Month: May 2024

Well, wasn’t M Kaz excited today when Brendan visited. I liked him too and I think he liked me – he was certainly mindful of me as he went in and out the doors – having quickly sussed that I am a … what words did he use … yes, ‘escape artist.’ Brendan is the plumber who came to look at the toilet which was ‘backing up’ and scaring the Mummies. Thank goodness they have two so M Kaz was able to put a ‘DO NOT USE’ sign on the door of the scary one while they were waiting for Brendan to come and look at it. But he didn’t just look at it (with Rhys using the camera they put through the pipes) – he fixed it! It’s strange not to hear it gurgle after it’s been flushed. While Brendan was here, M Kaz also had him look at some almost-dripping taps – the ones you have to turn off really hard so they don’t – and they’re working a charm too. Let’s hope M Kaz is excited when she gets Brendan’s bill. But given he’s saved them a bucketload of money – because this means the waste pipes to the mains don’t have to be mucked around with (cha-ching cha-ching), I think she’ll cope.

Brendan seemed just the tiniest bit startled when he almost stepped on a snake out the front. I had wondered if there was one hanging around. When M Kaz went to tell the neighbours just so they are expecting to see one and don’t get too big of a surprise if they do, it seems that they’ve been aware of it for the last couple of weeks. It’s living in the jasmine jungle on top of the courtyard dividing wall.

It’s still chilly at Jannie and I can now say, without a doubt, that M Sooz’s legs and bedding are way warmer than M Kaz’s. I’m not sure if either of them are happy with me having taken up residence on M Sooz’s bed – but good luck trying to move me.

Aunty M came to visit this morning so I ran out to welcome her. I haven’t seen her or a few days as she hasn’t been totally well. I’ve missed her, of course, but I’ve also missed them watching Madame Blanc – because when Aunty M isn’t here, you know those Mothers watch Midsomer Murders. Please tell me I didn’t hear it right when they were talking about only having ten or so episodes left before the end of the last season (hurrah!) – and M Sooz said something like – WE CAN JUST GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING AND START AGAIN. My emphasis but what the … ? To her credit, M Kaz is suggesting other series they could watch – and there’s always travel videos on YouTube – or something called Travel Guides where groups of people play/explore/compete in different cities around the world. I’m sure they would have filmed some episodes in Europe in the places where the Mummmies are planning to go.

Who knew my porch was mobile? I was in it this evening and all of a sudden it and I were flying through the air onto the couch. Doesn’t say much for the construction codes around here but at least the floor didn’t fall in with the move. I’d like to say I slept through the whole thing but I didn’t. I was awake when it started – I’d been hugging and kissing M Kaz’s leg when she escorted me to my porch – and then did the airlift. Since I survived, I decided to have a nap, and it didn’t take me long to fall asleep. M Kaz took photos. Of course.

Cha-ching. I heard that noise coming from M Kaz’s telephone the other day and I’ve worked out that it’s the notification sound for messages she gets from that online shop she’s always buying stuff from. It’s kind of cute (is that the right word for it?) that it makes a sound like a cash register. Yes, I do know what a cash register sounds like, I’ve seen them on the television, maybe even in Midsomer.

It is getting cooler here, not as cold as it was overnight in Stanthorpe where Uncle Wayne is at the moment. There was frost on the ground there when he woke up this morning. It’s not that cold here but it’s cold enough that i’m sleeping in with the Mummies most nights. I know there’s not a lot of room but M Kaz is learning how to sleep with her legs on either side of or around me. I sometimes sleep on M Sooz’s bed too.

It’s so nice to have Outback. Even when it’s raining it’s still warmer out there than it is in Jannie.  M Kaz has ever been out there a couple of days recently – she was taking some rays, and then she was having some zzz’s. I’m not sure how she can actually sleep on the table – it’s not like she can climb up on it and stretch out like I do. She just rests her head on her arms – and not long after that she starts snoring. She can be a very loud sleeper.
I am still enjoying my patio and I’m sure the Mummies love watching me while I’m in there. Sometimes I sit; sometimes I stand; sometimes I lie down – on my side, on my back, on my front – they just never know which is probably why M Kaz always has a camera device right there ready to snap photos of me.

It is a mystery, isn’t it M Kaz? How I can sleep in a tiny little ball on the end of my bed but need to stretch out to my full length (and then some) when I’m on yours. Hmmm. I guess we’ll never know.

I do like the new ‘balcony’ though. M Kaz found it for me – we can’t really say ‘built’ because it came already constructed from their favourite store Aldi – but ti was Aunty M who decided what to call it. It goes with the gingerbread house that Aunty M bought for me as a flat-pack and which M Kaz put together – with my help of course.

I wonder how long it will be before M Kaz tries to sneak another one of my things out of the house. She’s still doing that ‘decluttering’ which takes so much time – almost as much time as she’s already spent this week looking for something else she had put ‘in a safe place’. I don’t know why people can’t be minimalist like cats!

There has been a bit of sun out and about this week and M Kaz came Outback to sort the laundry on Monday (after she had been to the dentist) but she ended up popping her head down on the table and having a nap in the sun with me. I hope she never works out just how lovely it is out there or she’ll want to be out there with me all the time. No, I don’t mind sharing, but word on the street – and I can attest to this – is that she can tend to snore a bit when she puts her head down for a nap. Has she never heard of ‘quiet enjoyment’ of a space.

Yes. Yes. Midsomer Murders continues to show here at Jannie in the evenings. We do have a change of pace when Aunty M comes over to watch the Madame Blanch Mysteries. I think they were all pleased when they realised they still have two more seasons of it to go. But will Barbara the naughty woman (‘Bad to the Bone’ plays on Jean’s phone when she calls) come back in Season 2 or will the R-I-P bullets have done their job? Stay tuned.