Well, sad to report but Ginger is now in the great big fishbowl in the sky. Passed away this morning:O( No idea why. One minute Ging is ok, next Ging is floating away. We had the appropriate burial at sea (well, via the loo..I didn't think it appropriate to bury G in the garden..not with cats about...or to bury in the bin...eeeww!) with a few words said in Ging's memory. Fred will, no doubt, be molly coddled like no other goldfish on this earth...and so he should be.
Junior wanted to make soup tonight..so we did. Something nice about making meals together. And she is scoffing away as I type. All fresh, organic allotment goodies in it.
We are having a dvd night tonight...Freaky Friday - which is hilarious.... accompanied by M & M's 'cos the homemade trifle isn't ready yet:O( Tomorrow is visit Mother day...5 hour round trip...so we will be knackered come evening.
Tuesday, 17 July 2007
Monday, 16 July 2007
One of those days
Well, today I just didn't want to get out of bed! Call it apathy..or whatever...I'm still a bit fedup - for all sorts of reasons. Woke up in that frame of mind and am going to bed feeling much the same. Red tape is doing my head in. Officialdom and pettiness which seems to plague me in my poverty-stricken life!! lol. Would I feel any happier if I won a load of dosh on the lottery? Mmmm...now let me think!!! Having a "that time of the month" every three weeks definitely doesn't help either. Maybe I need to munch on a bag of nails to get my iron levels up!!
Anyway...I did get out of bed at an early hour. We did our usual pottering about and then visited the allotment to see if anything is left after this weekend's downpour. Well..yes....lots of weeds, too:O( So, we weeded and harvested some goodies for dinner (got our first batch of spinach!!) And Junior was busy trying to identify yet MORE weeds. We made tortilla/spanish omlette for dinner with our goodies and Junior said she could tell the ingredients we used were good and fresh:O)
Junior wrote a story, did some English related puzzles, some maths and this evening announced that she is going to read all her Garfield books! She even spent time looking at her dictionary. I've shown it her before but she's never really shown any interest or understood it. Anyway, now she likes and understands how to use it. Good job, 'cos she's eyeing up this huge crossword to do tomorrow. It's one of those win a prize ones, bless her.
So, during a quiet moment or two, I happened to stumble across this eco friendly blog and found, as you do, a long conversation about periods, washable material pads and mooncups!! So, I have downloaded the pattern for said material pads and am going to attempt to make some tomorrow!! This could be the start of my empire!! lol.
On the kitten front...Olive seems to have taken a shine to me....she purrs on command when I pick her up. Megan is just soooo laid back and loves Junior. Popeye is becoming more sociable and likes swinging from anything which happens to be hanging...like my dresses on the back of my bedroom door. They've managed to scale Junior's rattan wardrobe and Meg's made it to the back of the washing machine!! You could say that we have our hands full with these three:O)
Anyway...I did get out of bed at an early hour. We did our usual pottering about and then visited the allotment to see if anything is left after this weekend's downpour. Well..yes....lots of weeds, too:O( So, we weeded and harvested some goodies for dinner (got our first batch of spinach!!) And Junior was busy trying to identify yet MORE weeds. We made tortilla/spanish omlette for dinner with our goodies and Junior said she could tell the ingredients we used were good and fresh:O)
Junior wrote a story, did some English related puzzles, some maths and this evening announced that she is going to read all her Garfield books! She even spent time looking at her dictionary. I've shown it her before but she's never really shown any interest or understood it. Anyway, now she likes and understands how to use it. Good job, 'cos she's eyeing up this huge crossword to do tomorrow. It's one of those win a prize ones, bless her.
So, during a quiet moment or two, I happened to stumble across this eco friendly blog and found, as you do, a long conversation about periods, washable material pads and mooncups!! So, I have downloaded the pattern for said material pads and am going to attempt to make some tomorrow!! This could be the start of my empire!! lol.
On the kitten front...Olive seems to have taken a shine to me....she purrs on command when I pick her up. Megan is just soooo laid back and loves Junior. Popeye is becoming more sociable and likes swinging from anything which happens to be hanging...like my dresses on the back of my bedroom door. They've managed to scale Junior's rattan wardrobe and Meg's made it to the back of the washing machine!! You could say that we have our hands full with these three:O)
Saturday, 14 July 2007
And there's more!!
