How A Cat Is Better Than A Hatchimal

How a cat is better than a Hatchimal

Your cat will be more interactive than a Hatchimal , please don't try to insert batteries into a cat they're not required .

 

Your cat should be ready to go from day 1 be it a kitten or fully fledged model , no 20 minutes what for it to hatch .

Now the training will be longer than a Hatchimal and your cat will require actual food and entertainment which you'll spend longer playing but that's half the fun anyway . Your cat will just sit in any packaging of the things you buy for it anyway .

Now your cat will enter into a naughty toddler phase like a Hatchimal but bear with it as this phase will last years providing you which such entertainment and conversation starters .

 

And unlike a Hacthimal cats are everyone including places that they shouldn't be going on * bad cat , very very bad cat .


And the novelty of cat won't wear off like a Hatchimal might but as they say they toy is in the eye of the behold * ps a cat is not a toy .A cat will cost more than a Hatchimal and will need to eat real food where as I don't think a Hatchimal eats at all does it ?

In the long run your cat will be around a lot longer than a Hatchimal , your cat is likely to be around over 20 years if you are lucky, your Hatchimal could survive that long and in turn become a retro toys worth scullions and millions of cold hard cash. I have wept at some the toys I no longer have that are now worth oodles and oodles of money but c'est la vie I knew killing that Tamagotchi would come back to haunt me but that is another blog post in itself.


So basically a cat will last longer than a Hatchimal and give you more than 20 minutes of love , though 20 minutes of love may be it completely ignoring you as that is a cats special power but it will still love you ...


Maybe ...


I have heard of lonely Htchimals sitting all alone and frightened on windowsills least a cat will knock all your ornaments off for you .

My Debenhams Christmas Wishlist

Now you can't have failed to notice that's Christmas , which of course means you'll go to town with the tinsel and baubles ! Christmas also means hoards of relatives visiting you like gazelles skipping over the Serengetti and possibly devouring your food like vultures . Now you're going to need comfortable seating and Christmas is a good time to find bargain seating , I really like the looks of this Fyfield  set from Debenhams priced at £950

 

Which is a lot better than having to construct  flatpack when you've hoards of relatives descending upon you !

 

 

It's not Christmas unless you're giving someone a jumper ~ Christmas jumpers are of course always optional but this Maine New England plum knitted v neck  jumper is perfect for the men in your life priced at £20 .

 

In previous years you haven't quite got them the jumper they've wanted ....

 

Now with 10 squillion office parties and family functions to go to , you'll need something to wear that's sparkly and wowing that you can just wear with or without accessories , dress up or down , you get the picture it's that little glittery dress !! : The Collection Gold glitter shift dress priced at £38 

 

Spa s I adore them but I especially adore them with my very good friend and soul sister Jane , we spa every year it's a friendship ritual and that one day leaves us recharged for the rest of the year . So I'd love to find a Spa experience waiting for me under the tree meaning I can treat my friend Jane too , believe me you could write a book on mine and Janes experiences on our Spa days !! .Oooh yes please Gift Experiences  Champneys Relaxing Spa Day for Two priced at £199 

 

Gift Experiences  Champneys Relaxing Spa Day for Two.

 

Jane is just my cup of tea ! she is my soul tea sister and I couldn't wish for a better friend or honorary sister !

Now you need a Cracker or two at Christmas and there's nothing better than this Cracker set from L'Occitane . I adore this L'Occitane en Provence Indulging Delights Cracker priced at £8.50 . Now call me melodramatic but I'd much rather receive this as a secret Santa gift than the three packets of sticky notes I received one Christmas , I'm not one to bear a grudge or anything . I realise this wishlist is somewhat self indulgent ~ oh what a shame !!

 

You try to put a positive spin on a naff secret Santa ...

 

But it doesn't quite work ...

This is part of the :

Debenhams Win Your Wishlist competition

A Vintage Bird In The Hand

I'm recovering from a virus , upper respitory infection , I'm the worlds worse patient , I'm ill the same week every year right before my birthday . And yet despite the time ferrying between the walkin centre  to the chemist back , to the doctors twice back to the chemist , I found time to pop into the local charity shop . I can only describe myself as a womble with eclectic taste , I know what I like and I see what I like , it's forever my mines eye . My minds eye is what I also use in my photography which I'm slowly getting back into . So anyhow , popping into the charity shop I spy this little chap sitting high up on the shelf all lonely and scared, I gently enquirer and he's for sake he's a collectors club  piece from Royal Crown Derby and is priced st £19.99 I snap him up in an instance.

