Word of the Week

Don't think I have forgotten about the new word of the week. 

polydactyl [pol-ee-dak-til]  
pol·y·dac·tyl   /ˌpɒliˈdæktɪl/ Show Spelled[pol-ee-dak-til] Show IPA

adjective Also, pol·y·dac·tyl·ous.

1. having many or several digits.

2. having more than the normal number of fingers or toes.

noun
3. a polydactyl animal.

Origin:


1860–65; < Greek polydáktylos.


And just for fun:  Some photos of polydactyl cats (since I am still going on about cats:)

Also check out this website:  The History of the Polydactyl Main Coon.

That's all for now folks...

Happy Weekend!!!!

A blog dedicated to cats...

I have always loved cats.  When I was little I used to save all the stray cats and take them home to the farm.  I am the person who brought the first two cats to Roodekraal (our beautiful farm's name) that started the *clowder of cats in our dairy (average between 20 to 40 cats - depending on the time of the year), that sometimes drive my dad insane:) Jip, that was me.

But I have discovered that I am not the most crazy cat person out there...When reading on one of the other blogs I follow: Miss Moss, I discovered a new blog that I like.  It is crazy, very random and in Japanese.  And the whole blog is dedicated to two cats.  I love it. 

Here is some pictures from the blog: 

Check it out for yourself at this blog.  The name is unpronouncable...But it is awesome!

*I googled what a group of cats is called.  It can also be called a cluster :)

DIY with the Van Zyl's

Yesterday we moved and we did it all by ourselves :)  (with this statement off course I mean without any parentals.  We had the help of two very strong guys and a maid that made the move a little less difficult)

What I can say about moving:  IT IS NOT EASY!

I went to bed half past 12, with my back in all sort of spasms, but with at least a presentable living area and a semi-usable kitchen.  We won't speak about the bedrooms yet:)

I also discovered (not that I didn't kind of know this before) that my husband is not the handyman type. When we had to eventually take the dish off the wall, we had the following conversation:

Jaco:  "I need you to go buy me a spanner at the hardware shop"
Me:  "Where's your spanner?"
Jaco:  "I don't have a spanner"
Me:  "What type of spanner do you need?"
Jaco:  "Something between the number 10 and 15.  Or maybe a multi-tool of some sort if they've got"
Me:  "Don't you think it will be better if you had a toolbox for these kind of things"
Jaco:  "I guess.  Maybe my wife will buy me a toolbox"
Me:  "Okay, I will"
Jaco:  "Can it please not be this Christmas,  I really want a DVD"

*  I really love my husband