Meet Fred and Ginger...latest inmates to the Min household...courtesy of Junior who won them at our local carnival today. She had to get three darts into separate playing cards on this board and bingo! She is excruciatingly bad at darts. The girl felt so sorry for her when she kept missing that she let her have 12 goes to win the fish!! So, she won Fred. We took him home straight away to prevent any further stress, dug out my pyrex bowl and that's his home until such time I get into the garage for the real goldfish bowl. Then, upon returning she goes and wins another one ('cos Fred would be lonely on his own!!). Ok, I'm a sucker and I can just see my mate M rolling her eyes and thinking that I need help!! lol. So, we goes home via overpriced local shop for some overpriced goldfish food and F & G are now making their acquaintances in my pyrex bowl!! Junior did mention that we do have a 4 foot fish tank in the lounge, currently unoccupied, so no need to oik the ickle one out of the garage. Mmm..makes sense, but they'd probably get lost in that. "No problem" Junior goes on to explain that it'll be ok 'cos we can always get more fish to fill it!!!
Fred and Ginger meet in the Pyrex Cafe
It was a lovely day and nice to see the community get together with all the usual carnival stuff. I, as usual, spent ages oohing and aahing over some greyhound dogs that were there to promote awareness of the plight of ex-racing dogs needing homes. Well, don't look at me 'cos I don't think I could pack another animal in here. lol. The girl at the overpriced local shop is trying her damnest to ply me with some baby hamsters that she has due to an illicit meeting between her pets, but it's a bit of a no no really with all these mogs in the house.
Anyway, Junior enjoyed herself, as did I. There was alsorts for the kids (young and old:O)) and a brilliant craft corner where she made a huge willow butterfly...and darn good it is, even if I say so myself. We had the obligatory bag of chips and candy floss and waddled about eating those:O)
Junior enjoying herself
This slide was enormous.
Willow butterfly
Syd..caught red-handed digging up my clematis...arghh
Now then...wonder if I can get the hose pipe to the fish tank in the lounge? Only kidding!!
Fred and Ginger meet in the Pyrex Cafe
It was a lovely day and nice to see the community get together with all the usual carnival stuff. I, as usual, spent ages oohing and aahing over some greyhound dogs that were there to promote awareness of the plight of ex-racing dogs needing homes. Well, don't look at me 'cos I don't think I could pack another animal in here. lol. The girl at the overpriced local shop is trying her damnest to ply me with some baby hamsters that she has due to an illicit meeting between her pets, but it's a bit of a no no really with all these mogs in the house.
Anyway, Junior enjoyed herself, as did I. There was alsorts for the kids (young and old:O)) and a brilliant craft corner where she made a huge willow butterfly...and darn good it is, even if I say so myself. We had the obligatory bag of chips and candy floss and waddled about eating those:O)
Junior enjoying herself
This slide was enormous.
Willow butterfly
Syd..caught red-handed digging up my clematis...arghh
Now then...wonder if I can get the hose pipe to the fish tank in the lounge? Only kidding!!
Friday, 13 July 2007
One of those!
Had one of those moments today..you know..when you know you are doing the right thing. Home edding for us being the right thing.
Went to the local overpriced shop to purchase pet supplies and Junior bought herself some goodies out of her pocket money. Quite a few items as it happened, all with odd and different prices. She did the mental arithmetic and confidently handed over the correct monies. She's becoming a lot more independent when we're out shopping..with the calculations, etc. Our maths time seems to be paying off:O) She did some today, of her own accord and because she's not rushed, forced or tested has gained more interest and confidence. It may not seem much to some people but I know that she's turned yet another corner..stress-free:O)
Talking of stress-free....look at the life of Riley that this lot have!!
The little darlings, chilling...morning after the night before!!
Syd the Poser
The Big Cats
Chilling out in style!!
Went to the local overpriced shop to purchase pet supplies and Junior bought herself some goodies out of her pocket money. Quite a few items as it happened, all with odd and different prices. She did the mental arithmetic and confidently handed over the correct monies. She's becoming a lot more independent when we're out shopping..with the calculations, etc. Our maths time seems to be paying off:O) She did some today, of her own accord and because she's not rushed, forced or tested has gained more interest and confidence. It may not seem much to some people but I know that she's turned yet another corner..stress-free:O)
Talking of stress-free....look at the life of Riley that this lot have!!
The little darlings, chilling...morning after the night before!!
Syd the Poser
The Big Cats
Chilling out in style!!
Thursday, 12 July 2007
Kittens....hmphhhh
Next time you see some lovely, cuddly, cute little kittens...don't get sucked in with the "aawww" thing and take them home. 11.10pm and mine are bloody juvenile delinquents. Arghhhhhhhhh.... GO TO ****** SLEEP!!!
Megan and Olive behaving..popeye isn't!
Popeye is a little *****
A proper handfull...arghhhhhh, Just give me earplugs and an eyemask and lock me away!!!!
Megan and Olive behaving..popeye isn't!
Popeye is a little *****
A proper handfull...arghhhhhh, Just give me earplugs and an eyemask and lock me away!!!!
Twang
Junior has decided that she wants to learn how to play the guitar... She got put off playing the piano by patronising lea man and hasn't touched it since (long story). The descant recorder is a bit too sedate for her. Anyway, I'm so glad that she's got her musical mojo back.
