A much better day today after yesterday's cold, wind and rain - mostly bright and not especially cold. Enjoyed my morning walk for croissants! There's a liver & bacon casserole simmering gently in the slow cooker and I'm doing nothing else that I don't have to do today.
Vannin, I found another malt paste that LK would eagerly slurp off my fingers : Trixie malt paste. I bought it online (see
https://www.zooplus.co.uk/feedback/shop/cats/supplements_specialty_cat_food/cat_malt/paste/13188 ) and stupidly forgot to order anymore so the cupboard was bare! Local pet shops don't stock it so, unless you need a lot of other stuff at the same time, there's no escaping the delivery charges. Of course, it may be that pet shops in your area do stock it. Worth a try.
Meanwhile, to demonstrate the perversity of cats, LK happily gobbled up a couple of cm of the despised Johnson's paste yesterday evening.
The carpet is recovering following my ministrations with the spot-cleaner. It'll get a good steam-cleaning after we redecorate in the spring. I've always worried about my cats and chemical cleaners although, fortunately, there's never been any issues. The pet insurance is with MoreThan and they were quite upfront about the hike being because we'd made two claims this year and because she's nearly 15 - an old lady in cat terms. I'm only glad we moved house because the premium went down by nearly a half when we came here. With this new increase, if we were still in Greater London, it'd probably be in 4 figures by now. Ouch!
I hope your Carol concert doesn't cause too much disocmfort. I'm currently resisting going to the doc with the pain in my right knee. I suspect I've damaged a ligament whiel dancing in the kitchen but the discomfort comes and goes ....