because right now my brain is not functioning into forming a proper coherent post....
1. This week I have slept. A lot. Now I've never been one of those people who needs 8 hours sleep a night, or in fact someone who gets 8 hours sleep a night (thank you critters)... my night pattern tends to be along the lines of go to bed about 10 pm ish, read till eyes go gritty, get up at about 2 am to let the dogs out (Ivan bless him can't go overnight) go back to bed till 5.30 am then get up and get ready for the day.... so some nights, depending on how long I read, I will actually only sleep from 2 am to 5.30 am... erm, yes, no, 3.5 hours a night is really not enough sleep....... this week I've spent two nights where I wander through to the lounge at about 6.30 pm... and by 7 pm I am asleep on the sofa buried somewhere under the critters, well Gretchen, who drapes herself round my neck like a scarf. I obviously needed the sleep and as I am still rather more tired than I'd like I think that an afternoon nap may be the way forward tomorrow and possibly Sunday....
2. My counselling session on Wednesday was a complete snot and tissues fest...... I failed spectacularly to make a list of "positives" in my life and was pretty stressed out anyway (it happens when I have days off work that make up a long weekend... basically, Friday I unwind from work and try to put out my head what I should be doing, Saturday and Sunday I enjoy, Monday I wind myself up panicking about what will be on my desk on Tuesday... and then try to fit 6 days work into 4....).... Counsellor thought the session was worthwhile... I begged to differ.... hopefully we can move on from the current subject next session. Mind you, she did point out something.... you can't leave grit in a wound and expect it to heal cleanly.... meh, she has a point, but really, I didn't want to hear it then and I am trying to get my head round it now...the grit in my mental wounds is quite ground in and it's proving a bugger to shift.
3. I have run out of knitting projects........ okay, I am lying here.... I have run out of things that I want to knit.... I have a list of people who I owe socks too and absolutely no inspiration to knit for them.... the last things I've knitted quickly and happily are for people I care a lot about.... I should at least try and get on with them... or finish the shawl I've been knitting for aeons....
4. I've managed to pick up a load of books from Dreamspinner's tweet away this week... which is good... but I want them on my Kindle... so this weekend I am going to try and master the art of transferring stuff from pc to Kindle..... there maybe screaming... for I am the original techno-numpty....
5. Hugo and I aren't talking....... he split my lip last night when he leapt on the computer desk and smacked straight into my face with the top of his head... he then clawed my foot in the night...... he got kicked out the bedroom and has been sulking ever since.
6. I have done no revision at all..... and it is now less than a month to the exam.... I have a revision day run by the governing body next Friday in Manchester... then the panic will probably set in..... last time I had to take exams I turned into the complete brat from hell .... this time I have no one to firmly tell me to pack it in.... I think the critters may wish to seek new humans by the time November is half way through....
7. I am staying in and being a good girl this evening, though there is some research on the cards for this weekend I am trying not to get myself arrested....... that said, I really could do with finding out what a police interview room looks like these days..... it's been a while since I last found myself in one......
8. Okay, back to my book I think, I have a major fantasy kick at the moment, be it M/M or not, and I feel a re-read of some of my favourites may be in order....
Friday, 19 October 2012
Monday, 15 October 2012
In which I fail at shopping....
Well, I've managed to have a fairly uneventful rest of the long weekend .... no more police men were involved....
Saturday I got to be a lady wot lunches.... then yesterday I took the scenic route through the countryside to drive to the next city down to visit a friend who has recently had spinal surgery.... we spent a good few hours putting the world to rights as I knitted the rest of a gift I was making for someone and she laid out her patchwork on the floor.... at which point one of her cats came plonked himself down in the middle of it and threatened her with the evil feline look of doom (and shredded material) every time she tried to so much as lift a piece of the fabric....
Today there were plans involving my mother and shopping for my sister's birthday presents.... oh dear Goddess... why do I volunteer myself for these things?
Now I am the sort of shopper who, when not shopping for groceries, writes a list of what, where, how and when.... In other words shopping is treated as some sort of battle campaign to be conquered (or beaten into submission)... Internet shopping is my saviour!!......my mother is, well, not.. she likes to browse.... and she's had years of experience and practice doing it!
