The last two years we had extremely low key New Year’s Eve celebrations. In 2016, it was because we both had terrible colds. This was actually a bit liberating, as it meant we already had one NYE under our belts…
A Year of Memrise: Guarani, Hungarian and Romanian
I made a new year’s resolution to do 5 minutes a day of three different courses on Memrise, a mostly free language learning site where you can create your own courses or take other people’s. Long time readers may already…
The Kittens at 3 Months / A HiJenx Christmas
When we first got the kittens, I did weekly updates for the first month. Due to the business of the holiday season and in order to not overdo it, I’ve decided to go for monthly updates in the future. They…
The Kittens at Week 12
After nearly a month with us, the kittens were both getting much more adventurous. In particular, Zosia is madly obsessed with getting into the office or bedroom. Sometimes she will even sit by the bedroom this time, door, meowing when…
Lego Apartment
For a long time, I have wanted to create my own Lego set, so I decided to build a model of our Stone Oaks apartment. Here is the video: From start to finish took several month and many purchases on…
The Kittens at Week 11
In our third week with the kittens, they both seemed very comfortable. Their comfort led them to want to go exploring more, which led to further cat proofing. So many people we’ve talked to seemed to think cat proofing was…
The Kittens at Week 10
We were finally able to tell who was who consistently by the end of our second week with the kittens. Towards the start, it was mainly behavior based. Kasia was much more interested in people, while Zosia didn’t want to…
The Kittens at 9 Weeks
When we got the kittens, we were told they were 9 weeks old. We don’t know their exact birthday. I think they did very well for their first week in a new place. I believe they were fostered before we…
MeowJenx: The Kittens Arrive
On October 25th, Chris and I decided to attempt to take the Humane Society up on their offer of no fee felines. We called ahead to ask how early to be there and the woman on the phone said 30 minutes…
HiJenx Halloween: Hurts Donuts and LEGO 40260
As we just got kittens (video coming very soon), we didn’t make a lot of big Halloween plans. More than that, last year, we got zero trick-or-treaters, and even if we did have the potential for some this year, we’re…