Going Batty.

You have just got to watch this, especially the bit at the end with the nursery-inna-box.



Baby bats are given dummies/pacifiers? And they swaddle them! Who knew?

(Thanks to Fuzzarelly for the link.)

Woolfest 2009.

Yup, off to Woolfest tomorrow. I'm getting to be Head Prefect on the Scottish Fibres bus again. I enjoyed doing it last year because everyone turned up on time and there were no problems, but there's no denying it's a worry. What if someone doesn't turn up, they don't contact me and I have to leave them behind? Bad enough on the outwards leg but what if someone gets locked in a portaloo in Cockermouth???? Do I abandon them to their fate?

Fingers crossed.....

Anyway, I'll report back soon. I've packed my camera, knitting, sarnies and *ahem* a modest amount of cash. What am I going to buy? Well, the only thing on my list is a pair of sock blockers, but I'm sure I'll come back with more!

Ma boyz iz famush....

Forget bragging about the kids, my fur boyz just made the front page of I Can Has Cheezburger!


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I submitted the picture a wee while back with my own caption but what I didn't know is that other members can recaption pictures and resubmit them. My picture got resubmitted thirty-six times to date, lol.

Have to admit, the front page caption is a lot snappier. Thanks, Lummox. My boys are now in the Lolcats Hall of Fame forever, lol!

The best laid plans....

Oh well, so much for my allotment plans yesterday. Around 11am I got a phone call from the school saying that Lad was throwing up and could I come and get him please? So that was me stuck at home for the rest of the day, ho-hum. All that get-it-over-with housework time wasted!I could have gone out in the morning and done chores in the afternoon. Oh well...at leasst Lad is none too ill. There's some sort of bug going around but as long as he doesn't eat he isn't puking. he's a bit tired and grumpy, that's all. So he's home today.

I wasn't planning to go out today because Washing Machine Repair Man is coming back again with the final part for the tumble drier. I had to cancel a spinning group day because of this, which was acceptable, but last night guess what? I discover that Hubby is working from home today, which he neglected to tell me about in time for me to ressucitate the spinning plans. Bah. So now I'm at home with a grumpy kid and a Hubby who expected a quiet child and wife free day alone in his office. (Because I was supposed to be at spinning.) If I go out and leave him with WMRM and Grumpy Child he will get narked. If I stay in I will probably disturb him even more. AND because I thought I had a day stuck at home I have volunteered to look after Princess's Best Pal after school which means even more noise on his supposedly quiet day.

Domestic comunication? We haz itz.....notz...

Anyway, yesterday was not a complete wash out on the gardening front. I got some more pots planted up, and finished getting the late sown seeds into the propagator. Plus potted on the courgettes etc. I have a very small greenhouse but at this time of year it's worth its weight in gold.



It really is just a slice of a greenhouse set against a wall. Neat design though. I did think it would be more than big enough when I ordered it but with hindsight, I wish I'd got a double width one and put up with it sticking out into the garden more.



Not even enough room to sit or stand inside if the potting tray is in place.




Variety of courgette and squash plants. (As usual, too many, but they'll all get homes.)



Different tomatoes...



Sweetcorn. This needs potting on too. It's too early for it to be planted out.



Salad trays.



Potting tray/bench.



Potatoes left over from the allotment planting, in pots. These will not yield a lot but they'll be earlier than the allotment ones because of the shelter.



And the last of my 50p per tray Pelargoniums and other plants for colour. I'll get them potted up today.



Oh well, on with the day...

Today.

It's an allotment day...or will be, if the weather clears a bit more. I don't like going to the allotment when its (a) raining (b) extremely windy or (c) bone chillingly cold. Which rules out a lot of days in Scotland even in "summer", believe me. Add in to the mix childcare, chores and the days I feel unwell then you end up with a very narrow window of opportunity for days up the allotment sometimes. However, today looks promising.

Gardening. Thanks for all the suggestions of things to plant. For these of you who suggested rhubarb, however, I give you a picture of my allotment rhubarb patch last month.




I think we can all agree now that more rhubarb is not required, okay?

Sweet Cicily I do not know. I will look for it in the big garden centre when I next visit. I do have Welsh Bunching Onions on the allotment, I suddenly remembered, so that's a good idea for a transplant. I also went to the small local garden centre and bought snapdragons and a curry plant.

Then I went to B&Q for some slabs, which were a bit of a shock. Last time I bought slabs they were 39p each. Now they are £1.59!!! Admittedly last time was ten years ago but still...anyway on a plus note I walked in just as they were loading up their "Reduced to Clear" plant shelves. I never thought of bedding plants having a sell-by date but apparently so. I walked out with twelve trays of plants, reduced to 50p a tray from between £3 and £6 a tray. Pelargoniums, Dianthus, Violas, Verbeneas and wallflowers. Not very food-y, but quite cottage-y. Princess and I planted up a few pots yesterday so we should have some nice colourful spots this year.

Princess also suggested a pink rambling rose near her play hut...this is an excellent idea, actually, as that section of wall is where the local neds/vandals climb over to wreck the garden and steal things out the greenhouse. I must see which variety of pink rambler has the longest thorns.

The weather is turning grey again which leads me to think I might have to go for Plan B today, which is housework, bah humbug. I have recovered from the awful trauma of the unexpected joiner but now that leaves me with no excuses between me and the decorating. Except the clutter...so I have decided to go back to the Get One Bag Per Day Out the House system. I have made a good start with a box of videos to go to the Scout Car Boot appeal and an old cupboard to go to the dump, but I feel I might get more today.

Edit. I just cleared out the freezer and started to defrost the small back up one. And cleaned the microwave. Is that enough destashing/housework for one day???

Knitting? When? I haven't even managed to get to spinning recently. I had to cancel a much anticipated silk spinning workshop last Saturday because Dad and Lad were away and I couldn't find a babysitter for Princess. I have however found a pile of long neglected cross stitch threads and kits in the attic. Watch this space...

My boyz....

moar funny pictures

Never say...

Never say I'm not good to you. Here be lolcats, noms and balls of yarn. How much time can you waste in one day?