Urgh! Waking up with a headache - not nice. Mippies insist to be let out, Mini keeps toppling the waste bin - over their fountain! No clue why. Hello Sunday! Ha Ha!
Starting my morning out nice and easy, I noticed yesterday that I'm running very low on vacuum bags, so maybe I should start with an order for more?
I order those bags from Yuppiechef, so first I check out what they have on special. Mostly 'Jamie Oliver' this that and more of the same. NOT buying any of that! I think I wrote my view on him before - no need to repeat myself.
They do, however, have a mattress protector on a very good special! The one I've got is somewhat in shreds - well, the protection part of it, at any rate. It's been lying next to the washing machine since I've moved here. So that would be very useful! Why do I need a mattress protector? Hello? Mippies! No, they are not incontinent, but they do make their little wet messes on the bed at times. Like when they play with live toys on my bed, when they cough up the odd hairball ... you know, cat stuff!
And that's about all I could find on Yuppiechef. On the vaccum bags they didn't have the size I normally use (20 x 30cm) - only the larger (30 x 35cm) ones. But the price? Seems somewhat outrageous! They also no longer have ANY airpots (which is what they call the smaller urns, from which one can dispense without needing to open, i.e. a type of tap fitted).
As always, I do a price check - see whether the same product is available cheaper elsewhere. Guess what? Takealot! Those same 30 x 35cm bags at less than half the price they ask on Yuppiechef!
Nice! I was just invited to join a neighbour for lunch! Grilled chicken, rice and salads! Pity I can't accept, though ... not with mippies running outside, I'm afraid. Oh and he tells me there are plenty of cats running around in this area! Not good! At least only one of them is coming into my garden, so any thought of feeding is totally out of the question!
Back to my shopping - which is taking quite a long time, I'm afraid. That's partially due to the bad internet connection here at home - mostly 2 bars, occasionally 3 bars signal, rarely more. It's already close to noon. The headache isn't helping either - I just can't seem to shake it. I've tried Disprin and an anti-histamine. Well, better check out my shopping and get busy in the kitchen.
Done and done. Head is STILL aching. Not fun. I think it's most likely caused by the heat, though, it's well over 30 in the shade today.
Well, I've made a second attempt at taking a nap, hoping to shake the headache. The first attempt was interrupted when Mini brought another live toy to bed, burrowed it under my pillow so she could play hide & catch!
Now I see it is overcast, and thunder is already rumbling ... I hope I get my pizza baked before the power goes out again! I'd better get moving!
Yup! Power went out. As I was busy topping my pizza. I finished layering the toppings, then packed it away from the flies and mippies in the oven. Nothing else I could do.
It rained very hard, more a cloudburst than rain fall, plus we had some hail mixed in. I took some pictures, then looked for my mippies. Ziva worried me, as I couldn't find her for the longest time - she still hides from loud noises. I was quite relieved when she showed up, as I was beginning to fear she might be locked outside - though that is extremely unlikely! Still, one worries, right? And then I settled down on the bed with my book.
Fortunately the power came back after about two hours, so I rushed to get the pizza & bread baking and took a shower as soon as they were in the oven! I just needed to wash that layer of clamminess off me. Yet, an hour later I could have showered again! Sigh.
I had absolutely no energy for anything, so I just carried on reading until I was sleepy again and that was the end of the day ...
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