Vinnie says - Oh, I do like a nice squishy pillow! I love to walk across and knead the pillow whilst purring and being, on the odd occasion, actually quite happy.

I am not allowed on all the pillows. There are pillow rules and I am quite happy with the pillows we are allowed to use, but I have also had an eye on the bed that she sleeps in.

If I even look for them at too long, mum gives me a “don’y try it fella” type of look. I am never allowed near them. The bed thing has a big fleece over it that is our area, but sometimes I just dream of sinking my claws into the pillows.

The other day, it came to me in a strike of genius. I could go on the spare bed pillows when she was out all day. It was a plan and I decided that I must press ahead with it as soon as possible.

I did not wait long, infact I did not wait at all, as you can tell! I went on a mission and disappeared. I was in heaven. I could sink my claws and little cat feet in further than I ever dreamed possible.

Then, once I had clawed the pillow to within an inch of it’s life, I was quite worn out, so I tried the pillows for size!

Since this photo, the pillows have been covered with a special fleece. I still like them, and I don’t think it will be a problem for Vincentio, cat of the pillow!

Kackers says – I have tried to explain to the boys what moving means, but I know that they don’t really get it! As much as I like to think that they understand all I say, I know that aside from their names and words like dinner, breakfast, food and fish, most of it goes over their heads.

I looked at a flat and garden on Saturday, got nothing but positive vibes from it and the landlord. It seems almost perfect for the 3 of us to live in safeness, warmth and comfort. That’s all we need really. I have to sort a few things, then all going well (and there is no reason why it should not) I hope to move in at the end of Jan.

Whilst I am filled with a lot of sadness as to what has happened, I am also glad that the man and I are really good mates, and that I can talk endlessly and excitedly about my future.

This is my chance to shine. This is my time and I intend to take lessons learnt to date to make the most of being single and living alone, living for just me. I can only become better and stronger as a person. Now back to the boys………..!

Scooter says – This box appeared. Stuff was taken out and I decided that it looked quite intriguing, so I had a little jump and in I got. I liked it. I put my head down and realised that I could hide from Vinnie and launch out of the box to get him good and proper.

It was abit dark and scary, and then I got nervous as I realised that Vinnie could attack me, whilst I was in the box. I then decided that it was time to end my affair with the box.

As I attempted to leave, I saw Vinnie walking past in the slow lop sided way that he does.

At this point, mum took this photo of me and as you can see, I was not very happy in the box anymore!

Scooter and Vinnie say - Mummy has found a new playground for us.

She also took some cute photos of us both at the weekend, one sleeping and Scooter in a box! Just don't ask... it was a good idea at the time.

She is just real busy as everyone at work has been and still is off sick.

She promises to tell loads more tomorrow.

So, my die hard reader, tomorrow it's cute photo's and descriptions of the new flat and garden.

It's all happy here.

Scooter and Vinnie say – We are a bit confused but also a bit excited.

Mum is going to look at a new place for us all to live on Saturday.

She is very excited about it, has told us loads and has assured us that the supply of food and heating will not stop. To be honest, that is all we are worried about.

She explained that there was a new garden involved too, but she said that she will tell us more if all goes well on Saturday.

We think that all this talk of moving is closely linked to the boxes that are in the flat now, and all the bits of paper with lists on that she has near her at all times.

We are just looking forward to a lazy weekend with her, though she has said that she has quite a lot to do, but promises that Sunday will be spent lazing and relaxing.

Vinnie says – I am not sure what is up with me at the moment. I am not into eating and I just feel like being very close to my mum. I don’t appear to be showing my usual signs of having the pee thing that I get, but I am definitely not myself at the minute.

I am going to the vet next week to have my wee tested again, so mum will wait and see what they say. She is hoping for a food change so that I may start eating again.

I am sure that if she was really worried I would be back at the vets now. I think that she realises how sensitive I am, and that I will settle down again soon with the help of a few more cuddles and some fresh fish on Saturday maybe….!!!!!

Scooter says – Vinnie seems a bit listless again. Mum is not too worried though as she thinks that he is just sensitive. I must admit that I feel a little weird at the moment as I am not really sure that I understand what is going on.

Still, no-one is shouting or screaming, and everyone seems happy, so I may just carry on in my own way, and look forward to the fish on Saturday. Good old Vinnie, pulling a sickie so we can have fresh fish.

Sometimes he is not as silly as I think!

We wish you all a happy weekend! Hope you all get fish like us!!!!!

Scooter says – Well mum is very excited. She was rushing about last night going on about how she is going to look at another one of these flat things on Saturday.

She has told me, in great detail, all about the garden and the area etc, and I must admit that I got a little bit excited with her.

I like it when she is happy as I get to sit on the floor by her feet, looking at her with my big love eyes, and she strokes the top of my head and my back for ages. I like that.

I kept jumping up on the arm of the sofa and sitting real close to her last night as I wanted her to know that I was happy. I like it when she is happy and now I think that I want to do this move thing now!!!

I am also excited as she said that we have loads of visitors coming round tonight and there will be that Chinese food. I will look under nourished and starved and see if anyone slips me a prawn whilst she is not looking.

