Sloppy Saturday

I'm not the one that's sloppy. I'm clean and so is this basket full of towels.  What's sloppy is the weather outside. It's been raining most of the day, and it's grey and much cooler than usual for May. (It's about 47F or 8.3C).

Mom went out in the rain and bought big bags of dirt and pots for her yukky green herbs and some tomato plants.

And my Nip.

I've spent the day napping.

Finally Friday

I have found another comfy napping spot.

and look...

There will be 'Nip!

I love my Mom.


PS, Dear Angel & Kirby, Mom gets her plants from Burpee. Mom orders what she wants and when it is time to plant them, Mr Burpee gives them to the man in the bloo shorts and he brings them here. Mom tried growing her basil plants from seeds, but there isn't a window that gets enough good light so the plants came out thin and spindly. Mom could buy plants from the big box stores but they don't have the specific varieties she likes (San Remo Basil, for example). Mom says buying the plants from Mr Burpee (she actually places her order just after Christymas) costs the same as the big box stores. Mom says the best part is the plants get here when it is the right time to plant them. My Mom is a smart cookie.

Thursday Thought

It's that time of year again. It's time to plant the garden. These are the Basil and Rosemary plants the man in the bloo shorts brought yesterday.  There are also Oregano, Thyme, Sage and Marjoram.

I do not see any 'Nip.

That shall have to be corrected.

Wordless Wednesday

Terrible Tuesday

Eeeeek!  It's not what it looks like.  I was stretching and yawning, and Mom took a picture.  Those little flashy boxes with stop-action can be really nasty for a girl's reputation.

MOM!!!

I think something is going to have to die a toothy death.

Easy Like Sunday Morning?

Look, I know how to take it easy.

Mom, not so much.

All this stuff is in the bottom shelf of the kitchen cupboard.

See now nicely it fits? When the stuff is in the bins, it's easier for Mom to get at it. So that shelf is finished.

Did Mom stop there?

Nope. She washed four windows.

She planted pansies and geraniums, waving petunias,

lobelia and verbenas.

She mowed the lawn, went food hunting, did the washing machine shuffle, washed all the dishes, and paid all the mister bills. The house is neat, although the rug sucking monster hasn't made an appearance yet.

However, Mom HAS been watching the tennis in Rome (right now Nadal and Federer are battling), and she has been doing some sewing in her studio.

It's still a good day for both Mom and me.

Freaky Friday

Thank goodness it's Friday.

Mom's been at it again.  She did that last shelf in the cabinet. Here it is before.

And here is is after

It doesn't look like she did anything, but she did. She emptied everything out, washed the shelf and those lazy susan thingies. Then she checked all the expiration dates and threw out a lot of stuff. The spices on the double decker lazy susan (who is this Susan anyway, and why is she in my kitchen?) are all now in A-B-C order, and now she doesn't have to take stuff out of there to find stuff, so she's happy. She says she can't wait to get to the cabinets on the other side of the kitchen.

I think I need a nap. I know she needs one.

Truthful Thursday

Do you know what happened last night? Mim-may and Pip-pay came over to eat some real live dead fish that one of Mom's friends caught out of a real live lake.  They brought Missy-the-woofie, who made a beeline to my stinky goodness and ate it all!

Now, I had finished my dinner, and I had left a little bit for a snack, but still! How rude! 

Mom refilled my bowl, of course.

After they all left, Mom went into the office of almost despair, and shuffled pieces of paper all over her desk for almost two hours!!!

Seriously! She put the papers in different piles, then sorted them, and made little squiggles on something she calls a statement. Then she made a lot of clicks on the computer, and when she was finished, she put all the papers in the shredder.

She says the desk is a lot cleaner, but it looks just as messy to me as it did the other day. But she says she is very happy about it. Dunno why.

Wordless Wednesday (Washing Edition)

Tuxie Tuesday

Mom did another one of her twenty-minute cleaning jags last night, and cleaned out a shelf in one of the kitchen cabinets. Can you guess which one it is?

I dunno. I wasn't watching. It sure isn't the bottom shelf though!

(And for those of you who are wondering, yes, Mom has one of pretty much everything.)

Millie Monday

Mom loves bowls. Dunno why. Anyway, she decided to take herself shopping the other day and bought these bright little bowls for me. Aren't they cute? Mom says there were some in orange and bright green and blue, but she liked these purple and red ones best.

I don't care what color my bowls are as long as they are filled with stinky goodness at mealtimes.

Happy Mother's Day!

Mom and I don't pose together very often, but this is a nice picture of the two of us.

Moms are very special. Mine is especially so. I have lived here now almost seven years, and Mom loves me very much even though I don't let her hold me, sit in her lap or sleep next to her at night. She understands I need my "space." At the same time she knows me pretty well. She knew I would want a nice warm place to nap, so she bought me a heated cat cup. She thought I might light to climb, so she bought me a kitty condo. She keeps me in 'Nip and I get all the stinky goodness I want.

It's Mother's Day. Call your mother. Tell her how much you love her and how special she is. Especially if you only have two feet.

Snoozy Saturday

So what are you going to be doing today?

Formerly Feral Friday

It's supposed to be warm today. Mom has a couple of windows open for me, and she pulled the curtains apart so I can watch the antics of the folks next door.

Mom is at it again, this time she cleaned out the kitchen cupboards.  See this stuff? Mom says it's all past the experate, exrate, operation... oh whatever. Mom says it's too old, so it has to go.  Mr Karate used to say that Mom's kitchen was the "kitchen of endless possibilities." Mom says the possibilities can still be endless with less stuff.

She's even been clearing out the cookbook bookcase!!  You should see the stack of cookbooks she has put aside to give away.