Cat and Mouse
Two updates in less than a week! What is the world coming to? On Friday we got a new kitten, called Oscar. He doesn’t look very kitteny because he is five months old. He is larger than our first (female) cat, but she’s definitely still the boss. I call this picture “The Staredown”. Locked in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, who will be the first to give in? This must be the only literal use of the phrase “cat-and-mouse”, ever.
The fence building is going OK, I put some of our new tools to use by cutting fence slats into complex shapes needed to fill the weird gaps we left. My idea to make a simple rectangular deck has inflated after seeing Amber’s aunt’s two-level deck with stairs, railings and 45 degree corners, made from “Trex”, a wood substitute. I now need to put the engineer in me to good use and design and build a great deck! The best part is that since it is under 30 inches off the ground, I don’t need a permit! 
I was right about Nelly Furtado’s “Maneater”, it went to number one in the UK this weekend. My next prediction is for Lily Allen’s “Smile” to make number one also.