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Babystepping our way through February, with brews and pointy sticks!

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BlackCatTryingToFly · 14/02/2012 07:52

Hi all, Welcome to the new thread.

Oiii!,*Carrots, bessie, Zoo, Scout, Dlamis, and anyone I've missed - Over here!!!

[Brew] anyone?

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liveinazoo · 17/02/2012 13:48

hurrah..panic over-emergency plumber with long rod style plunger saved the dayGrin

liveinazoo · 17/02/2012 14:16

having a bit relaxationand eating then im back to cleaning the kitchen

kids polished rooms flybaby style with timerGrin

BlackCatTryingToFly · 17/02/2012 14:19

Grin Zoo, glad their coming to fix it!

I started washing up then DH wandered in with a wet painting DD had just done,
DH: "Where can I put this" .
So I ended up getting sidetracked finding a home for previous dry paintings so we could put wet painting on side to dry. Then had to hoover up some paint that had flaked off old dry paintings, before I knew it it was 2.00pm.

Time for a Brew break as feeling a bit drained!

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BlackCatTryingToFly · 17/02/2012 14:25

I feel the need for a list (Although not sure if all will get done Hmm)

To do:
cat litter tray
wash up
"what's for dinner?"
Sort some paperwork (Meh!) --I think not!--

I think I will drown in paperwork, laundry and dirty dishes one day!

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liveinazoo · 17/02/2012 14:34

same here im afraid.plus they are all jobs that you chip away at and manage keep coming at same speed so often feels like endless task....

on a positive note at least cat will have a clean lav and there will be food on the table tonightSmile

blackcatdp talking but get kids a kitten in the summer.where do you keep the litter box?

Scout19075 · 17/02/2012 14:34

I'm having a bit of "can't-get-off-my-bum-itis" this afternoon.

liveinazoo · 17/02/2012 14:37

scout------->>

15mins thenBrew and Biscuit

liveinazoo · 17/02/2012 14:39

bc want buddy at 3?

(hoping that give you time finish anything you were doing and have a quick Brew)

Scout19075 · 17/02/2012 14:42

Thanks, zoo. I'll be back at 3 to report.

BlackCatTryingToFly · 17/02/2012 14:43

Zoo I'm afraid the cat litter tray is in the kitchen but we have nowhere else for it. (Only have 3 downstairs rooms, kitchen ,dining room and lounge.)(oh, and understairs cupboard which is currently drowning in carrier bags and other recycling junk etc.) Blush

I am trying to regain some energy with a mars bar. Wink

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BlackCatTryingToFly · 17/02/2012 14:44

O.K. 3.00 sounds good --if I can get going again--

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liveinazoo · 17/02/2012 14:46

we have same with cupboard-except add lads toys-and kitchen and front room so think would have to be same or in hall put not good welcome if cats just "been" when you walk in door!

liveinazoo · 17/02/2012 14:47

p.s wish we had marsbars.down to nice and rich tea biscuitsSad

liveinazoo · 17/02/2012 14:48

sharpens stick in case blackcat needs it

BlackCatTryingToFly · 17/02/2012 14:51

I think stick will definitely be required!!

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BlackCatTryingToFly · 17/02/2012 14:59

Couple more jobs to add to list: put away dry washing and hang wet washing.
Hmm Hmm Hmm Feeling tired!! HELP!!!

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liveinazoo · 17/02/2012 14:59

i have just mindlessly eaten half packet nice biscuitsConfusedShock

bracing myself to go and attack kitchen(again)

stands up and wields freshly sharpened stick at blackcat
---> ----> ---->>GO!!!!!!Smile
back 3.30?

(hope scout is doing ok)

liveinazoo · 17/02/2012 15:00

start with catbox and washing up.you can do itSmile

GO BLACK GO!!!!!!------>>

BlackCatTryingToFly · 17/02/2012 15:01

Back at 3.30.

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Scout19075 · 17/02/2012 15:06

Right. I have done:

taken kitchen trash to bin
taken toy packaging to recycling bin
washed the slow cooker (I set it soaking earlier)
washed up breakfast & lunch dishes & pots
washed out the recycling (yogurt pots, etc)
scrubbed the toilet (not perfect but did the bowl and gave the seat and top of the toilet a wipe down with the bathroom wipes)
put Limey on one of the bathroom taps
brought unopened TS toy in from the car

Now have a bite size dairy milk and a bite sized caramel to eat.

bessie26 · 17/02/2012 15:27

We have a litter tray with a lid (only use it if they are poorly), keeps all the smells and litter contained Grin

I'm on my 2nd cup of tea at the hairdressers [relaxed]

liveinazoo · 17/02/2012 15:29

well done scout

Scout19075 · 17/02/2012 15:37

Have opened TS's final toy and wonders why Happyland has so much packaging?!?! Bloody hell! He has a couple of HL bits from his birthday and I realized over the weekend that he still had a couple of things (stored down at the inlaws) that we hadn't given him. He has an October birthday so no presents for a while so I decided to just open them up and add them to his collection without making a big deal of it. He's really a good boy at the shops and never whines/begs for toys or anything, even though I regularly let him him look, so I don't mind getting him something every now and again and putting it with his existing toys (or, in this case, opening up toys I got for him in the summer and never gave to him to play with).

I think I hear TS chattering so I should go and get him.

BlackCatTryingToFly · 17/02/2012 15:39

Well done on the list Scout.

I have done cat litter tray and 1 x wash up.

What did you do Zoo

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liveinazoo · 17/02/2012 15:40

BLACKCAAAAAAT you ok??!!