How to Make a Kitty Quilt - Step 4

Now that the strips are all sewn together, you have to iron them. Mom presses the skinny side over like this.
There's a lot of ironing.

Wacky Wordy Wednesday

This is Gizzy and me romping around on Mom's worktable. The table is at an angle, in case you think it looks funny.

Anyway, you can see how big I am getting. I'm almost as long as Gizzy. When I'm as long as Gizzy, am I gonna be a Millie or a Gizzy? Am I gonna be a Gizzy Millie or a Millie Gizzy? If I get to be as long as Gizzy is he gonna be a Millie? Will a Gizzy and a Millie be the same thing?

Well a Gizzy will equal one Millie but Gizzy can't be the same as Millie because we aren't the same. He's Gizzy and I'm Millie. He's a boy cat and I'm a girl cat, and he's a geezer and I'm a still a little bitty kitty. If a Millie will be equal to a Gizzy then we could measure things in Millies. We could. But I still like measuring things in Gizzys.


OK, if you think that was confusing, meet Speedy.Well, if that was Speedy, who is this Speedy? Mom says the two Speedys are gonna meet somehow. This I gotta see.

How to Make a Kitty Quilt - Step 3

Once the strips are cut, you sew them together. Mom sews a skinny one to a fat one to make pairs. But first she has to decide which to sew together. So she sets the two piles of strips next to each other and plays around with various combinations.
When she's got them paired off and she's happy with them, she starts sewing. She uses a 1/4" seam and some neutral colored thread (that way she doesn't have to change it for different colored fabrics.) She sews them all together, and ends up with a big chain of them like this, on the floor underneath the sewing machine.

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Sewing Tip of the Day

Take good care of your sewing machine. Keep the bobbin area inside free of dust, and oil it regularly. If the needle hits a pin, replace the needle. Everybody always asks what kind of sewing machine Mom has. She just has a regular one that came from Sears 30 years ago.

Tuxie Tuesday

I love watching Mom work. I can watch her all day.... until I fall asleep or push a stack of fabric off the slippery angled table.

And because you all want to know, Gizzy is eating and drinking, and is much more active than he was "before." Mom's really happy. Me too.

Napping Cats, Qwiltz and a Hairball

Do cats get a prize for packing themselves into tight little balls when they nap?

That's Jasmine up top on the pink pillow, and Gizzy in the cat hammock.

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Here are a couple of kitty quilt tops. Both of these are spoken for. The red one is all sewed up, the green one is just laid out.

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Mom went out today and came back to find a hairball on the rug in the picture box room. It was the biggest hairball she had ever seen. It was as big around as her thumb, very tightly packed and over two inches long.

Yeah.

Now let's think about that for a few minutes... Where could that have come from? And why was it so big, and WHICH cat upchucked it?

...Uh huh, that's what she was thinking too...

How's Gizzy?

Gizzy's feeling a lot better. Yesterday Mom had some Chicken Pounce treats. Gizzy kept nudging the bag, so she opened them and dumped a pile onto the table. You should have seen him gobble them down! We haven't seen him eat so enthusiastically in weeks!

He even woke Mom up this morning at 6 AM, and he hasn't done that in months! When Mom got our dishes, she noticed something else unusual -- they were all empty! When she picked him up today, she thought he was a little heavier.

He's been jumping around, and he's been a lot more active in other ways -- purring really really loud, and hissing instead of growling at me if I bother him too much. He seems to be acting more like his old self.

Here's a picture of all three of us cats devouring those terrific treats Beezer sent. From the left: Gizzy, Jasmine and me. You can click the picture to biggify.

How to Make a Kitty Quilt - Step 2

Once you have your fabric all ironed, you have to cut it into strips. Mom uses a technique called "Strip piecing," where she cuts long strips, then sews them together, then cuts them apart and then sews them together to make "blocks" or what Mom calls "chunks." She doesn't cut individual squares.
Everything has to be ironed first, and then the fabric has to be "straightened out" (I dunno what this means, but Mom says the sewers among you will know) and the ragged edge cut away. This takes time.

