Lock-down Day 241

For some strange reason I only got up around eight! That's unusually late. Ah, well!

Treated mippies, made coffee, sat down at the PC for a while - the weather is still overcast, it's raining on and off ... but I decided to let mippies out. What could be the harm?

Yeah, right! Harm done! Mewthos! Of course, who else! What did he manage this time? Oh, he somehow got out of my garden - at the back, not through the gate - and couldn't find his way back into my garden! Now it's raining hard, he's distressed, soaking wet and ... sigh ... guess who had to put on a rain coat, go out in that rain and try to help him come home?

It wasn't easy, and Ziva helped - she was with me all the way, braving the deep puddle and the rain to help me help Mewthos! There is only one place where I know a cat CAN get through - there are obviously other places, I just don't know where they are. Mewthos came, took a look, turned back and mewled pitifully! So I go get my garden tools and start clearing that creeper to widen the space for him to get through. It took quite some time, then more time to get him to give this hole another chance and he FINALLY came through! Silly twat!

Of course, now he's soaking wet and not happy about that! Sigh ... 

Then, at ten, the power went off again! Crap! I got busy with some house work. Folded the laundry - not everything is dry, yet. Cleaned mippies meal area, and a few other odd jobs. Then the power came back! Less than an hour later - yay! So I started by making bread dough. I decided on cheese rolls. Then I start working on the produce - the celery is limp. All I can do with that is cut it and use it. Ditto the spring onions. I'll add both to my roast chicken.

We had another 29 mm of rain today! I'm sitting in my armchair, looking at the lawn out back and I could swear I could hear it go 'glug, glug, glug, glug, wooosh!' That stuff is growing as I watch - it doesn't look like I mowed it just 2 days ago! Instead, it looks like it could do with mowing!

I've started preparing the cherry pits! Yeah, to me, every fruit comes with a toy! It's seed! I've read that you should clean them, dry them, refrigerate them ... that's as far as I got. With the reading. I've eaten the cherries - I'm afraid they were rather bland. I cleaned the pits and they're now in the 3rd bedroom, drying on paper towels. 

I've also washed the dishes, the bread rolls are done and so is the chicken. Only, I'm not hungry now! Sigh. My own fault, I couldn't resist having one of my cheese rolls!

I just had a good laugh at Mewthos & Ziva! That stray cat came to the bedroom window and got both of mine up and growling! Then it went round the back and came into my kitchen to help himself to the cat food! Ziva and Mewthos were so busy growling at the window, they never noticed! Janey was atop the bookshelf and just let him in! Seriously!

For myself, I had half the chicken. I can't find my poultry shears - I guess they are still packed somewhere - so I used my kitchen scissors. After all, they were designed to cut poultry as well! They did a great job! And the chicken tasted lovely - Ziva and Janey agree!

And that was pretty much my Sunday. Ready for bed and cuddles ...