Another Challenge Failed!

 

Last night we had a couple of the students back for supper after our Bible study at church.

We played "Bounce Off" which was a lot of fun and I was glad to have a can of whipping cream and packet of marshmallows so I could provide the ever hungry Teens x 4 with luxury hot chocolates.

One of them stayed over as she had today off and was eager to come and help at Parent and Toddlers....whooppeeee!

She took on the activity table for me and made these cute hedgehogs from Baker Ross.

It was great to have an extra (YOUNG!) pair of hands and we feel very blessed to have her.

 

 

Back home I got out of the car awkwardly and pulled a muscle in my back...making particular types of movement incredibly painful!

However, undeterred I carried on with the decluttering, which today started with clearing one of my naughty corners!

We do have a filing cabinet and a section for receipts, but I have a habit of putting shop receipts I think we might need in the near future in a glass....well "the glass" had become FOUR glasses!

So I (painfully!) sat down and went through them all. I almost threw away some Pandora receipts as they are a couple of years old nearly, then remembered a family member was asked for her Pandora receipts after a break in, so they are no filed safely away and we have four more glasses to use at meal times!

 

 

My clearing out unearthed yet another challenge I have failed to take up!

 

 

I even put it in a "can't miss it" place in the kitchen...but still managed to forget it was there!

The idea was I planted the seeds ( possibly possible!)

Harvest the tomatoes (hmm....my fingers are not too green!)

Make a CAKE ( yes a cake!) with it (well we have had a tomato soup cake which was ok, but tomatoes?)

Then finally share it with someone I didn't know....I can imagine the scenario of wandering out into the street and inviting a random passer by to partake of tomato cake....and then have their photo taken for evidence!

It would appear challenges just aren't my thing.....but I am eager to see how everyone else in the family got on!

 

 

In my clearing out I also went through a pile of charity mail that had been accumulating.

I was interested to read that from next year the Data Protection Act is changing, meaning we ought to receive significantly less unsolicited mail, as companies/charities can only contact those of us who "opt in."

It grieves me the amount of money some charities must waste sending out such items as address labels, Christmas cards etc, in the hopes we will make a purchase.

 

 

 

On the bunny bonding front we made a little progress today after a slight set back yesterday!

We went for the "neutral ground" recommendation and scattered the area with juicy spinach leaves.

Teen Two and I let both the bunnies down and stood ready to grab them should a fight ensue.

Well this time they were very cautious, being on foreign territory, but ultimately did approach each other carefully.

Some smelling and wandering round each other followed....we thought it was going well, but then they started to walk in ever decreasing and quickening circles which looked like it would end up in all out war again, so we separated them and called it a day.

 

Today we tried a new area, again scattered the place with tit bits and let them loose.

There was some interest in each other shown, but no aggression.

We stroked them both regularly ( as recommended) to keep them calm.

After five minutes, they were still "awkward" with each other, but not trying to dominate each other, so we decided to quit whilst we were ahead and continue the process tomorrow.

Hopefully we can build up the time they are together and ultimately they will start grooming each other and choose to be with each other.

I understand that when they do finally bond, its for life, so it will be worth all the hard work!