The Kitty and The Hair Tie*

*Or this post from Sarah of Halt Near X was so funny I just had to share…

 

Not quite the evil genius she thinks she is…

My younger cat, who is an evil genius, hates water.

Like all cats, you say? Of course.

She also hates hair ties. She thinks they need to die. She has made eradicating them her mission in life. I am not sure why she wants them gone, or if I should worry about it, but there you have it. Hair ties are evil, and she will save the whole world from them.

This means that if I drop a hair tie into a tub full of water, she experiences an existential crisis. She must kill the hair tie, but she has to touch the water to get the hair tie. Hair tie. Water. Hair tie. Water.

For the record, so far she’s figured out that she can’t drink all the water out of the tub and the water is still wet no matter what paw she uses. She has not figured out how to get the hair tie.

The water is winning right now. She is not amused, partly because she really wants the hair tie, and partly because she really hates water.

Which makes yesterday the most awesome episode of self-inflicted torture I have ever seen.

I’d tossed a hair tie in the tub after my bath to amuse her (or me, whatever). She was sitting on the edge of the tub and turned around to yell at me. The water is my fault. She’s sure of that.

She didn’t notice that her tail fell in the tub.

It got soaked.….…..

ROTFLMAO…  I had tears from laughing so hard after finishing this story.  Click the link for the rest of it ~ I hope you enjoy it! 

xox,

bonita

Quick Share ~ The Cat and The Commode

…And while we are on the topic of cats ~ I just had to share this cute little post I found at Grey Horse Matters.  Enjoy!

How to clean a toilet

This was simply too much of a time saver not to share it with you.

1. Put both lids of the toilet up and add 1/8 cup of pet shampoo to the water in the bowl.

 

2. Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.

 

3. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close the lid.  You may need to stand on the lid.

 

4. The cat will self agitate and make ample suds.   Never mind the noises that come from the toilet, the cat is actually enjoying this.

 

5. Flush the toilet three or four times.  This provides a 'power-wash' and rinse'.

 

6. Have someone open the front door of your home.  Be sure that there are no people between the bathroom and the front door.

 

7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift the lid.

 

8. The cat will rocket out of the toilet, streak through the bathroom, and run outside where he will dry himself off.

 

9. Both the commode and the cat will be sparkling clean.

Sincerely,

The Dog

xox,

bonita

Quick Share ~ Funny cats

Kitty's like O_O *runandhide!*

WHERE’S MY STRING???!

And just ‘cause it’s cute ~

*omnomnomnom* MINE!

One day, the cuteness shall be mine, all mine…  > x <   I’ve been asking for a kitty for a while, but I think we have to wait for a bit longer because of the dog and various things like that.  So I live vicariously through all the kitties on the internet.  And then I force you to watch *cough* show you some of my favourite videos of teh awhsome kittehz! 

xox,

bonita

Vintage Impersonations ~ photo time!

I thought I would post some of the photographs I taken recently.  It has been quite sometime since I last did a photography post, so I think it is well over due!

“Vintage Impersonations; a self portrait”  by bonita

Ok, so in this photograph I am only pretending to be a 1940’s lady ~ but don’t you just love the juxtaposition of an “old fashioned” face and the DSLR?

My Mom recently gave me two of her old lipsticks that are in very vintage style shades ~ and I love them!   I have never really dared to try the red lip look, but I have wanted too.  It just looks so lovely and old fashioned.    DH gave a tick of authorization, so now I am good to paint the town red to my heart’s content.   ^ x ^  ~  Mwha!

Next on the film roll; Pictures from Perth.  I’ll keep these photos small so that they do not {hopefully!} take forever to load.   If you want to see the bigger version; just click on them. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I feel like a total tourist taking photos out of my plane window; that or a hard-core photographer…. I can not quite make up my mind as to which it is!  Anyway, I took these on the flight over ~ sunsets are always stunning when you are so high in the air. 

 

 

 

 

 

Perth is a pretty amazing city ~ these are photos I have snapped quickly while I was in Harold Boa’s Garden.  I want to take some more shots of some amazing old architecture; I shall put those up when I get around to taking them.  There at least two buildings that I have my eye on.

   

The sunset from our hotel window ~ one thing I like abut being in the middle of the city is the night time lights.  They do look pretty fantastic; even to one who prefers the country and the stars in a night sky.

   

Lastly, I thought I would leave you with this cute snap from before I came over to Perth. 

Amabelle, our husky, was missing Caleb at this stage {this was back when he was in WA for work and I was still in Canberra} and she decided to crawl under my futon bed and sleep there.  It seriously did not look comfortable at all!  She’s a smallish medium dog, but seriously, the futon was only a bit over a foot above the ground…  It was so funny watching her wiggle on her tummy to get under there!   She looks so cute!!  

