This week in Lily's adventuresome life:
Waiting for Meowmy to get up in the morning! Notice that one of Meowmy's socks is inside out. :)
Yikes, it’s been awhile since I’ve posted! All is well at our house.
We enjoyed a lovely Christmas with the kids visiting for the first time since last holiday season.
We had so much fun that Lily was tuckered out! It’s pitiful when you fall asleep on your Christmas stocking!
Here's to a happy and healthy new year!
Actually, she must find MUCH of what I do pretty boring, as she spends most of our time together asleep!
In the years since our daughter and son-in-law have been in Texas, we've learned about these little lizard creatures. During the summer months, they're ALL around the house -- often on the windows, as you see here. They can even change colors to match their surroundings!
Along with birds, squirrels, and butterflies, these little guys provide endless hours of entertainment for Rory.
And if one happens to sneak inside the house, as they like to do when the weather gets cooler, watch out! Rory is a fierce protector of the home turf and will carry those lizards around to show them who's boss!
At least when she's awake! 😉
Is it Friday? It's been a really busy week for Lily's Meowmy. Believe it or not, I'm already starting on Christmas projects for the store!
As for Lily, she's had a calm week! Life is back to normal for her. She has her dining room sunny spots back, so she's quite happy!
One of these days, I'll finish cleaning the dining room and putting everything back in its proper place.
Because of the stairs being covered, I had move her main litterbox from the landing up to the guest bedroom. At night, I have been keeping her in that room so that she has easy access to the potty and I don't have to worry about her going up and down the stairs -- or having an accident because her litterbox is not where it should be!
In the evenings after the crew leaves, she enjoys hanging out in the family room -- close to the snacks, of course.
It's no hardship for her to be confined to the guest room. She has everything she needs, including room service!
We are having our dining room, adjacent hallway, and half bath painted to match our kitchen. This week, they are doing prep to get ready for painting. Lily, being a creature of habit, insisted on taking her morning nap in the same spot, even though everything was out of place!
After Day 1, she still found the one remaining island of carpet. Poor thing looked so disoriented!
She walks ever so cautiously on the kraft paper and will barely step on the plastic. It feels so WEEEERD, Meowmy!
So Lily is spending her days shut in the upstairs guest room, away from the noise and disruption. Things are so out of kilter on the main floor that I positioned her in her Safe Space during the evening and overnight so she'd have easier access to her litter and water.
When I went in to check on her, she seemed to need a little reassurance. Is everything going to be OK, Meowmy? She repeatedly reached out to my hand with her little paw. It was the most precious gesture!
Yes, Lily, it's only paint! Soon -- well, maybe in a week -- everything will be back to normal...just another color!
Change is hard for everyone, kitties included!
Oh, I am sorry to excite anyone.
We don't have kittens in da house.
But my sister-in-law and her family have FIVE new kittens in their garage! Mama Kitty recently had her final litter before her upcoming scheduled spay day. Over the years she has produced some beautiful and very sweet kittens. By all accounts, these kittens are over-the-moon adorable!
Okay, raise your paw if you think this one looks like LILY!
And even though these babies are pretty new, they already have homes lined up! Kudos to my nieces for lining up forever homes for each one.
I only wish I could hold them myself and maybe sneak a couple home with me! :)
Happy Feline Friday!
We had the windows washed and the gutters cleaned out this past week. It's not all that expensive to hire it done and frankly, it's a real treat to have clean windows!
We can't reach the second floor windows anyway so it's great to have the guys with the tall ladders just get it done!
Lately we've had had lots of bird activity in our yard, so Lily had a vested interested in the spring window cleaning! Now that the glass is clean, she's been keen to watch the finches who are contemplating building a nest on our front porch.
Lily says, "Thanks for the clean windows! Now I can see my feathered friends!"
Or these?
MOM...they're everywhere.
So...indeed they are! I have now learned that blankies with animals sewn to them are a THING. The Feliway blankie is NOT a promotional item but a cat version of this type of blankie.
Who knew?
Regardless of its purpose, Lily
absolutely loves her purple blankie and uses it all the
time. I now call it her "weighted blankie" when she's sleeping
comfortably under it.
Now if only it were a tiny bit bigger!😻
While making dinner one night this week, Lily appeared on the chair.
Her Cheese Detector had indicated shredded mozzarella was in the house and she was determined not to miss out!
Happy Feline Friday to our friends!
Hope your weekend is filled with a treat as tasty as shredded mozzarella cheese!
Last Friday, a big snowstorm hit us, just as the weather folks predicted. It took a long time to move through and in its wake, left us 11 inches of snow!
I might be in the minority, but I always say that if the weather folks predict a snowstorm, there'd better be one! I love a good snowstorm.
In the morning, it looked like a winter wonderland in our back yard! Now keep in mind that I do NOT like driving on slick roads and I do NOT like being cold. But I do think the snow looks pretty, at least at first -- until it gets all dirty!
Spouse especially doesn't like the snow because it falls to him to clear it! The snowblower got a workout this time around. Shoutout to Spouse for doing a great job clearing the driveway and sidewalks after this storm and all the snowstorms through the years!
Sometime over the past weekend, it occurred to me that I completely MISSED last week's Feline Friday post! I can't remember that happening in a very, very long time. I totally spaced it off because our daughter and fiance were visiting for Christmas and there was just WAY TOO MUCH fun happening!
It had been two full years since they'd been home and let me tell you, that is MUCH, MUCH too long. Of course, we've seen them during that time but there's just something about having your child home that does a mama's heart good.
So Santa made an extra long stop at our house this year and he even brought a few goodies for Lily! Her stocking reads "nice" on one side and "naughty" on the other. Obviously, Santa believes she has been a nice girl!
She was happy to see that Santa left her two cans of delicious pate food AND an extra large bag of Temptations! She promptly sat down on her stocking so that nobody else would take those very special treats!