To cut the strips Mom has a special cutting board, plexiglas strips and she uses a rotary cutter with a really sharp blade. It looks like a pizza cutter. (What's a pizza?)

She cuts strips from each different piece of fabric she has. For the kitty quilts Mom has been cutting strips of two widths: 2-1/2" and 4-1/2". Mom can spend a whole evening in the sewing room just cutting.

(you can click the pictures to biggify)
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Q & A

Annie visited eQuilter and asked Mom what a "Fat Quarter" is.

Fabric is sold by the yard. Cotton fabric is usually about 42" to 45" wide (and there are about 25 yards on a bolt). The smallest amount of fabric you can buy is usually a quarter of a yard (9"), so a quarter yard piece would be a piece 9" by about 45" wide. But 9" isn't very large, so quilt shops often cut half-yard (18") strips, then cut it crosswise into two pieces. Same amount of fabric, but instead of having a 9" x 45" piece, you'd have a piece 18" x 22-1/2." Each piece is called a "fat quarter."

Check this out -

Willow made a great photo slide show of Gizzy. It made Mom's eyes leak! Thank you SO much, Willow!

Gizzy: Good News, Bad News

Here's the scoop from Dr. ***** He says it's both good and bad. Good because Gizzy's bloodwork came back mostly normal. No problems with his thyroid or his liver or his kidneys. He hasn't got diabetes. There is no infection. It's not his teeth.

The bad news is that it isn't anything we tested for; we still have no answer. It could be something else. There could be something growing that we can't feel. The only way to find out would be to do an ultrasound.

Dear friends, if we do an ultrasound, then what? Surgery? Surgery on a 15 year old cat that has recently lost 1/3 of his body weight? Anesthesia on a cat that may very well never wake up due to advanced age? For what? A painful recovery period with no guarantee?

Mom's heart says No. Gizzy has lived a wonderful life, and we want to keep him as comfortable and as happy as can be. Dr ***** says we can give him fluids whenever he might need them, and that Gizzy can eat "whatever he wants, as much as he'll eat, as long as he doesn't throw up."

When he's ready, we'll help him to the Rainbow Bridge.

Mom's gotta go now, she's leaking.

Formerly Feral Family Friday

Gizzy seemed a bit more chipper yesterday. He moved quicker and didn't seem quite so s-l-o-w. Here's what he told me about the visit to the vet.

"It was wicked cold this morning. The snow crunched. Mom brought the silver machine near the door and let the heater run so it would be warm for me. Then I got in the jailbox and she took me outside, and put me in the car. I didn't even complain. There was a nice soft warm blanket in there. The ride wasn't long. We got out of the car, and into the waiting room. There was a big dog, and a dog about your size, Millie. It was a chihuahua named Fajita. Fajita was wearing a sweater and was still shivering! Yeah, it was that cold out.

"Mom let me out of the jailbox and I climbed into her lap and let her pet me, but then another dog came in, and even though it didn't try to come close, I went back into the box. In fact, I crawled way to the back.

"The box moved and we went into the room with the steel table. They tried to get me out of the box, even tipped it up, but I wasn't coming out. I may not have been feeling well, but I'm no dummy.

"Still I ended up on the table and a lady picked me up and put me on a flat metal scale and weighed me. 10.4 pounds. I was over 15 in July, so I got a lot of sympathy.

"That didn't last long. Next thing I knew the vet was in there, poking me all over. I growled, but she hung on tight. She took my temperature by sticking something in a place where NOTHING should ever get stuck, and I sure didn't like that at all. Then they took me away and shaved a spot on my neck! Next I got stabbed. Twice! First they took my blood! Vampires! Then a big shot of something. Then back in the box, back in the silver machine, and back home."

