No TV, Just Life: Lock-down Day 447

Okay, I think I figured out the Mewthos issue. We all know he's a special needs mip - very needy, all the time. Mewling all over the house, at all hours of the day and night, wanting ... something ... you'd think cuddles would put him at rest, but no ...

I grabbed him and vigorously brushed him for a while - and he was purring up a storm! You know, the kind of purr where he seems to be saying 'purr purr' on top of the purring? He was irritably restless the rest of the night, banging the wardrobe in mippies room, mewling around, stepping on my face ... the whole night. He's lucky he's so adorable! Even his mother and sister at times loose patience with him ... he irritated them a lot, last night, as well!

Let's hope this curtain piddle was an isolated incident ... I better go take them down and wash them, now. I opened that curtain last night, which kept the smell at bay ...

Right, curtains are in the machine ... sigh ...

Okay, so we're back on Level 3 Lock-down. Alcohol restrictions, curfew, gatherings restricted ... nothing that affects my 'stay-at-home-all-the-time' lifestyle. Lucky me. A neighbour got infected, and the whole family tested positive. They are on the mend, now ... she spent a night or two in hospital, though. I just hope they all recover completely ... and soon!

Mewthos is - temporarily - happy. I let them all out just after six, when it was already light - and I just saw a ... confusion? THAT is the collective noun for them? A confusion of guinea fowl! Yeah, I looked it up. Well, a large confusion was just outside my back garden - mippies were in paradise! Oh, they won't catch any - but just the thought, the planning, the strategising ... they're happy! I just hope the guinea fowl don't lead them far, as they keep flying off ...

As soon as rays of sun reach the back lawn, Mewthos will demand that I come for roly poly again ... Ziva and Janey already mip at me insistently, getting some cuddles, Janey jumping on my lap ...

I'm really not feeling very energetic today ... yet, there is so much to do! Sigh. Well the curtains are back up, bread dough is on the go, kitchen is clean, pie dough is refrigerating ... it's not quite one o'clock.

And now the internet is being difficult, again! Sigh ... at least I can write my blog ...

I posted the pic of the sprayed curtain in one of the cat groups on Facebook. I got a lot of suggestions - mostly the obvious: change, threat, ... but one person suggested to give him catnip, to relax him! Now THAT could work! So, I'm drugging my little pisser now ... see how that works.

This is what I'm trying with the bread rolls now. Last time, I used only cheese - the rolling up was a bit of a bugger - the video I had seen made it look so easy ... yeah, I'm old enough to know better, right? Anyway, they turned out really nice - even though half of them fell over and the cheese spread all over the tray.

This time, I want to add some diversity. I've spread some Nutella (well, an equivalent, Nutella is way too expensive now). Should be interesting. I fear, though, that the cheese and chocolate are going to mix in the oven ... some of these will fall over ...