Well as it has been 13ish months since my last post I think I should update you on what has been happening, don’t you think!

Don’t worry sweetie, I won’t go off on a tangent as I can do. Let me briefly mention them in a list form so you can read them at your leisure.

Weight loss…

Well, I still seem to be losing weight but I have still not been able to get my skinny arse to the gym. It’s not one of my priorities at the moment. It will be though. I’m working through my priority list of things I need to do individually.

Social Media…

I have been on social media less lately as I have found certain websites much more difficult to post on with all the new rules and regulations that have been put in place recently.

Home update…

I have been thinking a lot about whether to move home. I seem to be swaying more toward wanting a new home where I can spread out my career a lot more. When I first moved into my home 20 years ago I did not have ideas to do what I do now. So back then my house was enough. Now I feel I would like a slightly bigger house to have a room for each of my specialties. Lets see how the future pans out, shall we.

 Acceptance of what/where I am in life…

As you will know for all those who have followed me for many years I have been in denial of who I truly am. When I turned 50 years old on 10th November 2023 it was a life milestone for me. As I thought to myself “Oh my…50 is a big number to reach. It’s time to start seriously thinking about the next phase of my life”. So here I am doing that. Gosh, it’s a tiresome task but I think I have made the decision. It will take a lot of hard work and long hours at the laptop but I have the discipline to do what needs to be done.

Tug of the heartstrings in a happy way…

For around 2 to 3 years, I have been feeding and fostering a couple of cute kitties that strolled into my garden on their own accord. Berti was 3 years, in the May after Smokey passed in the December and Georgi came to us (me and my furbabies) later that same year.

Berti in his splendor looking down from above

Well on Tuesday 12th November 2024, I took it upon myself to part Georgi and Tommy from fighting. Tommy was protecting Sandy from Georgi. I unfortunately got bitten in the process which made me end up in hospital after 3 trips to A&E.

The cat bite that I ended up with got infected and I developed septicemia in my hand and left arm. I didn’t believe it was happening at first (another time of denial) otherwise, I would have been in hospital sooner. I had to have the first finger on my left hand operated on, on Friday 22nd November. I stayed in for 5 days in all. Luckily I had a very dear friend who was able to stay at my place to look after the cats. If not I would have been in bits thinking about what to do about their food/water etc. I was on intravenous drip antibiotics 3 times a day, of the strongest kind. so I was not able to go home even if I wanted to. If I had ignored what the doctors were telling me I wouldn’t have been here today to type his post. Scary, what a small cat bite can do to one’s life when I think about it.

Georgi was very affectionate with me but not with other cats

My finger is gradually on the mend but the mobility of the whole finger is only working at 50% at the moment because I am having to learn how to grip and use it again. This is due to the scarring from the operation. Some days are better than others but with the winter weather being up and down I find it difficult to have regular temperature of the blood flow around my finger. As the wound had to be reconstructed when the operation was finished the amendment of the flesh has given me a whole new sensitivity in that area. Everything is 5 degrees hotter and colder than before. Very strange indeed.

I am in the middle of a course of hand therapy treatments at the moment. I am not sure if they are working. As I’m doing all the work. My next one is at the end of the month. I will ask how many I have to go to and then will assess the situation.

All in all, I am still doing everything that I was before but with more care when my left hand is involved. All for the love of my furbabies, bless their fluffy socks.

December, oh what an eventful month this always is each year…

Well, I am pleased to say we got through December with no bereavements this year (2 furbabies passed last year) but on a happier note, I was able to find Georgi’s and Berti’s original mummies due to microchip information.

Since my finger operation incident, Georgi was not allowed back into our home. He stayed outside in my garden room where I took his food and water to him and gave him lots of cuddles. He was great with humans but not with other cats. Which made me source a microchip scanner from eBay. It finally came mid-December. So I was able to see if the boys were microchipped. They both were microchipped. So I phoned the whitecross vets that my furbabies are registered at and gave them the details. Unfortunately, they needed to scan them with their machine (which was understandable but a pain because I didn’t know how they would react to getting them into my cat carrier (on separate occasions, obviously lol).

The conclusion to this beautiful little heart-felt chapter of my life is that both families had their furbabies home for Christmas. Georgi on the Monday before Christmas and Berti on Christmas Eve. That helps me accept the happy loss to our kitty family.

Now we are a family of 3 elderly furbabies between 17 and 20 years old every one of them is so much more at ease. They sleep, eat, and play without a care in the world now. I have definitely got an old cat sanctuary just like I wished for when I first moved in.

The Red PVC Dress I Always Want To Fit Into

So, apart from that I am very healthy. My weight loss has helped me in many ways. The main way is I don’t have to buy any new clothes because all the ones I couldn’t get into before I can now or are to big for me now lol honestly we can never win at ever game that comes our way through life lol

So I will love you and leave you for the time being and I will catch up with you very soon. Dont worry I wont leave it as long as I did last time. I feel you all missed me and are in need of some attention. Be good sweetie and if you cant be good be safe. MLx