Gizzy did his usual thing all day long, which was: find a comfy, warm place to nap and stay there till Mom gets home. Of course, he was in the window watching for the funny silver machine she calls "Astro" to come back. He met her at the door, as always, and waited to be fed. We got some nifty crunchies (In fact, everybody is eating MY crunchies) and some beef stinky goodness.

He seemed a bit more active. When I tried to play he hissed (instead of growled) and fought back (instead of walking away). He was jumping better and seemed a lot more alert.

Mom will call the vet about 9AM on today and find out the results from the blood tests. That should tell us what's going on with Gizzy. If he's lost 5 pounds (wasn't I 5 pounds when I got here? Did the weight I gained come from Gizzy? I'll give it back if it'll make him feel better...) there's got to be a reason, and at his age, it can't be good.

As soon as we know, we'll tell you. Mom says even if she is day-hunting, she will find a way to let everybody know as soon as she can.

And the V-e-t Says...

Gizzy went to see the V-e-t this morning.

He weighed 10.4 pounds, and he weighed 15.3 in August, so you do the math. The vet didn't find anything obviously bad, no big lumps or anything, but Gizzy was a little dehydrated so they gave him some fluids. They also took some blood and we'll know more tomorrow.

Thanks for all your positive thoughts.

How to Make a Kitty Quilt - Step 1

Mr Karate teases Mom all the time because whenever he asks about how something is done, she always says, "It's so easy..." He gives her a silly cross-eyed look.

"It's easy if you know how."

Mom thought you might like to know how. So over the next few days, she's gonna tell you. Because it would be a very long blog, we're gonna do one step at a time.

The first step to make a quilt is to get some fabric. (Now we're talking about kitty quilts, so we're not gonna get all complicated about measuring and stuff.) Mom likes to get fabric at eQuilter. But she also buys it from a store nearby. You want 100% cotton. When you get it home, it has to go in the washing monster, then the drying monster. Then it has to be ironed, to get the wrinkles out.

This picture is the fabric Mom and her sister bought to make a crazy quilt for their Mom. You might see some of these in the kitty quilts.
You can click the pictures to biggify.

Next step: Cutting strips. Stay tuned.

A Love Story

Gizzy came to us on a sunny day in July 1992. He was a tiny, scrawny, curious stray who crossed a very very busy street and hid in the bushes in our back yard. Mr Karate was only 12 when he and his friend found the cute little black and white kitten that day. He was very hungry, and the two kids fed him hot dogs. Neither of the boys' mothers' would let the kitten in the house overnight.

(Click the pictures to biggify)

The next day the boys went outside to play, and the little kitten was still around. They fed the kitten more hot dogs and played with him outside all day.

Little Mr Karate brought him in the house to show Mom and she said, "We don't need a cat!"

But he brought the kitten down the street to show his grandmother (Mom Lady's Mom). She called Mom and said, "You have to keep this cat. This is a special cat." Little Mr Karate brought the kitten back home and brought him inside. Later, he and Mom went to the grocery store to buy cat food and kitty litter.

The two little boys named the kitten Gizmo, but that didn't even stick for a day before they were calling him Gizzy.

Mom couldn't bring him to the v-e-t for a coupla weeks cause she didn't have any green papers. (It's the same vet, by the way, that he will see Thursday.) Vet looked him over and said he was in good shape, but he had terrible earmites and gave Mom medicine for Gizzy. She had to rub his ears really really hard to get the medicine in.

The earmites went away and for years Gizzy hated people touching his ears. He had HUGE, BIG, ENORMOUS, GIGANTIC BAT EARS, as you can see from the picture Mom found.

Gizzy ate and ate and ate and ate the whole first month he was here. In fact even though he was about 12 weeks old when he was found, he weighed only 4 pounds. He got big real quick. By the time he was 7 months old and had his hoo-ha-ectomy, he weighed 12 pounds. Everybody at the v-e-t fell in love with him because he was so handsome and so friendly and so mellow.

Two days after he came to live here, Mom had to have an operation on her shoulder. She came home all stinky and sick, and stayed in bed two days. Gizzy never left her side except to eat and use the litter box. Once she felt a little better, Gizzy started sleeping on Mr Karate's bed.

