New Girl

We set off 7.30am this morning whilst Vicky and Amelia looked after all the cats and kittens. Arriving with Garry and Nicky around 11am - ish, we were greeted with tea and bics and a lovely warm welcome.
There was our girl sat watching us - what a sweetheart!
Garry showed us his Wolf Dog with great pride - a beautiful animal!
I was also thrilled to be able to caress their gorgeous snake - can't remember what sort - sorry Garry and Nicky - hehe!
But my best thrill of the day was to cuddle Poppy - she is a delight! We definitely had to check my pockets before leaving. What great cuddles she gives. This little wriggle britches is only 4 months old, and she is being hand raised with enormous success - the love she receives is obvious from the love she is happy to give to total strangers such as us.
We were thrilled to see their stunning serval, and of course a stunning male and female Ocelot - what stunning cats! Its wonderful to see how well these creatures are cared for - the love and care they receive shows in their coat quality and build, not to mention the sparkle in their eyes, and their interest in life itself.
Purebliss are thrilled with our girl - many, many thanks to Garry and Nicky for ALCA - we love her already. ALCA is sat with me as i write this blog, and we will spend many hours on blogs and emails together in the future.
Amelia had already gone home at lunch, and now its time for Vicky to go home also, so Tim and I are now going to give the cats and kittens their supper.
Jacky
www.pureblissbengals.co.uk
www.pureblisssavannahs.co.uk

blog up date for friends

February 2010
This is a blog more about me (Jacky) than about breeding or a boarding cattery, so you may find this blog a little boring at times. Tim, Vicky and Katey are the ones doing all the hard work these days, and I get to do all the kitten cuddling and website work.
Mum is now 92yrs old - she's had a struggle since the end of last year, but she seems to be improving now. Mum lives in Leeds and we don't get to see her half as much as we'd like to, so I'm trying to get up to see her more these days.
The Boarding Cattery, and Breeding is a way of life with us at Purebliss and if we aren't careful we forget there is another world out there.
Vicky has taken over Holiday Home For Cats - our private boarding cattery with the help of Fran mid-week, and Amelia at the weekends. Vicky also does a great job managing the running of Purebliss Cattery. Tim is always on hand as the rock of our lives at Purebliss. Katey has taken on much of the paperwork which leaves me to concentrate on updating websites, taking photos, and the best bit of all - cuddling cats and kittens. Now we are reducing at Purebliss and have neutered some Bengal queens and studs at purebliss I'm hoping to spend time with my family and friends.
We will be reducing some of our Savannahs this year so if you are interested in homing an adult neuter please contact Purebliss in Summer.

23 February '10 - Tim and Vicky looked after all the cats and kittens whilst I nursed my migraine all afternoon and night - all you out there that suffer migraines know how bad it is when your balance goes as well as the pain coming in.
Apologies to everyone who couldn't get in touch with me by phone, and many thanks to you all that contacted Tim and I by email with your support regarding the cat that may or may not be a Purebliss cat that was discussed on facebook - Purebliss didn't know about any of this!

Wednesday - 24 February
Feeling much better by lunchtime so i was able to still drive Lyn for her City hospital visit. What a lot of work these doctors and nurses put into their days, yet they do it with a smile for everyone. We weren't kept waiting long, yet it still took hours. Lyn visited the doctor in Oncology, then straight down for an x-ray, then back to see the doctor again. We were both tired so straight back home.

Thursday - 25 February
Updated Savannah and the Bengal sites.
10.30am - collected Lyn - drove to GP to collect the blood results for Lyn to take with us. Then drove to Nottingham and parked in Victoria Centre. Lyn has disabled parking so we took our parking disc to the information desk on the top floor and we were allowed 4 hours free parking in a disabled parking area. This is really helpful as Lyn can't walk very far without feeling tired.

12.05pm - we timed it just right for walking into the Bistro just outside Victoria Centre. Its so hard to get a table here for lunch if you leave it too late. We both had really tasty meals, and hardly had room for a desert, although Lyn managed cheese and bics and i managed a creme brulee - Delicious!
After a leisurely walk back to the car, stopping at a couple of shops, and also a drink in a cafe it was time to head for hospital again.
We managed to park reasonably close to the Chemo wards this time. We didn't have too long to wait before being taken to our seats where Lyn was hooked up to her meds.
The nurses on duty are amazing! i have nothing but praise for these nurses.
6 patients are being treated in the first bay - 6 more in the next bay. All the time we are there the nurses just don't stop. They are walking from one patient to the next seeing to first this drip, then the next patients drip. Maybe a new patient, or maybe one lucky person finished for today and going home. first this machine beeps, then the next machine beeps, and each one is checked by a nurse. During all their running around after their patients they always have a smile and a reassuring word. The nurses keep everyone's spirits up with lighthearted comments and share their happy times.
These lovely people who work hard to help people when they need it deserve lots of praise and our respect - they certainly have ours.

26 February - am - Vicky, Fran, and Tim are doing all the hard work this morning. late morning and a lovely couple arrive to look around our savannahs and say hello to Jim Serval. Tim also introduced them to some of our bengals along with Harry ALC.
1.30pm - Tim accompanies me for my hospital apointment - more tests - yuk!
This time its Grantham Hospital but the staff are just as helpful, and also very efficient. Hardly any waiting before we are called in.

This is my Blog - its not a blog about breeding - Cats happen to be a large part of our lives at White House Cattery.
Jacky