I knew exactly what I wanted, where I wanted it from and how much I was spending.... so we went
and did my shopping first...... then one of the shops mum wanted was shut on a Monday, though we didn't find that out till we'd driven all the way across town .... and then she wondered if we could just nip out into Derbyshire to look at a couple of crafty type places.... being a good and obliging daughter I said yes, on the proviso that we also got to go to the book shop on the way
By the time we got to the third incredibly twee craft shop, which had far too much home made Christmas tat already on display, I admitted defeat and made a strategic retreat from the shop before I took out the next person who stopped directly in front of me to exclaim at the cuteness of some over priced frippery (sheesh, my inner grinch is starting yearly this year!).
So whilst waiting for mum, I took up residence balanced on the edge of a fountain, which was in the main courtyard of the stables at Chatsworth House......where I made a new friend.... and we communed about all sorts of intelligent, diverse subjects and trivia... okay we didn't, she quacked at me a bit and let me stroke her....
Saturday I got to be a lady wot lunches.... then yesterday I took the scenic route through the countryside to drive to the next city down to visit a friend who has recently had spinal surgery.... we spent a good few hours putting the world to rights as I knitted the rest of a gift I was making for someone and she laid out her patchwork on the floor.... at which point one of her cats came plonked himself down in the middle of it and threatened her with the evil feline look of doom (and shredded material) every time she tried to so much as lift a piece of the fabric....
Today there were plans involving my mother and shopping for my sister's birthday presents.... oh dear Goddess... why do I volunteer myself for these things?
Now I am the sort of shopper who, when not shopping for groceries, writes a list of what, where, how and when.... In other words shopping is treated as some sort of battle campaign to be conquered (or beaten into submission)... Internet shopping is my saviour!!......my mother is, well, not.. she likes to browse.... and she's had years of experience and practice doing it!
I knew exactly what I wanted, where I wanted it from and how much I was spending.... so we went
and did my shopping first...... then one of the shops mum wanted was shut on a Monday, though we didn't find that out till we'd driven all the way across town .... and then she wondered if we could just nip out into Derbyshire to look at a couple of crafty type places.... being a good and obliging daughter I said yes, on the proviso that we also got to go to the book shop on the way
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| My new friend |
So whilst waiting for mum, I took up residence balanced on the edge of a fountain, which was in the main courtyard of the stables at Chatsworth House......where I made a new friend.... and we communed about all sorts of intelligent, diverse subjects and trivia... okay we didn't, she quacked at me a bit and let me stroke her....
Saturday, 13 October 2012
Further adventures in research....
Well, it has to be said, sometimes I really don't think things out before acting....... I know this, people have told me this (frequently)... but sometimes, you know a good idea in your head is hard to see past and look at the possible outcomes....
Which brings us to last night's exploits...
Having decided to take yesterday off work despite my visitors cancelling I spent the day very boringly doing housework and laundry. Now these sort of mindless tasks allow the voices in my head to chatter at me and tell me their stories..... they haven't been playing ball recently so I was a little surprised to get a couple of them shouting quite loudly at me about what they wanted me to write.... unfortunately, they weren't the characters I'd been planning out for my NaNo (avoid the revision) project... they weren't even the incredibly familiar voices of my YA characters... they were two characters who appeared a while back, gave me some interesting ideas and then hid...
So when the house was marginally cleaner and upstairs resembled a Chinese laundrette with clothes hanging from every door frame I decided I'd at least write out some character profiles...... which is as near to plotting a story as I get.... So, older of the two characters was easy as he appears to be a lawyer and as I work with them all time time I could easily see him, his habits, his routine, his wardrobe etc..... younger character I have what he looks like, his tattoos/piercings, some of his habits and part of his wardrobe... the day time part...which comes from my commute too and from work when I drive past both universities..... only I then got to the question "what would he wear of an evening, say going out, or just for lounging around at home in?"
I pondered for a while and then had an "idea"....... it was Friday, I'd been home with the dogs all day so I would put them to bed at 9pm and then nip out in the car with my note book..... the plan was to park up initially in an area where there are lots of student houses, coffee shops and a long row of take away places and take some notes.... then wander across towards the town centre where there are a couple of big shiny loud bars and a couple of smaller pubs, one of which I know is a gay friendly pub (because our diversity group at work go in there out of term time)... I remembered there was a side street I could park in which would give me a visual access to all the venues...
So off I went.......... the first part was simple, I wrote down a load of details of what I saw and then headed up into town.... only I forgot to get to where I wanted to park I had to negotiate my way round some one way streets and the tram lines......a couple of wrong turns later I made it to where I wanted to be, parked up and took out my note book....
