Praying for Pooh

 Hahaha do you like the title of our post today?  Mum came to visit me at the hospital and noticed that I have not had a movement since Friday.  That's four days of holding on.  The vet is going to check on my eyes tomorrow and give mum a call.  Mum is thinking that maybe I should stay til I have passed a poop at the vets!!

 We thought you might like to see some pictures of what mum did yesterday.  She went to the beach, rolled up her short pants and even got her knees wet.  It was lovely.  Cold water - but you soon got used to it.

We thought you might like the photos, especially as so many of our friends are getting smothered in snow.

We'll update you tomorrow - on the hospital and pooh situations.

$5 Money Jar

So while I am in hospital today resting, mum was enjoying the beautiful sunshine.  She even went into the water up to her knees on a beach walk today - go mum!!  Then she did some redecorating - wow a girl only goes away for a few days and everything changes!!

So mum thought as it was a new year and all, that it was time to talk about the $5 money jar.  Each year mum starts a jar, and every time she gets a $5 note, she puts it aside and at the end of the year she has a pile of cash to use on treats only.  In previous years she has used it to buy a painting and last year she bought a Dyson vacuum cleaner (best one ever she reckons).  

Now she has already started this money jar in August.  It helps that mum tries to take cash out of her account on payday and tries to budget some for groceries, market money, bills and then tries not to touch her accounts.  So that is why the jar has lots of monies in it already.

We hope you can join  us and make your own money jar for 2013.

Hospital Visit

 Mum went to the fruit & veg market this morning and then came and visited me.  Can you see my sore eyes?  Well they are looking better than yesterday, and mum could tell I was still very sore and sick.  Mum sat on a chair next to my cell and talked to me for about forty minutes.  I sat and wouldn't look at her and thumped my tail at her most of the time.

 Gretel my upstairs neighbour enjoyed mums visit.  She was very vocal and purred the whole time.

Mum says she will come back and see Gretel on Monday - the next time the vet hospital is open.  Oh she is joking, she will really come and see me.  Thank you for the best wishes.

Medical Update

Last night when mum gotted home she could tell I was miserable and now my right eye is all sore, and the left one is sore again too.  I was very quiet all night.  Mum put the ointment in my eyes, but that made me go and hide outside cos I was annoyed.

This morning I am a bit more myself but still very sore, so mum has let me rest on her bed and I am having a nice sleep.  If she puts ointment in my eyes she knows I will run away and hide from her, and she has to get me to the vets this afternoon.

We will let you know how the visit goes.

Thanks for all of your purrs.

5.50pm - the vet was lovely and she felt very sorry for me too.  She agreed with mum, and thought that it would be best if I got admitted to the hospital to get some good antibiotics and good medicine for my eyes.  They think I could be in here for a whole week!!!  Anyways mum knows that I will be getting well cared for, as all the girls know me.  The vet has promised me a good brush too and mum will come and visit me.  

Thank you for the purrs.

Purrs Needed

Mum gotted home tonight, and I am still feeling a bit poorly and both eyes are sore tonight and mum says I am not feeling so good.  So it might be back to the vet again in the morning.  Mum has given me cuddles and made sure that I am feeling ok.

Thanks for your purrs.

Hello Photos - We've Missed You

Bl**** he** Blogger (scuse the swearing). after six weeks of hassle and trying, we can finally get blogger to load a picture.  Everything we have been doing for the past few weeks is finally working now - we don't know why or how. We got into our Picasa albums - we only have 13% full, so that wasn't the problem.  We don't have a gmail account, so that wasn't the problem either.  At this stage we don't care too much.

Thank you everybuddy for your help and support.  Without all of your kindness we would have given up blogging weeks ago.

So we are hoping we can get you some more lovely photos to look at soon.  Unfortunately we didn't get any of my sore bung eye, as mum has had a camera break over Christmas.

Here's to lots more lovely photos in 2013.  Oh and we are giving up swearing, we're going to be nice girls.  Maybe not to blogger or google, we're still really annoyed with them.

Welcome 2013

Hello 2013, we enjoyed our first day - it was a lazy one.  Sleeps in and pottering round - Awesome.  As you can see I have a cupboard full of loveliness to get me through.

Last night mum went off  for dinner with a bestie.  They went  old ladies hours and were there at 6pm - don't laugh!!  It was a two for one night, and is usually very busy!!  So even though they ate slowly, they were all done by 7.30pm.  They went for a walk around the waterfront, but it was a bit breezy and chilly, and they heard that the fireworks display scheduled for midnight had been called off.

Mum went to the local supermarket - a good time to get your shopping done, it was very quiet at 8.30pm on New Years Eve.  Mum then came home and watched a bit of tele, and then went to bed at 11.30pm.  She read to just after midnight and then was asleep not long after.

Have a lovely day everybuddy.

Goodbye 2012!!

