Itchy and Scratchy.

I'm covered in welts where there's been scratching.

There are two possibilities to how it happened:

Scenario 1:  Wife got over-amorous (but obviously while I was sleeping as I don't remember).

Scenario 2:  Mog went walkies where he shouldn't have gone walkies.  I'm thinking he found some poison oak or poison ivy or whatever.  I gave him a thoroughly good massage at bedtime.  Got washed and ready for bed.  Scratched butt on way to bed.  Woke up next day covered in scratches--serious welts!  Now developing more of a rash and it's ITCHY!

Wife says she didn't do it.  So, it must've been the cat!

Regrets: Scratching butt on way to bed.
Thankful for: Not scratching "round the corner."

New developments!  Rash went all over and was accompanied by a sore throat.  Went to the doctor and it seems it was an allergic reaction to something or other.  Not convinced but will probably never know for sure! Sorry Mog!  :-)

Shady Brands.

Isn't it sad when you buy a product and think you're getting "home grown"?

 First there's the egg problem...

 

  Aw Snap!

Then it's the fish...

Plumbing tip!

I discovered today that after a spot o' plumbing, one should make sure ALL of the joints are soldered before turning the water back on.

I learned today that in thirty seconds an awful lot of water can be squirted through a half-inch pipe.

Rolls

I've tried making rolls a couple of times: Once by hand and once using a mixer. Both times I ended up with what could be passable copies of hockey pucks or mini discus.

I followed the instructions exactly: Left the dough to double in size then knead it back to the original volume. Pull the dough and put it on a greased baking tray. Cover it with a cloth until the dough rises again. (Now that was a dumb thing to do!)

O.K. substituted cling film for the cloth! The rolls didn't rise so I stuck them in the oven anyway. They look terrible, but they taste yummy! Just like a Scottish plain loaf but exceedingly chewy (just the way I like it). :-)

What to do in a Power Outage?

Power was out yesterday for four hours. Suddenly, our lives stood still. Washing machine and drier stopped, vacuum cleaner stopped sucking, computer shut off, television no worky! Hmmmm, what to do, what to do? Wandered aimlessly for a while then finished my book (which was rather pleasant to do without feeling I should be doing something else). Wandered in and out of rooms making futile attempts at turning lights on. What to do, what to do? Went and had a shower--that killed 20 minutes. Finally gave up and had a martini. Ahhhhh, that's better.

Don't cut your nails when cats are around!

So, I had a sharp, rough point on my big toe nail which I decided to cut off with a pair of scissors. Off I go with two cats in tow. While positioning the scissors the cats started sniffing around my feet. Being slightly distracted by all this moving and sniffing, I snipped: Sadly, as well as the nail, I also took off the tiniest bit of big toe. And I mean TINY! . Even with tiny, wee cuts, big toes bleed profusely! Moral: Cut your toe nails in private.

CPK Pizza

Here's another misrepresented pizza. This time it's California Pizza Kitchen's BBQ Chicken.

Picture from the box. Mm mm mmmm!:

And here's the real thing (note that it's not yet cooked--this is just to show how the ingredients are placed) See if you can spot the 6 pieces of chicken:

Here's another one with the onions carefully distributed.

Tabby-Tote

This device, in my humble opinion, has to be the most perfectly designed vehicle for ferrying-around felines. Any malarky on the part of one's kitty can be easily and quickly "rectified." :-)