Poppy & Oliver are doing fine and looking forward to the new year ahead to see what treats await them! Today for example Oliver discovered a new passion…Spam! I will not go into how a tin of Spam made it’s way in to this food lovers kitchen, suffice to say the Hubby is a bit of an impulse shopper! However it did not go to waste, Oliver could not get enough of the stuff. So one more thing to add to Olivers odd food favourites…Spam, burgers, olive & tomatoe pasta, cheese, red wine and coffee (the latter two he just likes the smell of!).

Oliver seems to be completely back to himself now. I’m still not sure if he was possessed or if the strain of moving caused a bit of a nervous breakdown, either way he hasn’t shown any signs of aggression in months and hopefully I will not get savaged anymore That’s No.1 on my list of hopes for 2010! I can safely say there is little else more scary than being attacked by your own cat! Well the scars are almost gone (the physical ones anyway!!) ;p and he is still my big ol’ Fur Baby.

Speaking of which my favourite cartoon fur baby got his own book! Aptly titled ‘Simon’s Cat in his very own book’. It is very funny, the Hubby got it for me for Christmas and it’s one of my favourite presents. Simon Tofield has also done a new movie which you can check out below Very fitting for the recent weather we had! Enjoy.

Check out more Simon’s Cat here.

And here we see that cat’s like to go travelling too, hehehe!

Here are a few recent photos of the family The first one on top is Mr. Jaws old tank, now home to 14 tropical fish (we’ve had a few casualties, sadly!). In the next shot Oliver is shown in one of his new favourite spots, the kitchen sink!! Not sure what that’s all about, maybe it’s cool for him in this warm weather we are enjoying lately. Then we have a close up of one of our new tropical babies, next we see Poppy showing off next to her portrait, hehehe. My last photo features Poppy again, showing her for the true sun worshipper she is , she will seek out any patch of sun light to bask in, often on her back, legs sprawled everywhere!! Such a lady!

Now even though we were talking about it, we kept putting it off, until The Hubby took the initiative and surprised me last week with a whole new tank and cabinet. I didn’t even mind putting together the flat pack cabinet!

So after a little DIY and a lot of rearranging furniture, Mr. Jaws took up residence in his new home

As you can see Mr. Jaws is not the only one to really love his new tank! Poppy seems to think it’s a new heated bed just for her!

It’s quite sturdy though, so no chance of her falling through and getting up close and personal with Mr. Jaws!

However, all is not totally rosy in the underwater garden. Despite the new tank, or maybe because of it, Mr. Jaws seems to have developed a spot of bother, white spot in fact or Ich. He doesn’t seem too under the weather at the moment and I’m hoping if I get the treatment first thing tomorrow when the pet shop opens, he’ll make a full recovery.

The ‘In-Laws’ were visiting recently and I’ve just changed jobs, so between one thing and another I’ve been fairly busy!

I have unfortunately been neglecting my poor old blog. And I’m not about to change that today, lol, as I don’t really have time to post

Instead I’m putting up a couple of recent photos. The top pic is of a lovely cat we came across while visiting the Rock of Cashel, the one to the left here is of course The Princess herself Poppy!

Both herself and Oliver are in good health and as always get up to new mischief daily!!

Let’s PARTY!!!! lol!

Where do these phrases come from?? I pondered for a bit and then decided just to Google it And this is what I found on Urban Dictionary

1.
Cats pyjamas
An adjective used by hipsters of the 1920′s to describe a person who is the best at what they do.
Also used to describe another person who is genial and fun to be with.
This term has been recently popularized by the movie ‘The School of Rock’.
Synonym: bees-knees

“Martin sure knows how to dance, he’s the cats pyjamas, man!”

by Mitch May 31, 2004

2.
cats pyjamas
1920s Lingo describing someone (something) who is great, incredible or special. Usually indicating stylishness or innovation. Pyjamas were a relatively new fashion in the 1920s. The term “cat” was beginning to be used as a term to describe the out going and unconventional jazz-age flappers.

That girl wearing those Paris Hilton sunglasses must think she’s the cats pyjamas.
Those crazy rhinestone studded platinum teeth are the cat’s pyjamas!

by Thomas the Bombest May 10, 2007

So it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with cats, as in felines. Other than cats are so cool that they started a trend in the English language

I still think that a cat in a pyjamas would be a pretty cool and funny thing to see though