Wahh!  I miss her so much….   T ^ T  And Copper too.   Oh dear, probably best not to think about that too hard.    >   <

So that’s the photo round up for the last little while.   I can not wait to show you more of beautiful Perth; but even more than that I can not wait to show our house when we get home and all properly moved in!  I am so looking forwards to being able to do a ‘tour’ around my very own home!!  *squee*

xox,

bonita

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*dies*  Seriously mind blowing cuteness…  

See?   ‘Nuff said…..  > U <

xox,

bonita

Springtime Fancies ~ Outfit Eighteen

An old outfit shoot, but not too old.   These photos were taken when the plum tree still had all its blossoms.  Now it is just covered in dark leaves, but it still looks nice.  ^__^

  

   

Accessories  ~  Hair band  {Diva}  Rose Earrings  {so long ago I have forgotten… >>}  

Necklace  {Florence, Italy.  No idea what shop.}

Single Stone Ring  {Goldmark ~ it was my 21st birthday present}  

Garnet Butterfly Ring  {Portobello Road Markets, London.}

Jacket  ~  Valley Girl    Top  ~  La Pearls   Skirt  ~  Hong Kong, unknown shop

Boots  ~  Parklea Markets, Sydney

I really like markets don’t I?   Well, I did already know that I guess.  Whenever my whole family goes to Sydney we always make it a point to stop at the markets on the way home and always end up with so much stuff that the car {which was already quite full with six people and luggage in it} will be bursting at the seams!   Ahh, family traditions.   I think all of my sisters and my self inherited our love of shopping from our Dad.   For a guy, he really shops a lot and he loves market almost as much as we do! 

But for totally different reasons it must be admitted.  We like the clothes and shoes and jewellery, etc, and he likes the tools and work gear and gadgets and such like.   Still it is a lot of fun to go as a family.   I really like this tradition, although I am afraid that DH is not so much impressed!!    >o< 

Oops...  Side track’d.  

Anyway, my spring time fancies this year involve dreaming of moving into a house before November, decorating said house, lots of flowers and one day planting my own garden.  

Amabelle, however, dreams of food….  

Yes, she loves carrots.  And broccoli.  And capsicum and cucumber and eggplant and tomatoes and beans and ~ well, let’s just say that she’d eat a salad as happily as a hunk of steak.  ^w^  ~ ♥  She’s a funny one but we love her to bits.   

So what are your spring fancies ~ if you have any?

xox,

bonita

 

P.S. ~ Yes, it is hard to climb a tree in high heeled boots.   -___-‘

Let them eat cake ~

Mmmm….   Cake.  It all started yesterday afternoon.  I was cleaning up and decided instead of stripping the chicken carcass for the dog I would make stock with it and cook soup for dinner.  {Because that is sooo much easier than pulling bits of chicken off the bone.  I wonder how my mind can be so illogical sometimes…..}

Ooh!  I forgot!  I haven’t introduced my family yet!  DH and I have a mini family consisting of two children ~

an 8-almost-9-year old Siberian husky, Amabelle,

and a 10 year old Standard bred gelding, Copper.

  

Anyway, back to the story!  I’d gone for a ride on Copper ~ a quick warm up in the arena and then a lovely trail ride with my Dad on Rusty {our other horse} and Amabelle.  When I came back I somehow managed to get all ambitious.  Not only was I going to make my own soup {without a recipe no less} I was going to bake a cake.   Now, for all the accomplished cooks out there that doesn’t sound like such a big deal.  But this is me in the kitchen ~

Yes, that is a plate of burnt food….    My poor husband hasn’t starved yet, but we have had more ready-made meals {such as pizza, pies and chips!} than I’d care to admit.   I’m just not the greatest at culinary stuff.  So when I say that dinner and a cake is ambitious for me, I mean it. Things started off reasonably well, I tried a Walnut cake, but the thing is I made it with coconut flour.  It was a bit of an experiment to say the least.  Cake mixed, tinned and ovened; it was all good so far.  Now it was vegetable time.

I got the piles of veggies chopped {DH likes his soup to be chewy.  >  >} and all was going relatively well until I went to ice the cake.  It had come out the oven, cooled for fifteen minutes or so, but when I put it on the rack, it broke in half.  And I was all ~ “Uh-oh, this doesn’t look good at all…”   Then I tried a crumb of the cake and it was GROSS!!  As in, “Eww ~ what is that?!??” gross.  I chucked it in the bin.  And panicked.  I promised cake!! {Ok, more like bribed cake in return for DH doing the dishes.  Well, the dishes were done and there was no cake to be seen…}

I flipped through the DH’s family recipes we’d been given as a wedding present but all of them took too long ~  I had twenty minutes until DH came home for tea and I wanted the cake in the oven before that.  Plus, I wasn’t sure we had all the ingredients.  Okay, back to cake book with the failed walnut recipe.  The only thing that looked reasonably easy was the sponge cake.  Although I had heard that they could be difficult… 

I gave it a wack anyway and to my surprise, it was a success!!  I’ve never been able to cook well under pressure, so I was amazed when it turned out so well.  So happy!!!  Now for the photos to show off my purty cake.

    

       

    

Yes, it tastes great!!!  One cake, two people:  yummmm……

I will never be a master chef, but one day I hope I can cook a proper meal {at least two courses} without getting flustered or burning the food, or having to throw  mistakes out.  One of these days!

xox,

b.