Grumpy

Hot weather!!

Brings out the old grumpy in me....and Junior!!

So, to avoid headaches, we stay indoors until Ray has gone down:o)  

Then, we sit outside with Luna.  (I remember the names from Bear in the Big Blue House):o))   The stuff we used to watch!!  lol 

Ahhhh!!!   Cool breeze,  Loverley:o)  Peaceful.....   Only to end up back inside after ten minutes.

Bloody mosquitoes and midges!!!!

Roll on Autumn:o)

People of the same ilk

We are going to be mobile soon !!

Brother has found a little car, suitable for arthriticky moi and trendy enough for Junior:o)  And....it's a nice colour!  lol   So, we should soon be winging our way here, there and everywhere:o)

The mogs are fed up.  Busting a gut to get out into the fresh air.   This enforced imprisonment is getting them down..and me.  Junior is absolutely peed off with the cat haters of the world.  She doesn't hate anyone, just hates nastiness.   Anyway, a new cat enclosure should be up and working soon, so they, the mogs, can sit,  sunbathe and climb the greenery and do feline things (apart from killing birds) safe from the cat haters round here.  The lovely local cat rescue volunteers have given me some tips and moral support.   Have put our names down as volunteers.   I was beginning to feel a little isolated, not knowing anyone around here of the same ilk, if you get my meaning, but I feel much better now....and so does Junior.   We have, finally, met like-minded people.   The cats at the local rescue centre made a beeline for Junior when we had a look at their garden enclosure....which was absolutely lovely.    The lady who runs it is...what can I say.....fantastic...and the cats are so well looked after.  She says that nobody wants black or black and white cats. There were plenty there and all absolutely lovely natured.  

Camera batteries need charging up, otherwise I would put photos up.  Slaps wrist!!!

Hope everyone is ok.

Little So and Sos

Oh, my cats are causing havoc!

Came home tonight to find a neighbour, with apron on and younger than moi, at my gate.

Apparently, my mogs have taken a liking to her garden and have been PARTAYING in her annuals!!!!!

Sigh.......

Little sods are now behind lock and key and giving me THE LOOK.  

Let me out....perleeeeese!!!

Arghhhhh!

Poor Mog

The cat is missing Mother:o(

He paces around, miaowing and crying.  'Tis awful to witness.

Junior does her best to molly coddle and gee him up!!  She loves the cat as much as her grandmother does.  He is nothing special to look at.  Just an ordinary mog (bit large, though).  J is now asleep.  I type here and cat jumps up and cries at my keyboard.

I could cry, too.

Parent and Animal Rights

Mother has moved.

New place is lovely.. three times the size of previous place, but still she manages to fill it with boxes and bags of stuff!!  All precious:o)))

Junior and I are pooped.  Days of ferrying to and fro of all her stuff...and having to cope with Mother's emotions..which are a bit fragile at the mo.   They, naturally, affect us too.

You see, she can't have pets at this place.  So, her cat is now living with us, even though he's an indoor mog.  Mother feels guilty and all that, seeing that 'he' adopted 'her' eight years ago, so he's getting on a bit.  But, she had to move for her health.  Council didn't give a stuff when she asked for a one bed place over and over again and they told her she could carry on living in a bedsit, even at 80 and to thank her lucky stars that she had a roof over her head!!   Some way to treat the elderly!!   Mother has been crying her eyes out non stop.    She says she can't get used to not having 'someone' there,  to talk to.  Tv and radio are not enough!  He was someone to hug and hold:o)))  Suffice it to say, I do not have a high opinion of that council at the moment.  They absolutely stink!!   

Anyway, Junior has taken over the mantle of 'New Owner'  Mother is paying her!!   lol.  So, she is spoiling 'new cat' rotten:o).  Trouble is, resident cats have sniffed out tuna and red salmon that Mother has provided for pampered cat.  They are not putting up with their usual 'up market' dried complete food and are demanding equal rights!!   lol   Mother's cat is residing in the kitchen for the mo and we are picking the right moment for introductions!!  But I can't help thinking that he would be completely harmless in Mother's new place, being an indoor type and very quiet.  It's such a shame.   Wish I could win the Lottery or something and make it right for her.

