Old Woman!

Chloe, AKA MAMA, turned 1 years old on Saturday July 3rd. I can't believe how quickly our cute little baby grew up.

Wasn't she just the cutest little thing? In this picture she is, I believe, 4 months old and weighing about 2lbs tops. She was the tiniest, daintiest little kitten ever.



I remember praying for her to keep her beautiful blue eyes!

Yes, at 1 years old her eyes are still as blue as ever.

Chloe was a mischievous little bugger. Always wanting to play and get into everything. I couldn't understand how something so tiny, she fit in my palm, could be so feisty.

Still at 1years old, this beautiful cat is as curious as ever and still getting into EVERYTHING!

Chloe is best described as, Ms. Priss, a snobby stuck up cat, however she can melt you with her eyes and when you cuddle with her she can put you to sleep with her soothing purr.

Happy Birthday, Old Woman!

It's Getting Hot in HERRRRRE

Yup, that's Baby Boy resting in MY sink in our Master Bathroom. It's been in the 90's these past few days and I sure am loving it! Baby Boy has no idea what he is in store for (100 degrees plus, daily!) I feel so bad for him and his long, fluffy black fur! Poor little guy. At least the tile in the master bathroom is finished, which he loves to sprawl out on to keep cool.

The good news is we are starting to put the pool together! The BF has cleared an area in the backyard, sprayed the weed killer and purchased the wood we need to build the base of the deck. We will lay down black garden tarp stuff (forget what it's called) to keep the weeds from growing back, tonight or over the next few days. Then on Saturday we will have the sand delivered! Once the sand is down and flat we can then put up the pool.

I'm not waiting for the deck to be built to go swimming, NO WAY! Priorities, I need to sunbathe here! I'll lay a tarp down to walk from the patio to the pool until it's built. Yeah you need to walk on something to avoid getting stickers and stuff in your feet. Have you seen our backyard? It's a jungle!

I'm going to take some photos of the cleared area and the wood tonight. FUN!!

BTW:

I joined the gym for the summer, and I DON'T recommend ANYONE taking a SPIN class if they haven't ridden a bike in awhile. MY BUTT bones hurt so bad still, I can barely sit and it's been 3 days! Not to mention the R.I.P.P.E.D class I took the night before spin, has my whole body aching. Despite it all, Zumba tonight at 8:15! Can't Wait!

My Kitten BAD, My Kitten GOOD!

YUP, that's our smart little Baby Boy Emmitt you see there chilling INSIDE the dryer.

Isn't he SOOOOO BIG NOW? He's only 6 months old and he's as big as Chloe who will be a year in July. Not to mention he has the LOOOOONGEST tail! Seriously, he is the weirdest cat I've ever met. He gets into the most peculiar places, I swear! He loves the dryer and the dishwasher! And no he doesn't take after me since he is MY kitten.

Then there is MAMA, The BF's kitten! The miss priss of all kittens ever. Miss spoiled rotten! Of course I can't go without giving her 10 seconds of fame! Isn't she the prettiest kitten ever!

We found her sleeping in The BF's Armour! Seriously, she sheds ALOT so I don't know what's worse, finding Chloe here in the Armour or Emmitt in the dryer.

Aren't Kittens so much fun!

Speaking of kittens, so Emmitt is my little love/cuddle/pur bug. He's my kitten and Chloe, well she's the BF's kitten. I mean she only lays on him and Emmitt on me. They are two totally different personality cats, however both love bugs!

You know that song, My Chick Bad, by Ludacris? Well I've revised it a bit and sing it all the time to The BF. Well, because my KITTEN IS BETTER THAN HIS!

"My Kitten bad, My Kitten Hood. My Kitten do stuff that yours wish she could! My Kitten BAD, better that yours! My Kitten do stuff I can't even put into words!"

LOL The BF, hates that song now! LOL The Boy is totally into it!

Separated at birth......Looking for my dragon.

