gerbil madness

ok still no photo's. not just the backup driver so need to take a look at it.

yesterday we had a nice day, having brunch and touring the antiques shops and garden centre.
when we came home there was some planting up to do and also we had to clean out the gerbil

it is always a challenge as gerbils are both quick and messy.

now our Tiffany (yes the gerbil is called Tiffany) is not tame.

she is a wild beast, a small white beast, If you put anything near her she will bite it, this can be a nut, seed or finger, she does not mind. so in order to clean her out you have to wait until she is asleep. lift off the lid and as soon as she pops her head out pop her exersize ball and get the lid on.

simple.

no not simple, yesterday she developed the vertical leap.

I took the lid off.

She sprang out.

we then chased her around for 5 minutes. LSP quickly got the dogs out of the room, oh yes they would given 1/2 the chance.

eventually I managed to drop the ball on her, lsp held the ball in place while I quickly cleaned out the cage.

when it was time to put her back. I panicked.

Tiffany ended up in the cage with her ball. we then had 10 minutes of me trying to get the ball out.

so we have ordered a new cage, one with lots of rooms so we can separate them off. and avoid the jumping gerbils.

(oh yes my friend finally gave birth to her baby at 3.45 on Sunday morning. a 9lb3 oz baby boy)
(my other friend went into labour 2 weeks early and had an 8lb 4 oz baby boy this morning.)
(I have one more friend with a couple of weeks to go)

lots of baby's around.
hope you had a happy weekend,

Hiccups.

Tonight I have been texting my pal, who is currently in labour. hopefully it will not be much longer until she is cradling her new baby in her arms. She is now having contractions every 4 minutes so will only be a few more hours (hopefully) She is having a baby of approximately 9lb. 

We do not know what she is having, we know its a baby, but she has not wanted to know the sex. I think she is having a girl, but who knows.

Today was a fab day but busy. so glad its the weekend now. although it will be a busy weekend as well.

I went shopping today for some easter pressie's and bought 3 lovely pretty dresses for 3 special little girls. (cant put the pictures on as their mummies might see) they are to young for lots of chocolate.

ok so Hiccups.

how do we cure hiccups?

Tonight LSP had hiccups.

So I said, I will give you a pound if you hiccup again.

silence.

This works most of the time. It works with adults and children (but not baby's or animals)
The best one is when I was at a supermarket and the checkout operator was hiccuping and I said to her I would give her a pound if she hiccuped again. and she didn't.

Hope you all have a fab weekend.
(ps, small children especially boys when they find they cannot hiccup will pretend)
(and no its not a pound for each time you hiccup afterwards)

I am now waiting for the text to say that the new baby has arrived.

Babies and Butterfly's.

So the original plan for my day today was to be helping my friend celebrate her 30th Birthday. It was due to be an afternoon of go-karting then an evening of cocktails!   However, my migraine put paid to that.

 Instead. I have spent a day with the family. Both Older and Younger daughter's were working today so it was me, LSP, my younger sister, her mother, her partner and their daughter.

We went for Lunch at a nearby butterfly park.

After we had been fed, we went to see the animal's get fed. 

The otter's and meerkat's went down well with the adults. However, for our Niece the star attraction was Amy the Goat.

Every time she ate out of someones hand our niece would laugh hysterically! Amy was not a shy goat and would push herself to the front, we would have to have 1 person distracting Amy while someone else gave the other Goats some treats!

Once we had walked round the animal's we went for a walk around the butterfly house. 

 Butterfly's are fast!!!,
Also the butterfly house is hot!!! So we went for a cup of tea before home!

Tonight, older daughter is treat us to a meal in the local pub, for  mother's day treat! 

Here's to nice weekends....

I am sat here on my settee, with a glass of Jack Daniels and coke (rock and roll) having had a very nice weekend. Yesterday was such a fab day as my sister along with her partner brought our niece down to see us. The original plan was for us to go to them (and to have a trip to ikea on the way) but the plans changed and they came down to us.

I cant believe how quick this year has gone, well the baby is now 1 and we gave her her birthday pressie from us.

She did play with it, but was more interested in the kitchen step, which she crawled up and down repeatedly!

She has discovered the Camera and smiles a big beaming smile when ever its pointed on her,



Just look at those teeth!! (yes that's a smile)

Happy Birthday.......

After the excitement of yesterday, today was a lot more practical,

We had to finish sorting out the books.

After much sorting we have identified about 60 books to be sold and the ones that are left fit in our book cases, hurrah.....

We have 1 bookcase in the hall, which has lots of normal (ish) books.

Then the dinning room is dominated by Academic and Hobby books, (and the occasional dog).

So after a busy but nice weekend, its time for a nice glass of drink and some candle light.

Here's to a good week everyone.........