Jasmine at Christmas

A few weeks ago the number of felines in our house doubled. My father-in-law, downsizing his house, decided to get rid of his 2 cats. He was never the cat lover, and he wasn’t really dedicating the time to them that they needed. So, Jasmine, the friendly on the pair, came to live with us. Unfortunately, she didn’t get on with Molly, our existing house cat.

So, we spent New Year with my sister-in-law’s family, and they agreed to take Jasmine. We bundled her into her cage yesterday and took her along. She’s been acting very timid but will soon come out of her shell. They have a big house and a big garden, no other cats, and 4 children who will all love to stroke her. In time she’ll be in her absolute element.

Happy New Year to you all!

I’d apologise for my quietness over the Christmas period, but I’ve spent the time with the family, computer barely on and that’s not something I’ll apologise for

One thing I did get a chance to do is to start the swap over of my broadband service. For a couple of years I’ve been with Zen Internet and they’ve provided an excellent service. However, at £24.99, sorry, £24.46 (must remember those important VAT changes!) it’s a little expensive. After some research I’ve settled on O2 Broadband. As a phone customer they can provide me with a 6 meg product (it’s around 2-3 meg at Zen) for £7.34 a month. No, that’s not a misprint.

Time will tell how fast and reliable the service is. However, I received a wireless router the very next day and I should be connected sometime next week. Getting connected with my existing Netgear modem, however, may be a little more tricky – they pre-set the modem they send to automatically retrieve settings, etc, to make the set-up as painless as possible. But that means a little more work for me. I could, of course, use their modem and, indeed, I may do (I feel some wireless signal strength testing coming on!).

I’ll let you know how it goes.