I may get shot down as a philistine for this. But having watched MasterChef both amateur and professional versions for many years I am afraid that my tolerance for any more of the wank they have been turning out of late is now at an end. Last week was the finals, and the contestants were […]

Lucky now sleeps in the room which used to belong to J. The case is my part packed one for hospital next week, and he sleeps behind it against the radiator and next to some rather nervous toys. It must be a dream to him having a warm soft place to sleep and unlimited Felix […]

R is away in London (again!). He normally feeds the cats and makes the coffee in the mornings, because Lucky (although largely domesticated now) is still suffering from some aggression issues. Specifically when he is “hangry” in the mornings, he has a tendency to swipe out at the legs and hands that are trying to […]

We bought Saphy a “spider on a rod” toy for Christmas. Amber is getting prawns, and Lucky is getting cream – but Saphy is not very food oriented. So I put the spider on top of the pile of presents ready for wrapping. Within five minutes she had found it and was trying to unwrap […]

As R is making the Christmas Dinner this year for the first time as I will have my arm in a sling, I (out of the goodness of my heart) sent him some detailed instructions as to how to prepare it and effectively run his kitchen and drinks service. For my trouble I got this […]

Bitterly cold today – it was -4C when taking photo, but some lovely views from the front door.

Changing J’s bed in the spare room today prior to him coming up for Christmas. Once the bottom sheet was on, Saphy decided this could be a good place to sleep. She also acquired a new ‘project’ to work on yesterday when R built me a new office chair. The old one was seven years […]

My Mum, J and I do the Jacqui Lawson Advent Calendar every year. I tried to get R into it a few years ago but it is not his cup of tea. The Jacqui Lawson website is great for sending HTML greetings cards by email, and every year she does an Advent Calendar – for […]

He is still as voracious as ever. One way and another he is cadging about 8 pouches of Felix a day out of us. This is way too much and he is now being cut down to one pouch per feed apart from overnight when he can keep on having two. He annoys me by […]

This was the homemade chowder we had for lunch today. Some people put smoked bacon in theirs, but I am not that keen on it, so I just leave it out. Served with a homemade cottage loaf. I use the breadmaker to make the dough (with my dodgy arm kneading dough would be very difficult). […]