- @JamesASinclair are you wearing them with kitten heels and a good bra, as we've discussed previously? if so, phwoar. #
- Rather than working this afternoon, I've been coming up with atrocious chicken puns. Productive. ( http://www.thereallygoodlife.com/929/ ) #
- Spent the whole evening writing up minutes. Ugh. #
- About half an hour ago, I put on a clean hoodie. It is now covered four kinds of dirt. #
- 22 minutes into the day and we're already making poo and penis jokes. Excellent. #
- Water co sells my details to Homeserve. Homeserve coldcalls to sell me insurance. I twitter search while on the phone. So no, definitely no. #
- @Scampering haha, ace. any unrecognised numbers calling from now on, I'll answer the phone crying to set up the impaled on railings story :) #
- Am reading the new Hyperbole&aHalf, the dog is doing all the dog-related sound effects. Because I'm NOT LOOKING AT HER. http://is.gd/hlAaH #
- Discovered that an individual pie case is the perfect size to be a comedy hat for the dog. http://is.gd/hqwKp #
- I wonder at what point in our relationship/aging @johnleach & I will stop randomly giving the other the finger in response to minor triggers #
- Van just gone past. C Butt Logistics. *insert your own bum and/or poo joke here* #
- Made another shelter for the chickens out of scrap wood and pallets this morning, getting @johnleach involved made it way more stressful! ;) #
- Newspaper & stove, chickens & woodwork, Scrabble en route & drama in Bingley, now gaming & stove, soon lasagne & garlic bread. Good day! #
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- @JamesASinclair are you wearing them with kitten heels and a good bra, as we've discussed previously? if so, phwoar. #
- Rather than working this afternoon, I've been coming up with atrocious chicken puns. Productive. ( http://www.thereallygoodlife.com/929/ ) #
- Spent the whole evening writing up minutes. Ugh. #
- About half an hour ago, I put on a clean hoodie. It is now covered four kinds of dirt. #
- 22 minutes into the day and we're already making poo and penis jokes. Excellent. #
- Water co sells my details to Homeserve. Homeserve coldcalls to sell me insurance. I twitter search while on the phone. So no, definitely no. #
- @Scampering haha, ace. any unrecognised numbers calling from now on, I'll answer the phone crying to set up the impaled on railings story :) #
- Am reading the new Hyperbole&aHalf, the dog is doing all the dog-related sound effects. Because I'm NOT LOOKING AT HER. http://is.gd/hlAaH #
- Discovered that an individual pie case is the perfect size to be a comedy hat for the dog. http://is.gd/hqwKp #
- I wonder at what point in our relationship/aging @johnleach & I will stop randomly giving the other the finger in response to minor triggers #
- Van just gone past. C Butt Logistics. *insert your own bum and/or poo joke here* #
- Made another shelter for the chickens out of scrap wood and pallets this morning, getting @johnleach involved made it way more stressful! ;) #
- Newspaper & stove, chickens & woodwork, Scrabble en route & drama in Bingley, now gaming & stove, soon lasagne & garlic bread. Good day! #
1. A scratch-scratch-scratch. I open the door and a little boy & two little girls are waiting together to be admitted into the room of cosy-warm.
2. In previous days, I may have been sad that the pie tin was too big for the cats but instead I get to be happy that it’s perfectly sized for the dog.
3. The cats flank me, one either side of my laptop. Boron leans in for head kisses (my lips are on his head as I type this) while Carla simply purrs.
1. Six are huddled together on the perches and the seventh in the nest box she’s still not outgrown. They cluck softly as I peek in to check they’re all in bed. Turn out the light. You’re letting the cold in. Go away, I’m trying to sleep here.
2. We spend a lot of time together, a LOT. But quality time is still a rare treat.
3. She’s so excited to see him that she doesn’t know which way to run so she runs every way at once.
4. Sat on my shoulder, his fur is so soft and warm against my ear. I wonder how I can convince the other cat to sit on the other side and be another purring earmuff.
1. The two dogs run around fighting over THE BEST STICK IN THE WORLD while he builds a dam in the beck. His handiwork will divide the water more equally between the two paths, so the one close to the path flows better. I know it’ll be washed away next time it rains heavily but it doesn’t matter. I tell him his hands must be freezing and he just smiles. The dogs play on.
2. Smoked mackerel fishcakes with my favourite salad leaves on a mild horseradish sauce base. Perfectly cooked chicken breast with sweet potato dauphinoise, with carrots, broccoli and deliciously tangy red cabbage. Lemon and ginger cheesecake without, our favourite waiter tells us proudly, fingerprints in the dusted icing sugar.
3. We rock back and forth in a hug as I tell him about the meal. He says he enjoyed it from just what I was saying. Then he goes in the bath and I sit next to him in the warm bathroom and enjoy that by proxy as well.
- Cat deposited at the vets to have the last of his icky teeth taken out. I fully expect a revenge shit in my shoes when he comes home. #
- OH: "it's was alright." "what do you mean 'it was alright'?" "it was alright." #
- Cat back from vets – all but one teeth removed :( Bit grumpy now but I have some plans to bring him back on side. Plans that involve fish. #
- Just went for a soggy walk in the woods between Ravenscliffe & Calverley. Dog helicoptered the whole way, in and out of streams. Happy dog. #
- @LauraBlackwell I once had sprouts as part of a tempura veg dish. would not recommend. This sounds good though http://is.gd/gTT2q #
- These things are delighting Lily this morning: a scrunched up piece of paper, a small piece of kindling, a dirty sock. #
- Oh and now some of my lovely hand-dyed yarn. I think she thinks she's a cat. #
- You know your hands are cold when you pick up some dog poo in a baggy and think "mmm, warm". #
- MP Mark Hendrick, you're so right. Because if someone isn't wearing a skirt, they're clearly a man. http://is.gd/gYAHK #
- Not a great start to the day – I forgot to take my towel over to the shower and now @johnleach is singing Bon Jovi while making breakfast. #
- Some photos of our new chickens! http://www.thereallygoodlife.com/908/expanding-the-tribe-four-new-chickens/ #
- @strowger78 ugh, i know, it's awful. but i'm willing to battle it if it's stuff that you can transport here, instead of it going to landfill #
- Lily dog caught a hedgehog in my mum and dad's garden. She also likes Southport's sand dunes. Liked my mum & dad's hissy cats less. #
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