I was kind of lost in what I was doing when there was a loud tap at my window which sent the notebook flying, and my heart rate through the roof..... Now it wasn't a brilliantly lit side street, and yes I'd locked all the doors.... so I cautiously wound down the window only to see a badge and hear the words "can you step out the car please"..... Yep, police officers, two of them.....
So I did as I was told and whilst one of them called in my car's details I provided my own to the other.... then it came to the explanation as to what I was doing..... I was researching for a story....... which got a sceptical raised eyebrow as one officer looked at the other..... they then proceeded to explain that my car had been picked up on their surveillance operation in the red light area.... which I'd forgotten ran between the university residences along the back streets up into town past where the old maternity hospital used to be.... and through the streets of which I'd been seen driving slowly on several occasions that evening... They'd then had a call from one of the security/door men of the bigger bars concerned at my presence in the side street and now wanted to know exactly what I was doing......and if they weren't satisfied with my explanation they would have to consider taking me to the police station for further questioning....
My explanation was extremely garbled... I ducked back into the car and grabbed the note book and waved it at them..... I am not sure whether or not they actually believed me, but their radio went off with a call out for something serious so I got told that I should move along and not loiter in the area again........
I was very relieved to get home and shut the door behind me..... I think I shall stick to surfing the net for my research for a bit... much safer that way....
Which brings us to last night's exploits...
Having decided to take yesterday off work despite my visitors cancelling I spent the day very boringly doing housework and laundry. Now these sort of mindless tasks allow the voices in my head to chatter at me and tell me their stories..... they haven't been playing ball recently so I was a little surprised to get a couple of them shouting quite loudly at me about what they wanted me to write.... unfortunately, they weren't the characters I'd been planning out for my NaNo (avoid the revision) project... they weren't even the incredibly familiar voices of my YA characters... they were two characters who appeared a while back, gave me some interesting ideas and then hid...
So when the house was marginally cleaner and upstairs resembled a Chinese laundrette with clothes hanging from every door frame I decided I'd at least write out some character profiles...... which is as near to plotting a story as I get.... So, older of the two characters was easy as he appears to be a lawyer and as I work with them all time time I could easily see him, his habits, his routine, his wardrobe etc..... younger character I have what he looks like, his tattoos/piercings, some of his habits and part of his wardrobe... the day time part...which comes from my commute too and from work when I drive past both universities..... only I then got to the question "what would he wear of an evening, say going out, or just for lounging around at home in?"
I pondered for a while and then had an "idea"....... it was Friday, I'd been home with the dogs all day so I would put them to bed at 9pm and then nip out in the car with my note book..... the plan was to park up initially in an area where there are lots of student houses, coffee shops and a long row of take away places and take some notes.... then wander across towards the town centre where there are a couple of big shiny loud bars and a couple of smaller pubs, one of which I know is a gay friendly pub (because our diversity group at work go in there out of term time)... I remembered there was a side street I could park in which would give me a visual access to all the venues...
So off I went.......... the first part was simple, I wrote down a load of details of what I saw and then headed up into town.... only I forgot to get to where I wanted to park I had to negotiate my way round some one way streets and the tram lines......a couple of wrong turns later I made it to where I wanted to be, parked up and took out my note book....
I was kind of lost in what I was doing when there was a loud tap at my window which sent the notebook flying, and my heart rate through the roof..... Now it wasn't a brilliantly lit side street, and yes I'd locked all the doors.... so I cautiously wound down the window only to see a badge and hear the words "can you step out the car please"..... Yep, police officers, two of them.....
So I did as I was told and whilst one of them called in my car's details I provided my own to the other.... then it came to the explanation as to what I was doing..... I was researching for a story....... which got a sceptical raised eyebrow as one officer looked at the other..... they then proceeded to explain that my car had been picked up on their surveillance operation in the red light area.... which I'd forgotten ran between the university residences along the back streets up into town past where the old maternity hospital used to be.... and through the streets of which I'd been seen driving slowly on several occasions that evening... They'd then had a call from one of the security/door men of the bigger bars concerned at my presence in the side street and now wanted to know exactly what I was doing......and if they weren't satisfied with my explanation they would have to consider taking me to the police station for further questioning....
My explanation was extremely garbled... I ducked back into the car and grabbed the note book and waved it at them..... I am not sure whether or not they actually believed me, but their radio went off with a call out for something serious so I got told that I should move along and not loiter in the area again........
I was very relieved to get home and shut the door behind me..... I think I shall stick to surfing the net for my research for a bit... much safer that way....
