Where are momma's coupons?

I am a quilter but also a scrapbooker.  When I am quilting I say to myself...I love quilting the best, I love to quilt. 

When I am scrapbooking I say to myself I love scrapbooking it is my favorite!

I shop/experience Archivers (a scrapbooking store) about once a month.  They are based outta Minnesota and since I am a native of MN I shopped there quite often.  Then they came to GA!

I am signed up on line to get shop coupons which are like gold since Archivers really don't have specials or sales.

So I carefully cut them out and set them aside because I know I will "need" to go there.  BUT just recently I did that and they were GONE!

There are only three stealer's in my home, their names are Minnie, Patches and Piper.  Which ones stole my coupons I carefully printed out and cut out on the lines (cuz I wouldn't want to look bad) and set aside?

There they are, Miss I never do anything wrong, Miss Innocent daddy's girl and I'm the baby. (pic above) (Piper is hard to see since she is black but look off to the right in the back, she's there) 

OH I found my coupons scattered on the floor.  I did not put them there.  But as you can see they are not going to own up to what they did!

My cats are like my children, get into things and don't admit to it.  The only exception is my girls grew up but my little furry girls will always try to get away with all they can.............................

But I will always love them.

New Projects

 Now that the kitchen walls are done I have moved onto another room that also has wallpaper.  The main floor bathroom.  Thankfully this room is very small.

 And I have a little helper who keeps reminding me that she is helping mimi. 
Mr. Man is afraid that if I keep having her help me remove wallpaper she may go into someones home that has wallpaper and start removing it.

 The wallpaper was easy to remove and the border came off in one complete piece.  Now the question once again is color.  Mickey said it should be purple, a girl after my own heart.

 My other project I have started is in these two photos, these are quilts done in a quilt shop I now am in the process of the red work. 

Let me go back to last summer.  The new issue of Quilt Sampler Shop Hop magazine came out and I saw this beautiful quilt shop with a beautiful quilt and also saw this was at a quilt shop in Iowa which I was going to be traveling through in September and I would be in that general area! 

It was meant to be!  Now the quilt shop owners in the Midwest are very picky about taking pictures in the quilt shop but I did get permission to take these only if I was buying the pattern and the kit which I did, so these are those pictures.

The same quilt that was in the magazine.  I love this quilt!
So once I got home and admired the way they packaged the kit I lovingly put it on a shelf.

That was almost a year ago.  Until last Friday the women who come in once a month to the shop to sit and stitch was picking out background fabric to do this exact quilt.  I told her I also had that pattern but I had bought the kit that the shop had put together.  She was very interested in the fabrics that were in my kit and asked me to help her pick out her background fabric.

Well it got me thinking about my little purchase from last year and went home and pulled it out and yep I started it.  BUT not until I first finished the redwork I was working on.  Funny how you can get something done quickly when you see something else you want to do.

I am so excited to complete this quilt for Christmas.  I would like to have it on our bed which means I will need to pay someone to quilt it since piecing it and hand quilting it would put me way past Christmas.

I am still working on my fall quilt, hand quilting it and it is coming along nicely.  I figure if I can quilt one square a night then the border I should have it done by the end of August.  We will see.  Great goal though.

Now I got to get cleaning the house so I can work on my projects!

What color is your bathroom?

Testing, testing

Hello!  Well I seem to still have space to upload pictures on this site for a while at least.  I would hate to redirect my traffic  back to The Cats In but I may have to blog from here, which I like this blog title the best anyway.

Todays photo is of a picture I found at an antique store and thought how perfect next to my funky cat dishes.  Mr. Man had to cut down the bottom so it could fit but it didn't ruin the picture I don't think. 

I will have to do a photo tour of my funky cats again I did it once before but deleted when I made the decision not to continue with The Cat's In.

In the meanwhile I will be using this blog at least until I decide what to do.  I hope you don't mind.

Thanks for stopping by and please leave comments I would love to hear from you!

Oh No Minnie

Look what Minnie did so she could lay in the bottom shelf!

Piper did that not long ago to another shelving unit, pushed everything off of it to lay on it.

Those kitties!

