a hard time home alone.

We've had the kittens for two whole days now I’m back at work today, but Dino is taking some holiday so he’s home alone with the kittens.

Here are some extracts from his mail messages to me this morning – I think he is having a little trouble with ‘the kids’

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9:26 AM

just sat down to write you an email about an hour ago, and then
remembered to put some washing on. when I was in the laundry i saw
some wee on the Jackie Stewart picnic blanket that we were using to
block under the door. I picked it up to wash, and underneath it was
full of wee - so I’ve just spent ages cleaning up. the wee had gone
on the wooden clothes horse. i took it out in the garden to hose it
down and then got my jeans all wet. so i put on my jogging bottoms
which are now even thinner for Chester’s little claws to climb up.
they are both on my lap at the moment, trying to fight - oww oww


10:19 am

I put the clothes horse outside, and the blanket it soaking in the
sink cos there is already a wash on. r & c both seem to have been
manic since I got up over 2 hours ago. they have been for an
adventure into my bedroom too. I’ve been playing the fishing toy with
them to try and wear them out. they both are watching the washing in
the washing machine too


10:57

..{snip}... and the kits have already been for a
wander around you bedroom when I went in there to get a
hanger7uuuu8pouyyyyyyyy8/=

that last bit was Reuben walking over the keyboard

I had to put the washing in the bridge cos both of them were leaping
at the boxer shorts hanging on the rail and pulling them down. also
my gym jogging bottoms are all plucked, just noticed. hmm, should we
swap them for pugs?

re: weeing, Reuben has wee'ed in the litter tray this morning cos I
saw him. I also cleaned out one poo. it must be time for them to
sleep soon?


11:43

nearly 12pm, and they've not had a sleep yet. seem to be fighting a
lot this morning, lots of yowling - not sure who that is.

hope the cats don’t hurt themselves with all the fighting, it sounds
like a cat on heat! they keep jumping on my lap if I’m on the
computer and then biting each other

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Chester seemed so quiet with the Cat Lady, but since coming home he has turned into some sort of Ninja cat, leaping around , paws flayed, claws exposed. He's a good couple of cm shorter than Reuben but he now seems to be the one whose middle name should be trouble.


P.S. If you want to know why one of our picnic blankets is named afer Jackie, just ask ;)

{joe}

Computer Kittens

24 hours into having the kittens, and it seems they are IT geeks. Every time either of us sit down at the computer, the cats want to be there too. Sitting here typing this, they are both sitting on my lap watching the windows change on the screen. Don't be surprised if you see them typing in their own messages soon

Kittens1

Kittens1
Originally uploaded by NTRMonjoy.

doing the kitten olympics

fishing

fishing
Originally uploaded by NTRMonjoy.

This got the cats making some weird rumbling noise - I thought it was their stomach but Joe says its the cats talking to each other

Probably saying something like "that pesky dangly fish toy thing, just can't seem to catch it..."

waking up

waking up
Originally uploaded by NTRMonjoy.

yawn, that was a nice sleep - being a cat is exhausting you know

[Chester (left) and Reuben (right)]

blue eyes

blue eyes
Originally uploaded by NTRMonjoy.

Today we bought home the kittens, almost 12 weeks old

5 days to go

Its only 5 more sleeps until we get the kitties!

Joes new bike - show off!

DSC02946.jpg
Originally uploaded by NTRMonjoy.

Ok, had to wash my bike already - it rainy day all day today in the city, so the bike got covered in all sorts of road junk. Still, it was all good experience in the city, new bike, new tires to de-nobble, new breaks to bed-in, drizzling rain (so greasy roads) and the usual slippery Melbourne City tram lines. I had all the challenges in one day. If your not a biker (bikee) you won't understand the worry of all of the above.

Click on the pic to go to flickr to see a bigger version and another taken from t'other side.

{joe}

lawn edging shears

shears.jpg
Originally uploaded by NTRMonjoy.

Where oh where can they be had in Australia?

Dino has got so desperate to locate some, he has written to Gardening Australia's 'and that's your bloomin' lot' man.

{joe}

Kitten A at 9 weeks

Kittens at 9 weeks
Originally uploaded by NTRMonjoy.

This is kitten A as we are still looking for names - he's a blue mitted lynx Ragdoll and already bigger than his to be house mate Kitten B.

{Joe}

Kitten B at 9 weeks

Kittens at 9 weeks
Originally uploaded by NTRMonjoy.

Yup we got to visit the kittens today, this is kitten B (no name yet from us) He's a 9 week old seal point lynx Ragdoll

{joe}

cats bedroom

In preparation for getting the kittens at the end of the month, we have just finished decorating the cats' bedroom. We thought we'd just keep it simple to start with - hope they like it