Lazy Sunday

Lady Jane, who has been treating my lounge like her private Jungle Jim, managed to topple a stack of – fortunately empty – boxes! All three mippies came skidding around the corner into the bedroom at top speed!

This morning, more boxes were toppled, but it’s now a game – mippies no longer skid into the bedroom at top speed!

I got up before six, made my coffee, had my cookie and then sat outside. It’s lovely and cool outside at this time of the morning. Back inside, mippies wanted cuddles – Mewthos was playing with his wurmpie while he waited for his turn! It’s amazing how much he loves that little toy; so many toys are left aside, rarely touched or played with, but that little wurmpie is always between his paws!

I took all their toys from the small desks drawer – since that desk goes to work on Monday – and put them into their toy drawer. I’ve made the bottom drawer of my chest of drawers their toy drawers, and it’s always open, so they can pick toys as they like. I then took the little crawler out and switched it on – minis had a great time following it around, picking it up, pawing at it! It works nicely on the tiles, so it was a bit wasted in the PE flat. Here, I let it loose in the bathroom – since that is mippie-land.

When I wanted to go for another smoke, I could not find Ziva! I looked and looked in every room, every nook and cranny, I was beginning to fear she might have got out, when I thought to look under the bed! Yeah, there she lay, looking smug and cool, with no interest in my calls or worries!

I finally got around to covering the oven, which is standing outside. I had a dropsheet over it, but that didn’t quite protect it from the rain. Now, I’ve taken clear waste bags and wrapped them around and taped them together.

Oh gosh! I just saw Ziva’s neck! Under the Seresto collar, all the hair had come out! Evidently, she has a reaction to it. Shame, poor girl! And I was just last night so happy that her scabs, where she had been scratching herself raw to get rid of the fleas, were finally coming off and healing! Ai ai! I cut the collar off as fast as I could, of course! Before I could wipe to clean her neck, however, she had crawled back under the bed and wouldn’t come out. No, I didn’t put the collar on too tight – it’s the same as the mini’s: two fingers easily fit under the collar.

I re-packed the lamb and put it in the freezer, taking out enough for a braai for three adults. Then I had an enjoyable braai (BBQ) with my landlady and landlord. She had made some salad and I supplied the meat – I also brought my plates and cutlery, after all, it’s not much of a ‘thank you gift’ if they do all the work!

After the long trip home (Ha Ha! From next door) I watered the garden. The Nasturtiums were all flat on the ground – it was an extremely hot day, I nearly drowned them again, lets see if they make it. I’m watering the lawn every day as well, hoping to soften the ground for when I can start working it. There’s quite a lot of weeds among the grass, even a couple of thorns – I’m itching to pull them out! But the ground is quite hard and mostly sand, so it needs softening. I’m told there’s about a meter of ground, under which there’s solid rock.

It’s only eight, I still wanted to get a foot massage in my foot spa, but I’m just too tired. I’d rather not risk oversleeping tomorrow.