Friday Round Up

new read - bedtime treat for me - bedtime treat for matt

feelunique sales treats - crossed paws - headache patches don't work for me

wilson hanging out with the chickens - dinky frizzle egg - friday night

It's been a bit of an animal focused week and I've no problem with that. The best thing that happened this week was the return of our little Frizzle hen which has made us both happier than you can imagine. I found out today that she had been camping out in our neighbour's coop for a few days at least. And as you can see from the picture above, she's already laying her little white eggs again

Last weekend I was visiting my parents and was followed by a large, fat tabby cat. He followed me around the corner where I parked my car, across the road, up the drive, through the gate and into the house. He appeared very old and a bit confused. He had nearly been hit by a couple of cars as he crossed the road after me - he certainly didn't have the road sense of an old cat and I was worried about him. He had a collar and tag so I rang his owners and left a message while he lounged on my dad's kitchen floor. He was very old and had arthritis, poor thing, but he managed to whizz out of the back door before long and find his way home. It turned out he'd been a stray and was rescued by a local lady who took pity on him

It's also been a week of animal reunions - one of Matt's friends had his van stolen from his drive with his 14 year old black lab in the back early in the week. We were so worried for the poor dog, he'd have had no idea where he was or what was going on. He's a bit confused most of the time, a bit like Boris the cat, hence he liked to spend his time in the van rather than in the house with the other dogs. Luckily he was found this morning, wandering down a country lane a few miles away. I assume the thieves dumped him which is awful but far preferable to the alternative I suppose. Anyway, he's home and safe and I expect he'll be spending more time in the house nowadays

This weekend I'm finally going to get my eyes tested (as I've been intending to since November) and book cinema tickets for Les Miserables. I'm SO excited to see it as I've been a mad, obsessive Les Mis fan since I was about 13. I own more than one recording of it and the 10th anniversary DVD and even have a favourite cast (the Dream Cast, for your info) so I'm going to be pretty hard to impress but I just HAVE to see it. Because I am an old lady and have a bad back, I have to go to a Vue cinema and book their VIP seats because they are the only ones I can be comfy in for the length of a film. I couldn't get tickets for this weekend but hopefully next week I can go. Having listened to/watched the musical so many hundreds of times, the words are imprinted onto my brain so I will have to make a conscious effort not to sing my way through the film. In fact, they needn't have bothered casting so many famous names, I could have done the whole thing from start to finish for about 80% of the cost :)

Have a great weekend everyone