Photo Every Day #124

This evening we gave the rats a bath. They don't have space in their cage to have a bowl deep enough for them to properly wash in so it's nice to help them feel fresh. They were really good and didn't really mind being splashed with warm water. They groomed themselves afterwards and looked nice and clean!

Song Of The Day: Swedish House Mafia - Antidote
Reason: The perfect song for the sun!

Highlight Of The Day: Proper quality time with my boys (the rats).

Inspiration Of The Day: The Apprentice. Inspiring us all not to be prats! Can't wait for the new series!!

Photo Every Day #35

This evening we have had a nice half hour or so playing with the boys. We also did the last of their spot on treatments for Quigley's mites so hopefully that will well and truly be the end. Quigley seems to be back to his normal self, nice and groomed with no little cuts/sores, so I'm glad he's much happier now. I'm also determined to find them a new even bigger cage, I've seen some huge ones that can fit multiple platforms in so that would be ideal, the only bad side is that they all tend to have wire floors which I do not like at all. The right cage is out there I just need to find it!

Ready To Explore:


Song Of The Day: Grendel - Dirty
Reason: Not listened to Grendel for ages, they were one of the best live bands I've seen though.

Highlight Of The Day: Takeaway Nandos

Inspiration Of The Day: A catalogue from Butlers that my Mum dropped off, it has some really nice stuff and seems decently priced.

Photo Every Day #17

Today I have just been in agony with my shoulder, it seems to hurt every time I have to cough, which is a heck of a lot on a good day nevermind when I have a cold/chest infection! However, I went into job 1 today to drop off some presents for one of my friends who's leaving. We surprised her with some boots she was after for ages. She'd reserved them but before she could buy them another friend came in, she bought them (as a gift for the one who's leaving)! When she came to the till to pick her reserved boots they were gone! We all managed to fib to her and tell her they'd been recalled. She was heartbroken the poor girl! But it was worth it to see her caught off guard when she opened the box. I also discovered a new place to eat. It's called Bap and is round the corner from both of my jobs. It's like a home made version of Subway really, it sells made to order sandwiches. The girl recommended we tried the bbq sweet chilli chicken which was amazing! I will definitely be going there more often.

Twins:


Song Of The Day: Korn - Blind
Reason: One of my ultimate favourite songs and definitely one of the best Korn songs.

Highlight Of The Day: Giving my friend her presents.

Inspiration Of The Day: Black Milk Clothing on Instagram. Pure fashion porn!

Photo Every Day #8

Today we took Quigley to the vets as I'd noticed some little sores around his ears and on the back of his neck. After having a look and taking a skin scraping, the vet said that he seemed to have mites as there were eggs in the skin sample. No wonder he's been looking red and sore. So he's now having spot-on style treatment, one drop on his neck, one near his bum every two weeks until it clears up. Klaus and Jacques are also going in tomorrow to be weighed so they can be treated too, although they seem to be fine. Little Quig weighs 560g! In other news, we're still trying to get rid, ie eat, all o the xmas choccies.

Miniature Pralines:


Song Of The Day: Dido - Here With Me
Reason: I love this album. I remember borrowing it from the library and copying it onto tape and listening to it constantly for months when I was a young teen.

Highlight Of The Day: Getting Quigley on the road to feeling better.

Inspiration Of The Day: Martin Lewis' website/emails about saving money. They're genuinely useful and in the words of Asda; every little helps!

Photo Every Day #335

Into the last month of the year for my PED feature. Sadly I'm still not well so just a quick one again today. Normal blogging will resume ASAP hopefully. Today's PED is of Jacques sharing my sandwich.

Photo Every Day #262

Today Jacques has mostly just been in bed and asleep. He came down to have a bit of a potter and some water so that's a good sign. He's also has his medicine on some cheese and some tea and a drink whilst in his bed. I assume he'll be resting for at least the next week or so before he starts spending any time not in the hammock, but he does seem to just be a quiet version of himself today so at least he isn't in shock anymore.

Best Friends:



Song Of The Day: Pinhead Gunpowder - Landlords
Reason: Love this song, awesome band and I wish they'd release more albums soon!

Highlight Of The Day: A really nice, none-greasy fish and chips from the nearby chippy.

Photo Every Day #261

Today Jacques went back to the vets for his x-rays. He was really good when I dropped him off and looked glad to be home when he was back in his cage with his brothers. He's still limping but it's not broken. He's ruptured the ligaments at the side of his knee which is a little unusual, so his knee is quite unstable. He'll basically have to learn how to walk with it like this as there's no way to fix it as his leg is so small. He may also get arthritis later in life too. He's got some medicine to take, which went down nicely on a chunk of pear, so hopefully that'll take his swelling down and relieve any pain. Klaus and Quigley have been looking after him.

The Injured & His Carers:



Song Of The Day: Swedish House Mafia vs Knife Party - Antidote
Reason: Amazing song that never gets old

Highlight Of The Day: Getting Jacques home.

