Monday 14 December 2009

A wonderful opportunity!

Join Wikaniko today!

If you like what we are doing, why not join in the fun yourself?

There are two ways that you can benefit from helping us in the quest to create a gentle revolution.
The thing to bear in mind is that we do everything honestly, ethically and legally. It is often too easy to get carried away on the thought of making ‘big’ money, or in a desire to get out of the money trap that some people find themselves in – often through no fault of their own. Yes, you can make extra income with Wikaniko. Yes, you can save money with Wikaniko. And yes, you could make a substantial income with Wikaniko. Our goal is to become the giant in the eco revolution, and we will only accomplish that by doing it properly from the beginning.

Let’s now explore the ways that Wikaniko can help you to both reduce your outgoings, and increase your incomings!
First of all, the simplest way is to become a Customer Member

Registration is FREE and you receive discounts and incentives etc from time to time on the products that you purchase. Furthermore, you can take part in the WiKanDoIt series, where you can get a weekly green task to carry out. This builds up week by week until you realise how well you are doing. 20 or 30 small unnoticeable changes built up over the weeks will add up to a massive improvement – especially for your wallet. There are rewards and incentives along the way too!
How To Become a Customer Member
Simply click on ‘Products’ on the menu bar. This takes you to the Shop, where you can purchase some wonderful products.

When you go to the checkout, you will be asked to register your details (in order that we can process payment and send you the products)
Simple.
Secondly, you can join as a Wikaniko Distributor.
(You cannot be a Customer Member and a distributor)

The Distributor opportunity is very simple to understand.

1) It costs £48 inc VAT.
2) You reduce your outgoings by buying the household products you normally buy, at wholesale instead of retail.
3) You help save the planet along the way.
4) You make an extra income by offering the products to others, to help them become greener
5) You build branches in other areas by introducing people to the opportunity, and you make an override on what they do, by helping them to build a great future for themselves.
6) You enjoy your life, free from financial worries, and at the same time have a true sense of purpose.

How great is that?

However, the only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary! So there is effort involved. There is work to do, and there is stuff to learn.
If you want to have a go, though, we’ll teach you along the way, using some of the best training ever created. You do the training in the comfort of your own home, and at your pace.
We don’t have fancy meetings, conventions or boring classroom style training involving travelling many long distances, increasing your carbon footprint, and taking time out of your precious day (which could be better spent spreading the word about the great products you offer) We teach you through online training and local Home Meetings.
We show you things that will accelerate your business growth in fun, non confrontational ways. We take your brain out, dust it off, pop it back in and fill you full of ideas that make you so excited about your future that you can’t sleep at night.
We show you the ‘12 Routes to Market’ – in other words, how and where to offer your products to get the best result.
We show you ways of attracting loads of distributors to your business – even if you don’t know anyone.
We put you with a Team Leader, who will also help you along the way.
We help you build either a regular, nice part time income, or the business of your dreams. You can have a rosy future – all you have to decide is what colour red to choose.
Who knows what you would be capable of, if only you had the chance? The hardest thing about Wikaniko is trying to say the name properly….
So join in the fun today, either as a Customer Member or a Distributor. (Don’t be concerned. We only want volunteers, not conscripts. So there’s never any pressure to do anything. We are so laid back, we’ve replaced our office chairs with couches…..)


Statutory Warning
It is illegal for a promoter or a participant in a trading scheme to persuade anyone to make a payment by promising benefits from getting others to join the scheme.

Do not be misled by claims that high earnings are easily achieved.

Sunday 13 December 2009

Vervain Laurelin

Nina's kittens are 14 weeks old today and are total hooligans - we get woken up between 5 and 6 every morning when all 6 of them realise that they're hungry,  but there's no food available so they decide to visit the litter trays instead.  Usually the one nearest to me :(

They are all now spoken for and I finally made my decision as to which of the chocolate torties to keep.  She will be named Vervain Laurelin, the name I was allowed to have back from GCCF when I lost Pebbles to a severe heart defect back in 2004.  Laurelin was the Golden Tree of Valinor,  poisoned and killed by Ungoliant, then watered by the tears of Nienna, thus enabling her to produce her final fruit,  which became the Sun.   Seems somehow appropriate...........


Wednesday 4 November 2009

What a relief!

I am just so glad I've finally taken the plunge today and resigned as Secretary of the Asian Group Cat Society - things were intolerable, with no communication whatsoever, and no feedback.
Hope they manage to find someone else to do the job!!

Such a shame, I've been a member of this club almost since it began in 1984, it is very sad to see how it has deteriorated over the last 10 years or so :(

Who knows what will happen now? Hopefully something positive..........


BTW kittens are all doing well and I only have the Bombay girl from the older litter still left to find a home!

Sunday 18 October 2009

Just when you think things can't get any worse.......

