Five by Seven

There was stuff to do today. Nothing earth-shattering (which is probably just as well) but we were on a mission.

Cousteau Cub had an appointment with an acupuncturist locally and tsp was taking her and then disappearing off to have a stroll round the town. The Gorse Fox was left to his own devices. This devices turned out to be a vacuum cleaner, a Stanley knife, some boxes that needed cutting down to put in the bins, and (of course) a computer. The Gorse Fox would point out at this juncture that the computer had nothing to do with the destruction of old boxes.

The Gorse Fox had contacted an insurance company recently to cancel the policies he held with them. They were of little (or no) value but were costing him month-in and month-out. This morning they sent through the forms required to complete this closure. The forms were first on the admin list. After that there was foreign exchange to order (Sainsbury's Bank seemed to have a very could offer) and that was sorted out for collection win Friday. Then, as the Gorse Fox went through the Ocado list he found that the cat food we usually order (for Jasper) was not available. He went hunting. Another source was located and as we also need some cat litter pellets he ordered both for delivery later in the week.

The Silver Vixen and Cousteau Cub were still out and about so the Gorse Fox got on the running machine until it was time to make some soup. We have a very efficient Tefal soup maker. Throw in the ingredients and some water - et voila 23 minutes later you have a soup. Today the Gorse Fox went about this process and must have down something wrong (though cannot remember what). The soup was inedible. It was the consistency of a badly made gruel or porridge and tasted vile. The whole batch was ditched and we had sandwiches.

After lunch the Gorse Fox went for a walk then came back to print the last of the photos that the Silver Vixen had allocated for the frames. These were 5x7s and too big for the small Selphy printer. The Gorse Fox loaded up some glossy photo paper in the main printer upstairs and promptly wasted several sheet while he tried to get everything set correctly. In future it is important to remember that it's glossy side down!!! It's also a bit of a pig to have to clear a paper jam from the rear of the printer. Never mind, it's all done now.