smudge was clearly out of sorts. At first she was holding her leg funny, not…

Sunday Service: This is in no way a reference to my religious beliefs

By Iain 20 December 2009ReflectionsNo Comments

Honestly, it's not. I don't have any. I don't do religion. It's just a post I do on Sundays that recaps the trivial stuff of the week that don't really deserve a full piece of their own. Jane and I went over to my Mum's yesterday to pick up and drop off Christmas gifts and have a nice Christmas meal…

All about Tigger

By Iain 16 November 2009ReflectionsNo Comments

Also known as:Tig Tig-tig Tiggy Tiggidy-tig-tig Fatty Toothless Toothless wonder Fang Oi Shh Shut up Tiggerus Plonkerus MaximusBless. Most of those names were given to him by Jane's family, before I knew him, so don't blame me for their apparent cruelty. Tigger then. He's about twice as old as our two, but instead of calling him old, I like to…

All about Gizmo

By Iain 16 November 2009ReflectionsNo Comments

Also known as:Giz Giz-giz Gizzy Gizbo Gizzy-bo Gibby Gibbles Gibito Gib-gib Jib-jib Boy-boy Orange L'orange Skinny Runt Skinny runt Boney Wuss Ginger bitsHe has a lot more nicknames than the other two! So, what can I tell you about our orange boy? He's quite a large cat, not fat, just kind of stocky, long limbed and athletic looking. He has…

All about Smudge

By Iain 16 November 2009ReflectionsNo Comments

Also known as:Smudgey Smudgit Smudgkins Smudgey-moo Fluff Fluffy Fluffit Fluff-bag Fluff-bum Madam Moo-moo Moo-moo-kins Princess Princess Moo-mooI don't have a favourite when it comes to our cats, but if I did, it would be my Moo-moo. It was love at first sight, I think, mutually. When we went to collect Gizmo we knew we were only getting one of them,…

Moving is so stressful!

By Iain 27 February 2009Internet, ReflectionsNo Comments

We're not quite still living out of cardboard boxes, but there are an awful lot of them around still! Shouldn't be too bad when we get some storage, and there's plenty of room in the loft for stuff we rarely use... So we should be OK. The cats are settling in well, still terrified of the baby though! They'll be…

Moving worries

By Iain 30 January 2009ReflectionsNo Comments

I'm worried as to how the cats will take to a new environment, especially one with another cat, a baby and a small, excitable child in it. They are quite nervous at the best of times, but hopefully the lure of a nice big garden to play in will balance things out.