Happy New year to you all my little friends.  Mum did manage to capture me this morning, by pretending to open some fancy feast to entice me inside.  She then wisked me off to the vet.  I am a good girl at the vet, cos I am so scared,  I let them do anything.  I make it look easy to put things in my eye, and give me pills.  I have them fooled !!!   Mum has to continue with the eye ointment, but the vet said I am looking good.  Except she used the F word again (fat she called me).

So- in 2012:

1. One is the total amount of antibiotics that mum got down my gob.  She was meant to give me 12.  Her head is hung down in shame.
2. The amount of emergency vet visits I have had this year - for opposite ends.  There was my bad eye, and my pooh explosion of March - which resulted in an emergency Brazilian butt shave .
3. The amount of jabs I have had to have because I wouldn't take my pills
4. Mum has tried me on four lots of diet biscuits.  Not going to eat them, no way.
5. 5.30am wake up is a new treat for mum.  She should swap those early shifts, as I can train my early wake up call for breakfast for that time everyday.
6. Six kilos I weighed today.  Good work on the diet this year mum.  I have gained instead of lost.
7. 7am is when mum would prefer I woke her up.  Luckily on the day she forgot to set her alarm clock, this was precisely the time I came and jumped on her on her bed.
8. 8pm is usually the latest time I stay up to.  I often eat my fancy feast then make my way to bed soon after.
9. 9pm is probably the latest mum will stay up til tonight.  She had a bit of insomnia last night and so is tired today.  She's getting old too, and is over New Years.  A nice dinner with friends will be enough for her.
10. 10% of my body weight is what I have to lose to make the vet happy.  Better add that to my New Years resolution list.
11. Mum has eleventy million things to add to her New Years Resolution list too.  She might have to just pick three or four to concentrate on.
12. 2012 - the year the world was meant to end.  Glad it is still ticking and we get to come back for more in 2013!  Ha

Happy New Years Everybuddy!!!

Classic

Mum does have some access to old blog photos that she can upload.  She laughed when she saw these ones, as we can't remember when they were taken.

 They reminds her of last week at the vets.  The vets gave me the once over and said that he was sure I must have been in a cat fight and been scratched on my belly, as when he touched it I sucked it in and arched my back.  Classic signs he said.

 Mum said that she didn't think I had been scratched there, as I just wasn't used to strange men fondling my belly.  She would do the same thing if some doctor went to poke around her tummy too.  Mum had given me the once over and she was pretty sure the only thing hurty on me was my eye.

Anyways wish my mum luck.  She thinks she has to catch me tomorrow morning for cat check up.  She thinks she has a plan for capture.

Caturday

It is Caturday here in Chez Q.  Lots of relaxing going on here.  Mum went out with one of her besties and went to see The Hobbit, at Peter Jacksons local movie theatre, The Roxy just down the road from Weta Workshop the Miramar studio where much of it was made.  She saw the 3D version and quite enjoyed it.  It took a while to get used to the way it was filmed and the glasses.  There were too many orcs and battles, but it was better than mum had expected, especially as she felt a bit meh about it.

So the pill popping - a couple of issues:

• Greenies pill pockets aren't sold in NZ and noone on Ebay will send them to this far flung corner of the world.
• I don't like the people food, so mum can't smuggle it into a piece of salmon or mince. 
• Mum crushed some and sprinkled it into my feast last night.  I didn't eat it, but apparently the neighbours cat is now cured of all it's infections.
• Tonight, mum tried to mix my pill in with some butter.  I have figured that out and turned my nose up at dinner.  Good luck neighbour cat.

My eye is looking much better, and mum will make sure the vet is happy with me.  She might see if the vet can jab me with some antibiotics in a big dose.  Thanks for all the useful advice - you guys are awesome.  Enjoy your Caturday!!

Pill Popping

This is me with my last scratcher pad.  I used to sleep with it - I loved it that much.

So day two of the pill popping and mum is ready to give up.  Two lots of pills and ointment a day is too much for a reluctant pussy cat.  Mum says I can still run fast - so must be feeling better.

I have to go back to the vet on Monday morning for a check up - lucky lucky me.

Eye Eye

My left eye is still a bit hurty.  When mum gotted up late this morning, she was glad to see that I could open my eye and it wasn't too crusty.  She did the first eye ointment, and got it more around my eye than in it - she must study the youtube instructions again.  Antiobiotics started tonight.  One down - 11 to go - wish her luck.

Mums own vets rung this morning to check I was ok.  Mum is going to decide on Saturday if I need a check up and if I am not feeling better, she will rebook for either Saturday or Monday, before the next stat holiday.

Thank you so much friends for all of your well wishes.  Mum told me all the nice things you said.

She is still trying to fix the photo problem with the blog - so scuse the old photos.  You have all been helpful, but nothing she tries seems to get her away from google plus.  Now she has some days off, she is going to try and figure it out.

Boxing Day Emergency Vet Visit

Well today wasn't as relaxing as mum had hoped for.  When she got up, she checked on me, and I was asleep in the spare room, and my left eye was almost closed over, and I was very quiet and subdued.  She knew that it would mean I should see the vet, as she didn't want my eye to fall out, and for me to become Poppy the eyepatch Pirate for real.

