Lock-down Day 304

Mewthos insisted I get up early today, I held out till after six, but not much after six. He wants breakfast, instead, I opened the door! He's a glutton! Loves wet food - yet, at the same time, he's quite particular!

It feels a lot cooler today and it's overcast. I'm hoping for rain - as always!

Around nine, mippies came zooming in ... wet! A bit of a drizzle outside. I wouldn't call it rain, yet. But it's still overcast, so ... hope prevails!

It's still lovely and cool, so I'm planning on indoor activities again ... and go outside only AFTER I've washed the dishes! Ha Ha, you know the old story: once I'm in the garden, I forget everything else!

To prevent myself going outside before inside is finished, I decided to start tackling the bathroom. Oh! My! Gosh! Part of me wishes I hadn't! The mats were no surprise, of course. I brushed them as best I could, then put them in the machine to wash. Then I swept the floor, also no surprise there. But then I started steam cleaning the shower floor ... yuk! Yuk! Yuk! How could I have been showering in THAT for the past 3 months? Well ... I wear glasses, so, when I step into the shower, I don't see too well. I had scrubbed it before - but didn't look too closely, that time. This time, however, I'm steam cleaning, tile by tile, getting a really close look! NOT GOOD!

Well, it's much better now! The floor is clean! But I'm not touching the walls! Steam cleaning really isn't a summer job - can you imagine how hot it gets in the shower cubicle? With steam? Yeah, so ... I've done the floor and everything I need to touch. The rest will have to wait until winter. But what a difference!

Unfortunately, something went poof when I unplugged the steam cleaner ... I'm hoping it's just the extension, not the steam cleaner!

The dough is almost done, and outside it's drizzling again. There was some sun earlier, but now - I'm happy to say - it's overcast again. Mippies are sprawled around the house: Mini in the 2nd basket from the top in their furniture, Mewthos on the bed ... Janey and Ziva probably in the lounge. Wait a minute ... nope ... Janey is in my wardrobe. She loves it there!

Mission accomplished! I divided the dough in half, put half in a bag in the fridge and divided the other half into 10 buns, which I rolled flat, placed a slice of tomato, some steak and cheese on top and baked them! Mats are hanging to dry. AND: I've washed the dishes! Even my morning coffee cup! NOW I can do whatever I like - everything is done!

Okay, so the on-off continuous drizzle puts a bit of a limit to my gardening activities - well, I can't exactly work in the garden itself, but I CAN work on the veranda! Out front. That's under a roof, so the drizzle doesn't get there. And, with just the drizzle, I can walk around in the garden without getting more than a few drops.

All that drizzle doesn't even add up to 2 mm rainfall! Nice, eh? But at least it has cooled down!

I've just worked for two hours on the veranda. My lovely flower stand is rather rusty, so I put a lot of elbow grease into cleaning that. It looks better, but it's a long way from clean. No worries, I'll keep working on it. At least it's now forever out of the rain! Then I moved all the pots and swept ... spider webs, ant nests, you name it! What a mess! Most of the pots are the bottomless ones ... anyway, it looks good now! I'm happy!

Okay, what is it with Janey and the toilet? When I'm sitting on the toilet, she jumps onto my lap! When I'm on the armchair, she jumps OFF! When she mips at me for attention and I follow her, she leads me to the toilet. I sit down and she jumps onto my lap! I go to the armchair, she mips ... won't jump on my lap, if I pick her up, she jumps off!

Part of me wants to take a lovely shower on the clean floors! But another part wants a hot bath to ease the pain in my lower back ...

Shower won! I just HAD to enjoy the clean floor! Absolutely lovely!

Mippies are in, no trouble. We all sat on the veranda, like we do every night, then everyone went inside. Except Mini, like every night. She needs a special invitation! Almost every night! I have to pick her up and carry her inside ...

Well, that's it for today ...