Feline Friday: Best Day Ever!

 Lily loves Refill Day! It's the day when Meowmy puts more TASTY NOMS in the automatic feeder.

 

There's always a brief moment when the lid is off, and that's when Lily -- ever the opportunist when it comes to food -- dives in!

Lily gives a new meaning to FAST and FURIOUS! She gobbles as quickly as she can, filling her mouth up and dropping morsels onto the floor for later consumption. Then up she goes again to retrieve more! It's actually rather hilarious, which is why I let it go on for a few moments before I snap the lid back on! 

Feline Friday

 

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.

But as long as the sunbeams are back, Lily likes it just fine!

 

Oodles of Doodles

 Awhile back, I decided to take an online doodling class with Wendy Vecchi. Although I doodled a lot as a kid, I have been "doodle-free" for many years now. But when I saw Wendy's doodling style, I knew it was something I wanted to try!

 

In class, we learned how to doodle and color flowers, leaves, and a few other simple shapes. I found it super relaxing! 

 

One of these days, I'll share pictures of all the doodled flowers and leaves I have made. Trust me, I have quite a supply!

 

So now that I have a stash of doodled flowers and leaves, I decided to try a few on cards. They are completely different than any other card-making supplies I typically use! I enjoyed including these handmade flowers on the fronts of my cards.

  

It's time to get back to doodling more flowers for fall!

Feline Friday

 The dining room project is wrapping up this week, and Lily couldn't be happier! She's not keen on walking on the paper and plastic, so I'm giving her rides up and down the stairs. Of course, I'm happy to be at her service. 😀

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!

Still, we'll all be happy to have this big project done!

Cards from the Scrap Box

I recently had a bout of low crafting mojo. It happens from time to time...nothing to worry about! Two things always help with that: 

1) Organizing my craft room

2) Making cards to give away

 

In the past year or so, I've made and donated a lot of cards to the Cards for Kindness program. If you enjoy making cards and have more cards than people to send them to, you may enjoy sending your extras to this wonderful program. Donated cards go to a variety of organizations and are put to good use. Do check the website before you make or send cards as the themes needed vary from time to time. All cards should be blank inside and must include an envelope.

On this occasion, I made cards in the "Happy Hello" theme and decided to use up a lot of leftovers from my scrap box as well as my extra die cut pieces. It was just a matter of mixing and matching until I had paper, die cuts, and sentiments that coordinated.

  I kept the designs simple and in no time at all, I had a whole batch of cards ready to send.

And the next thing you know, I'd found my missing mojo and could get back to crafting! That's a win-win in my book!

Feline Friday

 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!

Feline Friday: Butters!

 Nobody (except maybe me LOL) likes butter better than Lily.

 She believes that butter is surely the most delicious thing in the entire world, other than Ranch, sour cream, vanilla ice cream, and apparently corkscrew pasta with Italian dressing.

But butter is always a favorite. Lily will go to great lengths to lick butter from my fingers.

She likes bread, but only if it's well-buttered.

 

So now, we skip the bread and go straight to the good part: Butters.

 Because who needs all those extra calories? :)

Feline Friday: Stripes!

 It's easy to think of Lily as a gray and white kitty. I know I do!

 But she's actually considered a "blue tabby/tuxie". "Blue" coloring refers to her grayish blue fur. The word "tuxie" refers to a tuxedo with the white chest, tummy, and paws. Read more fascinating facts about tuxedo cats HERE!

And "tabby" coloration refers to her stripes. It's easy to overlook them but they are definitely there!

Lily's stripes have a caramel color, making her look like she's been dipped in a caramel latte!

If you look closely, you can see stripes on her tail, sides, and back, too.

There's more to Miss Lily than first meets the eye! Love her to pieces!

Feline Friday: Sitter Love!

While we were in Texas for our daughter and son-in-law's wedding, Lily had not one but THREE cat sitters! Because of the 4th of July holiday, the service had to patch together sitters to cover our trip. 

 

When a new sitter is assigned to Lily, our service has them come to the house for a meet and greet to make sure the sitter is a good fit. I've learned to pay attention to Lily's reaction during this visit. Cats and dogs are a good judge of character! Lily loves her trio of sitters and took to them immediately. That hasn't always been the case in the past!

The sitters send lots of pictures while we are gone. I can tell from Lily's body language that she absolutely adores each of them. Notice how she leans into the ear scritches! She only does that with a sitter who meets her approval!

Ready for breakfast!

 

She's gazing lovingly at her sitter!

And eating on her sitter's leg? Lily loves her (maybe more than me)! It's such a relief to know Lily is well cared for while we are gone!

Feline Friday

We have just returned from a week in Texas for the wedding of our daughter and son-in-law! It was a great celebration and we are so thankful that all went well. Pictures to come!

Lily had a squad of three cat sitters who rotated caring for her while we were gone. By all accounts, she was a very sweet girl! Pictures to come!

But boy was she happy to have her Meowmy home. She has barely left my side since we walked in the door. She has even been on my lap, which is kind of unusual!

 Of course, I'm happy to see her, too!

 

Here's to a restful weekend!

Feline Friday

 

 

We are in the middle of a dining room update! We had the chair rail removed and wainscotting added to the bottom part of the room. It will be painted a cream color and the walls above will be taupe to match our kitchen.

 

While the contractor works, Lily has to be sequestered in the upstairs guest room. She doesn't seem to mind one bit.

 

 If I didn't confine her, she'd be supervising the entire operation!

 

Feline Friday

 

Lily's back legs look loosely attached! 

And look at those front paws!

What would I do without her?