The Monday with chipping

Hi,

I did manage to catch Andrew and hear about his weekend.  He is addicted to his tramping like I am to my iced lattes.  He missed out on getting into the bush, and was lamenting the fact.

Hahahah.

Iced latte with Andrew

But I told him about dragon boating.  And he told me about the gardening.  So - all caught up.

Last night I got home and cooked tea.  Toby had been off sick, so he was home.  I cooked scrambled egg (he had started it, but the hob ran out of gas - even though my mother wasn't there!!) and mash - and chicken schnitzels.  Toby is finding it hard to eat until he gets used to his braces.  Chicken schnitzel eating was a slow process.

After dinner, wee Smudge sauntered into the lounge from the deck - with a sparrow in her mouth.  She was strutting like the cat that got the cream - except it was a bird.  Two years she has been lying in wait under the fern fronds, patiently waiting, backing herself to catch one of the little birds.  She was right!!  Mike was yelping to her to drop it and Moxley thought it was so exciting that she should definitely get in on the fun.  It was chaos - so normal then for us.  Hahah.  The bird flew around before getting caught again by Smudge and taken to her favourite safe place - UNDER OUR BED!!!

Mike was frantic now, envisaging shredded sparrow in inaccessible places in our bedroom.  The bird fluttered out from under the bed, Mike poked at it with the lux handle to convince it to crawl towards the door.  Ummmm.  The cats thought Mike was now playing the same game as them and pounced on the bird again.

It ended up behind Mike's bedside drawer with Moxley in full pursuit.  I threw paper towels at Mike telling him he needed to actually pick it up to perform any hope of a rescue.

He came out, clutching the sparrow and threw it off the deck.  I had visions of the bird flying like a stone into the bushes.  But it actually took off and flew away.

Well - what an incredible 3 mins of excitement.

After all that, Mike and I went off to chip more of the jungle for an hour before collapsing into bed.  We are making a sizeable dent in the mound of tree.

Yes, the Gilbert household is very exciting.

Toby seems better now - and hopefully remembers his appointment today after school.

Have a great day.

Love,
Angela