Nothing.... Then Everything!!!

Hello Everyone!

Yes i am back! Firstly let me apologise for not blogging for a long time, this is mainly due to the fact that nothing really happened at the beginning of September for me to blog about and then in the last couple of weeks, its all picked back up again!

So what i will do, is i'll just blog the days that something happened on....right lets begin....

Monday 1st September it was back to work after my week holiday and i had got plenty to do to get me through the day.

All that week nothing really happened, work was the same old thing, until Saturday (6th), ah yes the weekend.

I went down to see mum as usual but i was only there for a bit as me and Kieron were going to Wythall Animall Sanctuary to have a look round there Cats/Kittens. The Cats Protection League still didn't have any suitable cats in for us so we decided to go to Sanctuary instead.

We went in and i bumped in to (not literally) a friend of mine, Alex, who i used to work with at Wildrose Kennels. We had a good look round and there was a little black kitten called Danny, who was on his own, but very nervous. He was like Faye, he had syblings but they had already been re-homed and Danny was on his own. He was such a tiny little thing, especially for a 6 month year old male, that we decided to have him. We put him on reserve as the Sanctuary would have to come round and do an inspection.

So we filled in some forms and went back home. In the evening me and Kieron went round Steve and Natalie's as usual.

On the Tuesday (9th) i got a phone call from the sanctuary to say that all they wanted to do is check that the area we live wasn't a main or busy road and that we were free to collect Danny whenever we wanted. So i decided to have the afternoon of the coming Friday (12th) off to go and collect him.

Thursday (11th) me and my friend Becky met up for a drink and a catch up at the Packhorse. We hadn't seen each other for a while and i had a present for her as it was her birthday a week before.

We had a really nice chat and was telling each other all the things we had been up to. It was getting quite late, Becky's mum had dropped her off at the pub so i said that i could give her a lift back.

Friday (12th) work was boring in the morning but i didn't care as at 12.30pm i left work and made my way home so i could go get Danny from the Sanctuary. I got there for just gone 2pm and saw Alex. I filled in some more forms and then we went to get him.

I got him in the car and back to the flat within 45 minutes. He was very, very nervous, i shut him in the lounge so that Faye (who luckily was out at the time) couldn't come in and frighten him even more.

He was so nervous and he soon found a little place he could hide (in the tv cabinet at the back of the dvd player). I didn't really know what to do so i left him there, as he seemed quite content, until Kieron got home.

Kieron was home for 4.30pm (thankfully) and he got washed and changed adn came and joined me in the living room.

He decided that we should try and get Danny to get used to us, so Kieron dug him out of his little hole and put Danny on his lap. We st fussing him and stroking him and he did seem to calm down a little.

It wasn't long though before Faye returned home. Kieron held Danny on his lap whilst i got Faye. Now Faye is a lovely cat and she gets on with all the other cats in the area, fusses around them and plays with them, adn this is the real reason why we decided to get another cat.

I picked up Faye, and in one look at Danny she was not happy. Hissing, growling and starring at him all the time. She only stayed 5 minutes before she was off out again (probably to get away from Danny).

This really upset me and Kieron because we thought she would except him. So its was going to be harder than we thought. We had a scared/frightened kitten who just wanted to run away from everything and a cat who doesn't like the kitten.

I started to read up about it on the internet for some advice. We decided on two things, 1 - we wanted to change the kittens name 'cos we didn't like Danny and 2- we should try getting 'insert new kitten's name here' to come out of his shell a bit more (but at the same time try and not push Faye out).

We decided to call Danny....Frodo 'cos he's a little hobbit! So all evening we were trying to fuss over Frodo and get him to relax around us, and every time Faye came in trying to give her some fuss and trying to get them introduced.

Saturday was a good day, Frodo was a little bit better, instead of hiding away at the back of the dvd player he hide away down by the sofa. In the afternoon we went round mum's for a bit before heading over to see Alex and his girlfriend Jay. We sat in the garden as it was a glorious, sunny day. We had a nice chat and Alex's brother Greg called round aswell. We only stayed for a couple of hours before making our way back home.

We didn't go round Steve and Natalie's as we wanted to spend time with the cats. Frodo was getting even better he was now very confident playing in the living room, as we had found the one thing that all cats can't resist - a piece of string!Faye was still being a bit awkward but there had been slight improvement.

I did some more research on the internet and we decided to just let both cats sort it out themselves, but obviously making sure they weren't going to kill each other.

Because Frodo had become more confident he was more interested and intrigued with Faye and he started to go up to her. Faye hissed and spat at him but he wasn't frightened by her, and in the end they ended up touching noses (which is a very good sign). They sniffed one another and that was it. Faye excepted Frodo and Frodo excepted Faye - Brilliant!

