About time you started posting again, don't go having too much fun and forgetting to update us!! Full moon party sounds awesome! Wes's wading skills are need in Worcester at the mo, swans think they own the place since flooding. My tattoo is pretty much healed now but I need to go back for more punishment in a couple of weeks :s Advice on the deaf cat: Blind it. Morrissey just came on as I started typing, genius.

Hiya

Hope you've taken plenty of paracetamol with you - sounds like you need it occassionally! Glad you're having a such a fantastic time time but sorry to hear about the 'itchy problem' - make sure you drink loads Wes .... Water that is ........... and keep on with the anithistamines. Note to Kerry; if you can find somewhere for Toby and Jess to stay for a few nights you can always borrow Ozzy. He loves cats but your deaf gate crasher won't hear him trying to explain that one! lol I think the magnetic collars might be your only answer or hire a bad ass cat to duff him up - it might cos T and J a few pilchards. Back to the travellers; hope the 30 hour trip goes well and isn't too exhausting. Try and get some sleep while you can. Nan and Grandad loved your card last week, I read it to them over fish and chips! Nans' cataract ops have gone well and she says the world is so much brighter and colourful. Shame she can't se what you're seeing but then again ..................... Won't tell them about the buckets lol. Rachael has moved out of halls and into a house so things should start looking up for her. We're off to see Ozzy Osborne on the 6th, she then has a gig in Oswestry on the 8th and another in Brackley at a Honda fund raising do on the 15th. George has been taking photos of a load of snowboarders at the snowdome in MK and they've said they'll use them on their website. Three people have asked him to do portfolios for them so thats good.

Well nothing more to add other than ........ its still raining. Take care of each other. Love Isabelx

Hi Wes and Gem,

sounds like you had a great time in Koh Samui. We've popped out with uncle jack on a mini shopping trip to Longford, and jumped into an internet cafe to escape the rain. We had a great time down in Athenry (near Galway) with some of Gig's relations. We went out for an early drink, and something to eat, and then didn't get back till about 3 am (a bit worse for wear). Not sure how bad the flooding is at home - going to have a check on the net after this. Nat and Ollie should be well into the start of their Javea holiday now, hopefully the weather there is a lot better than here. Also Liam should be back after his adventures on the Malverns with his mates from school. Hope the prickly heat clears up soon - that sounds awful! Good luck on the journey to Signapore, we'll send another message when we get back home on Wednesday night.

Take care, lots of love, Dad n Gig xxx

Hi Sis and Wez,

Thought I'd update you on the cat situation and ask fellow bloggers for advice!

Got back yesterday evening to find the deaf rescue cat in our house again eating my cats food (this has happened once before so I'd moved it into a more secret place, but it found it!!!) Poor Toby and Jess were sat there watching with shocked expressions. Ian's told Toby he needs to grow some balls but thats hard when we got them chopped off a year ago!! The thing is the cat didn't run off when it saw us, it just looked us gave us a nod and carried on eating. So I picked it up and shouted (although not sure how effective that is to a deaf cat!) and threw it outside....its just sat there looking very content, so I threw some water over it. I have to say at this point I'm not a cruel person and I'm struggling to be mean to this cat especially as its not a nasty agressive cat, but I have to look after my cats!

So then this morning at 2am we got woken by Toby crying cos the cat was coming in the house, so once again I made it leave!

THEN....we got woken up this morning by the deaf rescue cat jumping on us...in bed! The cheek of this cat, honestly. Toby and Jess are just totally confused, this cat's not being nasty and he can't hear when my cats hiss or yowl at it, so they're a bit powerless. I honestly think this cat just wants to be friends, but Toby and Jess don't want a friend...they've got each other!!!

We've looked into those cat flaps with magnetic bits that only let your cats in, but then they have to wear neck collars and I don't think they would wear them. So if anyone has got any advice, I would very much appreciate tips on getting rid of unwanted cats...the thing is his family love him and only live next door, it's not as if its a bloody stray!

Anyway, no dount I'll update you on the cat diaries in a couple of days. Hope you're still having lots of fun, Worcester is very flooded and groggy and we miss you guys lots.

Kerry x

Hi Both,

Well, we got to Ireland, eventually. What happened was that I got out the email which told us what time we were flying at, but forgot that there had been a change in the flight schedule. They'd sent me another email, but I didn't find that one. So we went to the airport to get on the flight, and it had already gone! We booked again for the next day (at great expense) and then trudged off home. Still it all went without incident next day, and we're having a great time over at Uncle Jack's now. We're off to Galway for the weekend, so hopefully we'll catch up with some of Geri's cousins down there. Anyway, take care and we'll catch up with you again soon.