Mind you, there never seem to do that as she is very strict about what me and Vinnie eat.

Vinnie says – Well Scooter is stuck to mum like Velcro at the moment. I do not really know what he is up, but I suspect it is part of his flat domination plan. Thing is, that I just don’t care. I just fight as and when required.

Mum was watching telly in her room and I simply jumped up and had some quality one to one time. I don’t know why, but I also feel the need to be close by her at all times at the moment. We had a lovely long cuddle and I got to lay up real close to her for ages without Scooter butting in.

I am not really into eating right now, and I have a very sad look on my face but I am ok. To be honest, I am just pulling a fast one as I am not really into my “special” food at the moment. I feel good, so why can’t I have the same food as Scooter?

He is so cocky with his normal food. I managed to creep and steal almost a bowl of it last night. Mum was not happy and she had her naughty Vinnie voice on. Mind you, one look of my big eyes and it all calmed down quite quickly.

Not sure about this having a flat full tonight. Mind you, I have my hallway to guard so perhaps I will just tuck myself away and come and say hello after the other one has stopped showing off. He always shows off when people arrive, all that rubbing and purring.

He only does it to get food but everyone knows that mum is so very boring and strict about food, especially with me being ill and on my special diet.

I like to just let it all waive over my head…… I am more of a watcher of life really. As long as I have food and somewhere warm to sleep, I will be ok.

Scooter and Vinnie say - We have a new cat on the block.

He is very big, in fact he makes Vinnie look quite small.

He is very fluffy and has loads of fluffy ginger and white hair.

He is a bit of a hard nut as he wears a big red collar with studs in it.

We have made a joint decision to let him come in when he fancies. He struggles to get all him and his fur through the flap, but he manages it.

Mum seemed a bit mixed about our new friend. I don't think that mum is very impressed.

At least she knows where all the food is going as he does like a good nosh up.

We tend to let him in at anytime he really fancies.

We suspect that he will get the water pistol treatment if he is not careful.

We are happy to let mum deal with this situation. It's too much for us really, especially as all we really want to do is sleep and eat.

Mum's bigger than the ginger and white mass of fluff, we feel confident leaving with her to make he does not come in again.

We have enough to do without all this carry on.

The man was not happy at the visit from the ginger and white one in the early hours of this morning. Mum did laugh though. He was not impressed.

Scooter says – Now if there is one thing that I love, it is to have a nice plate of dinner, a nice big stretch followed by an intensive 20 minute foot cleaning session.

I have a routine that works really well for me.

Firstly, I look at my back feet, then I stretch all the toes open and have a good look all in and around my cat toes. I like to see if there is anything there of great interest to me, or really and foremost, in case there is anything there that I could possibly eat!

Once the visual inspection has reached its end, and any available food has been eaten, I set about the cleaning process.

I start by licking the tops of my cat feet and then I stretch my back leg up around my ear and have a good lick of the underneath of my foot. Then I turn my leg and have another and thorough lick all over.

Then I stretch and open my toes up and start the gentle, slow nibbling that I do! I love to get my teeth and just nibble like an ant all over, in and around the toe area. Oh it makes me feel good and very relaxed.

Then I stretch my leg further over round by my ear and have a good old wash and lick up my leg and generally all around that area that I can reach with my tongue. I can stretch rather well and I am very bendy.

Mum likes watching me wash and she is fascinated by how clean I keep myself, and my little washing schedule that I have each time I feel the need to be clean.

It’s a good 20 minutes to half hour to get a full and thorough wash. It is a good way to spend my time, and very relaxing.

Why mum goes in that shower thing is beyond me? Maybe she just can’t bend like I do?!

Vinnie and Scooter say – Well, what is about our mum and this wretched grey and yellow noisy thing that she drags about on a Saturday.

Now we have joined together to complain about his, and I feel sure that we have made it quite clear to mum that we really do not like the noise, the fact that it follows here and the fact that it takes some of our smells off the floor.

It happens every Saturday. We know exactly where it sleeps, so we both sat with wide eyes on the sofa and watched it being dragged out. Then, being clever, we ran off into her bedroom and laughed as we could hear the thing but it was nowhere in sight.

Well, after only a few minutes, in she came, with the thing, and went like a lunatic across the bedroom carpet, hitting the bottom of our bed making us wobble a bit and sit up looking very put out, and then smiled and walked off with it as if nothing had happened.

I tell you, we could not believe her cheek really. It was 2.15 in the afternoon, which as she knows, is the time that we like to snuggle up and have our 4 hours nap. She knows that we like to do that so that we get up just as she normally comes home. The nap gets us ready for dinner and a quick run about outside before we start the first of the 3 mini evening naps.

We talked about launching a big attack on the thing, but we decided that it may well suck us up and spin us around, so we decided it was best to just hide and steer clear when it comes out the cupboard. It’s nothing to do with bravery, it just makes sense to avoid it really!

Mind you, it’s not all bad as mum did say that she will get a quieter one at our new flat. We hope it is so quiet that we can continue to nap whilst she drags it about.