For the rest of the evening me and Kieron watched Spaceballs.

On the Sunday Kieron's mum and dad popped round, they had come bck from Holland and wanted to show us their holiday pics. They had also brought us two magnets - a Windmill and a pair of Clogs, and they bought me a 'Tea for One' set. It's a cup and a mini tea pot that kind of fit together and it makes tea for one - well i like it anyway!

Nothing really happened the following week, apart from we decided that Frodo was a silly name, and we settled on calling the kitten Harry (and that is deffinately staying!).

On the Friday (19th) Kieron took me out for a meal at Frankie and Benny's and then we went to the Cinema to see Tropic Thunder. It starres Ben Stiller, Robeert Dowey Jnr, Jack Black and Steve Coogan. It is absolutely hilarious, its bsically a movie within a movie. They all play actors who are making a Vietnam movie but they actually ended up in a real war and use their 'movie' scenes to get themselves out of it. Its brilliant, deffinately worth watching.

And then nothing's really happened until last week, Tuesday (23rd) at lunchtime, with work we went next door for a drink and Peter informed us of a few changes. There is a company in Brindley Place called Level Seven Architects, who Armstrong Burton recently acquired. Their lease on thier offices runs out soon and with the credit crunch and property market in a pickle at the moment, Derek is finding way of saving money. So in a couple months time Trevor and his mate will be moving in to our offices. There is only two of them so it won't be too hard to fit them in.

Then on Thursday (25th) in the evening i went to the Reservoir to met up with Emily, Jim, Rosey and Dan. I haven't seen them all for a month as we've all been on holiday or doing something, so it was nice to have a catch up.

Unfortunately though i was to find out some rather terrible news. Whilst enjoying myself my phone rang and i didn't recognise the number, but i answered and it was a good job i did. It was Norma, the lady i worked for at Wildrose Kennels, she was very upset and told me of my freind Mandy who was the manager at the kennels. We were very good friends, we would go out places together and we would dog training and she was just brillaint, but unfortunately she had suddenly passed away.

She had been feeling unwell for a number of weeks, and she was rushed in to hospital on Monday evening because she couldn't breathe, but on Thursday morning she stopped breathing and that was it.

Doing an autopsy actually revealed that she had Cervical Cancer and it had spread to all of her vital organs. So there would have been nothing that anyone could have done for her anyway but still she didn't deserve to go like that as she was only about 40 years old. I was so upset that i couldn't find the strength to go in to work on Friday.

I got up Friday morning and went and brought some flowers and went round to see Norma. Norma's daughter Min was there aswell and they both welcomed me and gave me hugs. I went in and had a cup of tea with them and we sat chatting away.

We all got upset and Norma told me stay until i felt i was able to drive home. I asked if i could walk one of her afghans for her as i wanted to just relax and calm myself for a bit. So me and Poppy went for a little walk down the lane.

When i got back to the kennels Norma's husband Len had been down to Becketts and had brought some chocolate eclairs to cheer us all up. After we had induldged ourselves i said my goodbye's and made my way back home.

Kieron was really good, he comforted me and managed to stop me crying. He went and got his shoes on and he told me he was taking me out to cheer me up. We went into Kings Heath and i upgraded my phone. I now have a Sony Ericsson C902 and it is very swish.

After that we went to the Navigation on Kings Norton Green and Kieron treated me to a pub lunch and a couple of drinks (which was desperately needed). We had a lovely afternoon and i did manage to perk up a little bit so thank you Kieron!

Saturday me and Kieron were off to Villa Park to watch Villa Vs Sunderland. It was a good and exciting match, although the Ref was an idiot and made real stupid decisions, but we won 2-1 so we were happy. We didn't go round Steve and Natalie's, we stayed in and watched Transformers on Blu-ray.

Sunday was an ok, we went and did the shopping and then in the evening we went round Steve and Natalie's.

Well that is it readers, i will hopefully be back to usual next week, so i will say cheerio but will leave you with one of the chants from Villa Park so Cheerio!



(Sing to Kum-Ba Yah)



We're on the piss my lord
On the piss
On the piss my lord
On the piss
On the piss my lord
On the piss

Ohhh Lord on the Piss

It's your round my lord
It's your round
It's your round my lord
It's your round
It's your round my lord
It's your round

Ohhh Lord it's your round



(Point finger at other team's supporters)
Crap support my Lord
Crap support
Crap support my Lord
Crap support
Crap support my Lord
Crap support

Ohh Lord crap support

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh!