The Holidays are Over

Mom took down the Christymas tree and all the Holiday decorations yesterday. That tree looks very funny. I tried to climb it, but Mom was too slow with the little camera. Heh.

She even folded up my Holiday Gizzy Quilt and packed it away with the Christymas stuff! Eek!

Millie, come on! You have two other Gizzy Quilts! You have the pink one....And you have this new cat-themed one...Some multi-cat families have only -one- Gizzy quilt and they have to share. Your Holiday Quilt will be safe and sound, and you can enjoy it next Christymas.

Well... ok. I guess. Anyways, Mom said she had a good day on Sunday. She worked on some quilt stuff I can't talk about. I can't say anything about the colors, or if she finished, or where it might be going. But I hung out with her in the sewing room most of the day, and that was good.

One of the quilting blogs she found gave her a really cool idea for something I can't talk about either. Except that it involves two Gizzys. I mean the cat Gizzy (you know, my wonderful big brother who went to the bridge last year) AND a Gizzy Quilt. I don't get it either, but somehow I think we will -all- find out together.


Oh! One more thing: Mom updated the slideshow over at Bizzy for Gizzy. She rearranged all the pictures so the newest quilt is first, then the next newest, and on and on. Mom says they are sorted in Descending order, and this way you can see the newest quilts first without having to wait for a parade.

Parade? Quilts? I think she needs to get more sleep.

Surprise Sunday!

Mom loves fabric. She says she is a fabric-aholic. Sometimes she buys fabric just because she likes it. She bought some of this wild pink and orange and tan stuff a few months ago. Kinda weird, for sure, but you all know Mom, and you know she does some kinda magic with color. She knew she would use it someday.

Here is the magic she did with this fabric. She made a Gizzy quilt by adding hot pinks and some tans with a little bit of black:
This quilt is for a woofie. Mim-may's woofie, Missy. Doesn't it look beautiful with her furs?
Mim-may had been wanting Mom to make a Gizzy quilt for Missy. Mom asked what colors, and Mim-may said, "Do whatever you want."

Mom LOVES hearing those words. She looked over at this piece of fabric and had one of those "Aha!" moments.

you can click the pictures to biggify
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Speaking of which... Mom has been using Autie Karate's camera since Gizzy dumped a glass of water over hers. Then Mim-may gave Mom her old camera when she got a new one. But the batteries never stayed charged. Then Auntie Karate lent Mom their old camera when they got a new one. But the new one got stolen, then recovered by the Men In Blue and now they have to keep it as Evidence for a few months, leaving Auntie Karate without a camera. So Mom gave theirs back. (blah blah blah. Confused yet?) Anyway, this is Mom's roundabout way of explaining why the pictures might look different now. And bigger.

Sew Sew Saturday

Mom is -finally- back to making Gizzy Quilts. She finished this one last night and it is flying out to its owner today.
This is a gift quilt. One cat ordered it as a surprise for another cat. The recipient cat was allowed to select colors. But this lady cat (you can tell this quilt is going to a lady cat!) doesn't know who is giving the gift, and won't know until the quilt arrives next week.

Mom has made several of these. Sometimes the cat knows a quilt is coming, but most of the time, the cats have been completely surprised (right, Jan?) Sometimes, the Gizzy Quilts are given as gifts (like these for Rainbow & Muse from the Furry Bambinos).

Next, Mom will be working on more gift quilts, and one is for a -gasp- woofie!

Mom has been looking for quilt blogs. She learned that an unfinished quilt, like one that got started and then set aside, is called a UFO, for unfinished object. She also discovered that a finished quilt top is called a flimsy.

Some quilters have lots of flimsies and UFOs around. Mom has two. One is a baby quilt in wimpy pastel colors. Neither Mr Karate nor the Karate Lady like it. It's pretty, but not like the quilts Mom makes now. They think Mom should finish it and donate it to a worthy cause. The other flimsy is for a big bean bed, and it's in browns, Mom's least favorite color. She made it for somebody she liked, but then she stopped liking the person. Every time she looks at it, she thinks of that person, so it will probably be UFO forever.

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Update: Mom has agreed to donate both UFOs to an organization that will finish the quilts and give them to underprivileged kidbeans.

Update on Top Cat

Remember a week or so ago when I posted about Nin, who was retiring from being NH's Top Cat at the Mount Washington Observatory?

Well, everybody (except us cats, of course) was astonished at how much Nin's story traveled around the US, and got everybody interested.

The Conway Area Humane Society has selected three possible cats to take Nin's position as mascot.

The folks at MWO have decided to rely on "the voice of the people" to select the next Top Cat. You can visit this link to read all about it, and then, on Tuesday January 8, 2008, the same day as NH's presidential primary, you can vote for your own choice.

You can find out about the three candidates here.

Will it be Wilson?


Or Sarah?


Or Marty?

