Author: kazbah33pics

You never know what those Mummies are going to come home with. This time it is a toy for me – or is it a new friend? They are battery-operated and go tearing through the house at a rate of knots. They have three settings – slow, fast and interactive. ‘Interactive’ means they make an annoying noise before scuttling off. I am not totally sure what I think of them yet. I sometimes deign to chase them – other times I let them have at it. I think M Kaz is getting more exercise from chasing it around than I am. The good news is that they are able to get themselves out from under things when they have put themselves there: the only thing M Kaz has to do is to make sure she notes whether the red light indicating ‘low charge’ is on – so she can snafu it before it races under something and gets stuck there. That’s why HAL (the robot vacuum cleaner) is not allowed in the Mummies’ bedroom because if he got stuck there – that’s where he would have to stay because there is no way the Mummies can move their beds – or get under them. And even though we know I’m strong, I wouldn’t be able to wrestle it out from under there either – and even if I could, there’s too much other stuff in the way.

So, where was I? The new toy/friend. The first night they were here, M Kaz made sure they were turned off and put in my mango box on the lounge. The Mummies know I like taking my little rubber band friends to share my food and M Kaz was worried I might do this with the ball and leave them somewhere in a transit area and cause a late night or early morning fall for one of the Mummies. That wouldn’t be good – it would be funny, but it wouldn’t be good.

I’m glad I don’t live with Cate and Steve over the courtyard fence – or that I can’t see what’s going on in there. Why? Because they had a snake visitor the other day that Cate didn’t even realise was there until she walked over it and it was between her and the door. She’s braver than Uncle Wayne because when he sees a snake he cries out ‘Nake … nake’. I didn’t hear anything from over the fence – not even when they were scooping the snake up into a box and then taking it over the road near a stormwater drain for the snake to ‘hide in’. ‘Don’t worry’ said Cate, ‘the boys there are big strapping lads and they’ll be able to deal with it if it shows up.’ The Mummies and I are very pleased she doesn’t think of us that way otherwise that snake might have come sailing over our fence.

This time a year ago the Mummies were away and Uncle Wayne and I were living our best lives – yes, that’s right, he is allergic to me and all cats but I am not as bad as some … black cats seem to be the worst and we all know I only have a little bit of black on me (and ‘in’ me bwaaahaha). Well, Uncle Wayne has just left here to go back to Toowoomba so I have reclaimed my bedroom.

Before that, I was having to file myself in M Kaz’s wardrobe – it’s cosy enough but not really conducive to stretching out in bed. I also spent some time in my air fryer box which had been moved from the table to on the floor near the dining room table, and I also spent time in my mango box on the couch next to M Kaz while they were watching Richard Osman’s House of Games (which they have now finished).

While Uncle Wayne was here, he taught/reminded M Kaz how to use the BBQ, bought a new gas cylinder and had it filled – it’s a lovely yellow, hung up a picture for Aunty M, and did some shopping and cooking with the Mummies. He went down to the Broadwater with M Kaz every morning and they enjoyed some lovely sunrises with the group down there – and he played with Jesse on the days that he and his mother were there.

Aunty Wendy came to visit while Uncle Wayne was here too.  She sat out with him (well, both she and M Kaz) sat out there with him as he worked the BBQ. He also listened when M Kaz said the BBQ was too low for her – and unless it was higher, even though it was a lovely way to cook, she probably wouldn’t – so he built a platform for the BBQ to rest on so M Kaz could use it without complaining about how it was hurting her back. (Yes, she is a bit of a whinger!).

And yes, I did remember that I used to live with Aunty Wendy before I came to live with the Mummies – and even though she has new shoes now – and so she should because I’ve been at Jannie for over five years now – I still enjoyed sitting with her shoes like I used to when I lived with her. I wonder if M Kaz still has my baby photos from then.

How many rolls of toilet paper do those Mummies need? I only ask because M Kaz came home with 48 rolls of it today from the shop – but not just any shop. M Kaz has been to … drumroll please – Costco – home of bulk quantities at low prices. I guess we can all be surprised that M Kaz spent only $120 on her first visit to an establishment offering groceries, appliances, electronics, apparel and … well, obviously not cat food or crunchies because I can’t believe M Kaz would have seen it and not brought some (well lots) home for me.

What else did she bring home? Baked beans were there (… hmmm those toilet paper rolls are starting to make a bit more sense now), mandarins, almonds and rocky road. Rocky Road? From Costco? In bulk? What the … and still M Kaz didn’t come back with anything at all for me.

M Kaz has finally coaxed me up onto the couch to sit with her in the evenings while the Mummies are watching television. It came about while Uncle Wayne was here and M Kaz had one of my boxes on her lap and I jumped into it – and stayed there. She’s kept it on the couch next to her since then and I often jump into it. I was in my box again this evening – for a while before M Kaz gave me a chip which didn’t agree with me and after I did a bit of a “yawn”, I was out of there. I swung past later to make sure M Kaz had taken care of “things”as I was making my way through to my bedroom.

Thank goodness the Mummies stopped watching television after they’d seen House of Games this evening. Well, M Sooz did because she went to bed to read and M Kaz went into her office – I think she was working on her computer and also watching something in there – the good news is that it was not “Midsomer Murders”. It was something she has been watching over the last little while – some science-fiction show. She loves science fiction.

M Kaz was calling me a” copy cat” this afternoon. It took me a while to work out what she was on about but when she prised me away from where I was sitting on the top of the photocopier so she could scan another page, I understood the reference.