Doesn't my baby Emmitt (sorry he's so hard to get a clear picture of) look just like Toothless (Night Fury) from How To Tame A Dragon? If you have not seen this movie, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

This has got to be my all time favorite KIDS movie! I have to admit I could have done without paying extra for 3D. It just didn't seem very 3D to me, but then that's my opinion and I'm a frugal woman! It did have it's 3D moments though.

Officially my CAT Dog

I love my baby boy Emmitt. He is the perfect cat. He is such a DO TA DO, doesn't have a care in the world. I can even put him in clothes!!! He's going to become my new favorite accessory. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh don't tell the BF, but I'm going to get him a TUTU and Blue hair wig. Who knew cats where more fun than dogs? I can't wait for Halloween to be able to dress him up.

Yes they are spoiled as well. Check out their newest cat tree. It goes from floor to ceiling. The best part, it was only $30 at Walmart!!

Future Hall of Famer?? I Don't think So!

We can pretend though. We all know that The BF is a die hard Dallas Cowboys fan. If you didn't know that well, yeah....

He named our bird (Who sadly past away last week after 4 yrs) Romo. After Tony Romo of course.

He named our newest Kitten Emmitt. After Emmitt Smith, who's now in the Hall of Fame. It was like, The BF's tribute to Emmitt Smith.

Being the Cowboys fan that he is, me I'm a Seahawks fan. It only seem appropriate that Emmitt have his own Cowboys Pillow.

So being the creative crafter that I am, I decided to make Emmitt the pillow he so deserves. This literally took me maybe 5 minutes to make. It was my first pillow. Can someone tell me how to cleanly sew the pillow closed after you stuff it. I ran it through the sewing machine as best I could, and yeah up close it doesn't look so pretty.

The results, a super happy Emmitt, who loves his new pillow and a super jealous Chloe who needs one of her own. Not a Cowboys one, but something pink and furry, because she is a princess.

I know the pillow is ginormous. He's a really long kitten so it's actually going to be perfect once he gets bigger.

He loves it so much. He was laying in front of the fireplace on it for hours last night. My cute little purring boy!

Our new baby!!

Meet Emmitt. No he's not named after the Vampire from the movie Twilight, more like the football player Emmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboys. He was born November 26, 2009. He had his first vet visit today and he is 3lbs 1 ounce. He is half Seal Point Siamese, as his mom was purebred. His daddy is unknown.

After a week, Chloe and Emmitt are slowly becoming best friends.

It wasn't always like this though. Can you believe just 4 days ago Chloe was hissing, growling and attacking little Emmitt? Yeah, for a hot minute we thought we were going to have to give Emmitt away. Not our BABY BOY! Patience is a virtue! For that we are thankful!

Black cats are so hard to take pictures of. I've taken at least 50 pictures and 3 of them actually came out. LOL

Brrrrr It's Cold In Here!

It's been a few months since the "crafty" side of me has come out. I've been on craft overload since Halloween.

However, it's just YOUR luck, because I'm back in the saddle and off to an intense start thanks to one of my FAVORITE blogs, FRUGAL FAMILY FUN BLOG!

Last week, Valerie and her daughter made this really cool penguin play set out of old stockings! Now in my household, penguins are our best friends. I mean hello, the background on my Mytouch is a bunch of rolly polley penguins. PO, our pet penguin also lives between the rails of our staircase (pictures can be found in other craft posts). So you can imagine when I saw her post, I couldn't wait to make one. Thanks Valerie for the inspiration.

If you are crafty and not following her blog, you should start now! Valerie also hosts "sewing in baby steps," for those of us who have sewing machines, and have no idea how to use them. I've taken 2 of her courses and have really enjoyed everything I've made (The Halloween Trick or Treat bags idea, came from her class.)