Lots of Love, Dad & Gig xxx

hey hey hey

glad ur havin fab time!!! so sory missed last call to say bye but here i am to talk to u now xx Hope ur not gettin too brown or spent all ur money yet??? weather here is s***!!! RAIN RAIN RAIN!!!! boo! anyway bianca will still b in oz when u arrive so if want meet her let me knw xx keep havin fun jet setters xxx

loads love lou xxxx

hi wes and gem

just typing a message under strict supervision of me dad who thinks we are thick on the computer!!!

nat's looking forward to hol on sat. she went to visit the hamster and she is fine, nan keeps buying it treats.

gran went down to see tim the other day, apparantly they are thinking of getting a bar and moving over to spain, costa del sol. coke has finally got rid of his cold and the vic nose stick!

bob's going to malvern for his weekend away with school. have bought him somw wellies as we are in the middle of loads of floods!

my bathroom is coming along nicely, will be like a hotel bathroom when you get back.

i saw tim at the car park yest and he said to say hello and that he text you to say happy b day and hope you got it.

glad you liked the book. thought you might be able to use the back of it like a journal.

nat will try and e mail you from javea. i will not! malvern is as far afield as i'll be for a while.

nat watched glastonbury on the telly and said you'll have to sort it out for next year.

right then better not take up any more room. speak soon. love you both. kirst and nat xxxxxxx

Hiya. I'm in the garage in germany, it's not going well but we have to be out of here by 1700 tomorrow, so there's a limit to how much grief we can get! Hope Noz znd Hel don't read the meat gag! Careful with those buckets. Dad xx

Nice to hear from you finally!! Thought you may have dropped out the blogging arena, leaving us pasty, rain soaked family members and friends to chat amongst ourselves!

Last night we had a stray cat arrive in our house - he had made himself extremely comfortable much to Jess and Tobs horror! I got Ian to chase it out the house shouting nasty things at it. I followed and started to shout too, when I noticed the neighbour looking over our fence. I realised it was his cat - its a deaf, rescue cat - how guilty did we feel! He apologised and said that the cat often adopts new families and that we may expereince it again, I'm trying to teach Toby and Jess to be strong and to guard their home - currently they just come running to me and cry!!

Worcester is extremely soggy at the moment, all we seem to have is rain, rain and some cloud!

Got a study day Wednesday - a day off work!!!! Having the Ikea furniture delivered for the conservatory, which we are very excited about.

Your travels sound so so so nice, I would love to be lay on one of those white sand beaches. Ian and I are looking at going down to Bath for a long weekend soon, not quite the same but it'll have to do!

Really good to hear from you both, take care

Kxxxxxxxxx

Hi you two. Hope you're well. How are the tans coming on? Thought you might have worked out how to upload an image on to this site by now.
Just wanted to fill you in on some of the goings on back home...
We had a chinese takeaway to celebrate your Birthday on Thursday (you 2 are probably fed up with asian cuisine, so we guessed you wouldn't mind that little tradition going ahead without you)
Last night (Fri) Gig and I went to the Worcester Warriors Players Awards night at Sixways, a black tie do. Good night, although I'm a bit fragile this morning. Hel ended up in hospital with some meat stuck in her throat, but she's on the mend!
I'm off down to the clip joint at 1 o'clock for a tidy up, then later we're off to an evening wedding function at the Bank House. Joe was round on Fri to demolish the outside lavvy, so there's just a pile of bricks and a patio with a toilet on it (anyone for a scenic dump?). The carrots and lettuces are ready for planting into the new veg patch by the garage, so they might be ready by the time you get back.
I'm off to Germany on Mon/Tue and then Gig and I are off to Uncle Jack's in Ballaghadereen on Wed for a week, so we might have to find an internet cafe for the next message. Rich and Sue we're telling us how nice Phi Phi is, although if Sue thinks it's an "eye-opener" God knows what you're in for!
Anyway, take care, and keep in touch, lots of love Dad and Gig xx

hi both,

just to let you know Hammy doing ok she's looking a bit fatter i'm trying not to overfeed her. She's following me round the kitchen in her ball now. Treated her to some more fruit sticks and some apple wood chews when I went shopping. Read all your messages. Glad your having such a great time lots of love. Bleep.

Hi,

At work and bored so thought I'd sneak a few seconds to message you both.

It's nearly friday thankfully, so looking foward to the weekend, not got much planned at the moment, bit of DIY to the house and some well deserved resting!

Phi Phi looks stunning, I'm so envious of you both. We've had so much rain here, it's not fun and I want some sunshine!

speak again soon

Kerryx