Monday, March 16, 2009

With Mom

There's still snow on the ground, so Colby and Cheddar, you two didn't win the When When Contest. It was a warm weekend, and a lot of the snow melted. Mom is hoping it will be gone by the end of the month. We'll see. If you look in my sidebar, you can see a list of all the contestants of the When When Contest with the dates they have chosen.

Mom has been spending a lot of time in the green recliner, and I have been sitting next to her. When she gets up, I take care of business.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

The Ides of March

It's sunny outside again today. I spent yesterday lounging on my back in the sun, but I moved every time Mom tried to take a picture. Heh.

I didn't eat the beef stinky goodness she gave me. So she tried another flavor, turkey. I gobbled it right down!

Mom says the best puns are the bad ones.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Sunny Saturday

It is supposed to be sunny here all day! Mom is gonna be doing stupid stuff like sewing and trying to figure out why I didn't eat my stinky goodness last night. I ate my crunchies!

Heh. I'm not telling!

Friday, March 13, 2009

Friday the 13th

It's finally Friday. It's cold here in New Hampster, but it should be a bit warmer over the weekend.

Mom is working on a project, and that's why I'm not blogging or commenting as much as I'd like. It's really sucking up a lot of her time, and she says it's gonna take a while, so I hafta get used to it. You know how she is with secrets, if she doesn't want anybody to know about it, she isn't gonna tell anybody anything. And you all know how bad I am at keeping secrets, so she sure isn't gonna tell me.

*smootchies*

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Thrilling Thursday!


Wow! The man in the bloo shorts brought me presents yesterday! Lookit all the neat stuff I got! I got some Temptations, some awesome 'Nip, a great mousie, and a cat sitter DVD full of birds I can watch any time! Wowza! Thank you Oreo from Furr-ginia for this neat stuff!

Oh, and I hafta thank Oreo's Mom Trish for sending Mom a quilting magazine and some fat quarters too...

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Wet Wednesday

at least the snow is melting.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Towel Tuesday

Here's what it looks like outside the window this morning. It is cold now, but the weather guys say it is supposed to warm up later. When Mom gets her act together she will post a list of dates and cats for the When When Contest so we can all see how the contest is going.

I love Mom's towel. Wherever she puts it, I claim it.Even if she drops it on the floor.

It's mine, all mine!

Heh.

Monday, March 09, 2009

More Snow

Oh. My. Bast. It's snowing again.

Sunday, March 08, 2009

Critical Mess Sunday

Here's what it looks like outside our window this morning. The snow is still here. Everybody in New Hampster is over winter.

Mom finished some Gizzy Quilts yesterday. One of them will be flying Very Far Away. She still has to make two more special ones, then she can work on a couple of quilts she's making for "fun." Don't ask me, I don't get it either.

Anyway, Mom has decided the house has reached "critical mess" and she is going to clean it up. That means she will be moving stuff around and dragging out the rug sucking monster.


I guess I'll just hide out.

Saturday, March 07, 2009

Sun and Fun

Woo Hoo! It's supposed to be sunny and warm today! Whee! Maybe the snow will all melt.

It's gonna be a good day for me no matter what, as you can tell from this picture Mom took of me playing last night. Look familiar?

(This picture was taken 2-1/2 years ago, when I just moved in.)

Friday, March 06, 2009

Finally Friday

It's ugly out there today. March is Mom's least favorite month. She says the whole month is usually full of days like this, grey, damp and yukky. The good thing about a day like this is the snow is melting.

Thursday, March 05, 2009

Still Not When

The snow is still here. Today it is supposed to be warmer, up to 37F (2.78C). Big deal! Tomorrow it might snow, then rain, and then on Saturday it is supposed to be 50F (10C).

Mom caught me in a rather ris-kay pose last night. She says Monty is gonna collapse. I don't think he'll need a trip to the icebox, he can just go outside...

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Not When

This snow isn't going anywhere anytime soon. It isn't supposed to get up above freezing today or tomorrow. But it should be in the 50's (F) over the weekend!

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Happy Birthday PlusOne

A little something fun and colorful for PlusOne, who turns 12 today.


EepyBird's Sticky Note experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo.

Happy Birthday, PlusOne!


This is the last day to enter the When When Contest!Here's the view outside the window this morning, March 3, 2009. Lots of snow. Yech. We got about 12" yesterday.

Monday, March 02, 2009

Got Snow?

We do. (Sigh.) I know lots of cats and woofies have this snow at their houses, too. It's supposed to snow all day. I'll do what I usually do on days like this (or any other day, to be honest with you): find a nice warm spot and nap.

You, on the other hand, should enter my When When Contest. All you have to do is guess the day the snow will all be melted when Mom looks out this window. The information is on yesterday's post.


Also, you gotta check out Google's home page today. It's positively Seussian!

Sunday, March 01, 2009

When When Again!

Since there is still snow on the ground, and we are supposed to be having snow on Sunday night into Monday, I have decided to have the When When Contest again this year. Here's how it will work:

The cat, woofie or bun who guesses the date when there is NO MORE SNOW when Mom looks out this window each day will get a prize.

Every day Mom will get up and take a picture of this same view and post it on my blog. On the day she wakes up and THERE IS NO SNOW ANYWHERE IN THE PICTURE will be THE DAY. If you guess the EXACT day, you will get a prize. If NOBODY guesses the EXACT DAY, the cat who guessed the day CLOSEST TO the day, but not AFTER the day, will get the prize.

(this picture was taken February 19, 2009)(this picture was taken this morning, March 1, 2009)

Here are the rules:
1. Each cat, woofie or bun gets ONE GUESS EACH.
2. Guesses must be in the comments of THIS POST.
3. Deadline is Midnight Tuesday March 3, 2009. (So when it isn't Tuesday anywhere in the world, the voting will be over.)
4. You have to have a blog, or leave some way for us to get in touch with you, so we have to know who you are. If you have a blog, you're good to go.
5. It's my blog, so if I wanna change the rules, I can.


Now for some useful information.
1. The houses across the street face East. So the snow in their front yards will melt first. Duh.
2. Sun melts the snow.
3. Rain melts it faster.
4. The average high temperature for March in New Hampster is 44F
5. The average low temperature for March in New Hampster is 18F
6. It snows in April.
7. *****The contest ends when there is NO SNOW on the ground in the picture. If it snows the next day, oh well, that's New England weather for you!*****
8. Last year, the winning date was April 12.
9. We don't have as much snow on the ground this year as we did last year.

So put on your thinking caps, leave a guesstimate, and check back every day to see if you are the winner! Good luck!

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Three Bowl Thursday

Wow! The comments from my Wednesday post were so interesting! So many of you commented about the books in the bookshelf (they are an old set of encyclopedias) and the fact that I have three bowls of food. That needs some explaining. So here goes.


1. The bowl on the far left is a bowl of water. Mom gives me a fresh bowl of water each day. (Actually I have several bowls of water around the place.)

2. The middle bowl has my crunchies. I get a bowl of crunchies for breakfast every day. Mom doesn't take it away. Since I like stinky goodness better, I am angling for getting it breakfast and dinner, and my strategy is to avoid eating the crunchies.

3. For dinner, I get a little can of beef stinky goodness. That's the third bowl. (Usually I eat the crunchies during the night, so my strategy isn't working.) I prefer Fancy Feast Beef Stinky Goodness. I don't like the sliced or chunky versions. I like the plain one. I don't like the expensive pet-food store stinky goodness either. Finally Mom's getting smart about it. She came home last night with a big bag full of the stuff.


One final note about the bowls. Obviously they are not your usual pet food dishes. Mom says if she has to look at them, they have to be pretty. So my dinner bowls are a nice collection of Japanese porcelain rice bowls.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Monday, February 23, 2009

Movies Monday!

Mom loves the Movies. I dunno what this guy, Oscar, has to do with the movies, but she watches him every year.

Last night she watched him again, and she scared me a coupla times when she jumped out of her chair and started squeeing.

What did she squee about?

Slumdog Millionaire (over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over!)

Man On Wire

Heath Ledger



What can I say? She's weird, is all.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Snowy Sunday

We're supposed to get snow today and tonight. Yech. Mom went out food hunting last night so she won't have to go out today. She bought me a big bag of crunchies the other day, and she also bought me some new fancy stinky goodness. I licked the juices, but left the rest. She finally got the message last night, and took away the so-called fancy stuff and gave me the Beef flavored Fancy Feast I like better. What can I say? She got a book in a box from the guy in the bloo shorts yesterday and she has had her nose stuck in it all day. She's just so hard to train.

Cripes, you'd think she was a cat.

She's got nerve!

Saturday Sitting with Mom

Regular readers will know that I only started sitting next to Mom a year ago. I would only sit next to her if she didn't have anything on her lap, not even a fleece blankie. I wouldn't sit next to her if she was reading a book or a magazine, and certainly not if she was working on her tippy-tappy lapbox.

But life changes. Today I sat next to her while she sewed the binding on her Alphabet Sampler Quilt. She got up to get a drink of water, and I stayed where I was. She took this picture. Don't I look cute?

Friday, February 20, 2009

Fluffy Friday

Lookit these gi-normous snowflakes that fell yesterday morning while Mom was getting ready to go day hunting. Mom said there were many magical sliding cars while this was happening. Fortunately hers wasn't one of them.

