Billy Young's Blog - Posts Tagged "cat"

The council are doing work on my house in the coming week. We’re to get a new kitchen and bathroom. What that means is four days of hassle for us but at the end of it we have nice new units in the kitchen as well as a new bathroom suite. Mind you it is over due. We’ve stayed in this house for seven years now. At the time we moved in the units needed replaced. The council of course didn’t see it as we did. So we were forced into fitting some we got second hand to boost storage space. Magz saw the plans to what we will be getting and she was happy. As she is the main user of the kitchen that is all that matters. I’m not looking forward to the disturbance. After a long day working then coming home to a building site will be a real headache. In the end though it should be worth it.
Next doors cat has been back doing mischief in my garden again. This time it’s the sweetcorn that has been under attack. Magz chased it off the other day but no soon was it scooted away and it came back. The worst for Magz is that she was the one that wanted me to plant the corn so she feels connected to them. It’s like they’re her babies so she must protect them. I’m not complaining though as it means she’s also scaring it away from all the other plants. What is worse is that the spray we got to deter cats doesn’t seem to work. I think I may have to do some research on the web to how to solve the problem. If you have any tips I would welcome them. Thanks.

Still not heard anything back from XFX yet. They should have received the graphics card by now so I just have to wait. That is easier than said though as you know. I will give them another week before contacting them again. That way I feel I have given them time to receive the package and for them to have looked at it. Hopefully I don't have to get in touch with them again and I will get an email telling me that a replacement has been sent. Maybe that is too much to hope for though. Time will tell as they say.
Not had much time to check on my garden this week. I was out on Wednesday after work and was pleased at how things are coming on. Though a cat has been digging in at my potato sacks again this year. I had the same problem last year as you may remember. Nothing worked in trying to stop the blighter that was doing it. In the end I think the rain drove it off more than anything I did. Of course I don't want to see that much rain this year. Sadly the weather man is forecasting some of the wet stuff over the next few days along with some windy conditions. You wouldn't think that last week we were in what seemed the height of summer with the sun splitting the sky. Well it did give me a chance to get my hedges trimmed along with the grass. I also got the ever vital weeding around the strawberries done. So at least I got to use the good weather for some good before we returned to the drab.

My daughter and myself were down town doing Christmas shopping. As expected it cost more than I would like but that is only because Tammy had to have a new pair of boots. Well she is my daughter so how could I not? I know soft is the word your looking for. Anyways that does mean that I have Magz's presents out of the way. I would tell you all but you never know Magz might just read this. After all this is the first year in a long time she doesn't have a clue to what I have gotten her.
Talking of Christmas I have to get the tree down from the loft tomorrow. As December closes in it is that time of year to glitz our trees with blinking lights and shiny baubles. I must admit though this year it is because I want it. Both Magz and Tammy were in the mind to just leave it this year as both the kids are grown. I just feel it will at the least brighten up the house over some of these dark months. Plus it is nice to come home to after work. I know a little selfish as it is Tammy and Magz who put up the tree every year. I think Magz is worried about what Rocky, Tammy's cat, will do to the tree. He loves to climb. Then there is the shiny baubles that he will think are just for him to play with. I can see it now, hehehe.

It is such a dull dark day today outside which makes me glad to be indoors today. Winter is always such a dark time of year. Well that's the way it feels on these cold rainy overcast ones. It does make me wish for the longer days of the summer and the chance to get out into the garden. That reminds me that I still have to prune my apple tree. I will do that tomorrow with some luck with the weather. Well the man on the telly said it is supposed to be better than today. So I should get out while we still have light. It is dark around four in the afternoon or at least getting dark about then. It is half four now and night has already stolen the day from us.
Magz and Tammy got the tree up on Monday while I was at work. As expected Rocky (our cat) has been steeling the decorations from it driving Magz mad. She's for ever collecting them from where the roaster has dumped them around the house and having to put them back on the tree. One good thing so far he hasn't climbed the tree. I think the flashing lights put him off. But he does like the presents or at least knocking them over then losing interest till we put them back. He does love to play, hehehe.
I start writing a new tale last weekend. It is something which has been forming in my head over the last few weeks. It isn't anything that I would think will lead anywhere other than maybe some enjoyment of creating a couple of shorts. Yeah I don't have more than a couple of short story ideas based around a similar concept. I will see where they take me. Finding time though has been difficult this week as I've had some overtime at work. Still I still have the weekend or some of it as I want to keep some for gaming. Saturday games night and Sunday some writing sounds like a balance. Of course if I have time during the week then I will use that to draw the tales from my head.