The Thaw Is On!!

Finally, tempatures are startin to rise, and I got my first glance of grass in about 2 weeks this morning. The water is pouring out of the gutters as the snow from the roof is starting to melt, causing a bit of a duck and dive experience when trying to go outside the patio door, but its all part of it right?

The hens and ducks thought all their birthdays and christmas's had rolled into one with being able to come out of their houses without the tips of their beaks freezing. They have been pecking around in the one little patch of visable grass all day.

As for the other animals of the house, its a bit of a nightmare at the moment.

Belle (the wild slightly sadistic kitten of the family) has taken to slowly pulling the christmas tree apart one decoration after another and placing them all under the kitchen couch. My mom is slowly going insane, and starting to loose her voice screaming "Bold Belle" at the top of her lungs while she skids across the wooden floors trying to get them off her, in vain of course.

Suki (my 4 year old fat cat) defied all our expectations with regard to her weight problems and caught a little bird. Now my mom again freaked and managed to get it off her (this is simply down to Suki's inability to run as fast as Belle, again due to the excess fat). Mom then brought it in her hand, shaking and slightly tweeting, into me as I was hard at work at a bugger of an English essay, to ask what she will do with it. It ended up in a shoebox full of shredded paper in the greenhouse. It soon gained its consciousness back and flew off happy.

The christmas holidays are beginning as the tins of biscuits and boxes of "after eights" are starting to enter the shopping. Also my English course is finished for the semester, so only three day weeks!! Means though I have to start studying for the exams in January. They are going to be really tough :-(

Positive thoughs, christmas!!