Gizzy was Mr Karate's cat. Each day he would sleep on Mr Karate's bed. When Little Mr Karate came home from school, he would run to his room and jump onto his bed. Mr Karate would land on the bed not two inches away from Gizzy. He would make the bed bounce up and down.

What do you think Gizzy did?

Gizzy did absolutely nothing! When the bed would stop bouncing, Gizzy would turn one ear toward Mr Karate, and open one eye, and look at him. He'd look, and look, then he'd close his eye, and pivot his ear back, and continue his nap. When he was ready, he would stretch and purr, and play with Mr Karate. In all the years that Mr Karate did that, he never landed on Gizzy, and Gizzy never jumped away.

Gizzy was part of everything. He would sit next to Mom while she worked on a drawing. He would sit on the kitchen counter and watch as she cooked dinner. He would sit next to Mr Karate as he did his homework. He would purr so loudly you could hear him across the room.Gizzy had a hard time when Mr Karate went away to college, but when Mr Karate would come home to visit, the two of them played. By this time, Gizzy was 10 years old.

Of course before Gizzy had lived here a year, Mom and Mr Karate got Jasmine, who became Mom's cat. The two cats played together, but Gizzy was always Mr Karate's cat.

When Mr Karate finished college, they talked about Mr Karate taking Gizzy when he moved into his own apartment, but they both knew that Gizzy was old and would probably have a real hard time in a new place without anybody around all day long, so they decided that Gizzy would stay here with Mom. Which is really good for me, because when I came to live here, Gizzy became my bestest pal.

I know I am too little to have a Valentine, but he is my special secret Valentine.

I love you Gizzy.

Sew or Blog?

Mom has a co-nun-drum. I don't know what that is, so don't ask me. She wants to read all the cat blogs. And she wants to be Bizzy for Gizzy, but she can't do both at the same time.

But here is some stuff you guys should know:
Dragonheart, Fat Eric, English Daisy and anybody else who lives overseas who wants a kitty quilt, Mom's day hunting job sends boxes ALL OVER THE WORLD. She says in order to find out how much it would cost to send a package overseas, she needs to know your addresses. So email me at darlingmillie AT gmail DOT com and we can find out. Then we can figure out the next step.

But she's gotta go get Bizzy for Gizzy. I'm snoopervising...

Tomorrow she's gonna have the story of how Gizzy came to live here.

Blue!

Mom's got the blue thing going on. She cuts long strips of fabric, then sews them together, then cuts them apart into pieces she calls "chunks." Then she puts them together to make the kitty quilts. It's how she can put them together so quickly. If you biggify the picture of me with the pink fabric, you can see the "chunks" set next to each other. Mom thinks it's weird that no girl kitty has asked for the pink ones. Anybody want a pink one? Besides me?

Shell Shocked - So Bizzy for Gizzy

Gizzy and I are very thankful. Mom's kinda stunned. She's got so many cat quilts to make. She won't be taking naps or lounging in the sun like I will. She was kinda hoping for orders to make 6 cat quilts, but she got more than I can count.

She was so surprised she spent most of the day sewing. She looked at Paypal, but she wants to ask a few of the entrepreneurial cat bloggers some questions before she sets that up.

The weather guys say we're supposed to have a BIG snowstorm, called a nor'easter, on Wednesday, so she's gonna see if she can take a vacation day that day and stay home with us and sew.

In the meantime, if you cats want a cat quilt, she needs to know if you have any particular color requests or if you want a multicolored quilt. She says she will try to meet requests on a first-come basis, but that she's trying not to go to the fabric store to buy more. Email me at darlingmillie AT gmail DOT com. That will be The Place for all information.

Thanks again, and we'll keep you all informed about our wonderful Mr Gizzy.

*****UPDATE*****
Gizzy's gonna see Dr ***** on Thursday morning. There was no earlier appointment available. But Mom musta got the right person because when she started to explain about the green papers the lady said, "Don't worry, you have been a long time client..."

