CountryMouse's Refuge

Was up early (I keep weird hours), and happened to take a goooood look at that little chest of drawers/white-plastic-with-clear-drawers thingee we have the kitchen linens and phone books in. It was feelthee! So I spent about 1/2 hour this morning washing it down. :-P It's a quiet enough task, and now I feel like I have done *something* worthwhile already today. :-)

Gonna check comments, then I HOPE to grab a few more Z's (Fay Mouse last words).

I *did* actually get another hour's sleep this morning--so there. :-P

Ratty came down to visit early this afternoon. He brought me two CDs that he no longer wanted, since he has replaced them in his collection with newer, better versions. One of them is in my CD-ROM drive now. :-)

We sat around and talked a while, then we went out for a drive. The sky was such an incredible blue, which later on gave way to cirrus clouds. Nice sunny day, with a cool breeze. We drove around in a nearby park: no flowers blooming yet, but maybe in a couple or three weeks.

Then we went to my favourite in-person bookstore. I have a gift certificate to use; and I was looking for a couple specific CDs, neither of which they turned out to have. I sampled a lot of others and even looked over their collection of DVDs, but I just didn't find anything I really wanted. I even walked through the children's section of the store, hoping a mousey book might catch my eye (well, one that I don't already HAVE! LOL!). No dice. Oh well.

So we came back home, talked a little further, then Ratty had to get on the road to beat the rush hour traffic.

Anyway, I'm glad he could come down--it's always nice to see him. :-)

Oh, this morning I took a lot of photos of (most of) my stuffed animals and beanie people. I hope they come out good. I am not sure when I will be putting them up on my site--I haven't yet figured out what that new section will look like (background, colours, etc.).