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
Feline takeover....
The owner of this blog is being held captive
away from her computer
until such time as she goes out
and buys us more cat biscuits.
For our food bowl is empty
and we are poor starving kitties
and no matter how much we have screamed
and wailed
and yowled
and howled
and wound up the dogs
she hasn't rushed out and bought us any more
Gina & Hugo
Starving naked cats
(with exceptional typing skills)
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| Look at my wrinkly skin!! all because I am a starving cat that has no biscuits |
ps - don't believe a word of it, they've had 4 pouches of cat food this evening... just no crunchy bits....no matter what they tell the universe....
Sunday, 7 October 2012
Weekend in a nutshell....
Well probably not, because nutshells are quite small... even walnut shells, though my weekend may at a push have fitted in a coconut shell......... okay I'm waffling..... I blame the drugs.... nah, nothing serious and/or illegal, just painkillers because it's flippin freezing and my arthritis has decided to make itself extremely well known....
In a fit of organisation....the housework actually happened..... completely, with pulling out of the sofa and looking horrified at the breeding colony of dust bunnies I've acquired Alongside the housework, yesterday there was a soupçon of laundry, shopping (I lie, the shopping was delivered), and going out for lunch with my mother and sister...
Today I thought about doing something productive.. and then decided against it in favour of working up a playlist, you know, just in case I decide to do NaNo this year, of inspirational type tunes to keep me going as I write......... Yeah, I know, a playlist to do my revision to would probably have been a better idea, but it just isn't happening!
I've also trolled about on the net finding pretty pictures for inspiration..... that was fun *grin*
There was also some reading, some knitting (I finished a pair of baby socks... a whole pair... in weekend... note the word "finished" here, this is important...) oh and some sampling of chocolate and special calming herbal tea I received in my package of goodies ...... the other package was my yarn... which I balled up round at mothers as trying to turn a hank into a ball with the assistance of rent a mob is not an experience I enjoy......... (oh and Gretchen is yet again evil devil dog incarnate as she turned my brand new set of 5mm dpns into matchsticks when my back was turned for 2 minutes)
And now alas my weekend appears to be over and work is beckoning ........ well it's smirking at me just round the corner safe in the knowledge that it will have my almost full attention for the next few days (particularly as I am going to be cancelling holiday tomorrow)
In a fit of organisation....the housework actually happened..... completely, with pulling out of the sofa and looking horrified at the breeding colony of dust bunnies I've acquired Alongside the housework, yesterday there was a soupçon of laundry, shopping (I lie, the shopping was delivered), and going out for lunch with my mother and sister...
Today I thought about doing something productive.. and then decided against it in favour of working up a playlist, you know, just in case I decide to do NaNo this year, of inspirational type tunes to keep me going as I write......... Yeah, I know, a playlist to do my revision to would probably have been a better idea, but it just isn't happening!
I've also trolled about on the net finding pretty pictures for inspiration..... that was fun *grin*
There was also some reading, some knitting (I finished a pair of baby socks... a whole pair... in weekend... note the word "finished" here, this is important...) oh and some sampling of chocolate and special calming herbal tea I received in my package of goodies ...... the other package was my yarn... which I balled up round at mothers as trying to turn a hank into a ball with the assistance of rent a mob is not an experience I enjoy......... (oh and Gretchen is yet again evil devil dog incarnate as she turned my brand new set of 5mm dpns into matchsticks when my back was turned for 2 minutes)
And now alas my weekend appears to be over and work is beckoning ........ well it's smirking at me just round the corner safe in the knowledge that it will have my almost full attention for the next few days (particularly as I am going to be cancelling holiday tomorrow)
Friday, 5 October 2012
The week in one post....
So that's the first week of October over with.... and what a boring and miserable week it has been....Autumn is definitely here and I have an over-riding wish to go into hibernation and come out again in the spring.
I have at least now got my replacement Kindle charger... which is in a safe place where evil hell hounds cannot get it (and where the cats cannot nibble on it either)... I might also have blown the book buying budget for the whole month as well.... The rest of the week mainly involved working - which is boring and tedious. There was a visit to my counsellor on Wednesday, who is pleased with my progress and is moving me to fortnightly appointments... I have homework again though, for next time she wants a list of positive things in my life ...... humm, that could be quite a short list right now ...
