Hamster escape

Rory's hamster's cage door was open this morning, with no sign of hamster in the straw at the bottom of the cage. ( Read more... )

Stay tuned for the next exciting episode. (Or in the likely hamster dies, is mummified, is never seen again case, for the boring conclusion.)

And the dishwasher is dead

Luckily we had a spare dishwasher hanging about in the shed, so I've swapped that one into place rather than try and find a replacement heating element. (Pam had a new fitted dishwasher as part of her new kitchen, so the old one was in the shed. It's a jolly useful shed. Incidentally, does anyone want to buy a ride-on lawnmower (which has also been sitting in the shed unused for a while)? Must put an advert on cam.misc sometime.)

Return of the hamster

The hamster reappeared this evening, unharmed, and is now back in its cage. (It wasn't caught by the traps, the boys were in the bathroom when it came out.)