Mom has been sewing the binding on her Alphabet Sampler Quilt a little bit each night. Here I am snoopervising her work and giving the quilt a QA inspection.I understand a stork will be visiting Monty Q's house later this year. I guess it wouldn't be a surprise to anybody if I said Mom is gonna make a quilt for this tiny bean. She already has big plans.

So what else is new?

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Monday, February 16, 2009

Millie Monday

It's so nice being a cat. One day is as good as any other when you've got a nice comfy napping spot.




For Angel, who asked yesterday: Mom is sewing the binding on her quilt by hand. She has arthur-itis in her right hand, and she can't see very well up close (because she's getting old), and she needs a wicked bright light (same reason) so she only does a little bit at a time.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Sunny Sunday

It is sunny outside, but these two guys, with their sunny smiles, always warm my heart.
It's PlusOne and Mr Karate. Yesterday Mom had a very nice Valentine's Day with Mr Karate. They had a nice lunch (bacon-lettucte-tomato and avocado sandwiches with spicy mayo on toasted bread), and then did a little "retail therapy." (Mr Karate bought a waterproof jacket for bicycling, Mom picked up a couple of little things for these two guys, both of whom have birthdays coming up).

Then they went to see Slumdog Millionaire. What did Mom think about the movie? To answer that, Mom wants you to read this first sentence of Ty Burr's review of the movie from last November: I'll keep this simple: Cancel whatever you're doing tonight and go see "Slumdog Millionaire" instead.

Later, Mom went to the store and bought the soundtrack to Slumdog Millionaire, which she has been listening to all morning while sewing the binding on the Alphabet Sampler Quilt.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Valentine's Day

I think this special Gizzy Quilt, that Mom made for my sweetie, Monty Q, expresses my Valentine's Day sentiments perfectly.

Happy Valentine's Day Monty Q!


Friday, February 13, 2009

Finally Friday

I'm checking out the Alphabet Sampler Quilt. If you want to see the whole thing, you'll have to go over to Mom's Quilting Blog.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Too Quick Thursday

I was sniffing Mr Karate's cello, peeking out from behind it, when Mom saw me and grabbed the camera.

Ha ha ha! I was too quick for her. She didn't get the cute picture she wanted. Too bad!

And as for Monty Q, I really don't know anything. I don't! Nobody tells me anything, because we all know how I can't keep a secret. Of course, I'm not any good at lying either.


Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Who's Who Wednesday

No, this isn't me.

This is my pal Angel, who lives with Julie, who is a friend of Chris, who quilted Mom's Alphabet Sampler Quilt. Angel and Julie and Chris live in Tennis-see, which explains why this quilt has been doing a lot of flying lately. It is on its way home to us. Mom is very eager to get it back.

As you can see, Angel is hard at work, performing a QA inspection on the quilt. Angel reports the quilt was quilted with love and kindness, and that there are huge doses of happiness and friendship in each stitch.

There are more pictures of the quilt over on Mom's quilting blog, The Patchery Menagerie.

Much though I appreciate Angel's hard work, I am eager to replace her scent with my own, and I'm the one that will give this quilt the final Quality Assurance inspection.

I mean, like, seriously, whose quilt do you think it is, anyway?

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

A House is a House

Mom's Alphabet Sampler Quilt is flying back to my house from Tennis-see where it was quilted. I am waiting to perform the final QA inspection, but I gotta say it's looking pretty good.

You can click the photo to biggify, and there are more photos over at Mom's quilting blog. The final unveiling will be on Friday.

You guys can all see me in the window, can't you?

Sunday, February 08, 2009

Oh Happy Day!

It's Sunny! It's Warm! It's MELTING!

Well, you know, whatever makes Mom happy. That can work for me too.

Saturday, February 07, 2009

Stinky Goodness Saturday

I dunno what made Mom decide to give me stinky goodness every night, but I sure do love it. I pester her as soon as she puts her puffy coat in the closet. I follow her around and meow loudly. I even rub up against her leg! While she is opening the can and putting my stinky goodness in a nice clean bowl, I hop nearby and MEOW. I follow her every footstep until she puts the bowl down.
Then I dive right in. Yes I am so excited I eat standing up.

It's supposed to be warm and sunny today. Yay!

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Why Why Wednesday

The hot-as-hell box got a workout last night. Look what Mom did. In the pan on the top are roasted carrots (eew), mushrooms (eek), onions (yech), parnips (yuk) and rutabagas (!?!?!?)

Those are two chick-hens on the bottom pan.

Sure, I got some, but I wonder...

Why, oh why, couldn't they have been BEEF?

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Tuxie Tuesday

Mom was taking pictures of her recently cleaned sewing room, and I just had to get into the act.