9th May 2006 - Tuesday...

Ok so it's been like forever...(well a couple of weeks)...since my last update.
Between then and now...all that's basically changed is the temperature..I had a birthday too which was good.... I got £100 to spend on a USB Digital TV thingy for my computer, I also had enough left over to buy an in car MP3 player, which should be fun, not least of which fitting it !!!

I got some "Rhythm sticks" which are basically some drum sticks that make the drum noises without the need for drums !!!! how excellent is that ? I got one or two other bits too (invisible playing cards for one thing!!!)....so I did pretty excellently....

I'm typing this whilst Jack cries heartily into Mandy's arms...he should get an oscar, I'm sure he's really really upset, but it's 10 past 9 and his bed time is half past 8 and every night he manages to stretch it so he doesn't have to go to bed at his bed time...it's quite an art to watch...Mind you he's learnt every trick in the book from his brother..

My feeling would be he's a bit upset because Alan (the cat), is going to be picked up (finally) by the RSPCA tomorrow and re-homed, it all came to a head really since Jack had spotted that he had these bumps around his neck and when I checked the little bumps seemed to have legs !!!....

Wednesday 31st May 2006
Yes yes I know..another two weeks go by....We had the Cat picked up (finally) after much asking and asking and asking...Jack then cried himself to sleep every day for a week.

Mandy then cried herself to sleep for at least a couple of days and I must admit to being a little misty eyed myself...aaaaannnnnnyyyy way....it all came to a head and I phoned the RSPCA woman at the Ark place where Monsieur le chat was staying, having had his bits chopped off and been de-flead and de-loused etc and all manner of horrible things...I managed to persuade her that they needed to let us adopt the cat properly. Marley was his given name, so we went down on last saturday and picked him up, much to Jack's surprise and joy. Given what we managed to get done to him you'd have thought paying the £35.00 adoption fee would be enough but hell no...no we had to buy him a collar, two bowls a mat for under his bowls a litter tray since he's not allowed out for 2-3 weeks and he also has to see the vet next week for his next set of jabs which will cost another £35.00 odd.. hmmm...it's getting expensive....he was cheaper when he was a stray...If that weren't enough the bloody thing wont stop meowing, to the point where you start asking him what the matter is...I mean how crazy is this....

To todays events...................................yup absolutely bloody nothing..Brenty is at Water-home-ville, Rob just HAD to go to Overdone (nothing to do with Basra his bestist buddybeing there oh no) so that just left me on my toddle. Given the distinct lack of people to talk to...I mean I could talk to the second liners but I'm not sure they'd understand my techno speak...;-))

Crispin Spider is back from his secondment to overdone, so at least there's a friendly face...albeit not for long so I'm told..he's off doing something like selling or something...I'm sure he'll fill me in on the details at the Curry night....(I'm only going because it's £5 a head !!!)

There's not much happening on the moving front unfortunately...lots of people (I say lots about 5) came to see our house, and they all "absolutely loved the house...." (unquote) but apparently our garden is too noisy and our master bedroom is too small...(what ya gonna do in it but sleep ?)....so hoblox to the lot of them that's what I figure. I think we're pretty much decided to just sit tight and wait until next year when we can not sell again but with the lure of being able to live any where (so RabitWarren and Beggarsbelief it is then), since Jack will have his place at PortsmouthHummock Secondary School...

The only real thing to look forward to now is the look on my mum's face when I ask her to feed OUR cat for a change !!!!...hahahahah vengeance is mine sayeth the lord....;-)...

Ok that's all for now...another update soon...I say soon...."meooowwww...." where's that hammer of mine.....