Caturday

How do cats manage to pull such big guilt trips by hardly doing anything at all?  On Tuesday, I was continuing with our massive spring cleaning session and cleaned off the tiny cat tower in preparation to give it away.  It had gone unused for so long and was just another thing to vacuum all of the time.  I set it on the back porch to throw in the car and got back to work.  A while later, I cam back to this-

Seriously, Chunk?  Fat cat on a little tower.  Months untouched and the day I go to get rid of it, he's all about it.  At one point, the little girl was even up there with him.  I couldn't find my phone though to snap a quick pic, by time I came back with the real camera she was in a huff that I had disturbed their cuddle time.  Ugh, this thing!  I'm over it.  They've gone back to ignoring it, however, my guy won't let me get rid of it. Grrrrrrrr.  I'll just wait until he won't notice.

Happy Caturday!  I had a great day today.  I thrifted some great crafty loot and can't wait to share with you guys.  Bye, nighty night!!

Caturday

"No, Dog.  I'm pretty sure you are mistaken.  This is actually my bone.  Now, please stop bothering me.  I'm trying to sleep."

Caturday

G'day!  Just a quick hello before I'm off to work.  I'll be applying my "happy face" shortly.  Yay!

I showed you last weekend that my kitties love the laundry room, but I don't think you realize just how much they love it.  It's one of the most frequented rooms in the whole house.  Besides large contraptions to play in, there are also sunny ledges to lounge on.  And us crazy humans keep large, padded baskets that apparently hold no other purpose than to serve as cat beds.

These two can usually be found together.

This crazy guy likes to sleep by himself, most of the time.

So if you're visiting and can't find a cat to harass, look inside things.  You're bound to turn up one.  

Yep, airing my dirty laundry for you on this fine Saturday.  Oh, I almost forgot, another nice thing about my laundry room?  We have custom flooring.  All the tile turned a lovely blue/gray color, complete with swirly patterns, when our washing machine flooded the room.  Can you see it?  I guess our house is as unique as the crazy people and animals living in it.

Well, off to get ready for work.  To keep from losing it, my mantra of the day will be, "Money, honey!"  Cynical, yes.  Necessary, absolutely.  I hope you guys enjoy a craftastic day filled with good times.  I'm hoping to get a wee bit of crafting done this evening but who knows.  See you soon!

Caturday

In the evening and on weekends our neighborhood is really quiet, so Chunky is allowed to go outside while it's still light out.  He pretty much just lays on the porch and makes silly noises at the birds.  

While he's not doing that he plays his favorite game.  It looks like this.

He sits at the door and meows super loud....over and over again.  When you try to let him in he will turn around and ignore you.  A few minutes later, he will do it again.  It could really go on for hours if you indulge him.  After several dozen interactions like this, he will finally come in.  At that point he will saunter to the back door and demand to be let out again.  He scratch his favorite tree, then right back to the front door to play again.  It's a vicious cycle.  Like I've said, he runs this place.

P.S.  That's the roomie's new car in the background.  Every time I see it I expect Joe Pesci to come walking up the house with a baseball bat.

Over the Top.

So, round these parts we don't go all out for the holidays.  Unless it's Halloween or Christmas, there are no decorations, no fancy dinners.  It's just me and the guy, sometimes the roomie, so usually it's just another day.  A day that we happen to have off from work.  On the other hand, birthdays are pretty fun!

This year mine was a bit extravagant- over the top, if you will.  Food, thrifting, fabric, fun- all rolled into one fabulous weekend!  We kicked it off on Friday night with the most amazing Mexican food we've had in a long time.  And chocolate, there was a ridiculous amount of chocolate.  There were M&M's, Godiva Chocolate Pretzels and my sweet honey made me the yummiest cake.  I think it's pretty funny that I went on a chocolate bender, considering when I was a kid, I hated chocolate.

My guy also gave me this awesome Betsey Johnson Dia de los Muertos ring.  Yeah, I know, I have such conservative taste, huh?