.....they do, big time :(((

Nina, mum to 6 super Burmese kittens, died last Sunday night. Post mortem showed that she had a perforated intestine, but why or how it happened remains a complete mystery. She was fine on Friday afternoon, dead by 11.30pm Sunday night. So quick and so very strange. Unbelievable. Yet another huge vet bill and yet another casket for the top of the kitchen cupboards - the 3rd in less than a year..............

The kittens are doing OK although they were very confused for several days, and none of the other girls wanted to take them on. However this weekend both Nutmeg and Cherry have been washing them and lying with them. Nutmeg is their great great grandmother and of course Cherry is their half sister.

The 6 orphan kittens


Cherry doing her bit


R.I.P Nina - Vervain Nienna - 6.2.07 - 12.10.09

Tuesday 6 October 2009

WIKANIKO


2 weeks ago I signed up as a distributor with Wikaniko (acronym for "we can eco"), a new UK company dedicated to providing eco friendly products and services. I came across the opportunity quite by chance, via HTMail (I usually delete everything I get from them as I only want the payment for reading their emails!)

Wikaniko started in September 2008 and is already growing rapidly - there are over 700 products available, many of them are things you'd buy regularly anyway, like cleaning products, bin bags, toiletries etc. All delivered to your door! There is also a range of organic makeup, lots of great Aloe Vera products and so much more besides. I can't see how anyone could fail to be impressed. The website also has an absolute plethora of useful information to help you "go green" and save money.

Visit www.greenandpleasant.biz

for further information and to buy products.

Kittens and Future Plans

Well, Molly has made a good recovery from her surgery - it's nice to see her looking a bit plumper, and running around again! 3 of her kittens are booked, but I have been let down by someone who was interested in the Bombay girl, persuaded me to send photos (by post!) and promised a deposit which has never arrived. I suspect it was a young girl who was somewhat optimistic that her parents would actually fork out for a pedigree kitten! So back to the drawing board on that one. Ticked Tabby boy is still available, too.

Nina's Burmese kittens are doing well and have been moved into the big pen in the kitchen today. They are looking very promising type-wise and I know I'll be tempted to keep one, probably a choc tortie, but the chocolate boy looks absolutely stunning!

My intention to import a Burmese boy next year is progressing well, and it's looking like he will also be chocolate, if all goes according to plan. I shall look forward to applying to register him with GCCF - can't wait to see what happens! As there are no US cats in his pedigree, other than the original UK imports, I can't see how any objections could be raised.

Will do another post abuot a very exciting business I have recently got involved with.

Wednesday 16 September 2009

Depressing thoughts

Well, Nina had her kittens on Sept. 6th - 6 babies, nice mix of colours. 2 choc torties, a lilac tortie, lilac girl, red boy and choc boy. All seem to be doing well so far. Must take some pics soon. That's the good news.

I've had no luck at all in selling Molly's Asian kittens, they are now over 10 weeks old and I've had just one enquiry which came to nothing. I can't afford to get them vaccinated, registered or neutered, but will somehow have to manage to do all these things fairly soon........

On top of the expense I had with Rusty last month, I am now facing another huge vet bill for Molly, who has had an intussusception necessitating emergency surgery on Monday afternoon. I'm expecting to be able to bring her home later today, but the bill is likely to be almost £500........

I am currently trying to find a job for the first time since 1992, but there's not going to be much chance at my age :(( especially when I have no skills other than in laboratory work and those are so out of date as to be useless.

Just to make things even worse, Andy Murray lost in the 4th round of the US Open and is back down to no. 3 after only 5 weeks or so at no. 2!!

Douglas goes off to Uni on Sunday so it's going to be very strange with no-one around for 90% of the time.

Tuesday 4 August 2009


I had to have Rusty put to sleep yesterday at 10.15am :(

He was 7 years, 1 week and 2 days old - I wanted him to live at least twice that long. He had been seen last Tuesday at the Queen's Veterinary Hospital (Cambridge University) where they diagnosed some sort of spinal tumour; we could not afford the MRI scan (approx. £1600) to determine the exact cause of him losing the use of his legs and in any case any surgery would have been extremely risky (not to mention expensive). Many thanks to Gordon my vet and Wendy the nurse for their kindness yesterday morning.

Rusty was my example to potential kitten owners of the joys of Burmese neuter boys. I have no reds or creams left, for the first time since 1988. Not a good situation.

In fact I now have "only" 13 cats (including Sophie the Asian kitten who I didn't really intend keeping) - I don't think I want to be left with that number for too long........

Teemu went to his new home last Friday, Theo went in May, Kimba earlier in July. Just one (Burmese) stud boy left now, for the moment (although Dexter is more than likely capable, but the only potential queen for him has never called - at the age of 14 months!)

Wednesday 1 July 2009

HOT, HOT, HOT

It is HOT!!!

and we have a Wimbledon semi-finalist - c'mon Andy!! (he shares my birthday)


first time since Tim Henman in 2002. Can he reach the final??

Thursday 18 June 2009

End of an era

Definitely past time for an update!