Naturally, as a girl tuxie, my vote will be for Sarah!

Don't forget! You can vote on Tuesday, January 8 2008, from 8AM to 7PM NH time!

How Cold Was It?

It was 2 degrees F (-17C) when we woke up yesterday morning, and Mom found this in the kitchen:

Our house has double paned, insulated windows. One of the panes in the kitchen window cracked and broke. You can click the pictures to biggify. If you click this second one, you can see a piece that broke off and fell in the space between the two panes.

Now that's what I call freaky. This morning it was supposed to be -3F (-19C), but the temperature is predicted to be about 53F (12C) on Tuesday. Go figure.

The landlord has been notified.

What My Quilt Says

Jack and Persephone wanted to know what the back of my fun cat-themed Gizzy Quilt said. Here are pictures you can biggify:


It's like a comic book about cats.
And that's it for now. Mom wants to get more sleep, so she went to bed early! She didn't even stay up to watch Project Runway!

You should stop by Bizzy for Gizzy and check out the posts from the Furry Bambinos and Chance.

Wordy Wednesday

Obviously, I know how to live. I eat, wash, play and nap whenever I want. Mom decided to follow my lead today.

She slept late. She did the day hunting called "Year End Processing" the day before yesterday, getting home very very late - 10:30 PM. So she got to sleep in yesterday. And sleep she did. She didn't even get up before 8 AM.

She never got dressed.

She ate what she wanted, when she wanted. I think she even had tortilla chips and hot chocolate for breakfast. She ate the tortilla chips right out of the great big bag.

She watched the Roses parade. I don't know why they called it that, I didn't see any marching roses.

She didn't take the Christymas tree down, which is what she usually does on New Year's Day.

She ironed fabric and cut strips. She then paired up strips. Did she work on any of the quilts she has to make this month? Nope. She planned about a half dozen because she liked the colors she had and wanted to make them.

She said today was HER day and she wasn't gonna do anything she didn't want to do. Like the dishes. She left them dirty all over the place.


Mom said she didn't do anything because this is what it did all day yesterday:

It snowed -all day long- (Can it snow short?)

She did, however, do one constructive thing. She made ME a Gizzy quilt from the wonderful cat fabric that Kimo & Sabi sent her for Christymas.

Here is the front:
And here is the back:
She only used cat fabrics. She used some cat fabrics she already had, like the pink ones (in Lilly Lu's quilt) and some black and white cats from Beau's quilt.

You can click the pictures to biggify.

She says TODAY she has to go back to the straight and narrow.


Once again, I must say how glad I am to be a cat.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Everybody!

Thanks to all my wonderful cat and bean friends, as well as my wonderful extended family (which includes -woofies- if you can believe it). I hope all have Health and Prosperity. I wish you all a Safe and Happy New Year!

Mom says we are going to watch Roses parade. This ought to be interesting. I wonder if there will be some for me to eat.

The Furry Bambinos asked if our snowfall last month was average. We got over 44 inches of snow in December here in New Hampster. That broke the all-time record.

Definitely NOT "average." Mom says "boring" and "normal" are sometimes underrated.

More Snow Monday

This was what the weather guys predicted Sunday morning:
This was what the weather guys were predicting on Sunday night:We are between Concord and Nashua. (sigh!)

And get this....
They are predicting MORE SNOW for Tuesday!

Mom has to go day hunting both days.



Have I mentioned lately how glad I am to be a cat? And an Inside Cat, at that?

Auntie Rocks!

Auntie Karate came over yesterday. She brought all kinds of little machines. She and Mom worked in the basement making terrible noises. I didn't know -what- was going on. Mom said she couldn't have done it without Auntie Karate.

They made this table. The wood was part of a big table that used to be in Mr Karate's room.

Then Mom covered the table with cotton quilt batting. Twice.Then she covered it with this shiny silver material.So here is the finished thing. Well, not quite finished, Mom wants to paint the places that aren't painted.It's an ironing table. Mom can iron a half yard piece of fabric without moving it all around,and it's a lot easier for Mom to iron big pieces, like this blue fabric. Mom says it's PERFECT, and she couldn't have done any of it without Auntie Karate. She also says she got some really good suggestions from Skeeter & LC's Big Thing.

SWEET SIXTEEN!

The Patriots are Undefeated!

I thought Mom was gonna have a coronary a couple of times.

Patriots Pursue Perfection

For all the fans of the Dolphins, Steelers, Colts, Jets, Chargers, Bills, Bengals, Browns and Cowboys. For fans of the Redskins, Eagles and Ravens, I know it would be nice to say I am sorry that my team beat yours, but I am not. I am a New England Patriots fan. They are the guys named Pat, and they are my team.

Say what you want about spygate, or about the arrogance of the Coach (kinda like a cat, if you ask me), my pals, the guys named Pat, went out and beat the others. You don't like that they scored a lot of points? Too bad, that's what defense is for.