Then I spy a little Green Chaffinch from Beswick at £5.99 which of course I also purchase , I love Beswick I have fond memories of vacuuming my mothers Beswick horses , it was a minor inconvenience to the one of the horses that I also vacuumed off one of his legs . Still it's good to help at home I say and it should be encouraged in the young wherever possible but perhaps not near your sacred China eh ?

So remember you're a vintage womble and get out there and look !!

Finding Your Motivation

Monday 

My cat looks how I feel .

I'm pretty sure it can see into my soul .

You ever get so busy that you don't know whoever you are coming or going and you just want to say 

" Hey world just let me off the roundabout for one minute "

Now don't get me wrong I like being busy as much as the next person , but sometimes I want to be as carefree as I was but then again I was wishing I was busier. ~ go figure .

I think what it comes down to is priotising what I need to do and ticking it off on a list , the little things really do matter .

I used to talk at ten to the dozen at people but just lately I've managed to slow myself right down , that's not to say I'm not random as I ever was but I think of it as learning a new skill .

But an inner voice is pushing me through come Tuesday , it's tough so many challenges professionally but I've excellant support making it a winning situation.

Today my motivation was in a tree especially at preciously 2.30 am my teen was ill with the latest virus that's doing the rounds , it doesn't matter the age you still worry about them.

You know when you get the nod of solidarity from another parent that understands you've a ill teen and they've lost the ability carry stuff .

Thursday 

We are all starting to come down with flu even though I've had the flu jab , I've got the sniffles . My son has it worse and my husband too has it worse , and oh the shower screen collapsed while I was at work .

Friday 

I've full blown flu type symptoms and my nose just wouldn't stop flowing , which was very annoying , I soldiered on with my job as an autism teaching assistant ~ I can't let the side down . I keep my bobble hat and scarf on , I look like a budget invisible man.

Saturday 

My nose is a tap and I feel like my nose is the size of a house , I'm doing my very best to keep fluids on board and dose myself up to the eyeballs . Along with the rest of the family I drag myself to " Fantastic Beasts and where to find them " I want a Newt scarf for Christmas ( Huffenpuff)

Sunday 

I just stay in bed all day Lucozade is my friend and that is about all I did, my husband did dust ( I am surprised that this occurrence didn't make the News at 10 ) 

and we are back to Monday where it all nose dived and I ended up at the Urgent care centre having to wait 3 hours to be seen. It was mayhem there made chaotic by a toddler offering everyone a cup of water and toys flying past your head . I eventually got seen and was given antiobitcs some really strong ones the type that would knock an elephant off its paws.

And when you're poorly you need the toilet only to find the cat has run off with the toilet roll and killed it .

Welcome To The 2 am Club

Welcome one and all.

Welcome to number 347658 of the parenting handbook of what do when you teen hits town when they're eighteen , and so much more . You'll hold your parenting cards , and your teen will hold their "I've come of age cards "and you'll both have your poker face.So starts the time they'll roll back from town negotiations , on a side note perhaps they should look to us to handle the BREXIT talks ?

You are reminded that 20 texts are not needed.

You remind them to not to make it sound like the end of the world has occurred in their text leaving your mind to go into overvdrive.

The cards are shuffled once more .

And even though many teens have been to town in ages gone by , you feel it is your parenting right to offer on the mantle of advice .

Water.

I know 

Don't mix your drinks 

I know 

Avoid trouble 

I know 

Time you need to be back 

Mmmm

Ok 

2 am 

So as your teen heads off into the night ...

What about your coat ?

I don't need it ....

Tut 

So you head off to Tesco to fetch a bottle of wine for your night in , you stand behind several other parents who give you that look that look of transition .

2 .05 am

SO where are you ?

A brief explanation and you don't settle till that key is turning in the door .

I don't think boys are easier than girls , well I can't say as I don't have one but I think boys have their struggle as much to find their independence as girls do .

This parent can parent and I'll still continue to parent .

Just I'll be doing it after I've been and got my wine ....