INTRODUCING, PENELOPE PENGUIN


Okay, so isn't she just ADORABLE? She even has a tail! She's made out of a "RIBBED" Nylon, knee sock. She was so cute and adorable, I decided she needed a mate.

And so, PAUL was born.



Supplies:

1) Nylon Socks - 5 pairs for $5 dollars at Walmart. One sock makes one penguin.
2) Felt - $.37 a piece at Walmart. Black, White, Orange, Yellow, Red and Blue.
3) Thread - $.97 Walmart. Black and Blue. Don't forget to buy your needles if you don't have any. These are all sewn by hand.
4) Velcro - $1.27 at Walmart. I purchased the small self adhesive circles. This is what you use to attach the fish to the hands and beak.
5) Poly-Fil - $2.27 for that large bag at Walmart. You barely use any of this, so grab the smallest bag you can find. With this bag, I have a life-time supply.

STEP 1:



Measure approximately 7 inches from the toe of the sock down towards the heal and then cut. The toe will soon become the penguins head. Since Paul is a boy, I used a smooth knee sock as opposed to the ribbed one.

Step 2:



Stuff the sock with the Poly-Fil and pin the bottom closed. Sew the bottom closed.

Step 3:



Use a round object to draw out the penguins belly and 1/2 teaspoon to draw and cut out the eyes.

Then free cut the feet (two orange triangles), the beak (One yellow, One Black and One Red triangle. The black and yellow should be the same size and the red one slightly smaller.)

Finally, cut out the tail and small black eyeballs.

Step 4:

Pin all the parts onto the stuffed black sock and then sew each piece in place with a Whip Stitch. Once you have sewn on all the parts, then sew a Gather (Google it) stitch around the neck of the penguin to give it shape.



Don't forget the tail. I did, twice.

Step 5:



Free cut your flippers. For the male, I used four pieces of black felt and two pieces of white. Just to give him personality. Sew two black pieces together to give the flippers some "thickness." Then sew the smaller identical white piece to the front of the flipper with the Whip stitch.

So PAUL was born!



SOON THEY WILL HAVE BABIES!

If Chloe doesn't get to them first. Isn't she getting so big?

BTW: Feel free to cut out fish using the blue felt. Whip stitch two pieces of blue felt together part way then stuff with the poly-fil. Whip stitch it closed. Place a small piece of Velcro on the fish and on the penguins hand and inside of the black part of the beak.

Good thing's come in 4's!

My baby is 4 months old and weighs 4lbs 2 ounces. She's now old enough and big enough to be spayed.

Can you believe her Vet gave me a quote for $513.00 to spay her? When I told them I thought that was ridiculous they went over the list of charges and by the time we were finished the bill went from $513 all the way down to $145.

Half the items on the list were simply unnecessary and OPTIONAL. Even the nurse who went over the charges admitted that almost all the items on the list were not necessary.

Like $50 to do a fluoride treatment on her teeth. What the heck does that have to do with her being spayed? Does she really need an EKG for $80 and tons of blood tests for her liver? I really don't think she needs a catheter or a fluid drip. The nurse admitted that most kittens don't need any of that. Makes we wonder how many people actually paid all that money and didn't think to question what the charges were for and what procedures actually needed to be done.

She's a kitten, a healthy kitten at that, not a human. I don't know, am I crazy to think $513 is way to much? Am I crazy to take the risk to not do testing to see how my baby Chloe will react while being under anesthesia?

So she'll be getting spayed sometime in December, for $145. The $145 covers the actual surgery, the anesthesia to completely knock her out, pain management shots and medication for afterwards. Oh yeah and a cone to put around her head ($10 for the cone).

So my advice to everyone, always ask for a detailed break down of your pet's Vet bills BEFORE they do any procedures. This way you can find out if they really NEED to do all that they are suggesting.

What's the big deal, It's just a PIPE CLEANER!

