05 Monday Jan 2015
Got some lovely loot for Christmas and also an early birthday present, both from the lovely Sledpress. Always a surprise and always a thrill to open. Since I live with a “humbug” I’ve learned not to ever expect presents at home, so it’s extra special when something arrives at my door like this. Thanks Sled. xx
05 Saturday Jan 2013
Posted in animals & pets, cancer, christmas, friends, video
A lovely bright green package arrived at casa az yesterday that had something for everyone! It was from Karin (aka Dragonqueen), who sent us three locally made jams from Sweden (rhubarb, gooseberries and carrot with red currant) and a cute selection of cat toys. At first I thought the mice might be a “swallow hazzard” but what I didn’t expect was that Loki would go totally mental over them. Luna likes them too, but Loki can’t seem to get enough of his little purple mice (Karin’s signature colour).
So then I thought I’d try exchanging mice for string and suddenly the String Game took on a whole other dimension. And it looked eerily real when Loki trotted back down the stairs with a limp mouse in his mouth (well, real except that the mouse was purple).
Thanks so much Karin! Your gifts have really added some extra fun to the holiday season here. So now Peter and I can share the jams at breakfast and the kittehs can fight over their new toys. 🙂
27 Thursday Dec 2012
Isn’t this the greatest? You may recall that there was an intriguing prettily-wrapped gift in Sledpress‘s Christmas package, and I don’t know how I did it, but I actually managed to hold off opening it until Christmas Eve… and it was a Corkcicle!
Well, you could have knocked me over with a feather. Yeah, I know I posted something here about it, but it never occurred to me that someone would actually get one and sneakily send it to me for Christmas.
As you can see, Loki loves it too because it’s orange like him (extra nice touch with Sled picking out my favourite colour). I can’t wait now for BBQs on the rooftop.
What was your favourite Christmas present this year?
11 Tuesday Dec 2012
Posted in christmas, friends, health & happiness
Such a lovely surprise to have this happy package of goodies delivered to my door this morning. I didn’t even know that roll-on BioFreeze existed (will be hard to go back). And speaking of backs, I’ve been using quite a lot of my remaining BioFreeze these past few days after I … wait for it … stood up from my chair (what was I thinking???) … and have been in agony ever since. I’ve discovered that sleeping with a warm kitten snuggled up against the small of my back is every bit as effective as BioFreeze, but is less reliable.
Thank you, Sledpress! Also for more monster vitamins (which I really need to be taking again) and for this intriguing prettily-wrapped gift which will remain a mystery until Christmas morning.
And Luna thanks you for the box. It’s a perfect fit. 🙂
28 Monday Dec 2009
It was a perfect Christmas weekend. Quite rainy, but that made it feel even cosier to stay in and just, well, be cosy. Nog and I set up the “gaming table” on Christmas Eve … with chess, backgammon and scrabble. And we played all three whenever the mood struck. And of course I watched my two favourite Christmas films, along with some other stuff on TV & DVD, and did some reading. Lots of amazing food was consumed, along with plenty of cava and wine. And we also got out for a few walks in between rain storms. All in all, a very happy Christmas indeed. Oh, and there were prezzies too.
You can see them below the links …
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