Rise and Shine!

I wanted to share with my blog land friends how I wake up many mornings.

I just don't want to get out of bed when my girls are gathered around my legs.   

Piper's Basket?

Sooooo today I stopped by the shop to drop off a sample for our Christmas in July event which you can read about that here and here and after I left the shop I went to one of my favorite antique shops and found this great basket.

Once home again and unloading my new treasures Miss Piper decided she liked the basket!  She's so cute!  Now it will be hard for me to use it because she likes to lay in it.  Maybe...

We're Home

What I miss the most when we are on vacation is the cats.  I'm always thinking they are wondering where we are.

But when we return it is always the same wonderful welcome from them and they can't get enough love and attention.

Minnie woke me to love her up four times the first night and Piper twice.  Since we have been home for a little over a week now it is probably only once a night or once every other night which I am thankful for but do miss ALL the attention I was getting.

We are all back to our regular routines for now.  Planning a trip to Tybee Island in August and NYC in September but they are really never alone especially with our little Mickey in the house!

A Cat's Life

Have a cat nap this weekend!

Excuse me Piper

Since we celebrated father's day on Saturday, Mr. Man was in agreement that we hang out at home since we will be very busy come next weekend.
I decided to use my time in my sewing room and work on our anniversary quilt since I haven't touch it in a week.
Piper decided she needed to be with me.  See how close she is?  She is in my way some of the time and if I try to get a pin she tries to bite me, excuse me Piper?!
I have been using these pins as of late because I can't remember where I put my good pins!  I know they are somewhere in my mess. 
I can't have my pin cushion out because Piper and Patches pull them out with their teeth and shake their heads and spit them out all over the place.  I'm afraid they may get one down their throat so no more pin cushion unless I am right there.
CATS!  Gotta love 'em!

Feeding Time

 I know I have posted about this before but it happened again today.  All four together!  I can walk into a room and all four will be in the same room but hardly ever this close.

Jewel has never been very social and Piper so badly wants to be the alpha female that no other cat wants to be around her these days. 
But a little left over tuna from my sandwich will bring them together.
My kitties give me such great joy, comfort and company the are always there with me.  I am going shopping today for something new to wear on vacation and they don't like it when I am not home and when I return I will get lots of attention.
Love my kitties!

Poor Tiger

Tiger, our outdoor cat (our neighbors cat who comes to visit often) had been over to visit our kitties through the window several times over Memorial Day weekend, we always love seeing him.
There is one creature that is not happy to see Tiger, a mamma bird.  She is the most annoying bird!  Poor Tiger isn't doing anything but laying around our porch or in the drive and this bird isn't liking it one bit.  She swoops down and attacks poor Tiger.
Too bad this bird doesn't know that Tiger is old, fat and lazy and he has no interest in this birds family. 
So now we know when Tiger has come over by the screams of this bird.  Wish her little birds would grow up and move out.
Poor Tiger.

Minnie and Quilt

I have started another hand quilting project.  This quilt is from our shops' block of the month program in 2009.  I was going to have it machine quilted but it had been hanging in a closet since 2009 and not done partly due to the cost of having someone machine quilt it on their long arm. 
After recently hand quilting my Sassy 16 quilt and how it turned out I decided this quilt would get done a whole lot faster if I just hand quilted it myself.  It's good practice and very relaxing.
I started quilting on it a couple days ago and since our temps are a lot cooler Minnie found an opportunity to keep warm and also check out "her" new quilt. 
I thought it was funny how she blends in with the colors of this quilt. 
Hand quilting is fun but trying to move the quilt around with a 13# cat on it isn't.  But I love that she wants to sit with me so I can live with it.

Little Helpers

I wish I had taken a picture!  I sometimes remember too late.  I mean I do have a camera in the house, in my purse now do I  need a camera for every room?!

Any who...I made a list on Monday of things to do this week there were 11 items to do, not including my normal boring stuff like sweep, vacuum (daily cuz I have four cats) make the bed and laundry and normal stuff like clean the three bathrooms!  Oh and now don't forget to water the hanging basket of flowers out on the porch.  But I have 11 other things I wanted to get done. One was to lay out a quilt.  Well that is what I call it.  I am trying to get caught up on my projects and on my list was to lay out (def:  to sandwich the back, batting and top of the quilt to be quilted) a quilt that was the shop's B.O.M (block of the month) two years ago! 