Douglas finished his last A level this morning (chemistry) so this means that I will never have to do another "school run", after 12 years :)

Well unless you count the drive to school in August to collect the results........

Cherry's kittens are all spoken for except for Sophie, who has now turned out to be silver, and may well end up as a Burmilla rather than a ticked tabby - if she does not find a home I might not be too bothered as she would be quite a good outcross for Dexter.

They will be going to their new homes over the next couple of weeks, I've got loads of toys etc on order from Ebay to go in their "kitten packs".

Eagerly anticipating next Monday, the start of Wimbledon 2009 and a real chance of a British winner for the first time since 1936!!


Monday 4 May 2009

very happy.......

......because Greg has mated his first girl since his arrival........ pity she's not one of mine, but at least he's shown what he can do (I am impressed - he is almost as quick as Elmo!)

Hoping that Nina will call again soon as I have high hopes for potential kittens from the two of them.

Sunday 3 May 2009

Back, finally....



I wish I could be bothered to keep this more up to date!

Quite a lot has happened since my last post - had a great weekend in Scotland over Easter for the show, weather was fantastic and hotel was lovely. Cats not bad either! Only downside was the horrendous journey up on Good Friday, taking 8 hours instead of the usual 6. With 2 cats in the car that wasn't much fun, although they were both very quiet - the stress was too much for me though!

Greg my new Burmese boy arrived at the end of March and is wonderful - couldn't wish for a better temperament in a stud. He does spray a lot though - despite his previous owner saying he didn't! He is certainly the worst sprayer of any boy I've owned.

Cherry's kittens are lovely - I'm really pleased with the type, just disappointed there are no silvers :( Hopefully the blue ticked tabby boy will be shown as a neuter, I think he is the pick of the litter. (bottom left in the pic above)

Tuesday 17 March 2009

Kittens 11 days old





I took some more pics of Cherry's kittens today :) I wish the mackerel pattern on the blue girl would show up in the photos but I can't even see it visually now - her tail is well ringed though!

Good match on Sunday BTW - well worth staying at home for......

Saturday 14 March 2009

Excited!

I went to see my new Burmese stud today - he is a 3 1/2 year old chocolate boy called Greg. I am really looking forward to bringing him home - he is a lovely strong, muscular, well balanced boy with a wonderful temperament and superb short coat. He should be a great match for my girls - can't wait to see his kittens. I took my camera then stupidly forgot to ask if I could take pictures! Never mind - all will be revealed soon enough and I'll put his pedigree on my website. It's a very nice pedigree with a mix of recent and older lines - a good outcross for my girls and not above the average inbreeding for UK Burmese.

Am not now going to the Asian BAC meeting tomorrow - so I won't miss the England / France match after all! Of course I may well be wishing that I had missed it by this time tomorrow.........
If England can keep 15 men on the field for the whole match that'd at least be an improvement. And thankfully we won't have the dreaded Kaplan refereeing (as he did the Ireland/Scotland match today!)

Cherry's kittens are a week old and seem to be doing well - all have at least doubled their birth weight and some have their eyes open. The blue Self girl has a ghost mackerel pattern - and it's a genuine mackerel with narrow stripes!!

Tuesday 10 March 2009

Gold Top?

I wondered if Cherry is producing it, her kittens have all put on approximately 20g today. All seem to be doing well so far - can't wait for their eyes to open so I can start to get an idea of the overall type. Will post more pics later in the week.

As I'll now be at home most of the weekend, I should hopefully get everything up to date with BAC paperwork and the Lincoln schedule - plus I'll also be able to watch the England/France match (I might regret saying that on Sunday)!!

Sunday 8 March 2009

If you shop online........

I have added a new link under "Sites to Visit" - take a look, it's a great way to earn a bit of money whenever you shop online. You get cashback if you visit your regular shopping sites via Greasy Palm, and if you shop online as much as I do, it soon mounts up!
You can then refer your friends and earn even more :)

Saturday 7 March 2009

Blog settings updated

Have been discovering a few things in Blogger today - you can now subscribe to this blog via RSS, and/or become a "Follower" if you so wish. I'll be publishing my show reports on here starting with my next show (Camcat) so if you'd like to be updated with new reports as soon as I upload them, subscribe to the RSS feed in google reader or alternative. (see RSS link on right hand side)

Kitten pics



Here's a couple of pics of Cherry and her kittens taken this afternoon. The blue Self certainly stands out :)) Typical - I should have got 50% silver and 50% full expression colour, I don't think there are any silvers and only the one full expression......... sometimes I wonder whether it's worth it!!



Cherry has her babies!

Good news - Cherry had her babies last night between 10.30pm & 1.30am.......... 5 kittens, 3 boys / 2 girls. Colours still to be decided once I get a look in decent daylight, but I know for sure that the last born is a striking blue Self girl - the first one ever for me!
Dad (Kimba) was with Cherry in the early stages of labour but beat a hasty retreat once things got a bit hectic............

Pics to follow later, I hope :)