Bizzy for Gizzy

You cat bloggers are pretty terrific. Mom is now Bizzy for Gizzy! Here are two more tops that are available... another pink one,
and this black one.

You can click the pictures to biggify. Mom's gonna be very busy making these. She's hoping to get the Paypal stuff worked out tonight. Thank all of you.

Anybody who commented before should send me an email at darlingmillie AT gmail DOT com to tell me if they have any preferences for any of the quilts pictured here or if they have want anything specific. 'Course Mom is trying to use fabric from her stash and not buy any more, but she's got a pretty good stash...

I gotta go get Mom back to work! She's gonna call the vet tomorrow to get Gizzy checked out.

Sewing Sunday

Mom's really excited about making cat quilts. Real excited. She's been busy in the sewing room all morning, and she's got a lot to do. You can see I am helping.

Here is a picture of a cat quilt with greens and some yellow and blue. Mom thinks these colors might be flattering for a ginger colored cat, but since we're all black and white, we can't tell for sure. You can click all pictures to biggify.


Here's one with lots of pinks and pinky purples. This would be good for any cat that likes pink or even Tuxies. She's working on another pink one right now, and I think there's a yellow one in the works. And I see a pile of blues and greens over there.


Mom set me up my own email account. It's darlingmillie AT gmail DOT com. She still has to do all the Paypal stuff. If you're interested in buying a cat quilt, please leave a comment or email me. Check yesterday's post for more information.

We gots to go now, we got lots to do, but we'll be back real soon...

Gizzy update

Here's skinny Gizzy. He doesn't look so manly in this picture, but that's because Mom was sticking the camera in his face and he doesn't like the flash. He's eating, and drinking, but not much. Mom's gonna call the vet and make sure he gets an appointment. Problem is, Mom hasn't got any of the green pieces of paper. So she's gonna try to make a deal.

Mom wondered if she could raffle a quilt as a fundraiser. She wrote to Skeezix cause he's one of the smartest cats in the blogosphere. He said it might be hard if she didn't have a quilt already made. (And she doesn't -- yet.) But he gave Mom an idea.

She is going to make some cat-sized quilts, out of pre-washed cotton, and fill them with nice warm fleece. They'll be about two feet square (of course that's not two of my feet or they'd be too small for anything), crazy patchwork on one side, and quilted a bit to hold the layers all together. Mom says they will be machine washable and dryable. She's gonna sell them and anycat in the blogosphere (or beans even) can buy them. We haven't worked out a price yet, but $25 sounds about right. And she would have to set up a paypal account or something. This way she could get the green pieces of paper to pay the vet costs and not stress out about it too much.

Here's a funky black and white one. She's working on a couple of pink ones, and has some others planned with all the colors in the rainbow.Cat bloggers, would you be interested?

Mom Robyn Appreciation Day

Thank you Mom Robyn for all you do for cats and the Cat Blogosphere! We think you're pretty awesome!

Millie, Gizzy and Jasmine!

Gizzy

Hey gang, I need you.

Gizzy has been feeling poorly lately. Mom noticed he wasn't eating all his crunchies every day. When she got back from Texcats she noticed he was kinda clingy and grouchy to me all the time. He always sits right next to her after dinner while she works on the silver lapbox. She was petting him a couple of nights ago and something rattled her brain and suddenly she picked him up. As soon as she did, she knew.

Gizzy, last July before I came to live here, weighed 15.3 pounds. When she weighed him two nights ago he was 11-1/2! That's an enormous loss of 3.8 pounds - drastic for a cat.

Mom says Gizzy doesn't seem to be in pain, and he can move pretty much anywhere he wants to go. He still greets her at the door every night, and he's keeping up with his grooming -- all good signs.

Mom called the vet's office. They want him to have stinky goodness, and they want her to make sure he is drinking water. She can add water to his stinky goodness to make sure he gets more. It could be his teeth really hurt. And of course they want her to "keep an eye on him." Well, that's like the ATM machine reminding you to take your cash. Like, Duh!