Tonight I got home to find two cards from the post man through the door to tell me I had parcels... for some reason though they've taken them to different places to hold onto them till I can collect them..... I am pretty sure I know one is some yarn I bought the other day when I was given a brilliant excuse for visiting the Colinette site .... the other I think maybe a little parcel from Austria which I am very excited about... I shall be going to collect as early as I can tomorrow....
I did have other plans for this weekend ... though they mainly involved heavy duty housework as I was expecting visitors next week.... in fact there was plotting and planning on Wednesday night for the visit.... and then there was a phone call this evening and now there is no visit.... She said she felt guilty for letting me down, but really, it's not her fault, in fact it's really nobody's fault, just sometimes life gets in the way and complicates the hell out of everything - in this case a potential move of residence for my friend and her family which is much needed and if all goes to plan will be fantastic for them.
Now I could potentially have a moment of self pity and wailing as all my plans fall apart.... after all I see this friend twice a year, we've been planning this visit since May, I probably won't see her now till next May as there is a new baby due at the end of March..... but you know what.... the world doesn't revolve around me..... and to be honest, the potential new home sounds so brilliant for them I'd rather just keep my fingers crossed that everything goes well and that rather than being with me next weekend they are busily packing.... not to mention that the saving in terms of the cost of petrol to drive to mine will buy them a new carpet....... I feel that this should be known as my carpet in future ...
I might still do housework... or I may break into the new yarn and curl up on the sofa to watch TV... after all the new series of Merlin starts tomorrow and the slash possibilities are endless...
I have at least now got my replacement Kindle charger... which is in a safe place where evil hell hounds cannot get it (and where the cats cannot nibble on it either)... I might also have blown the book buying budget for the whole month as well.... The rest of the week mainly involved working - which is boring and tedious. There was a visit to my counsellor on Wednesday, who is pleased with my progress and is moving me to fortnightly appointments... I have homework again though, for next time she wants a list of positive things in my life ...... humm, that could be quite a short list right now ...
Tonight I got home to find two cards from the post man through the door to tell me I had parcels... for some reason though they've taken them to different places to hold onto them till I can collect them..... I am pretty sure I know one is some yarn I bought the other day when I was given a brilliant excuse for visiting the Colinette site .... the other I think maybe a little parcel from Austria which I am very excited about... I shall be going to collect as early as I can tomorrow....
I did have other plans for this weekend ... though they mainly involved heavy duty housework as I was expecting visitors next week.... in fact there was plotting and planning on Wednesday night for the visit.... and then there was a phone call this evening and now there is no visit.... She said she felt guilty for letting me down, but really, it's not her fault, in fact it's really nobody's fault, just sometimes life gets in the way and complicates the hell out of everything - in this case a potential move of residence for my friend and her family which is much needed and if all goes to plan will be fantastic for them.
Now I could potentially have a moment of self pity and wailing as all my plans fall apart.... after all I see this friend twice a year, we've been planning this visit since May, I probably won't see her now till next May as there is a new baby due at the end of March..... but you know what.... the world doesn't revolve around me..... and to be honest, the potential new home sounds so brilliant for them I'd rather just keep my fingers crossed that everything goes well and that rather than being with me next weekend they are busily packing.... not to mention that the saving in terms of the cost of petrol to drive to mine will buy them a new carpet....... I feel that this should be known as my carpet in future ...
I might still do housework... or I may break into the new yarn and curl up on the sofa to watch TV... after all the new series of Merlin starts tomorrow and the slash possibilities are endless...
Monday, 1 October 2012
The Critters Strike Again....
*Sigh*... tonight I find myself repeating the mantra "I love my dogs, I love my dogs, no really I love my dogs".... although they have all just been put into their night crates in disgrace with no bed time treats and in complete silence..... yep, that too angry to say anything kind of silence ....
And the reason for this? Well let me explain....... my dogs are, relatively, well behaved. They come when called (except Gretchen), they aren't overly noisy (except Gretchen), they play nicely with each other (except, on occasion Gretchen) and they are great with visitors (especially Gretchen... who can be a complete tart)..... Unfortunately, all of them, well the three girls, have a tendency to believe that possession is 9/10ths of the law, and that sometimes things are best destroyed before another dog gets hold of it... or in fact I catch them with it......
Which brings me to tonight...... I noticed earlier when I switched books that the Kindle needed charging overnight, not an unusual occurrence, after all I would hate to be caught short somewhere with time to kill and no battery (not that I don't have portable knitting (socks) with me at all times...) So I meandered through to the kitchen, where I keep the necessary recharging apparatus for those small bits of technology that make my day more fun in one of the fruit bowls (the other fruit bowl contains yarn.... the fruit is kept in the fridge away from thieving hell hounds), only to find the charger for the Kindle wasn't where it should be.....