So...After piecing together the back and laying it out on my kitchen floor, the largest space without carpeting to tape down it becomes a magnet!  I swear this piece of fabric like others must, in kitty tone say here kitty kitty come sit on me!  Because all of the sudden I have three kitty butts on my backing!

I say scat cats!  They leave only until the batting comes out!  Scat cats once again, OMG  now the top  Ya know it becomes very hard to smooth out three layers when you have 34# of cat on your project.  It took an hour and one phone call with Erica on speaker to get this laid out and pin basted.    But on the upside this was my 8th to do I did!

I do have three others left on my to do list I think I can get one done, that one is to write in my journal about my MN trip...The other two I'm not sure, one is to do a shop sample and the other to do my Thimbleberries club block from last year, it is a lot not just a block really but like 100 half square triangles to piece and sew together, then sew to the quilt...then add borders, um not gonna happen! 

My kitties sure love the quilts I make, if no one else appreciates them that is OK I know my girls do.

Where's Jewel?

It's like my cats can read my mind.  I am getting ready to spend the afternoon in my room and once I got everything done around the house I made my way up the stairs to my room and all four cats are waiting on me...
Minnie and Patches you can see when you walk in, took a minute but there is Piper by my sewing machine...
But where is Jewel?  Can you find her?
She is laying on the floor to the left, can you see her?

Fan On or Fan Off

I have noticed that my cats won't sleep with me when I have the ceiling fan on.
I always wondered why in the warmer months they didn't sleep with me and I figured it was because they were warm.  But I think they don't like the ceiling fan blowing on them!
I want my kitties to sleep with me but I also want the fan on also, what can I do?
Suggestion are welcomed!

Back to our normal

Susan left, Mickey is at her daddy's Mr Man is at work and it is me and my kitties alone once again and after much attention to me for a day things have settled down. Yes yes kitties you are my world, my next breath no one could ever take your place now let me sleep! My sleep is disturbed by my kitties who need love. They are saying, I love you mom, I'm your favorite remember, love me! I have four that do this. Truly and seriously I am pawed at, licked, stared at by each. They don't leave me alone until I acknowledge them and give what they need.
I am jealous as I see Mr Man sleeping like a baby but then I think I am the lucky one, they want me and only me. Life is short and I know this as I have lost the cat of my life and wish I had more time with her.

Ok y'all saying I am a sick sick woman but I have told you I AM the cat lady!

So in the above picture Jewel is in my room with me. She doesn't move too much anymore I am afraid our poor ol' girl is dying a slow but painless death. Her eyes are distant and she sleeps most of the day. I hope she goes like her sister. Another story I will post later.

Patches wasn't hard to find but she did hear me approach and gave a little meow. She is so sweet!


Minnie thinks she is hiding from me, but I know where to find her!


Piper was hard to find and I about gave up,but as I returned to my room there she was, I should know better she is never very far from me. She is my shadow.

Life is back to normal and all is good once again and until vacation I won't be leaving them anytime soon. Now as for Mr Man he is making a trip to Minnesota soon, but...sorry to say Mr. Man you're not mommy.

Please remember to visit my other blog to read about life...people life! Trip to Minnesota, Susan's visit and well just my life.

Later!

Fresh Air

The pollen is down, the temperature is up and my windows are open once again!
Last night I slept like a baby with the windows open and I never sleep well anymore. The birds are so happy it is nice out that they sang all night long, it was wonderful!
Needless to say I have four furry family members were are extremely happy. My window sills are full once again. I love how their little ears flutter quickly as they listen to all the outdoor sounds...awwww the life of a cat.
Take a moment today to slow down and just listen to the outdoor sounds.

