...Well not yet. Things don't work quite that quickly here. But we've selected the type of flooring we want and we've made the initial deposit with the floorers, and things should be done, not this Friday, but the one following. Here was our selection - Please excuse the terribly ugly …
Our New Home
Well I'm exhausted. We had an eventful day today talking to a floorer about putting vinyl down to replace the moth-infested carpet that's currently in our flat. What made it eventful I guess was walking to the flat and back to Sue's instead of busing as we normally do. Seems like it'll end up taking …
Feeding the Neighbourhood Cats II: Sammy
First a note - Sammy is one of those way-too-cute cats who is pretty much starving for attention no matter how much attention he's already got. You walk through the front door and call his name - 9 times out of 10, he's going to whine over and over until (preferably) you come to him and pet him, or …
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Feeding the Neighbourhood Cats I: Martha
A couple weekends ago, we were asked by not just one neighbour, but two, to feed their cat(s) while they were away. The first neighbour has a total of three cats - Tig, Martha, and Holly, while the second neighbour has just one (at the moment, they told me they had up to 6 - or was it 7 - cats in …
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The Time the Stream of Cat Pictures Almost Took a Pause
Being in the UK means different electrical outlets, and though Thomas and I brought over a power bar from Canada so that when we plugged a converter in the wall we could use the US power bar to supply our many US outlet based electronics, when we plugged that converter in on the second or third day …
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Cats Can Like Cages
In the past couple days, Avery's been stepping into his PetMate Sky Kennel to spend a few hours in here and there. This kennel is the one we used to take him from Canada to the U.K. for our cross-continental move about a month ago. When we arrived at this flat after our flight, we propped …
