My Friend Made Me This Blog

Lookie At What I Got.

There was a mystery message on my answering machine. Someone with a really really good memory had remembered me saying that I loved this and if they were ever getting rid of it I would like first refusal.

And so for the cost of a few bottles of wine it was mine all mine. Once I had rung 2paw and she was able to remind me just what was going on! they remembered that I love it. I had forgotten it ever existed.

They brought it right over- but I havent read it yet.

But of course that is because it isn't actually for reading!!!!!

Yay. It is so cute....in a big, shiny,wooden, where the hell am I going to put it, kind of way!

Needless to say I had help at every stage of the re organising. Nothing could be moved unless a special check was made for kittens on, under, near, beside and in anything.

 

It has a drawer. It is great. It is full of crap now of course. It had been full of kitten, but once they had finished exploring I was able to empty 2 boxes and 3 baskets of pens and rulers and rubberbands and ...well lets just say sooooooooooooooooo much crap. I love it.

I only had to move the couch, chairs, 2 other tables, a walking machine , cat tunnels , cat toys, CD tower, stereo speakers and various bundles of stuff- knitting, sewing etc etc. to fit it in my living room. I don't think I had to move any of it more than 3 times !!! The kittens were very, very excited. Snuffling everything. Caramello ate all the ancient cat treats that turned up behind the couch and they loved the dust bunnies under the coffee table. They were totally exhausted by the time I finished, at 3am. As was I. Well that is one way to spend a Friday night.

 

So happy.

And all my Parent Teacher Interviews are finished.

Let the Games begin !!!!!!!! Feel free to join me in my dance of joy!

I might dance on my Marco Polo coffee table! Although maybe I should just dance around it...slightly safer when consuming celebratory duty free vodka!  

Have You Seen ??????

Yes...you probably have.

Either that - or you have a life.

But if not you should view the following sites...all run by the same crew who bring us http://icanhascheezburger.com/  which I am compelled to view every day.

http://ihasahotdog.com/ Yep have to see this every day too.

http://graphjam.com/ This one is newer to me but is now on the daily list.

These 3 sites have a differing number of pages to be viewed but I am all up to date with them.

Now there are more and I have a back catalogue with which to while away the hours....well once PT Week is over.

http://totallylookslike.com/  -this one is funny even when you don't know who the people are!

http://failblog.org/  This one can make you feel quite smart because some people out there are really VERY STUPID !!!! No , I hadn't just noticed.

And For My Next Trick!

Reports are finished.

Finished, checked by the SS and I have completed my corrections.

So , once I complete 26 Parent/Teacher interviews next week, this phase of the year is over. THANKGOODNESS.

I still can't access the reporting process online from home so there have been a few late nights at school already. But not to worry. I should be home by 9pm next Monday. Can you spell "unpaid overtime" ?

It is amazing how shiny and good a lot of my kids are being this week. I can't imagine what has come over them.

There will be no photos on this blog. I have lots on my camera but the batteries are flat and apparently I am incapable of switching on the recharger. But the dust buster is all charged up....not as handy for blogging though.

I am not participating in the excitement that is the Tour De France so you are being spared badly typed things in bad french. See 2paw if that is what you require!

You are going to be told how Origin Gas is totally bloody useless....but maybe you already know this?!?!? I was talking away happily on the phone late last week when I noticed the dropping temp and the lack of whoosing noise. I just assumed a helpful kitten had jumped on the remote and turned it off but nope! I went outside with my trusty torch and sure enough ....no frigging gas. Apparently ringing up in May and getting assurance that I was on the delivery schedule didn't mean I was on a delivery schedule. How stupid am I???

Went to bed and ran the electric blanket on 3 with a little fan heater to take the edge off the cold. Kittens were less than impressed I can tell you. I phoned the useless bastards ....it took all my recess to sort it out too. They owe me gas and a recess. Yep....sure enough , my phone call in May had gained me precisely ONE delivery. The guy on the phone at least was (sounding) apologetic and accepting that it was their stuff up. Cold comfort really. He even managed to muster up a sheepish tone when he saw that my account was $570 in credit. Yes...they have my money and that wasn't enough incentive to actually deliver any product. Obviously there was not going to be the $80 emergency call out charge. Can you imagine what would have happened if he had tried to charge me that??????? There had been a delivery (just as bloody well) by the time I got home and he had left a message on my machine hoping all was fixed up and that I was warm. If there was any option to change I really would change supplier not the system. I love my gas heating .

On a lighter note....have you seen Mamma Mia?

Do you need a really good laugh?

Go see it. Wait for the bit where...no. I wont say. Just go. It is worth every penny. I have seen it twice and I think it was even funnier the second time. I laughed so much I cried. And that was at bits that weren't meant to be funny!!!!!. Absolutely hysterical. Even if you don't like ABBA. Go and see this movie!

Check list.

Daggy track suit bottoms- check

Slippers -check

Panadol - check

Kittens to help- check

Heating on- check

Chips, McCains meals and wine - check

Sorry , correction that should read...Healthy fruit and vegetables and cool untainted water - check

Work samples/ testing and observation notes- check

Laptop -check

Internet connection- check ( and recheck and reconnect and check)

Ready to write reports- nooooooooooooooooooooooo I don't want to.

You know how that was what I was supposed to be doing last time I blogged. Well I'm still not really any further forward. I have beeen saying all week how I do my best work under pressure...well these reports are going to be bloody brilliant then...because they are due in on Tuesday.

Wine- check

TV-  check

Knitting- check ...althought I slightly nearly cut my finger off on Tuesday so knitting isn't on the "avoiding the reports " list at the moment.

Sigh.

Thanking You for Waiting ...Your Blog Visit Is Important To Us.

