Feline Friday - While the people are away . . . . . .

the cats peed everywhere.

 Ok that is an exaggeration but they did pee on the floor a lot according to the person who checked on them and they used one of the dog beds as a litter box. They were mad.

It was a tough decision what to do with them during our trip. The cats are old. Since I won't vaccinate them, I couldn't board them. I also thought that boarding 18 + year old cats who have never been boarded would be very stressful. I looked at hiring a cat sitter but because we live way, way in the country, no one would come. Aunt C offered to take them, but I thought that them living with 2 other younger cats may be too stressful. In the end, we asked the neighbour to check on them. She was happy to do this, even if they peed everywhere!

While I know they missed us, I do believe it was the least stressful of all our options. They had plenty to eat and lots of water and clean litter and their house.

Everyone is just glad they both lived while we were away!

Baggy eating soft food, the one part of his routine he didn't get while we were away!

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A special thanks to Alasandra from http://atcad.blogspot.ca for donating her time through the auction for pets auction for Tweedles and making us our cool new header!

A little bit more about Grand Cayman

I didn't mean to rub in going somewhere warm:) The Man and I hadn't been on a trip together for nearly 3 years. We had booked this trip to see friends who live on the island, and then the friends picked the weekend we were there to get married. What fun!

Cayman is a very small island (22 miles across). While the weather feels Caribbean (we were blessed with what we thought was warm but the locals thought was cold - it was in the 20s C [80 F] but it was a bit windy), the island itself  feels like a North American city then other warm places we have visited.

Most of the time we spent visiting or sitting on the beach. I have taken up snorkelling. Saw some cool fish. That being said, we did do some traveling around the island in our rental car. The Man did an awesome job driving on the left side! 

The starfish from yesterday was at Starfish point and we believe it was alive (although I wouldn't know how to tell!)

Here are some pictures from our travels! 

The Facebook flip flop tree - for some reason tourists have made this a thing!

A rare blue iguana. They only live on Grand Cayman. This was at the botanical gardens where they have a breed and release program.
20 some years ago there were only like 30 left and now there are about 800. 

The blow holes

At the turtle farm where they are breeding turtles to replace the population.

7 mile beach

Now it is back to the bitter cold and work!

Hope everyone is surviving the cold.

Almost Wordless Wednesday

We were visiting friends in Grand Cayman!

WE ARE BACK!

After what feels like forever - we are back. Today is the transition day from vacation to the real world. The spot where you are happy to be home, but realize how much you have to do to be ready for work tomorrow.

Man and I had a fantastic time away. The cats stayed in the house with a cat sitter (although this didn't stop them from using a dog bed as a litter box) and the dogs went to camp. Now, I am not sure they loved their 9 nights at camp (or jail as they called it), but the staff said they were wonderful and they seem no worse for wear. Hailey showed us how mad she is by running into the house and peeing on her dog bed (not the one the cats had used). However, since that, they have settled in well. I am sure in a day or two they will be past it!

I did pop by many of your blogs while I was away, I just didn't comment, so I don't feel as behind as I might have been.

The next few days will be bumpy as we adjust back to the cold and the real world!

Here is a taste of our adventure - Can anyone guess where it is? (a little teaser for a Tuesday)

Mischief Monday - Away

Hi everyone,

We will be away until about the 28th. Lady is away on business. (This is the mischief, she is abandoning us!) She says she may have time to visit you while she is away, but makes no promises. [Also mischief].

We will be back with our adventures then.

We will miss you all!

Black and White Sunday - Waiting to throw

Chuck

Way back in November we hinted that Phod was getting a ball replacement for the winter because we just got too much snow to easily find a ball. [So far we have had about 130 cm/51 inches this winter]. Last winter we just stopped playing fetch, but our boy was so sad I couldn't do that again, so we welcomed chuck into our lives.

The first time we took chuck out, Phod would have nothing to do with him. On the other hand, Hailey loved it and for a bit I thought maybe we had something Hailey would fetch consistently. This only happened the first time and now Phod loves his chuck as much as he loves his ball.

Here he is enjoy it!

In this picture you can see that we have broken chuck a little. Don't worry, we have a back up chuck on standby just in case! 

Snow swimming through the deep snow with chuck

Going after it!

Catching chuck

I love his running ears!