Lets have a quick year countdown shall we?
January started with wind and rain and snow, so Ceefer , Jasmine and I stayed indoors with me only going out when I had to and mummy just going out to get us food etc.

February carried on where January left off so that was much the same.

March was lovely with warm sunny days and blue sky to sun bathe under and keep my belly warm.

April mummy turned even older than she was before.

May I turned 5 and had a big party to celebrate.

June Ambrose the skitten was born.... little did we know what we were letting ourselves in for.

July was supposed to be the start date for the new kitchen and bathroom but this being the council, they cancelled and we had to wait for a new start date.

August the work started on the kitchen and bathroom and it was well worth the wait.  Mummy is still over the moon about them.

September, the work was finished on the kitchen and bathroom and Willow and Ambrose arrived.  Mammy Ally dropped them off and just left us to it.  That Ambrose still has no idea of his place in life.

October saw Willow and Ambrose settle in and Ambrose won the hearts of Ceefer and Jasmine and I tolerate him.  He is a cheeky kitten taking all kinds of liberties.

November saw us celebrating Ceefer's 7th birthday and Jasmine's fisrt Gotcha day....  Now that was a party to remember!  Mummy started her new job, and we had to get used to being woken up at ungodly hours of the morning although it did mean we got breakfast early.

December carried on much as November, getting up at ungodly o'clock so mummy could get ready for work, then came the news that the job was being made permanent, so early mornings are in our life forever now :(

So that was our year, goodness only knows what 2013 holds but we are heading into it with our heads held high, our shoulders back, ready to face whatever it may throw at us.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE 

Well, mummy has finally got a job.  It's only a temporary job at the moment for Christmas cover but hopefully it will turn into a permanent job.  She likes the work, she likes the people and they like her (strange but true) so paws crossed.

The only thing we don't like (and I include the cats in that statement) is the fact she is now getting up at 5.30am!  She starts at 7am so has to get up,feed us,  showered, dressed and ready to leave the house by 6.30.  Watching her looking in the mirror and putting on make up that early is funny.  She doesn't like looking at her face that close at the best of times and early it's even worse  :)

So paws crossed we will have even better treats next year xxx

Sitges

My beautiful friend Sitges has passed to the Rainbow Bridge.
Sitges was passionate about all things pink, insisting that all decorating was done in pink.

She was recently married to her long term love Denzil in a beautiful ceremony on a gorgeous September day.

Following the wedding they had a wonderful honeymoon with a world wide trip.

Sitges has been taken from us at her time of greatest happiness.  We send our love to her beloved husband, brother, sister and parents.

Run free at the bridge Sitges, till we meet again xxx

That skitten (scary kitten) is a menace.  The agreement is I have downstairs (apart from Ceefer coming in and out) and the cats have upstairs.  This has worked well till now.  The skitten has decided he should have access all areas.  As if!  I do not go upstairs, I will not go upstairs, I do not like stairs.  Now he thinks he can come down into my part of the house as he wishes.  This morning for example he came down when mummy had gone to have her flu jab.  She came home to find him sitting on the table as if he owned the place.  This is not on!  I have to find a way of keeping him in his place.  Mummy won't let me put a door up at the bottom of the stairs so I need ideas. All ideas welcome :)

Look at him, just like he owns the place pfft!

The new kitties is here.  The little one Ambrose is very full of himself and thinks everybody should love him.  He thinks I am a bit big and can get kinda hissy if I get to close to him.  He is only a baby, 15 weeks old now, but he sounds like a baby elephant when he chasing Jasmine.

This picture was taken before he broke the ball off the cat tree.  Look at the size of those ears, he is never gonna grow into them.

Willow is much more laid back than her hooligan son.  She keeps herself to herself most of the time, sitting either in the window or in the cat carry box.  She is very beautiful with her cheek bones that could cut glass, she is definitely from some posh oriental origin.

Isn't she lovely?

People of the world listen up.  I am a big dog with big opinions and I don't say this lightly.  I LOVE EVERYBODY.  I don't care who you sleep with, what colour your skin is, who you worship or don't worship, I just see people and I love you all.  Big ones, little one, fat ones, skinny ones, healthy ones, sick ones, I am gonna give you all the special Buddy cuddle an kiss.  Now if I can do this and I am 'just a dog' why can't you?