Sorry folks. Been a bit busy. My brother was home from over seas for a week. He left on Saturday taking Dad with him. ( picture me doing the happy dance of triumph and freedom)

A quick run down of events

Cooked proper tea twice.

Out to dinner once at the Jail House Grill and once to Pickled Evenings.

Had a birthday. I am old.

Read these in the last week or so. Please excuse the totally low brow nature of my reading material...or alternatively....GET LOST YOU LITERARY SNOBS! You know if I had wanted this photo to have a furry border to it NOTHING would have convinced the kitten to stand right there!!!!!

Knitted this so far. Black wool with coloured bits in it. Bought on sale.

It is for meeeeeeeeee !

Bought this mystery object. Had to take bits out of the box because it was too heavy to carry in by myself. I was still shutting the door behind me after dumping it on the floor and BOTH kittens were investigating.

Am writing reports. Am getting ready for parent teacher. Obviously not right at this very minute. I should be doing both of those things but as you can see I am in Blog Land avoiding the professional tasks. Am also constructing the mystery object with the help of the Fluffy Girls while I wait for pictures to upload on the blog. Lets face it...I write reports better under pressure....which is where I'm going be pretty soon!

Better go be responsible...sigh. Or drink wine. Wanna take bets?????

And Then There Were......Fewer

I accidentally bought this material the other day and I took pictures and put them in a folder...some where on my computer....they are now lost. And now that isn't all that is lost. I was retaking the pictures of the buttons I also accidentally bought when Caramello decided she had to be part of whatever was going on.

She was so cute...playing with the buttons, patting the buttons, rolling in them, picking them up in her mouth and dropping them over the edge of the table to watch them fall, picking them up in her mouth and ...and ...no button. Picking another one...going to the edge of the table... and.. and ...AND FINALLY I CAUGHT ON. She was swallowing them. Only the little ones. The one in the picture wasn't swallowed. I didn't realise that cats were the natural enemy of buttons. Or that Esmes sold such tasty samples.

$53 worth of material and buttons...minus 2 little red hearts. Not very pointy ones...I hope her digestive system can cope. Since the ones she ate are smaller than the dry cat food she loves and swallows whole I am not tooooooo worried. Brat.

Obviously all is still fine right now...this pic was taken a couple of hours after her "meal" and as I type she and her sister are playing rowdy wrestling games.

And ...NO....I am not going to try to reclaim the buttons at the other end.

In The Interest Of Fairness

2paw has been counting and she feels the Cleo hasn't been getting her fair share of blog time.

So here is a look at how to live the life of the Big Kitten

Stage 1

Sleep. Sleep where ever you like, on the bed, couch, spare room, stairs, cat scratching post, on hooman. Sleep and sleep some more.

 

 

Stage 2

Clean. Clean every bit of you…..a lot. Several times.  Be more twisty than Nadia Comaneci, cleaner than if you were submerged in domestos , smoother than satin and smelling like roses…or more accurately…smelling like cat spit.

 

 

 

 

Stage 3

Repeat Stage 1and 2

 

Stage 4

Keep warm. Wait till the heating is put on then crawl under the curtain and funnel the heat onto your self ( and up the window thereby increasing the cost of home heating by 17% ) Lie in the stream of hot air , roll about and move off the vent when you get too hot but make sure the curtain remains on the outside of the heat.

 

Stage 5

Repeat Stages 1 and 2

 

Stage 6

Eat. Maybe. A mouthful or 2. Look at the other food. When Caramello comes to eat frantically eat 3 more mouthfuls then remember you don’t really care that much and stop eating. Look reproachfully at the person responsible for providing the food. Stalk away. ( Small pic...hooman is playin wiv settins)

 

 

Repeat Stages 1 and 2

 

Stage 7

Fight. Wrestle. Hiss. Supervise. Track. Pounce. Watch. Yowl…..on, at  and with Caramello.

 

Stage 8

Do something slightly naughty. But stop when told to because you are a good girl. Not like your sister.

 

 

Stage 9

Go out in the Cateau and supervise the birds, leaves, wind, neighbourhood cats, city etc.

 

Stage 10

Repeat any of the above stages where and when you like and in the order you want.

And that's how you live like Cleopatra !

Blogging Disaster

I wrote a lovely little blog, inserted 5 pictures...all taking 8 mins each to up load, checked the spelling , pressed save and typepad ate my blog. I will spare you the swearing.

Instead if you have time and need something to fill it up go here. I am working my way through all the graphs. I must say that maths oriented though this site is , I am loving it!  Vastly amusing.

Geek rating increased by 33%.

Picture of sleeping princess. This is her not doing something naughty. Yes she is squished up nearly sleeping on her head.

Languishing...not.

I languish less. I am off all the flu drugs and feeling better. What a waste of a holiday week though.

I shouldn't complain....Caramello has been to the vet for her operation and she was all very cheery for the first 2 days but it is all catching up with her today.

The pain medication she was given at the vets was excellent but unfortunately she is such a leapy naughty kitty that there was little chance to keep her calm. I tried shutting her in the spare room but she just climbed the bookcase, attacked the beads and dug in the book pile she made. The only time she was quiet was if I lay in bed and she could lie on me and be patted . Oh the sacrifices one makes for the cute and fluffy ones in our lives.

Today she is a bit limpy and scruffy and Cleo has had to be put outside because she is picking fights and stalking the wounded member of the pride. Caramello has also been microchipped and has the first and only tarty tattoo she will be allowed to get!

Next post......winding wool into a ball from a skein.....with help from someone with paws.

Do You Ever Get The Feeling......

......that you are being watched?

I didn't realise that my knitting style was so interesting! She was sitting on the ledge above me for ages not moving a muscle just watching.  And then of course she leapt on me and spoilted the peace and calm but at least it stopped the creepy Snoopy Vulture /The Shining kind of effect!