Thursday 13

Thirteen random things:

1. This is Mom's planter filled with wave petunias. Dunno why they are called that, I don't see them waving.

2. Mom ordered a robe for the trip to Maryland from an online store. But she must have lost her mind because she got it in XL. She says she ordered M. But the order form showed XL. Well, it's the right color...3. This is a little pouch she made with a zipper.
4. Mom's been walking around in these shoes every single morning. She says she is "breaking them in." They don't look broken to me.
5. I have been doing the Full Monty, but when Mom brings the little camera around, I stop. HAHAHA!

6. I -love- my cat hammick from 40 Paws. You should all buy three or four!


7. This is a t-shirt Mom bought for Mr Karate. She says she wants to use these letters in a quilt somehow. She says it reads: "To be or not to be," and it's a perl script. She's bonkers, I'm telling you. I don't see any pearls. Do you?
8. Mom has a present for KidBean, but I can't show you what it is.


9. Mom has a present for SweetBean, but I can't show you what it is.


10. Mom has a present for Sprout, but I can't show you what it is.

11. No, it's not what you are thinking

12. Mom has a present for MomBean too, and I can't show you that either.

13. So I will show you this picture of Mr Karate before he got 'tatted.I wonder how many lady beans are gonna be spending time in the icebox today?

Wordy Wednesday!

Life here is getting back to normal!

Mom is making Gizzy Quilts again! Lookit this one, in nice chocolate browns, some gold and some dark reds.
And this one has dark purples, lavenders, creams and a touch of green. As usual, I can't tell you where these two are going, but they are going different places. In fact they are going to opposite sides of the US!

Mom's on a zipper kick, lately. Think she's got enough?
Probably not.

Tell Me Tuesday

Friends, I need some advice.


I got an email from Maureen, who works for the Breeze Litterbox System. She wants me to try it out and (presumably) tell the world how wonderful it is. I have read Max's story, and Skeeter, LC & Ayla's about the Breeze Box, and they didn't like it much.

Mom said the system got rave reviews on Amazon, where 86% of reviewers gave it 5 stars (that's 13 out of 15).

But we're not so sure.

For one thing, being formerly feral and all, I don't like new things much. And I don't track kitty litter all over the house, like Gizzy used to. And Mom says my box only stinks when I use it, and I cover everything up really well.

And of course, Mom likes to use the empty kitty litter tubs as planting pots for Basil and the other gross green yukky stuff she loves so much.

And Mom is "frugal." Which means she doesn't like to give away more green papers than she has to. Right now I have two litterboxes. One in the sewing room (I only pee in that one) and the other one in Mom's litterbox room, which I use for... well, you know.

So, what do you think? If you've used the Breeze System, let us know (in the comments) what you think. Did it work, or not? Do you cats like it or not? Is it more expensive than regular clumping litter? Does it really eliminate the smell?

Thanks!


(And Missy, ML, Nikki and Ollie, you guys are 100% right. That was Tux, the Linux penguin testing out -my- pocket on the backpack Mom made.)

Monster Monday

Mom hung out with Auntie Karate yesterday. I dunno what they were doing, but they have a lot of fun together. This is PlusOne's computer desk. As you can see, he very artfully arranged his dragons and knights on his keyboard.I would have had so much fun whapping those all over the place!

Mamma's Got a Brand New Bag

I'm tellin' ya, she's nuts. She made -another- backpack for the trip to Mary-land.

Why? She made a list of all the things she wanted to put in it, and they wouldn't fit in the first one she made, so she made a -bigger- one. So here it is: Mom made it a lot deeper, made the straps adjustable, and padded the back. Here's the pocket for the water bottle:Here's the inside, full of the stuff she "needs," like a pillow and a blanket (she says it's in case she wants to take a nap on the train), a big pocket for her magazines and books, a hook for her earbuds and a special pocket for the tickets. She even added a something she calls a key fob. She's also got her little camera and a pair of binoculars in there, but you can't see them.
And there's a special pocket... WAIT A MINUTE! WHO'S THIS GUY? What's he doing in that pocket?

Saturday Caturday

Today, Mom has to mow the lawn.
But while she's doing that, I'll be doing this:She has to transplant these scraggly Basil plants into bigger pots.While she's doing that, I'll be doing this:
She's going to make some granola:While she's doing that, I'll be doing this:
Mom's going to finish a special backpack she is making for our trip to Mary-land.While she's doing that, I'll be doing this:
Mom has to strip the bed and wash the sheets.While she's doing that, I'll be doing this:
Mom has to fold this mountain of laundry that has been growing for weeks.While she's doing that, I'll be doing this:I know I'll be having a good day. Strangely enough, she says she'll be having one too.

Once again, I am -so- glad I am a cat.

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For your reading pleasure, Mom has updated her other blogs. She added a great(almost no-cook) summer pasta recipe over at Cooks with Love; and she has a "tute" (tutorial) on how to make the quilt she calls "Slashed Squares over at The Patchery Menagerie.

tootles!

Finally Friday

I'm not hiding from anybody. It's been really hot, and this is a cool place to nap. The fact that we have been having crack-and-boom storms almost every day has a little to do with it.

Monty has a post giving some hints about our upcoming trip to Mary-land. Mom -is- making (another) bag, and this one has a special pocket for me. Pocket? What makes her think I'm gonna get in a pocket? She says she'll finish it this weekend, and she promises she'll show it off for you all to see. No more secrets.

Mu Shue Pooh, King Cat, Hero!

We are dedicating our blog today to Mu Shue Pooh King Cat, a ManCat of the Highest Order, and Hero.