So she rung the vet, and couldn't get a visit til 2.45pm.   She did let  me sleep until just before 2pm when I got trapped in the PTU and taken to the emergency vets on the other side of town.  They were busy busy, all the cats in Wellington (and 2 sick dogs) were lined up, mostly quiet and one crazy loud cat.  We didn't even get into the vet til 4pm, and he was a bit stressed out, but very nice.

He put some drops in and shined lots of lights in my eyes and said it had an ulcer probably from a cat scratch, and that I had a temperature as well.  So I got some a thermometer up the number 13 spot,  pain meds, some eye drops and antibiotics.  I offloaded a whole lot of fur on my mum, and she had to offload $257 to pay for my adventure.

I have come home with pills and drops.  Mum let me have some biscuits and water, a little play and now she is trying to chase me to the bedroom so I can get some sleep.

We hope you all had a lovely day, with a little less adventure than mine.

Merry Christmas Everybuddy

Merry Christmas everybuddy!!!

 We awoke to a most fabulous sunny and warm day.  I gotted a new scratching pad - for hours of kitty fun.  Mum didn't realise til lunchtime that I had hurt my left eye.  It is a bit weepy, and I am a bit quiet, but the eye is opened fully and I don't appear to be in pain.  Mum rung the one after hours vet, and they said if  she got more worried to bring me in.  It would be a pit of a pain, as it is on the other side of the city, but mum would take me there if I needed it.

So me and mum are taking it easy, relaxing inside out of the sun.  We hope you are having some time with your loved ones and enjoying lots of tasty noms.

One More Sleep Til Santa

Only one more sleep til Santa arrives here in  NZ.  Mum has finished work - yippee!!!  She is so glad to finally having a break.   Mum even braved the supermarket at 5.30pm this evening and said it wasn't too bad.

Here I am snuggling with last years Christmas present.  Wasn't I lucky - I gotted these fluffy catnip mousies and I loved them - til I lost them.

We hope you are all having a lovely Christmas eve/evening.

Snoozy Sunday

Today we had a spot of sunshine in the middle of the day and then a big old sea fog rolled in, so it was the perfect day for sleeping.  We know we talk about the weather a lot, but most Kiwis do.  We are getting the tail end of a cyclone, that devestated Samoa , and now it is tracking down NZ, bringing rain in time for Christmas.  Luckily mum has lots of books and movies at the ready, and might even head to the cinema.

Today, she grabbed lots of old leaves from the garden, which made her happy to get some of that done.  She is on-call tonight, then works tomorrow, then that is work all done for 2012.  Our Gdad was going to come to visit with us for Christmas, but he is not feeling well, and thinks it best if he stays at home.

Salmon steak and coleslaw for the mums dinner tonight, and fancy old feast for me.

Apocalypse Survival

So now the end of the world drama is over, we can get onto organising Christmas.  Mum got to go and have a visit to the new supermarket early this evening, and stock up with Christmas goodies.  She bought some ham, salmon, a chicken, chocolates, plum pudding, custard, salad, grapes and lots of other tasty bits.  There is plenty of feast in the cupboard for me - don't worry I haven't been forgotten.

Mum is on call for the weekend, just two more nights to go, and to work Monday then holidays begin.  Today was a day spent at home taking it easy, and trying to avoid the crazy Christmas crowds in town.

We hope all of your plans are going well for the festive season.

End of the World Countdown

Mum has got home and is spending the end of the world night hopefully with me.  She is on call, so she could well be at work if it happens.  She does not actually believe anything will be happening and hopes everybody will be safe.

She is on holiday coutdown - Just Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday night and Monday day work to go then she will be on holiday.  She is going to avoid the city over the weekend, and just go to the fruit and veg market and the supermarket.  She thinks that town will be crazy, and mum has got most of the things she needs.  She also has some books, DVDs and magazines from the library to keep her busy, as well as lots of sewing and art projects.

Hope you are all safe and if the world does end - see you in the line upstairs.

Half Way to Holidays

Mum says today is half way to holidays.  She has to work shift tonight, then four more days, then she is on holiday with me.  She didn't get to post last night, as she worked late.  The weather here has turned to summer, and we have been having some glorious days and warm days and nights.

Mum had visitors this morning, got some housework done, baked some banana muffins and wrapped up some santa presents.  Me - I camped out in the garden under my favorite garden chair.

Panic Over

Mum says the panic is over - she finished reading The Passage, so if the world does end on Friday she knows what happened at the end.  She did laugh at the end of the book, when the author was describing his daughter reading everywhere and anytime, she sounds a lot like mum.  Mum read the book before she went to bed, in the morning drying her hair, while eating her breakfast, at morning tea, at lunchtime and got it finished at afternoon tea.  Phew!!

She doesn't truly believe that the world will end at the end of the week.  She has too much to do over the weekend, as well as being on call again.  Never mind - come Christmas Eve, mums break will begin.