If I ever get to be God, I will ban all this unnecessary crap and rudeness and sack all nasty council officials!!

Rant over.

Not nice to witness your elderly parent crying nonstop.  It sucks big time.  Not right.

Bad Kitty

I had visions of making lots of bits...jewellery bits from Fimo.  Alas, Junior has other ideas and is currently designing AND making her own collection:o)  She has, of course, commandered all bits of Fimo in the house!!  lol  All moulding and cutting implements are courtesy of my redundant sugar craft equipment:o)

I shall just have to resort to making blinds for the garden room....a long delayed project because of arthriticky joints.    It tends to piss you off when you can't thread a needle, let alone put needle in desired spot!!   And, I have so wanted of late to stick a needle in certain places!! 

Meanwhile, Mr 'laid back' Ringo is SO in the bad books.    Came back with bird (feathered type)  firmly clamped in jaws.  Ack!!  This is the second in a week, so he's under house arrest for a while...until baby birdies are definitely out of the nests.  They would have to live in our hedges, wouldn't they!!  First one was a wren, this one was a black bird.  I so hate mogs for this.  

Bad Ringo.  Note.  Hideous curtains have been removed.  This is the bedroom where wallpaper 'self peeled'.  lol

Son No 2 doesn't want us to stay here. Wants us to be nearer to him and his family. Me thinks he's being protective in part. All this arthriticky stuff worries him as it is just not 'Mum'. Aaaahhh:o) He's a good lad. Tough nut, soft centre sorta guy. Let down at school, perceived as a trouble maker.  There was a time when friends always came first. Not surprising since his birth family let him down and he ended up in care. He lost trust in adults close to him. Now that he has a family of his own he gets the family bond thing and doesn't blame me for his crap start in life.   It was never a piece of cake, this adoption stuff.  Amazing what love can do, though:o))  He'd do anything for his child.

We made a lovely chilli veggie stew the other day.  Served with pestoed pasta.  Sounds vile, I know, but it was actually very nice.  This I managed to photograph before we scoffed it:o)

Junior is a big fan of pesto sauce.  Pasta with pesto is her fave meal.  We're growing lots of herbs, basil being one and shall endeavour to make our own sauce asap.   Wonder how long it keeps in the fridge?

We've been putting up posters and piccies. Home ed and art stuff. They've been rolled up for ages since the move and so were resistant to change! lol We got them up in the end...thanks to two rolls of sellotape! lol  She actually showed an interest in the Periodic Table today.   Memorised a couple of symbols.  No pushing there:o)

Have to go.  Baking Fimo time!  

Rant

Sorry about this.

I absolutely and totally hate politics.  Yuk.  There seem to be too many bullying slime balls in office who have, unfortunately, managed to climb up the ladder of power!!  Some seem to have acquired selective hearing when it comes to what people want.  Worse still, people have become apathetic about it. 

More about the Badman stuff.   Read  this.

Poor bloke is feeling a tad picked on.   Bless   Might be because of this

Suppose that's what you get for producing a shoddy piece of work, the contents of which tars our home edding community quite badly.. like we're child abusers.  A set up.  "Write a report but it must include tosh like this, this and this, blah, blah.   Autonomous home education, particularly, is under threat and we're boiling mad about the slurs and untruths and dodgy figures.   Home edders are fighting back.  Sick of all the lies and sick of all the bullying from the overbearing and controlling powers that be. 

Home edding isn't a doddle.  There is no financial help for one thing but I'd rather have a happy home edded child  than the miserable, incontenent schooled one who barely ate or slept.  I know people who send their kids to school.   That's their choice.  Everyone is different and if it works for them and suits their philosophy then all well and good.  As a parent you do what's best for your kids.and home edding is right for us.  It is legal but I find that lots of people are unaware that it's a valid choice.   Then there's the overbearing LEAs that some home edders have to deal with...

Anyway, people should be made aware of what dodgy tactics and spin are being used against our community and how our enquiries.... as to where they get their figures from, have been and are being fobbed off by the DCSF and the like.  It is all very dodgy and, quite frankly, it stinks!!! 

If we lose this freedom, then others will go too and so not just home edders will be affected.  

This, this and this   Home edders who are decent people doing their best to sort these bad guys out.