After checking all the sockets in the kitchen, where I usually recharge things I stood shaking my head trying to work out what the hell I'd done with it.... as I did this the dogs were milling around my ankles, wandering in and out to the yard and generally wondering what exciting thing I would do next. Absent mindedly I started to pick up the various dog toys that littered the floor and return them to the toy box. It didn't register at first but as I dropped the last toy in I noticed a wire, a white wire, or a bit of one at least, in amongst the toys..... further investigation revealed what was my Kindle charger....... which is now in several pieces and no use whatsoever.
Now, ranting at the dogs has no effect at all........ Ivan always looks as guilty as sin and like he's about to wet himself, although I can almost say with 100% accuracy he'll have had nothing to do with it..... Hope leaps up and down barking back and getting over excited, Kammi looks at me blinks and wags her tail in a hopefully cute fashion and Gretchen has mastered the art of the "sod you" expression of disdain for such outbursts... I ranted anyway....
I then demanded that the guilty party own up to the destruction......... yeah, okay, so I possibly was slightly irrationally irate by that point....and when they refused to do so issued dire threats of stopping pocket money (erm, no they don't actually get any) and going on strike if they thought they'd be getting liver cake or salmon and cheese muffins in the near future (yes I do bake for them)... I am not actually sure how they managed to get the charger off the kitchen work top..... but that's besides the point....
They are being exceptionally quiet now as I am upstairs on the computer .... a new Kindle charger having been ordered (sadly with my two replacement kindles they didn't send a new charger.... which would have been useful really)....and the cats are still sniggering that the dogs are in trouble..... I may have calmed down and forgiven them by morning.......
And the reason for this? Well let me explain....... my dogs are, relatively, well behaved. They come when called (except Gretchen), they aren't overly noisy (except Gretchen), they play nicely with each other (except, on occasion Gretchen) and they are great with visitors (especially Gretchen... who can be a complete tart)..... Unfortunately, all of them, well the three girls, have a tendency to believe that possession is 9/10ths of the law, and that sometimes things are best destroyed before another dog gets hold of it... or in fact I catch them with it......
Which brings me to tonight...... I noticed earlier when I switched books that the Kindle needed charging overnight, not an unusual occurrence, after all I would hate to be caught short somewhere with time to kill and no battery (not that I don't have portable knitting (socks) with me at all times...) So I meandered through to the kitchen, where I keep the necessary recharging apparatus for those small bits of technology that make my day more fun in one of the fruit bowls (the other fruit bowl contains yarn.... the fruit is kept in the fridge away from thieving hell hounds), only to find the charger for the Kindle wasn't where it should be.....
After checking all the sockets in the kitchen, where I usually recharge things I stood shaking my head trying to work out what the hell I'd done with it.... as I did this the dogs were milling around my ankles, wandering in and out to the yard and generally wondering what exciting thing I would do next. Absent mindedly I started to pick up the various dog toys that littered the floor and return them to the toy box. It didn't register at first but as I dropped the last toy in I noticed a wire, a white wire, or a bit of one at least, in amongst the toys..... further investigation revealed what was my Kindle charger....... which is now in several pieces and no use whatsoever.
Now, ranting at the dogs has no effect at all........ Ivan always looks as guilty as sin and like he's about to wet himself, although I can almost say with 100% accuracy he'll have had nothing to do with it..... Hope leaps up and down barking back and getting over excited, Kammi looks at me blinks and wags her tail in a hopefully cute fashion and Gretchen has mastered the art of the "sod you" expression of disdain for such outbursts... I ranted anyway....
I then demanded that the guilty party own up to the destruction......... yeah, okay, so I possibly was slightly irrationally irate by that point....and when they refused to do so issued dire threats of stopping pocket money (erm, no they don't actually get any) and going on strike if they thought they'd be getting liver cake or salmon and cheese muffins in the near future (yes I do bake for them)... I am not actually sure how they managed to get the charger off the kitchen work top..... but that's besides the point....
They are being exceptionally quiet now as I am upstairs on the computer .... a new Kindle charger having been ordered (sadly with my two replacement kindles they didn't send a new charger.... which would have been useful really)....and the cats are still sniggering that the dogs are in trouble..... I may have calmed down and forgiven them by morning.......
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