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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Yes, I know she looks cute...

Spirit of Radio
... but when she sits on that power button at 6am and presses the volume button with her paw, it's not quite so endearing.

I was woken up at the crack of dawn yesterday by Radio 2 blasting out of the kitchen stereo at maximum volume. I thought we were being burgled by Vanessa Feltz. Admittedly, if you'd told me my cat would be appearing on the radio, I'd have been quite excited, but this wasn't what I had in mind.

On the plus side, it meant that I had yesterday's blog post written by 8am, which is probably a record. Although not one I want to repeat. To be honest, my entire life seems to revolve around cats and babies at the moment. And you can't have one without the other. The moment you start a bit of baby-talk with Amelie, you're quickly de-railed by the Shimmy express train...


Not even the thought of dressing her brother in pink trousers can keep her mind on the matter in hand. Still, at least she kept to Cat Rule #1: No Chasing.

In the meantime, Lisa and I are still arguing about baby names. We've been through about fifty, and we still can't agree. Amelie's rooting for 'Olivia', in a kind of post-modern unisex way, and if things continue like this, she's got every chance of success. Lisa's current favourite is a four-letter word. As is my response to it. At this rate, we'll be following the Tarzan example, and calling him 'Boy'.

13 comments:

Jon the Bassist said...

What about Algernon. It means 'with a moustache'

Phil's Mum said...

It might have to be Oliver, after all.  I'm sure Lisa's Mum could get used to Oliver 1 and Oliver 2 when talking about her grand-children.  Glad to hear so much enthusiasm from Amelie about doing things to help with the baby!

Phil's Mum said...

I hope the baby won't be born with a moustache, Jon.  Amelie would think it was her job to shave him every day.

Phil said...

Jon, you shouldn't be spending your 50th birthday reading my blog. You should be out buying some Werther's Originals.

Phil's Mum said...

Happy Birthday, Jon!

Jon the Bassist said...

I've got a bit of time on my hands while i'm breaking in this new commode.

Jon the Bassist said...

Thanks Phils Mum.

Zed said...

When Ronan was little, I used to call him Thing.  It seemed to work quite well.

There are some quite interestingly named boys at our local high school at present, including Gable, Brer, Tyron (pron. Tyrant without the final T, which is how tyrant is pronounced hereabouts anyway), Miller and Cain.  Though that might be spelt Kane I suppose, now I look at it.

Phil said...

I think I prefer Thing to Gable. And Miller Gardner just sounds like a list of careers. But I appreciate the suggestions. It'll give Lisa a few more to cross out.

A Passer-by said...

According the 100 top baby names for boys in 2011, Oliver came out at No.1   
See: http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/naming/baby-names-2011/babycentre-top-boys-names-2011/     His friends would probably refer to him as Ollie G. - could be worse!   And you have to make sure his initials don't make an unfortunate word!

Phil's Dad said...

How true.  Your Mum's first two initial are S.R. and she got called "toothpaste" at school! - but you have to be of a certain age to remember SR Toothpaste.

Phil's Dad said...

What happened?!   I posted that last comment

Phil's Dad said...

How true.  Your Mum's first two initial are S.R. and she got called "toothpaste" at school! - but you have to be of a certain age to remember SR Toothpaste.