Lists

1. It is raining today. (What I said to myself when I woke up.)

2. Il pleut aujourd'hui. (What I said to myself next.)

3. Es regnet heute. (ditto)

I wonder how long we can make this list from our knowledge of different languages!

1. Make 2 loaves.

I prove the dough in a warm oven.

Made and put in the freezer.

2. Tidy the kitchen.

Swept and wiped down, dishwasher put on and emptied.

3. Put a wash on and dry it.

Folded, put away and a few items ready to iron tomorrow.

4. Walk the cats.

This morning and this afternoon walk in the garden and a play inside.

5. Dust the dresser.

Grotty light, grotty pics today

It was very dusty!

6. Wax the dresser.

Not enjoyable as wax gets up my fingernails. Polishing is much more pleasurable.

7. Put items artistically back on the dresser.

Had fun arranging and re-arranging.

8. Make a cake.

Two fruit cakes made and one frozen. The other in the process of being eaten.

9. Take stuff to the CS.

Clothes and magazines.

10. Call in at the shop that's closing down to say thank you to the staff.

This high street supermarket closed its doors today with some staff taking voluntary redundancy. I've had a few bargains this week as items have been reduced and yesterday they gave me 3 large bunches of bananas. These have been eaten and some frozen (minus peel) for later use in smoothies or banana bread.

11. Buy cat food and cat treats.

I think their food bill surpasses ours. I also bought a cat toy for 'playtime'.

xx

PS 1. Pam, I left you a reply to your question about the paint.

2. Welcome to my new follower.

Rule, Britannia!

The garden table from the CB …

… has now been painted and a new top made by DH. (Boards were biscuit jointed and a circular saw and router used to make the circle and edges.) This video (6 minutes in) shows a table saw in action cutting a circle.

It looks much better now. The bench has had a makeover and I've just finished painting the other table base and the parasol base. They can just be seen in the first picture. The rectangular table needs another top making and then there will only be one more garden ornament to paint this year. The 'new' table is called a Britannia table. It is now our table of choice, at the moment, for the patio.

It's been another sunny, warm day here. The forecast was rain but not a drop fell. We can't rule the waves for Britannia today!

xx

PS Cat tree information.

We used 50 metres (about 50p a metre) of rope to cover two of the tree legs. (Screwfix)

The covering thin carpet cost £9.

The wood is re-cycled school library shelves.

The top basket was DD's cat basket and cost about £7.

The tubes were cardboard rolls from the carpet shop.

We used contact spray adhesive to stick the carpet and rope.

The labour was free.

:)

Pusscat pics

Here is the cat tree under construction. The cardboard tubes are from inside carpet rolls. The top is a plastic cat basket. The tubes were covered in very thin carpet from a carpet shop and rope - which we got from Screwfix. Homebase also sells rope but that was dearer.

Here it is finished and in use.

Hey - eyes open!

Whoops - eyes closing.

Eyes closed!

Night, night.

xx

PS - Guess how much rope was used on the 2 ropey tubes. The answer will be in the next post. :)

Questions

1. How is it that I have to clear my front garden of rubbish regularly?

Possible answers - 

a. You live in a rubbish dump.

b. You need to use your wheelie bin.

c. It blows in from the road, through and under the gate.

2. Why is there rubbish there in the first place?

Possible answers - 

a. You live in a rubbish dump.

b. People throw their rubbish onto the road instead of putting it in their pockets to take home.

c. It blows in from the road, through and under the gate.

3. What kind of rubbish is it?

Possible answers.

a. Sweetie wrappers and chocolate wrappers

b. Drinks cans, bottles and cigarette wrappers

c. Shopping receipts and shopping lists

d. Polystyrene bits, cellophane wrappers, plastic bags, string

e. Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all

4. Why do you clear the garden of rubbish if it keeps filling up again?

Possible answers - 

a. You're numb.

b. You know some people don't care but you do.

c. To keep the garden looking nice.

d. In the hope that one day people walking past will think twice about dropping their litter.

e. I live in hope.

5. What do you think of people who throw down litter in public places?

Possible answers - 

a. ****** *****!

b. *********!

c. ******!

d. ***** ***'* * **** ** ******** ****!

Thoughts

1. Oh I do like my 'bargain' new to me shoes.

I shall sit them on the dressing table and drool.

2. Aren't friends wonderful? A Traidcraft basket given to me - just because I like baskets.

3. I really shouldn't buy sweets - this jar was full yesterday!

4. At 5 foot 6 inches this will be the Rolls Royce of cat trees.

5. I've spent today tidying - it's surprising -

*how things move around rooms

*how dusty everything gets

*how much ironing we generate

*what's in the cupboards that I didn't know about (or have forgotten about - a trip to the CS is needed)

*how, whenever I sit down, a cat gets on my knee

6. Perhaps all the jobs that I've done today will count towards -

7. I think I shall list the blogs of new followers from now. Readers of this blog might like to go and visit, especially if they have the same interests. Hello new follower!

8. It's felt like Autumn today - I suppose it is now.

xx

It works

Here's the cat blanket in use.

Hey, it works...

and it's nearly the right colour!

xx

Here's ...

… the pusscat blanket for DD's new cat.

It's done in pusscat colours to match pusscat.

And here's babypuss. We are picking her up tonight.

I'm not sure whether she's a monkey, a pig or a cat!!! :)

Ahh!

xx