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?

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…

Preparation

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…

Vegetable racks

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

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

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

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…

Stop ironing

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…

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

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…