Oh what a world my parents gave me

I saw No Strings Attached advertised earlier. It's a show where puppets act out fanfics based on celebs, and those celebs voice their own dialogue. Not going to lie, I about turned myself inside out with embarrassment thinking about it. Just, no.

Pauline phoned yesterday asking about our Christmas dinner. She wants to get it booked, and apparently she's going to be busy in December, so suggested booking for a Saturday in November, including this Saturday coming. Now, while the festive menu would be started then I think the 8th is far too soon for our Christmas meet up, so I'm going to push for the last Sat in November instead. She also still wants to go to the restaurant that gave her and James food poisoning, as she said, it's usually lovely there, and it was only a minor poisoning. Well, that's okay then…

Talking about Christmas, it seems to be everywhere now, and John Lewis dropped their Christmas ad today. Why so early, I don't know, so now I'm expecting a deluge of Christmas ads soon. It's an interesting ad, I get what they were going for, and the sentiment does land, just there was a section in the middle that led me to believe it was about to get really bleak. Then things change, and wham, right in the feels. I suspect many dad's with older sons will relate.



Murphy's results, ( cut for those not interested )

We've done two craft fairs this weekend. They went well, and thankfully, were at the same venue so we could leave our stall set up overnight. But even so, it was a lot of being on, socialising and chatting, plus of course, the setting up and breaking down each end. Saying that I enjoyed both days, the venue was lovely, a small community centre, and the coffee only 50p so I was well caffeinated.

Yesterday James was chatting to a man about why he called his business PyroRex, and hearing it was because James always refers to himself as a t-Rex due to his arm positioning, said he had a t-Rex costume that James could have if he wanted it-- and of course he did. The man went home, brought back the costume, and then ( this happened this morning )

On Friday the emergency vet phoned to say they'd finally had the results back from Murphy's urine cultures, and they thought the antibiotics that they'd given him may be ineffective against the UTI strain he had. But, because he's okay in himself they said to take a sample in to our own vets, they'd check it and give different antibiotics if needed.

Because this was Friday afternoon, our own vet was closing in hours and there was no way to get the sample in and tested before they shut for the weekend. So, James called in to get the sample collecting sand kit, on his way home from work and they said to get the sample and take it in Monday.

I was expecting that to be a nightmare, but amazingly, almost as soon as I put the sand in a clean litter box Murphy used it, and the sample is in the fridge ready to be dropped off tomorrow. Which is a huge relief, now, fingers crossed the sample comes back infection free and I can start to relax about more stones. And I don't have to write sample ever again!

mini_wrimo is going on again. I'm not taking part but sign ups will be on for a few days yet if you want to take part in a very low pressure write every day challenge.

I was thrilled to see Layton had turned up to watch Nikita dance on Strictly last night. And to watch the others too I'm sure, but you know, I'm still holding onto my Lakita love. It's been forever since I shared dances I love from the show, but man, I enjoyed Katya and Lewis' couple's choice so much.

Murphy is doing well, he likes the special food we had to buy for him, both the dry and the wet, so hopefully, that continues. He's still a bit jumpy, and hates having his meds, no doubt thinking he's about to be picked up and taken away again each time he has to have them, which is every eight hours right now.

I've just given him his last dose of antibiotic, so now he's down to two meds twice a day, three once a day, so he's getting there. He's hiding right now, but will come back out soon, because he's very forgiving. Here we are ( having a cuddle earlier )

It was exercise only class yesterday, and Rosie tried something new ( cut for details )

After walking home, I found Kayleigh and Bodhi waiting for me. Bodhi is on half-term break this week, so it was nice to see her, and we ended caught up in a very long hide the cat bells and then find them game. I feel my acting skills were impressive when I couldn't see such hiding places as a bell on the bottom step of the stairs or in front of the TV. Though, I was impressed when she hid one in the punnet of kiwi fruits, that one took a while to find.