I received my gift a few weeks ago now but real life has gotten in the way unfortunately of my posting up until now. I received four sponge balls for mine and my girlfriends two lovely kittens. I was dubious and sceptical at first, I threw the balls one after the other for them to chase, they looked at me like I was a numpty, sniffed at one then resoundingly ignored them.

Then the next night I heard them chasing up and down all the stairs into the attic, into the bedroom and then downstairs. I was wondering what of earth was going on. But being asleep I didn't think much of it. The next morning I awoke to find a ball next to my side of the bed. I was sure I'd left them all downstairs so to find one up here was a bit of a surprise.

Moving on a few days I saw the cats running around downstairs I presumed just chasing each other as they usually do. Out of the corner of my eye however, I saw a flash of green which I presumed must have been a ball. My suspicions were confirmed a few minutes after when I heard a plop-plop-plop of the ball bouncing down the stairs and then saw it come to rest by the mirror on the floor in the stairwell.

Spice who is very timid was padding around the living room yesterday with the green ball (her favourite I suspect) in her mouth. It was quite possibly the cutest thing we've ever seen her do. I tried to get a photo but by the time my hand reached my phone, she was gone - lick a shot - back upstairs to her hidey place with her favourite toy.

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Then last Friday we came home to find another gift had arrived for me. My girlfriend was pissed off because she assumed I had spent more (of her) money on liquid for my e-cigarette but I knew that wasn't the case (I've ordered that to my house, not hers!). On Saturday, I woke us up at 0130 BST and drove us the 80km or so to the coast after taking lots of warm clothes with us. We sat and watched the sun rise on the summer solstice before driving back and collecting my other gift on the way home. In addition to the cat balls I also received a science flavoured mug which is awesome because, would you believe it I am a scientist!

I don't have a picture of that either but here is a lovely picture of the sunrise over Saltwick Bay near Whitby in North Yorkshire.