Chez Larsson

Mini's Gym

I saw this magazine carrier on Yvonne's blog a few months ago and loved it. I even loved it a little bit more when I realized that it's a Swedish design and bought one. Who knew that the green of tennis courts (it's made of remnant tennis court bits) is the perfect green?!

Um, Mini did! She loooves the Old News. When my mom stayed over the holidays we went to the pet store and mom insisted on us getting a cat toy. I said neither Mini nor Bonus are usually interested in them but got a green furry thing on a stick anyway to please my mom.

 

Mom played the game with Mini where she'd sit in the armchair and wave the stick around. The Old News happened to be right there and got incorpoprated into the game.

 

Now Mini can't get enough of it. We don't even have to wave the stick in front of her. I insert the stick at the top where the handle is so it hangs over the "entrance". Then Mini does her thing all on her own. She looks so funny, usually on her back and pounding and tearing at the green furry end and clawing at the inside.

We've had to re-name Old News. It's now Mini's Gym.  

Ps. Sorry, no more clues on this week's mystery but I'll give you an update next week!

Bonus is in da House

This weekend was a good one. Bonus went missing again two whole weeks ago and on Friday I finally found him with some help from the new owners of our old house, Emma. I had been out looking for him every night after work the whole week prior but he was nowhere to be found. I took Friday off so I could run a bunch of errands (after not having been able to do a single one because I was busy looking for the little dude all week) and go to IKEA. I went looking for him in the morning before I left for IKEA but he wasn’t there in the area around the old house. After I got back I started painting and for some reason didn’t have my cell phone signal on and didn’t hear Emma’s call and text so more than an hour after she called at about 7 pm I saw it, dropped everything (dinner) and sped to our old neighborhood on my bike, shrimps in tow. Then I spent about an hour searching for him in the dark with my flash light, streets up and down and through the woods and when I was about to give up I heard him meowing. Awww! So skinny and bony! He has eaten for sure during the 14 days away but not nearly enough. So far this weekend he hasn’t shown any interest in going out, he’s been in bed with me at night and has been eating and lounging around in the house the rest of the time. My baby!

Apart from Bonus finally being back (and Mini being happy about that too, she was getting lonely) the rest of the weekend was good too. I got quite a lot done; painted the stairwell railings and prepped and started painting the hall doors leading to the WC and basement.

I also removed the mid century desk and instead of it I’m having a temporary simple desktop and legs from IKEA until I find “the one”. Despite wanting to love that desk it didn’t happen. So, if you want it, are in the Stockholm area and can pick it up soon, it’s yours for free. E-mail me if you’re interested; benita@chezlarsson.com.

Mini and Bonus Update

You guys are so sweet, constantly inquiring about Mini and Bonus. I got a request for photos of them on their new favorite spot, the sofa, and here they are.

Both kitties really enjoy it. I don’t know whether it’s because it’s in front of the window or because of the straw inside or what, but they both instantly liked it. And that was even before I put that wool throw down

Bonus really enjoyed it but as you can see in this shot his mind is elsewhere and since I took this photo he wandered off again on Saturday night. Wille and I took Mini and Bonus to the vet on Thursday to get their yearly shots and while there I asked what we could do about him constantly wandering off. Apparently there isn’t much that can be done and we’ve basically tried it all already but there is this food supplement, based on a milk product, which we’re giving a go called Zylkene. It doesn’t work on all cats but if it does work in calming him down and making him less anxious we should see results within a month. The problem now is that after two days of giving it to him, he’s gone… So what we’ll do now is wait until the weekend before seriously start looking for him again (Last time he went missing, which I haven’t told you about, he was gone for nine days. I saw him day eight but he didn’t want to be found just yet so he ran off. On day nine I brought fresh shrimp which he couldn't resist and came along back home.) because any sooner than that and he’s just not hungry enough to come back. Naughty kitty.

 

Mini on the other hand is such a sweetie. So good and always comes inside at night and never makes a fuss about anything. She looooooooves the new sofa. She either lies there like this or with her head propped up against the pink pillow. All the time.

As for the sofa itself, it’s still work in process. I cleaned it and partially sanded it to remove the “new” coat of paint, switched out the straps to new ones and chopped the legs off like I told you I would and I made a quick white cotton cover for the seat cushion. That's just to stop the hessian underneath to stop shedding straw and I will make a better cover for it soon I hope. The pillows are also just thrown on there temporarily as I’ve ordered some fatter feather ones which I’m waiting for. As for painting the frame, I’m not sure when I’ll get to it but now that it’s all clean I can live with it like this a little longer.

Painting the Bedroom Nook

So I’ve finally begun painting my bedroom nook. You can’t really tell in this photo (or maybe you can) but painting the ceiling, trim and window makes such a huge difference. And boy does it bring out the dinginess of the old wall paper… That’s going next obviously. I may just stick to grey in there but paint. Or white. Still a bit undecided.

I had to take a little ceiling painting brake though because someone took a nap on the bed and I didn’t want to disturb by stepping on it. I’m such a softie when it comes to snoozing kitties.

Cat Parking

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