So we'd really appreciate it if you all could send some positive energy toward Gizzy here in cold New Hampster.

Thursday Thirteen and Alphabet Meme "C"

I was intrigued by Zeus' idea of a meme based on a letter of the alphabet. He selected the letter "C" for me. "C" as in celebrity. So I had to think real hard about 10 things I like that start with the letter "C."

1. Cheese!
2. Chicken
3. Climbing up on stuff
4. Comfort
5. Christymas
6. Computers
7. Catnaps
8. Catnip!
9. my Cat Cube from Mrs B and Bubbles
10. Crinkly balls

To make this a Thursday Thirteen, here are three things that start with the letter "C" that describe me...

1. Creative
2. Cute (I had cunning, but Daisy suggested this. )
3. Charming

~~ Mom says she wouldn't have any trouble thinking of thirteen things she likes that start with the letter "C," and she'd probably start the list with... Chocolate! But HA HA! This is my blog!

Valentine!

Jasmine has a Valentine!

She and Cocoa Puff, one of the Feline Americans, are Valentines! I am happy for her. She deserves somebody who thinks she's pretty cool. Hmm. Cocoa Puff was one of my Secret Paws, and I know they live in San Diego Catifornia, which is three thousand (squillion?) miles away. Guess they'll have to teleport to visit each other. That ought to be funny, because the two of them are "full figured."

...oh oh. Wait a minute.

Mom says I can't make fun of Jasmine and Cocoa Puff because of their size. In fact, she says I can't make fun of anybody ever.

I am sorry Cocoa Puff and Jasmine. You two have a nice Valentine's together. Cocoa Puff, Jasmine likes tuna and milk.

Now Gizzy... He hasn't got a Valentine and I can't understand that AT ALL! I mean, he is so cool, so friendly, so charming, so handsome! There has to be some lovely cat who'll be willing to be Valentines with such a gentle soul. He doesn't need a young frisky cat like me (I mean, he already HAS me and I annoy him sometimes...)

So I am asking all my friends in the Cat Blogosphere, we gotta find Gizzy somebody. Please help me find the wonderful Mr Gizzy a Valentine!

I'll be so grateful!



UPDATE!

Willow has agreed to be Gizzy's Valentine!

Oh I am so happy.

Wacky!

Jasmine here ~

Here's a picture of little wacky Millie girl, fooling around with Mom. I don't think I was ever quite so wacky.

I am so flattered by all your lovely comments from yesterday's post. Yes, I am quite the girly girl, or rather I used to be. My goodness, it's so fun to see all the comments from the man-cats interested in a girly-cat of a particular age as a potential Valentine. Mom had a hard day yesterday, so I'll wait till she's a bit rested before we go Valentine shopping. Though I can tell you I am very interested. And, truth be told, I think Gizzy is also quite flattered by the attention from the ladies. Yes, he'd love a companion who's as mellow as he is. Millie's been on his last nerve lately and I know he'd like to keep company with someone more soothing.

Tuxie Tummy Tuesday

Wow!

You don't see this every day. This is Jasmine! She looks like a real flirty girl. I have to say I didn't think she had it in her.

Man Cat Monday

Here's my bestest pal, Gizzy, looking very manly, if I do say so myself.

Six Month Gotcha-versary

Wow!

I've been here six months now, and I've lived here longer than I've lived anywhere else. I've got a Mom who loves me and two big cats to show me things and let me know I'm not Top Cat. But that's OK. I can run faster than they can, and I can jump up on things they can't.

I have a squillion friends all over the world. I've learned to play with Mom and let her pet me. I'm letting her get closer and closer, and the other day when Mom was sitting on the couch, I went over and lay down at the other end. Another time I was lying on the floor in front of the entrance to the bathroom, and I didn't even move when she stepped over me!

