Step number 2

This is step number two for the cat's toilet training! A pretend toilet. It is raised, and a little step up stool to encourage her. The manual tells us to place this device on our one and only toilet in the house... but considering the huge mess Afullah makes .... no way hozee!
 

Oh shit....

Afullah's toilet training is not going too well. She took a week or two to even consider this thing a kitty-litter. She did not know where to poo/pee. Normally she would go outside for an hour and come home to use the kitty-litter, that is how much she liked her old kitty litter. Now.... Well, look at it. We don't like it.... and no way is this going to sit on our one and only house toilet!! She doesnt like it either. First she's got to learn to use it 'efficiently' without making a mess! This is going to be a challenge for all of us over the next few months! Merry Christmas, ho ho ho.

Sheep Dog?

Lately we have a sheep walking on the path behind our house. Mostly it is walked by a couple of people with a dog or two as well.


But yesterday we caught the sheep out alone, so we stopped them for a photo session! And no, the owners are not Tasmanian, they are lovely people origianlly from the NSW North Coast.

Sooo cuuute. 

Geotagged

This picture was taken on the beach a few days ago when we were out collecting pebbles for our garden. This image has been geotagged in Picasa. Not sure if that carries across to the blog! It is a lovely spot to walk for miles and miles on a pebbly/sandy beach, and see no one. We bring sturdy bags and fill two each with pebbles for our garden. We need to do this regularly as 4 bags does not go far in landscaping! 

Go Georgia

Here is Georgia Munnings strutting her stuff. Helping her out in this daring manouevre is Will. Wolfstock the musical, as performed by Georgia's school is a little outrageous, musically exciting and it's lots of fun. It is certainly different.… 

Toilet Training for Afullah

Step 1 was for Afullah to use the new litter 'tray' from Litter Kwitter, and then to use it in the new location... It took a couple of days.

Afullah is onto step two now for potty training. The magic tray which replaced her litter, is now sitting on top of the toilet! It makes toileting hard for us as we only have one loo! We almost put the old kitty litter box in our bedroom for us!

Third Generation Professor van Praag!

Yes, my grandfather was Prof. Spanish at Amsterdam, his son, my uncle, is Prof. in Economics/Econometrics, and now his daughter, my cousin Mirjam, recently became Professor at the University of Amsterdam in Entrepreneurship and Organizations! I was there with mum to celebrate it. Click on the photo below to see the photo album.

Mirjam van Praag

I promised Mirjam that if she ever needed a hand, ever gets stuck on some theoretical or practical issues, just call me!

Roses in USA

Jim tending to the roses in his backyard.


Astro is the farm hand here... 

X-rays

Wow, here it is. My poor wife's collar bone... If it was done in the USA she'd probably be a $6M woman, but here she is a public patient!

Just to remind us all, as if we want to (!), here is the original break;



And for the historical record, the first operation to try and fix it...

Home-life home-brew

Look at that the perfect brew, the perfect glass... and my knitting!