Weekend of beginning of October

On Saturday morning Grant decided to weigh the cats.

I sure am glad this ain't the group leader at my weight loss club! He looks as though he eats anything and doesn't gain weight and also looks as though he doesn't allow anyone else to!

Ginger was first and clocked in at 4.4kg/9.68lbs. Not bad for a cat who was basically a stray until January this year. After he'd been weighed, he strolled back to his emty cookie bowl (Ginger doesn't hurry anywhere!) and sat waiting for me to fill it.

Shadow was next and weighs 4.2kg/9.24lb. Shadow has a healthy appetite but is a fussy eater. I'm sure he read on the kibbles box that they were made up of salmon, rice and carrots. He pointedly eats the reddish and brown cookies, (fish?) but leaves the green and whitish (vegetables?) ones on his plate! He also has the most suspicious nature ! He can often be seen creeping along the carpet looking like a bottle brush, staring at something he thinks shouldn't be there. After Grant took the scale back to the bathroom, Shadow checked under the sofa to see where it had gone.

 Now what happened to that strange object?

Then it was Ambrose's turn. He weighs a whopping 3kg/6.6lb.  

 Ambrose more interested in the world outside, that a silly thing like bodyweight!

Saturday, 1st October was my bloggerversary; I started blogging in 2008. In 2005, I met a young woman online via a Weigh Less website, when she asked my advice on nutrition and weight los. I was in West Africa and she lived in Tanzania, East Africa. Although she's my children's age, she and I became firm friends. 

When I returned to South Africa, she invited me to visit her blog and the bug bit me. She has since returned to South Africa and I now live in East Africa. Due to changed circumstances in her life, she has taken a rest from blogging. I met many of my blogger friends through her. She and I still keep in contact via the telephone and e-mails. 

I'm still very enthusiastic about my blog, post every day except when we're biking through South Africa and hope to be part of the bloggersphere for many years to come. Thanks to everyone who visits, follows and comments on my blog. You can read about my first post here.