Then we went thrifting at one of my favorite stores ever, the one that only sells craft stuff.  Just heavenly!  I bought a ridiculous amount of vintage fabric, about 11.5 lbs actually.  On the way home we scored some expensive dishes for next to nothing, it was just pure luck.  I knew that they looked familiar, so I looked into it a bit more.  They're a discontinued and highly sought after style of Denby Dishware.  I couldn't believe our luck when I saw replacement sets go for $95+ per place setting.  And we got 6 place settings for $8!  And that's not 8 bucks a piece, that's total for the whole set.  Craziness.

Back at home, when I started unfolding all the fabric for the laundry, Chunk appeared out of nowhere and burrowed in.  He didn't seem to mind when I kept piling it on, so I left him for a while.

So, yeah, I guess this is was 26.5 lbs looks like- 11.5 lbs of fabric and 15 lbs of cat.

After short stints of sleeping and failed attempts to burrow all the way to the bottom, he just resorted to planning sneak attacks on everyone nearby.

Followed up with the yummiest breakfast for dinner, celebration drinks, and cuddles with a movie, I had the best birthday!  A big thanks to my honey for making it all fabulous for me.  Love you, Cakes.

I had such a great time, I just had to share it with you.  Now I've really got to get ready for my stitching escapades this weekend!  I'm giddy with excitement.  I hope that everyone out there has a craftastic weekend, I know I will!!!!

Caturday!

A few weeks ago, the guy bought fancy new sheets and pillows.  They are so comfy!!  I haven't slept this good in years.

 

Although I'm sure that I know someone who thinks the upgrade was just for him.  This pic is an oldie, but it's still Chunky's favorite way to sleep.

Spoiled rotten, I tell you!  Do your pets have the run of the house?

Caturday!!

 Everyday is Caturday 'round these parts!!  So even though I was going to post this yesterday, I figured it'd be alright today.  Hope you don't mind!

They grow up so fast.  Look how tiny Chunk used to be!  This photo was taken in June, 2007 just a few weeks after he was born.  Probably shortly after the babies opened their eyes for the first time.  (We knew he'd be a biggun- look at that paw!)

Now look at him, he's huge!  Here he's completely filled, if not overflowing, from a medium flat rate box from the USPS.  That's one big kitty!  Poor guy has a snaggle-ear from an altercation with the neighbor kitty, but I still think he's very handsome.

I'll have to figure out some way showcase our handsome pup because he often gets jealous of the kitties.  If he knew I was posting this he'd be huffing and puffing up a storm.  Seriously, he sighs loudly every time the cats are being pet.  It's hilarious.

Had the best thrifting day, can't wait to share my finds with you- pics coming soon!  Hope you enjoyed a lovely, craftastic weekend!  What were you up to out there in the wide, wide world of crafts?

Bummer.

This tray was fairly organized with buttons sorted by color, style and age.  However, it is no longer so pretty.  Yeah, an open-top tray probably wasn't my best decision but I was feeling adventurous at the time.  Hell, I'm surprised it took so long.  This was my first spillage mishap in almost a year of storing buttons this way!  I thought it was funny, so I grabbed the camera.  I give you Button Madness '09!

"Yep, that's going to slow you down," says Chunk.

Sure does look pretty though.

Ohhh, shiny!

My favorite button!!

A few good buttons managed to stay in the tray.

Little Natasha-"Don't worry Mama!  I'll help you."

Not pretty and organized like before, but at least they are in the tray.  I think I found them all...

I was laughing the whole time because all I could think of was this-

Sir Chunk Barthalameow Kensington Barnaby III

I have a super demanding cat.  When he decides that he wants attention he's not talking in a few minutes or later that day.  He means NOW.  Offended that I would even consider working on my art journal while he was in the room, he made me halt all crafting activities and give him my undivided attention.

Here he is furiously scraping the bits or paper in my collage box.  I was literally looking through the box when he climbed in, jealous of the scraps of paper.

The box was already precariously perched atop other boxes.  Then a rather larger cat was added to the mix.  It was not long before it fell over.  Yet, a lesson would not be learned.  This situation repeated itself several times that night.

 

Looking triumphant and going to sleep. 

Please excuse the chaotic scene, I didn't feel like cleaning up that day :(