Ringo bit me

    

Thatsit was in the garden, yesterday, wanting to come in, but Ringo was at the kitchen door, between Thatsit and the house. Ringo is a lovely cat, but he fights with the other cats (as does Oscar), so Thatsit was afraid of him - especially now that she can't walk properly or defend herself.

I was shooing Ringo away, and he bit me on the foot! (Not the first time he's done that - once, I was petting him and he was loving it, but then he got a fright and bit me on my finger.)

Just a tiny hole on the skin, but I got a little bruise from the bite. As he's an outdoor cat (like all/most cats in the area), I cleaned the bite and put a plaster on it, just in case.

Noms

I had an early morning cooking session, to make yet another version of the spaghetti dish (a.k.a. penne dish, just replacing the penne with spaghetti, lol).. Meant to take more pictures, but D needed to make some toast while I was cooking, so I had no room to take pictures of it all;



More or less the same as usual - beef mince, onions, broccoli, vine tomatoes, flat mushrooms.. Really, really nice.



On Thursday (I think..), I made cured salmon again. I made some gourmet sambos (lol..) with Finnish rye bread and mixed lettuce (just enough for decoration, haha..) =D



This doesn't really look very pleasing, but it was a nice quick meal.. LIDL "seafood mix" (which kind of promised more than it was - "fish mix" would have desribed it better.. OK, fish is seafood, but when it says seafood, you kind of expect there to be something else as well..), mixed lettuce, white bread, and wholegrain mustard. I just nuked the fish bits for about 90 seconds, and that was it. Thatsit had several pieces of salmon =)

Another apple tRat

I made another "apple tRat", the other day.. (Recipe here)

As it's so very sweet, I had it with Greek yogurt. Oh, and cinnamon coffee..

Winter is coming..

My hedgehog friend, fattening up for the winter hibernation..

This is (at least) a second generation hedgehog, in the back garden, being clearly smaller than the previous one/s, yet this one knows the commands as well! If there's no food in the outdoor cat bowls, hedgie will clonk the empties against the cement; "Bring food, bitch!" =D And then s/he'll wait for me to bring food =)

Gorgeous cat's eye by Jean

My Facebook friend, Jean Wilcox (who made the lovely surprise sketch of me) gave me permission to share more of her work - admire the cat's eye! =D

She also shared a making-of picture, below;



I've linked her name to her personal profile, but you can also find her art on her Facebook page; Jeans Pencil Art.

If you're looking for Christmas present ideas, how about some pencil art of your family? Pet? Car? Garden? She's good, and her pricing is affordable! (It would be a good idea to contact her soonish, to make sure that she'll have the time to get your stuff ready for Christmas - also, she lives in the USA, so allow enough time for shipping as well, and if you want to get the piece framed, you'll have to get that done separately.)

My GoClever TAB R70 tablet froze again..

GoClever TAB R70 tablet occasionally freezing

03112013 ... My cheapo tablet occasionally freezes, and won't reset / shut off, until the battery dies. The right side of it (as in, the side with the buttons and all) also gets very warm (but not hot) when it happens. Just thought I'd show it on video - I wonder if it's happening to others who have this same tablet? Other than this, it's been very good for that price - better than I expected.

See my original post about this tablet;
I bought a LIDL tablet - GoClever TAB R70

Video blogging in the attic

Video blogging (just yapping, blah blah..)

I'd get much better quality with my camera, but I wanted to try the laptop webcam, and I'd be too lazy to set up the tripod and all for the camera, anyway..

Still IMPOSSIBLE to set up a seller account on eBay.ie

I ranted about this same issue, over two years ago;

eBay.ie / eBay Ireland - does it even exist, really?

Please, read that old entry first, because I will not describe it with as many details now - nothing has changed.

I logged in to eBay.ie - no problem with that.

Seller tools were not available for me, until I'd set up a seller account.

Whenever I followed the link to set up a seller account, eBay.ie threw me to the login screen of eBay.com

I logged in with the same account info - no problem with that.

I continued with the set up process, during which I was asked to enter my phone number.

I entered my phone number;

My phone number with the country code, was not accepted.

My phone number without the country code, was not accepted.

If you can't enter a valid American phone number here, you can't continue with the set up process.

I am not American, I do not live in the USA, I have never visited the USA, and I never will visit the USA. Why would I have an American phone number?

I never wanted anything to do with the American eBay (as in, eBay.com) - I started my set up process from the Irish eBay (eBay.ie). Why does their seller account set up link always throw me to the American login screen?!? (I am in Ireland, connected with an Irish IP address, all my regional settings on the laptop are for Ireland.)

As I know for a fact, that several Irish people are selling stuff on eBay.ie, I would REALLY like to know how they managed to set up a seller account!

eBay.ie - I'm expecting you to sort this. I want to sell something on your site.

(My eBay.ie handle is stello71 - I don't want to open another account as I have this one with my main email address, and I've linked my PayPal account to it. Besides, if I opened a new account, eBay.ie could give me the same shyte with that.)

Little monsters..

I had to borrow some nicer backgrounds as R & H's costumes deserved better than the horrible kitchen.. My friend R made that witch costume for her daughter (also R), and I really think that she should start selling the stuff she makes.. Beautiful! Little H (the skeleton) is my godson =)

Done with October

October, in my ShutterCal.

October briefly;
I got used to Windows 8 (and later, 8.1).. I transferred my files from the old laptop hard drive to the new laptop & external hard drive.. I cooked spaghetti dish (being out of penne).. I cleaned and organised my handbag.. I got a postcard from North Korea.. I made cured salmon, mmm.. There's a new washing machine in the house.. I took some beard snaps.. I survived colonoscopy, lol.. I took more beard snaps.. I got older.. I made apple jam-like stuff, and an apple tRat.. I trimmed my nails.. I bought a ukulele.. I had scary little visitors (a witch and a skeleton)..