Spiffy Saturday

After meowing at Mom all day Thursday, and napping under the bed for the last two days, and sleeping with Mom for the last two nights, (yes, really) I'm out and about again.

Mom and I have another week of staycation together, and it is supposed to be sunny and hot.

Heh.

Saturday Caturday

It's a lovely day out. It's sunny, warm but not too hot, and it's dry. I love napping in my hammock near the window.  I can watch the world go by, and when I get bored, I just get another napping spot.

Mom, however, is her usual get-up-and-go self. She went out for breakfast, then did some errands.  She went to the pasta and cheese place and got some fresh pasta and lots of nice cheese (duh!).  Then she went shopping for Auntie Karate's birthday present. She came home and made herself her current favorite sandwich, a BLT with avocado and spicy mayo.  Then she did the washing machine shuffle, changed the sheets on the bed and washed the dirty dishes.

Before you think Mom is all work and no play, let me set your mind at ease. She has been reading the new biography of Julia Child, Dearie, and enjoying it muchly.  She's also been watching tennis and she went to the local quilt shop to buy fabric.

Day One of Stay-cation is pretty good so far.

Fantastic Friday

Mom's stay-cation is almost here. I am furry excited.  Here are some of the things she will do:

• Watch the Tennis (duh)
• Sew on her Black Box quilt
• Read the newest Armand Gamache book by Louise Penny, which will come out on Tuesday. Mom is particularly excited because it will be delivered to her Kindle by magic that day.
• Watch Project Runway (o my Bast was she angry at Ven last night. He was whining because he had to make a dress for a "plus-sized woman)
• Make some stupid Basil Pesto.
• Celebrate Auntie Karate's 50th birthday (tomorrow)
• Give me lots and lots of scritches
• Bring me here.

HEY WAIT A MINUTE!  THAT'S THE V-E-T!!!  MOM, THAT'S NOT FAIR!

Thursday Thoughts

Only two more sleeps until Mom's on stay-cation.  She will be watching tennis and sewing on her quilts. We are both looking forward to it.

Slow Saturday...

It's going to be a nice, easy, slow day here today. It rained last night, but it is sunny and warm now. Mom and I will be having a nice relaxing day watching the Tennis.Mom is on stay-cation again next week, and we haven't got much planned next week either...
HEY! WAIT A MINUTE!

Millie Monday

I'm telling you, it's a regular quilt merry-go-round here. Mom finished her quilt for the Doll Quilt Swap, and that is on its way OUT. Then this quilt, for her pal Julie, came IN. Mom says it won't stay long, and then it too, is gonna go OUT.

Go figure.

In the meantime, there are a few cats that need our purrs. Coco, Sniffie, Bear, Monty Q and others are still feeling poorly. You can read about them over at the Cat Blogosphere blog. Thanks.

Oh and, here at my house, it's gonna be All Tennis, All The Time for the next coupla weeks...

Sneaky Sunday

Mom's cleaning and sewing. The Tennis starts tomorrow, and she wants to be ready. Me? Well, I -was- napping on that nice fleece blanky, but then a birdie flew into the bushes, and now I am stalking mode...


Keep purring for my honey, Monty Q!

Finally Friday!

Psst... Mom's hunting the ever-elusive Month End, and then, when she gets home, she will start her big stay-cation. Woo hoo! She's gonna watch a lot of Tennis, and she will do some sewing. I plan to get a lot of scritches.


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Stay-Cation Countdown...

Mom's on Stay-cation for two whole weeks starting on Saturday. She says she is going to look at metal masheens.

Dunno what -that's- all about. I look at metal masheens drive by the house all day long...

The Fresh Stuff

You all know how much I love my 'Nip. Mom grows it for me. Yesterday she brought me the "trimmings" from my own 'Nip garden. You all know the dried stuff is good.The fresh stuff is pretty good too! Sometimes the littlest things can be the best!


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Stay-Cation, Day 8, Snoozy Saturday

Mom went to her favorite quilt shop yesterday. She came back smiling from ear to ear. She bought lots of fabric for a new quilt she will be making and a couple of spiffy quilting gadgets. Today Mom has to do the usual household chores, like food hunting and the washing machine shuffle, because tomorrow she'll be visiting another of her quilting buddies.

Me? I've been catching up on my napping.

Mom's bed is one of my favorite napping spots. We've been watching a lot of tennis, and it can be boring exhausting.

Stay-Cation, Day 7

It was Hot, hot, hot and sticky yesterday. Mom has been working in the sewing room while watching the Tennis. I think she's getting cabin fever because she's planning to make a trip to her very favorite quilt shop later.

This little pincushion arrived from Whiskeronsin. One of Mom's friends made it, and naturally, I had to inspect it.

Too Pooped to Pop, Stay-cation Day 6

I was watching that marathon match at Wimbledon yesterday between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut. You know, the one that started on Tuesday and was called because of darkness... To win the fifth set at The Big W, you have to win by two games because there is no tiebreaker. Mr Isner & Mr Mahut played over six hours yesterday, still tied, until finally it got too dark to continue. The score in the fifth set is 59-59.

And they are going to continue today, until one of them wins.

I'm telling you, just watching was exhausting!

Have I told you lately how glad I am to be a cat?

Stay-cation Day 5, Wordless Wednesday

Stay-Cation, Day 4

I am -so lucky- simply to be here today! You have No Idea! I almost died yesterday, watching Roger play at Wimbledon! Oh. Oh. Oh! It was positively heart-stopping!

I know you're going to say I should be rooting for Raffa, the young Spaniard, and I do like him very much, but my heart belongs to Roger. When I moved to my forever home almost four years ago and the tennis was on, I watched Roger, and I thought he was just wonderful.

So when Roger, the defending Champion, was two sets and a break down (in the first round at The Big W), and the other guy was serving for the match, my heart was in my throat. I almost couldn't watch! But Roger suddenly found his mojo and won the match.

Phew!

The rest of the day was very anticlimactic by comparison.

Stay-Cation, Day 2

I did not think washing the windows was on the plan for stay-cation, but I might have been wrong about that. This is the kitchen window. Know what's wrong with it?Mom took the windows out last night to wash them.Yup, she washed them while she watched golf-on-the-rocks.
I don't get it. I'm doing -my- bit according to plan.

Mom says I should tell the -whole truth-.

In addition to washing a couple of windows, and putting a dimmer switch on the ceiling fan in the sewing room, Mom did some sewing yesterday, did a little food hunting, visited a quilt shop, and went to the movies with Mr Karate.

(Mom says Toy Story 3 is -awesome-; that watching the "Spanish" Buzz Lightyear alone is worth the price of admission, but the movie is not for kids under 4.)

They went out to dinner afterward, ate steak, bacon-wrapped scallops and ribs, did some clothes hunting for Mr Karate, and kitchen-gizmo hunting for Mom.

Mom says that was an awesome start to her stay-cation vacation.

So what's the plan for today? Well, after the obligatory change-the-sheets and empty-the- dishwasher and wash-another-couple-of-windows, it's go see Mr Karate & PlusOne play in their recital, and more sewing and more golf-on-the-rocks.

You can find me in the cat hammock.

Stay-Cation, Day 1

Mom's on Stay-cation. She is furry excited. She plans to do a lot of sewing, watching tennis, and visiting with some of her quilting friends. She also plans to sleep late every day.

I plan to get lots of scritches, leave my furs on all her quiting projects, and nap.

See any similarities?