Last night, as often happens, I couldn't sleep. So I decided to turn on one of my several dozen satellite channels and watch a late night documentary. One of the discovery channels was spending the weekend exploring one of my favorite disaster topics: Dinosaurs and Mega-beasts the blurb said. Oh goody, lots of magma, meteorite explosions, predators and prey; just what Disaster Cat needs to relax and get ready to go to bed. Most of these documentaries I have now seen about a dozen times al...
Well, yesterday didn't look like it was going to be a very, long day; when it started out. In fact, it looked like it would be something very rare here in Ireland...i.e. sunny, warm and relaxing. A bit of a problem since our water heater and our house heater are on the blink; so we have to burn turf in the solid fuel stove. But manageable, especially if you don't have to be in the kitchen much. One of my friends, aka The Fox, had been visiting from Dublin for a couple of weeks. She ...
Well, Those of you following the Disaster Cat Chronicles know that yesterday I decided to experiment with a self-help web site that promises to help you clean up and organize your home. This miracle is to be accomplished slowly and with "baby-steps," most of which are supposed to last between five and fifteen minutes at a time. Each day presents a few new additions to the mix of stuff you do. Here is my report from Day II.... This morning I managed to get most of the first assignment a...
Greetings everyone out there in Blog land. This week, we may actually have something to write about in addition to the saga of cats and other critters. Though for those who have asked, Thor the Cat is now doing fine even if his ear will always be bent sideways. This week he has decided that the stuffed animals in the bedroom are prey...nothing like finding a well chewed stuffed Wolf-let in your bed. I'm sure the Eco Store had this in mind when they came out with the products... Anyway,...
Well, its that time of year again here at Kilmurry house. Our three apple trees are loaded down with miniature fruit (because no one ever prune's them) and the pear tree that usually grows nothing has branches dripping with them. Not to mention the blackberry vines are covering the roadside path, though they may mostly go to the birds this year. The advantage of apple and pear trees over blackberries is: they do not have large, prickly thorns to punch the hands of the unwary picker. Still...
Well, those of you following the adventures of Disaster Cat know that when we last left off our story, our pantry was somewhat put together, but one of kitties was not very happy. Thor, a four year old forest cat who lives in our bedroom, was discovered to have a Giant Ear, when the Disaster Cat went upstairs to change clothing. A gadget called an Elizabethan Collar was rigged together out of cardboard to stop him scratching his swollen ear. Since many cats recover from this condition on t...
Greetings everyone in Blog land. I have not been able to post for a couple of days, mostly due to our very bad weather and lack of internet service. After three hours the other night I gave up trying to download e-mail and last night was not much better. But a high pressure ridge is allowing our land line to work a little bit (no broad band out here in the country side) and while 1440 may be slow, it does allow for some access. Even if it is more like the World Wide Wait than the World ...
Greetings everyone, I am trying to write this in-between gale force winds hitting the window of my work room. Its a bit distracting, but so far not too scary. At least I don't have to worry about the bad weather affecting our planned trip to Scotland where The Wolf was scheduled to fight for my honor. That's because, I won't be going anywhere any time real soon. And anywhere seems to include the first two floors of our house! My foot is much improved (according to my own doctor) but th...
Greetings everyone in Blog Land...let see, this morning started out to a be a real pain. And I mean it was both real and a pain. At what I thought was around dawn (because the sky was so dark) I woke up to a throbbing foot, which would simply not let me roll back over and get to sleep. Not that cats would let me anyway. At which point I disover that it is 9am and time to get up anyway. K also realize that what the surgeon called a "don't worry about it, sure, it will be fine in 10 days o...
Well, despite an exciting early week of power failures and dirty laundry, Disaster Cat managed to find time to go to Dublin and have the deep wart on her foot taken care of. It was not fun, and the traffic going home had husband going nuts before it was all over. Still, it was not as bad as I expected (they have made great strides in numbing sensitive body parts before sticking needles in them) and was over pretty quickly. The trip took most of the day though, and when I got back I was sup...
Greetings everyone to everyone reading this. As you can tell by the fact that I am on the computer, we do have our electricity back on. The day was a bit easier to deal with this time, mostly due to the Thermos full of hot tea I had ready this morning. But the rain and hail storms did not go down well...though I did manage to read most of the Sunday newspaper. The phone also kept working, which meant we could keep in touch with everyone. But only if we were willing to shiver in the hallw...
Well, everyone will be happy to know that Disaster Cat, her husband The Wolf and our House-mate The Lizard; have all returned safe and sound from an SCA Crown Tourney in Southern England. Now for those of you who don't know, Crown Tourney is a "fighting event" where people dress up in armor and hit each other with rattan sticks. The one who bashes the best gets the job of King (or sometimes Queen) for the next six months. He (or she) fights for his/her consort who then gets to be either qu...
Greetings everyone in Disaster Cat Land, I'm taking time from packing for our weekend SCA event (re-enactment) to let everyone know that things are improving here. From feedback I've gotten from concerned friends and family, I felt I had to let folks know that not every day here at Kilmurry is Crazy. Just most of the ones I decide to write about. The ones in between are often calm, even sometimes a bit boring. Though the latter doesn't happen all that often. Anyway, I am happy to rep...
Well, this morning here at Kilmurry House, Disaster Cat was not Flying. In fact, she did not even really get a chance to get airborne before things started to get really weird. First, there was waking up early. First time 6am, then 7am finally gave up at 8am. Now I know that for most of the world, these are normal times. But when your husband tends to write (or in this case be making jewelry for a showing) until 4am, trust me, a six am wake up is not ideal time to face the day. I decide...
Well, a good part of this week Disaster Cat spent trying to be as invisible as possible. This is partly true and partly a family joke. When our house-mate joined our family, he had already been running a role playing game with his high-school buddies for a number of years. This tradition has continued with the addition and subtraction of a few people. As the guys get married, move away, move back again etc. My husband joined this motley band about eight years ago, but back then they use...