Delivery

Ted: Hello?

A-L: Hi Ted. I'm having a mattress delivered to the flat. Will you please answer the door when the delivery man rings the bell?

Ted: What?

A-L: Mattress. Man will come to the door. (And then I made a buzzing noise to signify the, uh, door buzzer.) Please say, 'ok, come in.' Is that ok?

Ted: Matches?

A-L: Yes. I'm having matches delivered. It's a niche market, but I'm the niche. Will you help the man carry all of the matches up the stairs, one by one? No. It's a new bed. Will you open the door?

Ted: New bed? Ohhhh! Ok.

And then he hung up on me.

Guess

Telephone conversation with Pete two days ago...

Pete: You'll never guess where my company is installing a machine.

A-L: You're probably right. Give me a hint. Is it in the U.S.?

Pete: Yes. And I have a cousin who lives there.

A-L: You have 48 cousins. Umm, Yuba City?

Pete: Tipton lives in Live Oak, not Yuba City. And no, that's not the answer. Farther north. Way farther north.

A-L: Walla Walla?

Pete: No. And I don't think I have any cousins who live in Walla Walla proper. North and west of Walla Walla.

A-L: Spokane?

Pete: That's northeast of Walla Walla. What's wrong with you?

A-L: Umm, Olympia?

Pete: No.

A-L: That's a shame, because Cousin Danny has a boat.

Pete: It's between Olympia and Spokane.

A-L: Othello!

Pete: Yup.

A-L: Have you told Cousin Darla??

Pete: No. Not yet. But I probably won't go there, now that I'm doing a new job at the company. And they're not installing the machine for ages.

A-L: Well, that was a great game.

Credit or Debit?

Last weekend Annais was at the Ventura County Fair with Maria, Aila, Pete and Irma. This is her first pony ride. If you look at the pixilated close-up (left) you can see what looks like a credit card in her pocket. What up with that??

Glowbot Kitty

This photo has not been altered. This is Kitty as seen through the lens of Sara's digital camera.

Cat for sale.

Smelly Cat or Scented Kitty

Ted bought an automated air freshener dispenser that looks remarkably like a piece of internet-related equipment, maybe, which is why I didn't realise what it was until it sprayed into my face/mouth. This dispenser (which sprays every 18 minutes) sits on a little shelf in our hallway above the chair that Kitty often sleeps in. So she smells like faux flower mountain fresh air now.