Photo Every Day #260

Well today has been awesome, but this evening terrible. This morning we met up with the boy's friend from work and went with her to see her horses. They're gorgeous and so well looked after! We had a short ride, but sadly within 1 minute of getting into the school the horse I was on, Seeky, decided to spook at something and completely caught me off guard so off I went! It wasn't a bad fall and I think poor Seeky was more freaked out that I'd come off than I was! My bum/bottom of my spine is majorly aching though, dreading what it will be like in the morning! No serious harm done though and we had a decent 'getting to know each other' ride. After we'd finished at the horses, we went for some nice pub food. It was a nice meal and was very filling! We also got caught in torrential rain and had to run back to the car. It was nice to meet someone the boy gets on with so well and she was a very nice girl, so hopefully we can go along again.

However, after we got home from visiting my parents we decided to clean the rats out as usual. We had them on the sofa whilst we washed their platforms and toys etc and out of nowhere Jacques decided to try and jump the 3 feet back into his cage. However, he missed, hit the side of the cage and fell a good 2 feet to the floor. He was shocked and just lay under the bookcase for ages, until we managed to get him back into his cage. We noticed him limping and decided to take him to the vet as it's not like Jacques to be so quiet and still. The vet said it looks like he's either damaged his ligaments or fractured his knee. He's had some painkillers and he's home for the night to see if the swelling goes down, but he has to go back in the morning for x-rays and then we'll see what damage has been done. Poor Jacques.

Trip To The Vets:


Song Of The Day: KMFDM - Hau Ruck
Reason: Fave KMFDM song, been listening to a fair bit of their stuff recently

Highlight Of The Day: A nice day with horses and hopefully what will turn out to be a new friend!

Photo Every Day #236

Today my friend's hamster arrived to spend the week with us whilst she is away. His name is Elmo and he's super cute! He's also so tiny in comparison to my ratties. He's just settling in this evening, but I'll be able to get him out tomorrow so hopefully will get some cute photos to send to his Mummy! The rats have been a bit wild tonight, running about like mad and naughty Jacques has bitten the boy's eyelid! Luckily it's only a graze but it's definately bad behaviour we're going to have to work harder to solve. In other news, I managed to parallel park my car into a tight space this morning. I usually parallel park along this road and normally all is fine. However, this time I managed to lose concentration and park right up alongside the curb. I tried to get the car moved over for a good 5 minutes to no avail, all whilst trying to be subtle so the group of people stood 5 meters away wouldn't notice. I eventually gave up and spent my shift wondering how exactly I was going to get it out and had visions of me having to get the bus home instead. Luckily, the car in front had moved by the time I'd come out of work and I was free! How embarrassing!

Sniff:



Song Of The Day: Megan McCauley - I Realise
Reason: She's an amazing singer, one of my favourites by far. Definately in my top 5 female singers I'd chose to be/be friends with!

Highlight Of The Day: Returning to find my car free from it's tight space!

Photo Every Day #205

Today has ended with a super stressful evening. When I got the rats out for their usual evening play time on the sofa, they managed to knock off the blanket they run about under off and onto the floor with themselves still inside! I didn't see it happen as I was playing with Jacques who was still in the cage. Luckily, both rats had just run under the sofa and I managed to get Quigley out after about 5 minutes. However, Klaus seemed to like his new hiding place and it took me a staggering 2 hours to get him back into his cage! So, I've spent me evening sat on the floor, shifting furniture, lying on the floor to see under the sofa and running back and to to the fridge to get treats. As a result I have a stiff back, numb bum and mild carpet burn on my really sore sunburnt shoulder. Rats! Who'd have em!

In other news, we have added a large round coffee table in brown-black to our front room as well as a large plant with nice white flowers on it. They definately make it seem less like a student house and more like a proper home. I'm still convinced that it's colourless walls and bland carpet stop it from looking like someone really lives there.

Coffee?:


Song Of The Day: Grendel - Soilbleed (V3)
Reason: I still vividly remember hearing this song when seeing Grendel at Eddies in Birmingham. It was the most boring drive there and back (literally in a straight line) but well worth it!

Highlight Of The Day: Klaus finally climbing into the dressing gown to be taken to his cage after several changes of mind!

Photo Every Day #195

Today I'm feeling like another cold is coming on. Hopefully it'll disappear by next week. I'm filming in Batley for Sophie's Fortune again tomorrow, so off to bed for an early(ish) night.

Best Friends:


Song Of The Day: Swedish House Mafia - Antidote
Reason: Reeally disappointed that they've split up, but definately better to go out on a high!

Highlight Of The Day: A naughty KFC!

Photo Every Day #121

Life is really rather mundane at the moment! Bit of a lame time of year really. Ah well. I have this little guy.

Jacques:


Song Of The Day: Metallica - Seek & Destroy
Reaon: Tune!! Such a chant-able song!

Photo Every Day #107

Today we got our new rat babies!! We ended up with 3 males and have called them Klaus, Jacques and Quigley, inspired by characters from A Series Of Unfortunate Events.

Trio:


Klaus:


Quigley (Left) & Jacques (Right):


Song Of The Day: Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff
Reason: Super great song when you're angry!