Hello everyone.

Hello. How are you?

A bit meh. My yoga class was cancelled for the second time this week. Only found out when I was in the car park. Oh well.

How are you and your gorgeous kitty? =)

Hi there! I went for my weekly walk around the park at the bottom of the road before.

We had men come and paint the corridors of our block of flats today. They left a mess so I hoovered it up. Only the ground floor though.

That’s a shame your class got cancelled. I hope you find something nice to do instead.

The cat has settled in nicely. So playful and cute.

That’s good you went for your weekly walk Dawn. I hope you weren’t too cold.

I'm glad she's settling in alright, Sketchy. She sounds like a very confident little thing which is great. =)

I'm drinking hot chocolate and eating a million biscuits instead of yoga. Whoops.

She’s very confident. She climbs all over us and demands attention. I miss her when I go back to my flat, but thankfully I’m staying overnight at my sister’s which is where the cat stays.

Hot chocolate and biscuits sound brilliant!

It is brilliant but not very healthy. Needed comfort food.

My cat is upstairs in the airing cupboard because it's super warm there and comfy on a stack of pillows.... and he's a big wuss.

Awww. What’s your cat called?

I want to join the cat club! Lol!

He's called Geordi and he's a Siamese cat so very chatty but sometimes more like a dog. He's great =)

Everyone should have a cat.

I do love cats but I'm more of a dog person if I had the choice.
I love all animals though.

Siamese cats are cute!

Such a cute name. Ours is Molly. She’s a little black kitty. She’s so tiny.

I'd happily have a dog too actually.

Used to have a German Shepherd for a bit.

I’m scared of dogs.

They can be quite intimidating, particularly when they're not trained properly.

Love German Shepards.
I much prefer big dogs to the little yappy ones!
My family have a collie puppy. Shes only about 14 weeks old. She's a blue merle colour and she's adorable!

Yes dogs can be indimidating.

My support worker brought round someone new from the crisis team to meet me one day and she was terrified of my cats. It was such a shame. And my support worker was completely winding her up saying things like my cats used to walk in circles around one of the support assistants who used to come to my house!

I don't like it when people don't respect peoples' fear of animals sometimes.

I can sympathise with anyone scared of animals because of my dog phobia.

Exactly, but some people don't understand it at all and think people are just being silly.

Dunno why I'm ranting about that really, heh.

A fear is a fear. It doesn't matter what we are afraid of it's still a horrible experience.

Geordi and Molly sound v cute. Have to agree with Beckie though (I know Lorraine shock horror) more a dog person.

Lorraine I promise you ever met my dog Lady she'd cure the phobia-she gets beaten by tiny dogs cos all she will do is submit even if theyre half her size and the worst thing she would do to you is lick you death-she's even trained out of jumping up now so she wouldn't come near you unless given permission

its never silly to have a fear. fear is fear whatever it is.

Dogs have lovely soft tongues, cat's tongues are like spikes.

Exactly.
If someone is scared of something then you should respect that.
My dad has a giant spider (she's about the size of a plate now) and once she got lost in his flat for about 2 weeks. Literally everyone refused to enter his flat until she was found!
Tbh i wouldn't want to go into his flat even if she was in her tank!
She is enormous

also Lins speaks wise words!

oh my days that would scare the **** out of me!!

The size of a plate :crazy:

I am very wise.

Oh dear God.... A PLATE SIZED SPIDER?!

*faints*

I'm joining you in the fainting! I've held a tertantula (in a psych ward would you believe slightly less cute than the meerkats-although the meerkats did chew the tassels off my slippers :P) but think a plate sized one is a tad too big!!

Yes shes a mahoosive spider!
He eventually found her in a pile of clothes next to his bed.
His social worker refused to see him until the spider was found.
That's one way to get rid of MH professionals :tongue2:

Im going to bed now guys.
I know its early but im shattered!
Night night all!

Night night sleep tight think of spiders tonight :P

and tbh I'm with his social worker! remember when you were coming down to my house and i posted on facebook the massive spider I found in my kitchen and you refused to come if it hadn't gone away :P

Night night, sleep well.


Buttons - I would never even hold a tarantula. Eek.

tbh it was less scary than a spider to me-very slow moving so I knew what it was doing.

They also let me borrow a massive snake to scare a member of staff who I had a bit of beef with and I knew hated snakes-yes I'm evil :P

Night.

Buttons, are you sure you weren't hallucinating all these exotic animals? :laugh:

No it was and I quote pet therapy! They weren't all weird (well the meerkats where fairly bitey) but they had a dog and all the usual animals just lot of weird ones as well :P the main guy who brought them nearly pissed himself laughing when I took the snake into the staff member who was scared of it-he had to come in in case I dunno I chucked it at her something?? I had it round my neck-snakes don't bother me at all and she screamed very loud.

I think I'd hold a snake. I remember being scared of touching one when I was a kid though. Not sure why though!

apparently fear of spiders and snakes is innate from when we were neandethals and it was just fundamental survival skills-don't touch that it might bite you sort of thing :P

obviously now we've got better brains and we've grown out of childhood fears we know when its safe to touch things like a snake or not-like if someone hands it to you who you trust and says not poisonous cool but you'd still clear of a random snake in a forest :P

I found a snake that was half eating a massive toad at work so I whacked it with a long stick and saved the toad! I was properly freaked out though because it all looked so violent and I thought the snake might turn on me, lol. The snake was fine, I didn't hurt it.

I don't blame you!!!

I love snakes!
They are so adorable.

Afternoon all.

Afternoon Dawn. How are you?

I am ok thanks Lorraine.

I bought some sachets of instant cappuccino. Having one just now.

Hey guys
Its quiet in here today

Hi Beckie. How are you?

It is quiet today.