The only geetar that we have in the house at the moment is MY guitar!!! She's been twanging away all week and, I have to admit, has made up a few pleasant little tunes. So, her uncle..who is a former successful pop band member of yesteryear, has been designated with the task of ensuring she gets her chords right. He's a gentle, patient bloke and she thinks that he's the bee's knees and just wonderful. (he's top of her Christmas card list at the moment, because he's the one responsible for bringing the kittens) He has a child size electric guitar at home which no doubt will land here at the next opportunity. (He is my brother, the one who brings us pressies and items that I woudn't necessarily buy for myself....like generators (so I can plug in my strimmer and sort out rainforest size grass on the allotment), huge speakers on wheels, 4ft fishtank, cat kennels, butchers block, wood, diy manuals, etc.) Maybe he thinks my house isn't cluttered enough, or it's too girly!! If I happen to mention that I'd quite like blah blah, then the next time I see him he more often than not oiks said item into the house:O) So, I have to be careful what I say...he is just too thoughtful:O)
Anyway, I know he too is glad that Junior has, at last, gone all musicial 'cos he just loves jammin (brings back memories of the good old days..lol) On leaving our house the other day he had a slight smirk on his face and muttered something about the fact that he could get her a drum kit, no problem....tomorrow, if I like? He knows where there's one going for free. No, no, no....get ME one instead!! Ha..... that'll wake up the neighbours in hill billy land!!
The only geetar that we have in the house at the moment is MY guitar!!! She's been twanging away all week and, I have to admit, has made up a few pleasant little tunes. So, her uncle..who is a former successful pop band member of yesteryear, has been designated with the task of ensuring she gets her chords right. He's a gentle, patient bloke and she thinks that he's the bee's knees and just wonderful. (he's top of her Christmas card list at the moment, because he's the one responsible for bringing the kittens) He has a child size electric guitar at home which no doubt will land here at the next opportunity. (He is my brother, the one who brings us pressies and items that I woudn't necessarily buy for myself....like generators (so I can plug in my strimmer and sort out rainforest size grass on the allotment), huge speakers on wheels, 4ft fishtank, cat kennels, butchers block, wood, diy manuals, etc.) Maybe he thinks my house isn't cluttered enough, or it's too girly!! If I happen to mention that I'd quite like blah blah, then the next time I see him he more often than not oiks said item into the house:O) So, I have to be careful what I say...he is just too thoughtful:O)
Anyway, I know he too is glad that Junior has, at last, gone all musicial 'cos he just loves jammin (brings back memories of the good old days..lol) On leaving our house the other day he had a slight smirk on his face and muttered something about the fact that he could get her a drum kit, no problem....tomorrow, if I like? He knows where there's one going for free. No, no, no....get ME one instead!! Ha..... that'll wake up the neighbours in hill billy land!!
Wednesday, 11 July 2007
Blog slow downs
I'm like most people (I hope) and read other blogs. Many subjects take my interest. But I've noticed that a few home ed blogs are on "go slow". I hope you people don't give up...... and carry on the good work... bloggng your life and home ed stuff. Not some, or many but ALL are inspirational in their own way. Please keep posting you lot:O)
xxx
Anyway, back at the ranch....Syd still thinks he's a dog and has taken a fancy to Cilla - who is NOT interested.. The kittens, meanwhile, are growing up so quickly. They're nightbirds and you can hear them whizzing and cantering about and playing late on at night. Their characters are emerging...Popeye is a typical boy -like..."leave me alone...I can do it", Olive is just nuts and is not scared of anything and Megan is the laidback "anything for a quiet life" lap cat. They nearly made it out of the kitchen door today - en masse. Good job I was with it and stopped them high tailing it!!
So, with kitties safely back inside, we made a sort of mushroom carbonara today for tea, Junior and I. Some recipe that she pinched from watching Ready Steady Cook today. Was very nice. Pity I had half a bar of Galaxy chocolate for pud. lol
xxx
Anyway, back at the ranch....Syd still thinks he's a dog and has taken a fancy to Cilla - who is NOT interested.. The kittens, meanwhile, are growing up so quickly. They're nightbirds and you can hear them whizzing and cantering about and playing late on at night. Their characters are emerging...Popeye is a typical boy -like..."leave me alone...I can do it", Olive is just nuts and is not scared of anything and Megan is the laidback "anything for a quiet life" lap cat. They nearly made it out of the kitchen door today - en masse. Good job I was with it and stopped them high tailing it!!
So, with kitties safely back inside, we made a sort of mushroom carbonara today for tea, Junior and I. Some recipe that she pinched from watching Ready Steady Cook today. Was very nice. Pity I had half a bar of Galaxy chocolate for pud. lol
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