An in-between phase

KajiKita

Loving all the mouse banter … 🐭 😉😊 Chloe brought one in to Mr KK this morning and then chased it around the room until she woke him up with all the crashing and banging against the furniture! Mouse was stuck in Mr KK’s bedroom all day, judging by Chloe’s obsessed and mesmerised state in his room … Eventually she caught said mouse and brought it downstairs to the dining room, where Mr KK caught it in his slipper and released it to the great outdoors again at about 6.30pm. Poor little thing must have been as dry as a chip being stuck in the house all day …

I have to say, I am VERY impressed by your focus and discipline to keep on with the yoga session - there would have been no sun saluting here if there had been a mouse in the room with me! 😳😂 I don’t mind mice but I do need to be able to keep a wary eye on them … 😉

KK

PennysIntoPounds

I assessed in a split second @KajiKita that there was no way I'd be able to get up and reach it before it legged it, had nothing to trap it in even if I could, and had no idea what I'd do after that if I had, so it seemed wisest to spend the last few minutes of the session calmly assessing what to do next.
Obviously it wasn't ideal but it was a mouse, not a gorilla. And as I said, it did seem a bit embarrassed so being British my innate response was to be polite and pretend I hadn't seen anything unusual 😁
Glad your mouse got out okay! Love Mr KK's slipper to the rescue once again 😂

foxgloves

Ohhhh, it'd have made my day to hear a gorilla had just wandered into your flat.

Watty1

Loving the mouse chat.
Whenever I see one around here, I wish it a good day and remind myself it is only a mouse.  A pest control chap once said if you have mice you don't have rats, look on the bright side

KajiKita

Watty1 said:

 A pest control chap once said if you have mice you don't have rats, look on the bright side

Is this really true …? (She said hopefully …)

KK

Rhyddid2026

I really hope that's true, I sometimes have rats in the garden because I live next to farms. I've had a mouse in my pantry all winter because I don't have the heart to put him outside until it's stopped dropping below freezing at night. We've come to an agreement, he can have my garam flour and ryvitas, he leaves my popcorn and cereal alone, and any other rice or flour I've put in jars so as not to tempt him. I am looking forward to him returning to outside life though.

PennysIntoPounds

Haha hi @rachmac3, that sounds a very reasonable agreement indeed, I guess living next to farms one has to be accepting of the reality of nature. I however live in zone 2 (very Hunger Games 😁) of London and it is shocking to be part of nature 😂

PennysIntoPounds

Happy Sunday all 😊
Despite me trying to save Sundays as my no obligations day, more various productive things have been dun as I really want the outstanding (not in a good way) to-do list out of my life

Mr PIP renewed his driving licence and sorted out some financials

I vacuumed mum's flat while she's away in exchange for having borrowed the shark

Prepped dinner (chilli wraps)

Finally booked an afternoon using the spa voucher I won last year!

We checked all the outdoor-backing furniture in the flat in case of mould (or mice), all fine

Walk and beer with Mr PIP (with camra discount)

Adopting a positive mental attitude to Monday. I want to get all the stuff that has been loitering on the to-do list to-done before clocks go forward in a couple of weeks. There is enough daily stuff, weekly stuff, and monthly stuff to do on the regular, not to mention the inevitable stuff that comes up!
I do not need extra things making me feel stressed or like I have failed because there isn't enough energy, or enough hours in the day.
Anyone feeling to join me in a 'let's just get this sh*t done' challenge and seeing how much we can smash for the remainder of March?

redofromstart

Sounds good to me (the challenge, not so much the mouse)

Blackcats

I'm in!  Just this afternoon as I put even more papers into my fairly full filing tray I was thinking that PIP does admin every day, I should follow their glowing example and get on with admin.  I do admin but it tends to be the admin I like doing and that never includes filing or shredding.