I welcome her back from her day hunting job, and I follow her around while she puts her stuff away. I let her know just where I want to be petted and rubbed, and she does just what I want. Lately I have been sitting on the back of her chair while she works on the silver lapbox. When she turns to look at me, I don't run away. Maybe someday I'll sit next to her. We'll see. I know better than to say I'll never do that, because once I said I'd never let her pet me, and you all know how that turned out.

I've had my ladygardenectomy, and I'm a lot more relaxed than before. Of course, I still pester Gizzy, and I still make Jasmine a bit crazy, but heck, I'm still a little kitty -- I'm not even full grown.

Mom says this is the last Gotcha-versary day I can celebrate until my One-Year Gotcha-versary, and after that I can only celebrate once a year. I wonder if she has any nice roast beast for me? And Temptations? And Cheese? Or maybe I will get some nice Beef Stinky Goodness. That's what I want. Some nice Beef Stinky Goodness.

Oh...

Mom says I have to say "Thank you" to all the Poodins and their Beans who contributed to help get me off the street and into a wonderful forever home. This one is practically Purr-fect!

Super Sunday

Mom, Gizzy, Jasmine and I just aren't feeling the love on this Super Bowl Sunday since our pals, the guys named Pat, aren't in the Big Game. We'll watch, of course, but we have decided to root for Da Bears.

I might just teleport over to my friend Persephone's house so we can play together.

Mom's got chili (the hot kind, not the cold kind) bubbling away in the pot called Crock in the kitchen. Earlier she was cutting up real live dead chicken and she gave all us cats nice raw pieces.

Now THIS is Snow!

Mom found this picture, taken exactly four years ago today. It's where we live, on the right, and her old Ford Escort in the driveway. In case you don't "get" how high those snowbanks are, they are taller than Mom (five feet high).

A little snow

Update! It's about lunchtime now, and these are a couple of pictures Mom took of our neighborhood. She really likes that after a snowstorm the sky is blue and the sun is bright. It is a bit windy, so the wind blew the snow off the branches and the wires, so it doesn't look quite as pretty, but Mom says it's a really nice day.


Midnight!
It's snowing. I can't show you pictures because it is dark out, but it's really pretty. Mom says we have about three inches, which means if I were standing in it, it would almost reach my tummy. Eew! I don't think I'd like that.

Anyway, it's supposed to be REALLY COLD over the next few days, and the weather guys think it might go down to -3F (-17C) on Wednesday. This means the snow will be around for a few days, so I can show you some pictures.

National Wear Red Day 2007

This year, more women will die of heart disease than men. So I am taking a break from Friday's usual memes to alert all women to protect their hearts. National Wear Red Day is a simple way to support the fight against heart disease and stroke.

This is a cause quite literally close to Mom's heart (pun most emphatically intended) because her Mom has heart disease.

So ladies, gentlemen, cats, wear RED today. National Wear Red Day has its own dress code. Wear your favorite red clothes or accessory—a red blouse, a red dress pin, a fabulous red handbag —put on red lipstick, or sport a red tie and red socks. Go red in your own fashion to show your support for women and the fight against heart disease.

Thank you.

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things about MILLIE Mom says I'm too young to have a regular boyfriend, but here are some gentleman-cats to whom I am attracted... 1. Beau 2. Dragonheart 3. Chase 4. Beezer 5. Jack 6. Luxor 7. Mattingly 8. Jazper 9. Timothy Dickens 10. Bubbles 11. Fat Eric 12. Derby 13. Zeus Oh dear, I ran out of numbers! I still have more cats... There's Skeezix and Jeter Harris, there's Victor and Henry, there's Merlin and Dobby, there's Mr Hendrix and Mr Zenith, there's Oscar, there's William, and Rocky, and Max and Buddah... (I can't believe I forgot Max! He's practically my uncle) (Jasmine is laughing at me, she says I'm so silly I forgot two very important things. 1. I don't know how to count, and 2. I forgot to add Gizzy to my list. I think I'm in trouble.) Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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