OK everypawdy, last nite I had a likkle fit an hads to be rushed to da emergency dogtors.  I had to stay in over nite but got furst class treatment.  Dey took blood from me an dey put me on a drip an gived me somefing called valium wot be marvelous stuff for dreamins.  Now alls da test came back normal so da dogtor finks it jus be one ov dem fings wot happens an I nevers gonnas has another one.  So can someone PLEASE tell dat to mummy.  Every time I is sleepins an dreamins ov chasin rabbits she wakes me up cos she finks I is havins another fit.  Chillax woman, I will dream, I will twitch, it happens but it don't mean I is gonnas has another fit.  Fanks yous for listenins xxx

Today is a sad day for mankind and dogkind.  Lennox has been MURDERED by Belfast City Council, don't buy into this humanely euthanized, he was killed for the way he looked.  Rest in Peace sweet Lennox, the world will never forget you and Belfast City Council will never be allowed to forget you.

Belfast City Council has done it's citizens no good today.  People from all round the world will boycott Belfast as a destination, goods from there will be blacklisted.  They should have listened to the world, now it is too late.

My poor little friend from Florida Fifi Fish has a nasty broken leg.  She is going to go to the orthopedic surgeon today as her vet could only splint it to make her comfortable for the night.  Poor Fifi also has a heart condition which make things more risky.  Please everyone say a little prayer for Fifi, for a swift recovery and even more important an cheap vet bill xxxx

Thing here just go from bad to worse.  Not only might we be getting another kitten, we might be getting another cat.  If the people that are wanting to adopt Willow drop out we are going to take her AND Ambrose the kitten.  OMDoggie what is the world coming to. That will mean 4, yes, count them 4 cats in this house.  Now 1 cat was here before me, I can't say anything about him, then along came Princess Jasmine.  I said ENOUGH cats now but no-one listens to me.  Can you imagine, my life could be hell with 4 cats and 2 Princesses to cope with.  At least Ambrose is a boy and a baby, I can train him in the way of the dog, the others are my worst nightmare!

*gasps in horror and has to go lay down*  terrible terrible news.  Because of all the nastiness on facebook right now with people posting things about others and saying nasty things etc, mummy is thinking of limiting our time on there.  Even worse she is thinking of combining my account with that of Ceefer and Jasmine.  Me share with cats???  Is she off her rocker????  (Well, more than usual?)  This is totally unacceptable specially as the little princess has to have things her way.  I will be totally taken over by her.  Poor Ceefer barely gets a look in on their account as it is.  What is a boy to do?  I say sleep on it!

One of these little bundles might be coming to live with me if Jasmine and mum  get their way.  I don't think Jasmine's thought it through properly.  She likes being the princess in this house, not sure how she'll take to a new kitten.  Poor Ceefer will just accept it cos he's a laid back feller.  Me?  Well I can just ignore it like I do the others most of the time.

There is an unsettling rumour going round our house we are getting a new kitty.  We have 2 already, we don't need another one.  This one could even turn out to be a baby.  A friend has a rescue kitty that is due any day and apparently mum wants to have the kitty when she has had the babies and been speyed.  Unfortunately someone else is also interested in her.  Failing that she is thinking of adopting one of the babies.  All I can say is no, no, no, no, no!  I have to put up with Ceefer and Jasmine, I think I will leave home if they bring another one in!

If the dog in that picture was called Buddy it could well be me!

Today is the first day of my blog.  I am gonna be writing about thing that annoy me, concern me and specially things that make me laugh.

Today's blog is going to be a sad one.  The news has come through that Belfast courts have upheld the ruling on the death of Lennox.

Lennox, for those of you who don't know is an American Bulldog illegally seized in a raid on his owners house.  The house NOT on the raid warrant.  It was claimed he was a pit bull terrier because he 'looked like one'.  That's the standard of proof they needed.  He was evaluated by several well known dog experts who all agreed he was a safe, stable dog of no danger to anyone.  Belfast City Council dog warden said otherwise and this was the councils position.

Belfast City Council have the blood of an innocent dog on their hands and the heartbreak of a little girl who just wanted her dog home.  They have lost respect all over the world.

Deed NOT Breed should be the way of things.  Many dog are destroyed just because of the way they look.  Young puppies murdered before they have a chance to show their character.

Please remember Lennox and his family in your prayers tonight.  Today it is Lennox but tomorrow it could be anyone of us!