We are excited about moving….and like mum, we hope it is soon!

Vinnie says – On Wednesday mum took me to see the man in the white coat. It was because I had been very under the weather due to all thses firework things going off for the last week, and the fact that I sense something is going on and there are boxes in the hallway.

I am a sensitive soul, despite my size and aloofness, and I got a little bout of cystitis. I had a nice man tending to me, and after a few little painful moments in the back of my neck and a pretty fierce rub on the affected area, I was put back in my carrier box and off home we went.

Now when I got home, I felt a bit weird from the excitement so I had a quiet night of hiding away and sleeping.

When mum came home last night though I was feeling much better. I was so glad that she took me to see that man, as I think that he made me feel better before things got too bad for me.

I showed mum how happy I was by going in and out the catflap like a rocket and then had random moments of running up and down the hallway, causing my bell to tinkle like mad. If I saw Scooter on my random hallway flying episodes, I gave him a quick clip round the face for good measure. We had a couple of really good tumbles together last night, and I think that him and mum now know that I am back on form and feeling full of energy again!

I did eventually get over my excitement and in the early hours of this morning I went onto mum’s bed, on my special blanket and had a lovely snuggle up and sleep. There is so much room now that the man is not sleeping on my side. Scooter came in and joined me as well, and the 3 of us all woke up snuggled this morning.

Scooter says – Shit, Vinnie is better now! I know this because he was in and out of the catflap like a lunatic most of the night, and when he was not doing that, he was showing off by racing up and down the hallway. Mind you, it was good as we had a couple of tumbles and I enjoyed hiding and then pouncing as he came past at top speed.

Mum seems a lot happier and relieved that he is better. She seems a lot better in herself too, and she keeps telling us that soon we will be all safe and sound and cosy with her. It sounds like we are getting a new home, so as long as we can still play, still sleep and still get fed, I am sure that I will be fine with it all!

Well, due to events in my life, I have decided to write this blog through the eyes of my 2 barmy cats.

This may also encourage me to update this blog on a more regular basis.

I am sure some of what I am going through will spill out into some entries, but I just don't want to express and sort my head out in a public place. I am sure that many of you can relate to that….

So, let’s meet the boys, get an idea of what they are like and hopefully you will enjoying reading life through their eyes!

Scooter

I got this boy first in March 2006. He was living with a friend of the man who was allergic to him. I went to see him and he looked very small and very quiet. Something about him melted my heart, so I picked him up and took him home.

Since we have had him, we have discovered that he looks and has the traits of a Burmese cat.

He is great company, a little bit scatty and has regular mad moments and quite clingy to me. He always has time for a quick rub of the head, loves to brush up against my legs and talks endlessly!!!

He is now a lot bigger, got a fantastic winter coat and got a walk to put John Wayne to shame!!!!

He was 2 years old in July.

Vinnie

Vinnie alias the Big Fella arrived at the end of August.

He was rescued form a couple getting divorced and came from a household of 4 kids, 4 cats and 2 dogs.

Unfortunately, very shortly after I took him on, I discovered that he has rather a nasty ongoing medical condition. He is prone to cystitis and has had a rather severe bladder infection. He also has crystals in his bladder so he is on a special restricted diet and I have to keep a close eye on him.

He is very aloof, comes and goes as he feels like, and is always the first to me when I open a tin or pouch of food!!! He always looks grumpy, but he is certainly warming to me and sleeps with me at night now! He is getting softer, but I think he will take another 6 months or so, after the move, before I think that he will settle and realise that he is with me for the rest of his life! It is a slow process but for every tummy rub and face rub, it is certainly worth it. I suspect that he may even dare to sit on my lap sometime in the future!!!! If he feels like it, of course!

He was 3 in July.

So that is both my boys so I hope that you will enjoy what the 2 maddest cats that I know get up too.

I am still smiling.

I am still flat hunting, which really could be a book within itself.

I have yet to find my place, but I am still ever the optimist.

I can see the future.

I feel fine about.

It is time to move on and become bigger and better than ever.

I am abit excited.

This could, finally, be my time.

It is a good feeling!

Well, another page opens in the life of Kackers.

My dream bubble with my special man has burst, but it is all ok, so don’t panic!!!

We just can’t get on as a couple, so I am on the search for a flat and moving out with my boys! I am hoping to get somewhere close to work and somewhere with central heating and double glazing so that I can be warm through the winter!

I am now searching and packing and hope to update a move by the end of this month.

I am ok where I am for now, but I would rather be off sooner rather than later.

I am very excited as I am going to make some huge changes in my life.

I am selling my camper and getting a newer version of the model that will hopefully be abit cheaper so I can have a back up fund in my pocket!

I intend to get a phone line in my new place and I might pick up my website again as I do miss my hobby of website design.

I see this as a good opportunity to make life suit me, especially as I now know what I don’t want.

As for the dating game, and maybe finding someone else……… not at the moment! I rather suspect that I am destined to leave alone in a state of madness with my rescued cats……!!!!!

So, there you go, that’s my latest update.

Look out life, Kackers is back….. so brace yourself people!