Mortgage free in Forever Home :-)

Brie

I'm wondering if your dad was worn out by all the activity and went into cranky child mode.

Glad Chloe has forgiven you.  

greenbee

It's funny how they like their carriers when they're going in the right direction! Mine spend vet visits trying to get back in. But sing - loudly - in the car regardless of which way we are going! She's probably checking that you're staying put, and marking you with her scent to remind you that she owns you, as you probably don't smell right at the moment. 

beanielou

KajiKita said:

beanielou said:

At least it’s done. Hope Chloe will be pleased to be home. 

She was really funny. As soon as she heard our voices in the Cattery, she dived in to the cat box in her pen! Not sure if that was scaredness or anticipation of going home, but it made making her ‘journey ready’ very easy 😊

She meeped a bit on the way home but was mostly quiet. We fed her as soon as we got home and she had a mouthful and gave me a quick leg rub before asking to go out. We let her out and left the lounge door open and she has come and gone, come and gone, in and out for the last hour! 😂😊 There is quite a lot of rubbing and purring, so I think we are forgiven 😊❤️

KK

Love this 😻

Merlin's_Beard

Parents are funny old things and sometimes it's hard to know how much is you carrying the years of history and how much is them being less than ideal! Sometimes you just gotta take what you get with them.

Miss Chloe sounds pleased to be home though!

PennysIntoPounds

Really glad you got nice time with your parents and the reminder that like with all families, there are going to be occasional cantankerous bits! And you didn't have to resort to saying you'd bitten the head off roadkill en route to shut down a vegan argument so that's a big positive 😁
Aw to Ms Chloe, quite right that she's making sure human and indoor and outdoor territory is still hers ❤️

SandyShores

Wise words Merlin's_Beard, mine did their best, it was a poor effort that says more about them than me.  Reminds me of Philip Larkin's:

They f**k you up, your mum and dad.   

    They may not mean to, but they do.   

They fill you with the faults they had

    And add some extra, just for you.

Fantastic that Chloe has been to the cat hotel without too much trouble.  

KajiKita

Thanks @brie you could well be right,
@greenbee hadn't thought of the scenting thing - nice to know we are 'owned' now by out Chloe-Bean  
@beanielou,
@Merlin's_Beard, @SandyShores - parental dynamics are always complex aren't they. Had what I felt was a somewhat passive aggressive email from my mum thanking us for making the effort to travel all the way to visit them (Mr KK felt it read that way too, so not just me - I do check) but in the same email was really getting into the detail of what she was going to organise for me for my birthday ...
@PennysIntoPounds, I'd forgotten about the biting heads off roadkill thing ...! 

The week is trundling on here. I'm not as dead-tired as I thought I might be which is a good thing as work is pretty busy this week - heading out on a supplier visit with a colleague this afternoon and then a full day's induction to the Group at Head Office tomorrow. 

Had enough energy last night to turn sausage, mash and beans into sausage, mash with cabbage mixed through (not quite colcannon as I couldn't find spring onions) and onion gravy. It was LUSH!  
Dinner tonight will see me try another option from C00k - I score them out of 10 and add comments to them on the packaging label - sad or what!  

I also ironed 2 shirts for Mr KK. This is a very infrequent occurrence and he was doing more digging out for paths at the time, so it seemed like a fair swop!  

Hoping to have the energy tonight to:
- Drop the heated airer and put it away
- Photograph and get on FBMP the brick half rounds that we don't want
- Do the same with a strange HM kissing seat we were randomly given, which served a useful purpose but we don't need any more and is just taking up space.
- Maybe, deadhead the cutting patch and cut some flowers

KK

skint_spice

What a lovely welcome from Chloe and sounds like a reasonable visit considering!

KajiKita

Thanks @skint_spice 😊 And yes, Chloe Bean is evolving into rather a friendly (to us and only us, on her terms, when she wants, etc etc 😉) cat ❤️

I and shattered after a long day and have mostly admitted defeat so haven’t done any FBMP listings …
However, I have:
- Collapsed and put away the airer 👏
- Harvested mint to go with spuds for dinner 🌿 
- Emptied the confetti from inside the cat box (dunno what Chloe was doing with the newspaper in there whilst at the Cattery but it was messy! 😂) and put it back down on the cellar 😊
- Lightly stuck Mr KK’s finger back together after he caught himself on the sharp edge of a worktop trim and he couldn’t open or manoeuvre the plaster. 

That’ll do 😊

KK

PennysIntoPounds

That sounds a very productive and tiring day and FBMP will still be there when you have energy to spare.
Perhaps Chloe was objecting to the opinion in a particular article 😁
It's interesting about the passive aggressive tone, maybe your mum writes like that to everyone when she's in a certain mood but you would never know, certainly sounds like the trip was a success if she's wanting to make birthday arrangements, that's lovely. Well done you, and all of you, for making it one that could be done again 😊
Hope Mr KK's finger heals quickly!