I hope we beat the Giants, and I hope we beat all the other teams, and go to the Super Bowl and win it.

I am a fan of the guys named Pat, the New England Patriots, and they are my team.

Tonight they pursue a perfect season, and I am rooting for them.

GO PATS!

Formerly Feral Friday - Way Too Much Snow

This was the third Thursday in a row that we have had snow! Mom is thoroughly disgusted with it. I am so happy I am an indoor kitty, you have no idea.

No, Derby, I do not want to work on Mount Washington. Everybody up there wants a cat to sit in their laps. I don't do laps, so that would freak me out a bit.

In reading up about Nin, Mom found this site, Shopcat.com, which tells the stories of working cats. Mom should sign me up as QA inspector for Bizzy for Gizzy.

NH's Top Cat Retires

This is Nin. Until yesterday, he was the Top Cat in New Hampster. He lived at the top of Mount Washington, the highest mountain in New Hampshire, and the home of the world's worst weather.

He was the resident Cat. His job was to make the summit feel like home for the beans who worked up there. You can see pictures here. He also chased mice.

Yesterday, Nin retired. He's a geezer cat, over 17 years old. He is retiring so he'll be closer to the v-e-t in case of emergencies. See, in the winter, you can't get up and down to the summit whenever you want. You can read all about Nin's retirement here.

The staff at the Mount Washington Observatory are working with a local shelter to find a replacement for Nin. One of the requirements is the good sense to come inside out of the snow.

I hope Nin has as great a life as a retired cat as he did working up at the summit of Mount Washington. I'm sure we'll hear when a new cat takes over.

Christmas Presents for Me and Mom

Lookit my presents! I got LOTS of Temptations! I got lots of 'Nip toys! I got 'Nip bubbles! I got rattle-y toys! I got a pink collar (which I ain't gonna wear anytime soon), I got Beef Stinky Goodness, and I got a 'Nip Ravioli! I got a Babble Ball, too!

But Mom says the present she got from me was the best present of Christmas. Here's how it started:

Yup, that's me on the back of the recliner, leaning up against Mom, and I am sniffing her finger.

Then I wanted her to give me some scritches, so I got on the arm of the chair, then a little closer.

Yup, I'm sitting next to Mom.

She thinks this is a Very Big Deal. I'm just getting scritches, is all.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all my wonderful friends all over the world!

I wish for all of you good health, loving families and safe homes. May your food dishes always be filled at mealtimes, may your drinking water always be fresh, may the hands that touch you always be loving, and may you all have a safe place to play, nap and sleep. May you have good 'nip, fun toys, "fev-vers," and Temptations.

And presents under the tree.

And a Christmas stocking full of goodies.

And a decoy, so you can get into mischief and not get caught!



~~ your friend, Millie

Got Mistletoe!

Look at this! Mistletoe! Can Monty be nearby?

Oh Monty, where are you hiding? Come out, come out, wherever you are!

Merry Millie Monday

Lookit! Mom made me my very own Christymas stocking! And she made it from the nice red fabric that Kimo & Sabi sent! Mom was all apologizing because she wasn't able to go to the fabric store and get all kinds of geegaws like pompons and fuzzy stuff to decorate my stocking. But what do I care? It has mice, and it has 'Nip, but most of all, it is the same size as Mr Karate's stocking, and it says MILLIE on it, which means it's MINE!



Whoopee! I can't wait till tomorrow morning to see what is inside my Christymas stocking!

OH! That means Christymas is one sleep away! I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait!

Merry Christymas Eve!!

I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait! I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait! I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait!

So Easy, Sleepy Sunday

Finally, Mom is gonna rest today.

After receiving the wonderful fabric from Kimo & Sabi, and after having a special sale on Gizzy Quilts, Mom ordered more fabric. She wants fabric like I want Temptations and 'Nip, and you all know how much I like 'Nip!

Anyway, here are six of the fabrics Mom ordered. Five of them are for quilts that have been ordered this past week. She's not telling, but you might be able to figure out which is yours. (Maybe not; you know how she puts unusual fabrics together!)

The fifth one is for a special surprise she is planning. She says she will reveal the surprise when the weather is really really warm!

They are all from eQuilter.







Of course, she is gonna watch the guys named Pat go for 15 against the Fins. Which ought to be a foregone conclusion given how the Fins are sucking air this season. (sorry Daisy!)

Gizzy Quilt Special!

For a limited time only, from today December 16, through Saturday December 22, you can get a Gizzy Quilt for 10% off!

This is great for last-minute gifts, or if you just want to get a Gizzy Quilt for yourself, or for your brother or sister so you don't have to share. If you order it as a gift, Mom will send a special certificate to the recipient telling them they are getting a Gizzy Quilt.

The link is HERE...