Household hints

  • We have a squirrel in the roof

    We have one or more squirrels in the roof. I hear it, or them, pacing inside the soffits. There is no way to tell how many squirrels there are, because in the time it takes to move the stepladder to the loft hatch, work out how to open the step ladder, work out how to…

  • How do you administrate yourself?

    Cartoon from We Blog Cartoons. It isn’t new, but I’m hoping no-one will notice. My administrative systems are in a state of meltdown. I have never really got on top of the organisational side of running a business as many of you will be able to testify, but now it has got to the point…

  • Incoming paperwork

    This is the method I use. I have found it to fail without fail. This has nothing to do with the fact that it is National ‘Do your tax form’ Week. [You may repost this image on your blog if you put a link back here – thank you!]

  • Preparation

    This is today’s Advent calendar image. I forgot to post it as I was so caught up in posting about the news of the day. I make lists, but usually I get so overwhelmed by item one, which is invariably ‘Tidy office’, that I get disillusioned and give up on the rest. For more cartoons…

  • 5 portions of fruit and vegetables

    This cartoon was created as part of my Cartoon Challenge Night. Thanks to Anne for the suggestion. Phew. The others will probably not be so multi-drawinged. It was just that this topic leant itself to a more-than-one picture approach. Right. Number 2.

  • Vegetable racks

    We bought our first vegetable rack at the weekend. A person’s life can be divided into the time they live pre-vegetable rack (P.V.R.) and the time they live post-vegetable rack (Also P.V.R, confusingly). Of course there will be some people who are not able to purchase a vegetable rack at any time of their lives,…

  • Woodwork news

    I have had cause to glue several pieces of wood together lately, so I thought I would keep you updated. The budget dining room chair This became broken because someone had been leaning back on it in the way that we were told not to do at school. I poured some wood glue into the…

  • Gardening news just in

    Today was a day for attending to the woeful state of the garden, which has been allowed to fall into rack, ruin and disrepair because because we have been busy with getting cats and doing all the travelling we could manage in the six weeks before getting cats. I assembled a mini greenhouse. The above…

  • Insomnia cartoon

    Sometimes the best way to achieve your goal is to stop trying. Please do not take that as me saying you can have a break from your paperwork, essay, chores or other laboursome toil. Feel free to repost this: <img src="http://www.weblogcartoons.com/cb/insomnia.gif" alt="cartoon from www.weblogcartoons.com" /> <p>Cartoon by <a href="http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/">Dave Walker</a>. Find more cartoons you can…

  • Things that you will need when you leave the house

    I drew this because I quite often get into a bit of a pickle when I am leaving the house owing to the immense number of things that must be remembered. I thought it would be good to have a handy informational sheet to refer to. I am sure I have left things out: for…

  • My desk

    This one can be used on your own blog too. Simply go to We Blog Cartoons and find the secret code. The code will be one of the first things you see, so it is not really that secret.

  • Stop ironing

    This came about as a result of my thinking about cutting down on energy use. Thanks for all the comments, thoughts and e-mails following on from my ‘responding to climate change‘ post. I’m still thinking about some of the issues but I think I will be going ahead with the environmental cartoons website. Someone suggested…

  • Bedside tables free download

    It is important when writing a weblog to write about the things that people are interested in. I have had a look at the search engines queries that people have used to find this website and have discoved that in January two people have typed in bedside tables free download. There is obviously a need…

  • Chutney panic

    We have a huge number of jobs to do around the house. The whole place is a shambles. So we have decided to spend the afternoon making chutney. It is all a bit stressful though, as the similarity between us and people who know what they are doing is minimal. This is despite the fact…

  • How to find a lost key

    I am hoping that by posting this image I may become one of the leading authorities on lost keys. Not that I have any experience in the matter. It is just that I feel there may be those out there who have lost a key (a garage key or similar) and who have checked everywhere…