October 2008
37 posts
Getting Kittens to the UK
1. Get cats robofied (microchipped)
2. Cats get rabies vaccine (again)
3. Cats get rabies teitur (take blood to test for vaccine) 6 months before flight
4. Buy airline approved carriers for each cat and let them “get used to it”
5. Cats go to vet again, after six month waiting period, to get a check up.
6. Vet (USDA certified only) gives cats health certificates
7. Take...
“The Barkantine Centre
located in the Isle of Dogs”
– This is one of the hospital centres in our area. It’s so appropriately named.
Check out a few pics of our new place! →
Awesome from Sesame Street →
Our friend Matt did the animation for this—I want his job (and I really miss watching Sesame Street—it’s so hip now). Update: Be sure you link to “Forward and Backward” too. It’s too great.
Come visit us....we have a new flat! →
We just found out today that we got the flat that we wanted. Hooray! Now you’ll know where to visit—just click on the link to see.
So I’m reading a book called The Brain That Changes Itself (Norman Doidge, M.D.) and it’s amazing! I was so inspired that I got my friend Mason (who’d recommended the book) to suggest some brain exercise websites. Just did day one on Lumosity (http://www.lumosity.com/) and it was really fun. Try it out!
So awesome.... →
Much thanks to my friend Ashley for introducing me to this blog that really provides endless laughs. When cakes go really, really wrong. This post is about how to spell congratulations. If you get time, check out all the animal cakes that have gone wrong….
"Like the vans, the handhelds are designed to be... →
Wow—the UK has clearly put a lot of time and effort into this important technology. Oh….wait, this is ALL to catch you if you are watching TV in your home without a TV License. Click this link and read their exciting press release to find out more!
Passing Out
Apparently people like to pass out around me. After helping the diabetic who went into shock yesterday, I got to see a woman have a seizure on the tube tonight. I don’t dare ask what’s next. Maybe I ought to stay in tomorrow…
First Trip
We just booked two round trip tickets flying RyanAir for a long weekend in Parma, Bologna and Florence (Italy). And the grand total…..$161 (oh yeah, that’s $80 roundtrip flights for each of us). These are the things that will make gray days like these worth it!
Hands Across the World
A young British guy, an older Muslim woman, and I (the American girl) helped out a New Zealand guy who had gone into diabetic shock and, I believe, was having a seizure when we came across him. With the help of Coca-Cola, Mars bars and orange juice, he recovered and was able to go home. Actually a pretty cool experience—nice to see that everyone who walked past stopped to help and show...
