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After doing well for a couple of weeks, Louis Catorze isn’t looking so good right now. We started tapering down his steroids to one a day on 1st November and to alternate days from 8th November. He was fine for that first week but, during the second, his itchiness and bald patches crept back. So…
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Our boiler has packed up. We’re not sure what’s gone wrong but our shower and taps run hot for two minutes, then cold for two minutes, then hot for two minutes, and so on. Not the end of the world compared to many people’s struggles right now but not especially helpful, either. When Cat Daddy…
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I have been spending some time researching new food for Louis Catorze. Some lines of investigation have proven to be, erm, less successful than others: I emailed one promising new brand to ask a question about their food and, to my astonishment, they replied telling me they loved Catorze’s blog. At the time I was…
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Our new Sofology sofa and matching footstool* are here. They were supposed to arrive between 12pm and 4pm last Tuesday, in pieces, but, naturellement, they arrived at 7pm, fully assembled, and the delivery people couldn’t get the sofa through the door. So they had to take it apart, bring it indoors and then reassemble it,…
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So Mercury Renegade (as Cat Daddy thought it was called) is over, and the white supremacist cult leader has been toppled. Not a bad week, and don’t we all deserve it after the cirque de merde that has been 2020 so far? Meanwhile, here at Le Château, it’s all about the monarchy and a certain…
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During half term I decided I’d finally had enough of terrible sleep (due in part to checking my phone clock multiple times through the night to see how many hours of sleep were left; don’t pretend you don’t do it yourselves). So I treated myself to one of those Lumie Bodyclock things that wake you…
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Full Moon Hallowe’en is over. And this time is the saddest of times, because we have a whole year to wait until the next Hallowe’en and NINETEEN YEARS until the next full moon one. But what a time was had. (And it’s just as well because, as from 5th November, the axe will be falling…
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The big day is finally upon us. And I am ignoring Cat Daddy’s suggestion of giving Louis Catorze an extra pill tonight “just for a treat”. Covid has done its utmost to destroy Hallowe’en but, here at Le Château we have A Plan. London moved into Covid Tier 2 a fortnight ago, which means no…
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Cat Daddy: “What were you ordering from Amazon at 7:30 this morning?” MERDE. I keep forgetting that the order notifications go through to his phone and not mine. Me: “Erm …” Him: “???” Me: “Erm … ahem … Hallowe’en costumes for [Puppy Mamma]’s dogs.” Him: “[Unrepeatable expletives]” Me: “…” Him: “Does she know that you’re…
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Today is National Black Cat Day (U.K.). Of all the cat colours, black ones are the least likely to be adopted, apparently for the following reasons: 1. Black is regarded as a boring colour compared to tabbies, gingers and suchlike. 2. Black cats are apparently less photogenic than other cats. 3. People associate them with…
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Louis Catorze’s course of eye ointment came to an end on Thursday. (It should have been Wednesday but I did an extra dose to make up for the night when we got drunk and forgot one.) Although administering it was horrible, towards the end of the course he’d even started coming for post-meds cuddles, although…
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When I started planning my blog posts for October, I decided that I’d like to write about my horror movie nights with Louis Catorze. This was supposed to be that very post. Sitting in the living room and watching horror movies together is something that we both find great fun. However, instead, it’s a post…
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The Wild Hunt, according to legend, is a cavalcade of spectral hunters, horses and hounds that glides through the sky. Any unwary folk who are out and about and who happen to catch sight of this spectacle are likely to be swept up by the spirits and carried away. Here at Le Château we have…
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Mixed news from Le Château today: we were supposed/hoping to have reduced Louis Catorze’s steroids by now but we have had to increase them instead, because the inner corners of his eyes don’t seem to be healing. And applying his ointment is every bit as frightful as you would imagine. The good news is that…
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