It's a Cat's Life

 

They drove me all the way to Wales*.

I didn't like it so I yowled all the way, it was hard keeping it up for two hours ... but I managed it.

They let me out to play in what appeared to be a hayfield of tickly proportions.

Then just when I had gotten used to, it they cut it all down.

Luckily they missed this super big bit of grass, so I had a lie down in the shade and had a snooze.

Then they called me over.

I came very willingly, after all I am a very good boy.

But I suspected they were going to load me into that basket again, so I needed to go and have a drink to lubricate my vocal cords for the return journey.

It's a Cat's Life.  😺

Ginger xx

* We needed to go to the Welsh flat which we have not been able to sell due to lease problems, and so we were getting it ready for renting it out again, happily after a nice twist of fate, to the son of the lady that lives in the upper flat.  Ginger came with us, we thought he would sleep for the journey ... he didn't.  We were all glad to get home!!

Sue xx

A Good Week for Books

 

It's been a brilliant week for books.

Over the course of a couple of visits to Booths I have managed to pick up all the the books in the photo, for just £1 each off the charity book table. There has obviously been a few people around town sorting through their reading matter.  It definitely pays to say yes, when Alan asks me if I want a coffee with him when he's going for a bacon bun for his breakfast.  😃

Especially when he's getting more shopping then me and pays for my three items as well.

Yes the total sum of my shopping this week is a tub of ice-cream, to go with the rhubarb from the garden, a pack of brown buns and a lovely little lavender plant.  I have just about enough space to squeeze it into a gap in the flower bed.  ⚘

I also have ten pounds to add to my purse after successfully selling the two pans and the steamer that I no longer needed on Facebook marketplace.  A nice simple transaction, and to someone who was really pleased to get them for that price.

A successful week.

Have a good weekend everyone, now I'm off for a read.  😀

Sue xx

Wild Ramblings, Statistically Speaking

 

I was checking for comments that might have gone into the Spam folder yesterday after writing a blog post ... happily less and less 'proper' comments are ending up in Spam these days ... while I was rootling around I decided to have a look at my blog statistics.  It made for fascinating reading.

While 44 people at that time were reading the current post, a grand total of 333 people were reading various posts on the blog at the same time, and from all over the world.  Interestingly someone was reading their way through Blogmas 2024, at the same time as five people catching up on the previous days post.  One person was reading about my challenge last year of living on £100 a month for all my shopping and one person was reading the very first post of this blog.

I like doing this occasionally but it can be dangerous, as I tend to click on the posts that someone is reading to see what they are reading about and how wildly I rambled on and on at the time, and I usually end up losing an hour or more down a rabbit-hole of my own making.

If you're a blogger have you checked your stats recently?

Sue xx

Sorting The Pan Drawer

 

It's hard to believe that all this fitted in the one drawer ... but it did. 

Some things get used over and over again, and some things are simply moved out of the way over and over again.  I am one person and one person does not need three frying pans.  I chose the two that I actually use often, and it turned out that the one that's leaving home came 'free' with my oven and hob when I had the kitchen fitted, and it's just too big and quite heavy.  So, even though it's new I forgive myself for it having to go, as it's not something I went out and chose to buy.

Of everything here, two pans are going, the steamer and the large tin of cookie/pasty cutters.  They are all listed as a job lot on Facebook Marketplace.

The drawer was given a thorough clean and wipe out and left to dry in it's own time, before I put the things that have earned their places back into it.  Leaving things to dry in their own time means that I can have a cup of coffee and go and read for half an hour.  😁

Although I forgot to take a 'before' photo, I can assure you that it now looks so much less cluttered and everything is more accessible.  I now have what I use and what I need in this particular drawer and nothing to excess.

Tucked away in the Le Creuset casserole pan are my measuring cups and cookie cutters, but they were there before so I'm not hiding anything.  😄

Now it's time to start on the bottom drawer.

Sue xx

Buying, Selling, Sorting

 

We both needed some bits of shopping this week, so first we nipped to Aldi where I bought this lot.  It came to a total of £19.40, I didn't get the receipt so I don't know the individual prices, but I do know that it was the wine and fish that bumped up the cost of my shopping.

Then we went over to Booths as Alan needed a bacon roll. 😄

I of course joined him and had a cup of coffee.  Then we picked up a few bits from the shop on our way out and I spent another £15.90.

While Alan paid for his shopping it would have been rude not to browse the charity book table.  So I spent £1 on this.

When I got home someone came to pick up a purchase from my Facebook Marketplace sales, so at least I got some money back in.  At the moment I am in the middle of having a clear-out of kitchen things that I simply don't use, in a bid to make space for me now in my tiny kitchen, and also as I am feeling the need for less possessions. 

It's going slowly but I'm not in any great rush, I just feel a real need for more simplicity in my life.

Sue xx