Happy birthday, Rose!

In the morning I sneaked out again, to get some groceries. Ziva happened to be inside as well, at the time – she was not too pleased! Romeo and Snoopy were stretched along my path – and also not too happy about the door to their freebie restaurant being closed.

I just got some bread, meat, milk and some chocolate for Rose! Well, okay, so I got one for myself as well. But you won’t believe how easy it is to walk past the chocolates now when I have Choc Oats Delight biscuits waiting for me at home!

After unpacking everything, I treated myself to one – and Lady Jane was quite excitedly sniffing my face, wondering where that delicious smell is coming from! He He He! I also heard Rose – now, with her silent new gate, I never hear her coming or going anymore! So I grabbed my flute (or recorder, as I believe it’s called) and played ‘Happy birthday’ coming down the stairs! She was quite puzzled at first, wondering about the strange sound. It didn’t help that I couldn’t find the right notes on the last bit.

I spent some time online, and then followed the invitation to tea and coffee! What a lovely afternoon – and mostly Mip-free! Lady Jane kept wandering in, investigating, and looking around. Mewthos went upstairs to sulk, though. I had lovely, lovely cake – several slices, as a matter of fact. And some delicious scones! I even got a slice of cake to take home – better keep that in the fridge, or some Mip will find and nibble on it!

Back upstairs, it was getting dark and Lady Jane decided to have another go at ‘naughty’ again. I shut Mewthos in the bedroom and went after her, but she wouldn’t come – and it’s not fair to punish Mewthos for being good. So I let him out and shut the door. I didn’t have long to wait, though. And then the ‘I missed you, mommy!’ love fests started! First Mewthos spent about 15 Minutes in my arms getting kisses and cuddles, then Lady Jane wanted a turn. She doesn’t like kisses much, but loves to be close to my face! Now, they’re finally cuddling each other, washing each other and just giving me a break.

Ziva still sulks about the flea collar – but not so much, that she won’t try to get a share of biltong, when I’m eating it! She toppled over the cat carrier – don’t ask me, how!

On Rose’s daughter’s advice, I’ve now sprinkled bicarb on the chair next to me, hoping that will remove whatever the Mips object to. Can’t have that chair completely avoided. The cats might like to curl up on the floor, but I prefer being able to reach out and pet them every now and again. They are all just so adorably cute! Except when they’re not, he he.

In one of the game-related Facebook Groups, I joined, a hot topic got quite a thorough discussion: poaching! As in recruiting players from other fellowships. Finding active players for a fellowship is not easy. Certain game features are only available to you, if you are in a fellowship, like tournaments and adventures. So most active players are in fellowships. I’ve waded through 200+ pages of the ranking list, and researched every player who is not in a fellowship – 99% of them have stopped playing, and of the 1% left, most don’t want to be in a fellowship. That really only leaves two options: Poach players or train up newbies. I’ve started a mini-city with the second option in mind. I’m now building it up and I’ve got two active members in that Fellowship already! I got some great advice from an Archmage, who’s Fellowship has been using that strategy successfully for two years now. It’s fun, but also time-consuming. I just wish I could earn some income doing something like this, he he.