We will miss you, Mu Shue. Heroes such as you are rare indeed. It is an honor to have known you.

Mom and I are sending purrs and headbutts to the family you will leave behind, but I know you will be watching over them from the Bridge.

Wordless Wednesday

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...psst! Mom's got a new post over at her Quilting blog...

Tattle Tale Tuesday

Isn't Mr Karate silly? He thinks this piece of yukky red froot looks like a big smile.
I have a good tattle tale story about him. He came over for dinner the other night. He comes over a lot. While Mom cooks, he is on her computer. She has to call him to tell him dinner is ready. Now she's no dummy. She's been cooking for him for years and years, so she knows to put a BIG glass of milk on the table for him to drink.

So dinner is ready, and Mr Karate sits down and eats a GINORMOUS hamburger. (I do not know why hamburgers are called that, because there isn't any HAM in them. But I digress.)

After he ate the hamburger, he got up, went into the kitchen and poured himself ANOTHER ginormous glass of milk. He brought it to the table, and suddenly realized there was already a big glass of milk there.
He looked up at Mom, "Was that there the whole time?"

Mom just laughed.


Now because Monty Q leaves comments on my blog if there isn't a picture of me, here is a picture 'specially for my honey Monty Q. He's gotta try to look at my tummy without fainting, because in almost two weeks I'm gonna be visiting and he's gonna see a lot of it. I'm looking forward to spending time with him when he is conscious.
Oh, and in case you are wondering, Mr Karate drank BOTH glasses of milk.

Monday Meme

This is our coldbox. We got tagged for this meme by Bubbles, Mrs. B and Madness. You can click the picture to biggify.

The rules are:
Show us a photo of the front of your Cold Box and tell us about at least one thing on it and one thing you keep inside of it! Tag your friends and remember to stay COOL! And no fair cleaning it up first!!!

Here's what's on ours:

From the left, a picture of Mom and Mr Karate; Mr Karate at his 8th birthday; Mim-may and Pip-pay the year they got married; PlusOne; a motivational quote and the magnet Mom got when she lost 25 pounds at the WW.

Next row, some magnets. One from Maryhill Museum in Oregon; one of Durer's engravings; a Cezanne, the Mona Lisa, and one from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

The next row is another picture of Mr Karate, then her calendar for the week (the strawberry magnet moves to whichever day it is), and then her Menu Plan for the week.

Notice the footed cat bowl on top of the coldbox. My Temptations treats are up in there. Mom keeps milk and yukky green junk inside the cold box.

(Funnily enough, Bubbles' picture was on the coldbox too, until Mom moved it to the sewing room this past spring.)

We are gonna tag: my sweetie Monty Q, my fur cousins Roxy& Lucky, and my pals Poppy Q, Parker and Angus.

Breakfast at Wimbledon

Mom did it. The house is clean. Lookit the floor of the sewing room "Before."
Now look at it "After."Mom sorted all her fabric bits. She organized all the tools. She dragged the rug sucking monster all over the room.

After that, she did the kitchen and the bathroom. She washed all the dishes and the pots and pans. She washed the walls of the inside rain room. Then she moved into the dining room, and then her bedroom and the living room, and lastly, the computer room. It wasn't any fun for me. I had to keep finding new places to hide.

AND... we watched Venus win Wimbledon.

Well, Mom did; I watched the birds outside.
This morning, we will be watching Roger and Raffa compete for the Gentlemen's Final. We'll be watching on the Picture Box. Faz' people have tickets and will be there in person. Mom is -so- jealous!

And I'll probably be more interested in the birds outside.

Silly Saturday

Mr Karate came over yesterday, and he and Mom and Auntie Karate and Mr Big and PlusOne all went to see the movie Wall-e. Then Mr Karate came over for chick-hen and corn on the cob. He helped Mom take pictures of the quilt for Violette, and this one, that Mom started way back in January:
Here's the back: (You may remember this because the first time Mom sewed it up she got it wrong, and had to take it apart and re-do it.)

This is a Queen Size Quilt, which means it is very big, and very heavy. Mr Karate got tired waiting for Mom to adjust the camera, so she took a picture of him with a grumpy look on his face:

He's really not -that- tall, of course. He's standing on the top step of the step stool. You can see the step-stool feet in the first picture. (And if you biggify the top picture, you can see his fingers. If you biggify the bottom one you can see his funny grumpy expression!)

In other news, Mom has got all the laundry done (she will fold it today while watching Venus and Serena), and all the dishes done. And she went food hunting. Still no sign of the rug-sucking monster, but I have a feeling that's coming soon.

As for me, well, I am practicing for The Contest.

Fourth of July!

Happy 4th of July, America!

(this picture is of the fireworks over Boston)

Happy Birth-day to Mamma Laura's twins! Mamma Laura will have the twins by Caesarean today! The Cat Blogosphere got together and ordered two Babybean-sized GizzyQuilts for them.

Mom emailed Mamma Laura and asked what colors she should make the quilts. Mamma Laura said she was thinking of Red, White and Blue, since the babies' birthday would be today. Mom thought that was a pretty good idea, so she went out shopping yesterday for some Red, White and Blue fabrics. Here is some of what she bought:Aren't these reds with white pretty?
These blues and blue and whites are quite nice too,But Mom was really excited when she saw these baseballs! We all know that Mu Shue and Lilly Lu are big Boston Red Sox fans! Mom thought this fabric would be -perfect- in the quilt.

Happy Independence Day!



Mom and I are going to watch Wimbledon!


Oh, Monty!Monty said there weren't any pictures of me in the blog today, so I decided to add this for him!