I don't know what it is about pipe cleaners, but CHLOE is obsessed with them. They are ALL OVER the house. She keeps pulling them out of The Boy's art easel and when I think I've finally thrown away the last pipe cleaner, one more manages to pop up out of no where. See for yourself.

Don't mind the crappy Blackberry Photos!

I have to admit as annoying as it is finding these all over the house. Even behind the toilets, it's pretty amusing to watch her roll around and actually do flips in the air as she plays with them.

She's also obsessed with the laundry basket. I even found her trapped inside it, because she knocked it off the table and it landed upside down on her. Poor thing looked like she was in jail. I should have snapped a picture.

Of course, yes that's a pipe cleaner she is playing with in the laundry basket.

What the heck is that? Oh it's just another pipe cleaner in the bathroom and in the kitchen.

Chloe's worse than having a 2nd child. It's no wonder why I'm always exhausted.

How cute are these two lounging on the couch? You see that snake? Yup The Boy won that at the carnival for Chloe. Such a sweet boy! She loves sleeping with the snake.

Even The Boy is obsessed with pipe cleaners. Check out these cute pipe cleaner bracelets he made me this weekend. There are even "SPECIAL EDITION" striped bracelets in the bunch! He's craftier than me!

Told you she sleeps with the snake. LOL

I'm in Kitty H.E double hockey sticks

DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE CUTENESS THAT IS CHLOE AND THOSE BIG BLUE EYES. SHE'S THE DEVIL IN DISGUISE. FOR REAL, she does not need a Halloween costume.

Last night I saw POOP on my carpet. No not pumpkin poop, real poop and if you read the 10 things about me then you know I HATE POOP OR PEE on my carpet. It's the whole reason why we have a cat and not a dog.

As you can imagine I was furious. So I go after the cat, who I notice has a large piece of poop hanging off her butt. WHAT THE...................I grab her for further poop inspection. The dangling poop is attached to yarn. A long piece of yarn, which makes this not your typical dingleberry. So I take her into the bathroom, grab toilet paper and pull the poop and the yarn out of her butt. NASTY!! Where the heck did she get yarn? Slightly vomit in my mouth, just a little bit.

I wish I had gotten a picture of this, but it actually made me more nervous than grossed out. She could have died. Yeah I'm serious.

I took Chloe to the vet on Saturday for her 2nd set of Booster shots. It was her 3 month birthday to the day. She is 2 pounds, 9 ounces and is small for her age. She's going to be about 8 pounds full grown. Is that large or small for a cat? Anyway there was cat there who had eaten 2 feet of string and almost died. It had emergency surgery, can you imagine that vet bill? I don't want that vet bill, or the stress that comes with possibly losing my kitty.

After the poop incident I caught her being a pain in the butt AGAIN (I know you saw my previous post about her getting into everything)

Yes that is her ON TOP of ROMO bird's cage. Before she would just stalk him from the tables, now she is actually ON his cage. Oh HECK NO!!

I mean to be honest and fair the bird does tease Chloe, I'm serious he can be a total A-hole that bird, however this is just not acceptable.

Oh yeah, there is more. Check this out!

Yeah she's in our bathroom. Can you tell by the reading material and the toilet paper. I see you eye balling the toilet paper and I don't think so Missy!!

I walk away for one second and she found the roll!! I am not pulling toilet paper out of her bung hole, with poop attached on it. I'm so over this!

I consulted with thatdesigngal and she advised me to pull out the big guns. So I did!

Introducing the BIG Guns!!

Chloe quickly showed me that it would be no match for her. Yeah she attacked it and pulled open the cap to the water, causing this mess. Are you SERIOUS? Do I really need to call NANNY 911, for my KITTEN?

Then I lost her, where the heck could she have gone? She's like a ghost, I found her here only cause I spotted her baby blues. Can you see her? How did she get behind my blinds?

Finally after all that she settled down on her condo for a nap.

Why can't she be this quiet and calm all the time? Oh I just can't wait for her to wake up.

NOT!!