Home Again

Quick trip to Minnesota is where I have been. I couldn't post about it before because I went to surprise my mom. I surprised my kitties by bringing someone back with me...My sil Susan. My kitties were missing me very much and once I got home they had to share me with her and Mickey. You know how jealous they are of her! I love all the attention I am getting from them and I know it will wear off eventually, but I will eat it up for now. This trip was mainly to just be with mom since I felt the last handful of visits she didn't get as many days as others. We did drive into town to get Candi and spent the day with her. I wish it was longer but Candi lives with her Gpa and his daughter was there so there was a change of plans. Short but sweet visit with C' and she will come see us soon again. Well better git the kitties are calling to play!

Dreaming

I caught Minnie dreaming while looking out the window. I can only imagine she is wishing that window was open. It has been raining so much, the other night I thought our house was going to be taken up like in the Wizzard of Oz. Now that it has stopped raining we got some really nice temps, 80's but now the pollen is the problem! I am afraid we won't get window open time very much this year. Poor Minnie she will just have to continue to look out the window and dream about smelling the air and hearing the birds.

Raining Cats and Dogs

I am beginning to think we need to build an ark. It has been raining for days! I think even weeks, I can't remember our last dry day. I love rain, it has kept our pollen count down for now. I know once it dries out our pollen will continue it has just been prolonged. The kitties are not liking the rain much though. When it is raining on the house hard they get a little freaked out. Needless to say when it is thundering they scatter and look for a place to hide. Well Minnie and Patches do Jewel is too old and doesn't care much and Piper is a feral cat and she is just happy not to be outside looking for a dry place. It has been a perfect time for naps when I am taking a nap the kitties are very happy to join me.

It's Here!

I spoke too soon! The kitties wait for me to open the windows but that horrible pine pollen started! Two days later I wake to a car that was gray which is now yellow. The windows are closed and the air is on!
The kitties will have to wait about two weeks, as will I! I love to have my windows open this time of year, beautiful temps with a nice breeze. But I have learned my lesson after the first year living in Georgia and having to wipe EVERYTHING down, not fun!
So sorry kitties!

80 Degrees!

It's at least 80 degrees here in beautiful Georgia today and the kitties are loving it! When I left for work this morning I had to remove cats from open windows in order to close them while I was gone. I felt really bad for them, they were loving it. I did leave a few open on the second level so they could still enjoy the day but we have four cats and I only opened two windows. Wonder who won?
They are happy I am home from work now, mommy opened the windows and I haven't seen them since.
I hope they have more time to have open windows before the are closed up again for the summer. Oh we will have two weeks coming soon where we will have to close them again because of the pollen (yellow snow as I like to call it) will be arriving soon enough!
Later!

Clingy Kitty

I got to have Mickey for the day and when ever my little tornado is around Minnie gets very weird, protective and clingy.
If I have Mickey in my lap Minnie will want to share it and it is as if she is trying to push Mickey off. When she doesn't win Minnie will go on the back of my chair as you can see in the picture and you can see the very top of my head.
Minnie thinks when she is up there I am suppose to reach up and pet her constantly and when I stop she starts patting my head with her paw to get my attention. (that is how she wakes me in the night too to pay attention to her and be all lovey to her but she pats my face or shoulder.)
Minnie was pretty happy that she has me back to herself now that Mickey has left the house.
That's my cat news for today!

My Helper

I have a long to do list and in between Dr visits I thought I might get them done. I have an order of bags to make....which I got done....THEN I really want to get a few things done for myself. This is the mystery project that I did at the quilt retreat and all I had to do was the quilting on it, got that done now I need to do the binding when Minnie decided she was going to help me once again...as a paper weight! She is a hefty paper weight let me tell ya.
I get really nervous cutting around her but she thinks it is fun to follow the scissors!
I love that my kitties have such an interest in my hobbies.

Piper Tested...Minnie Approved!

Awwww so is so sweet! Once again I was working on my quilt, I am hand quilting this one and put it down to get something to drink and Minnie cuddled right into it.

My kitties like to test all the quilts or anything that is soft that I am making or using.

And doesn't Minnie have the cutest putty tat face ever?

Where's Piper?

Where's Piper?

Today I felt like just watching movies and hand quilt on MY quilt. Every so often I would have to put it down and almost every time I did that I would find a little extra something something in my quilt.

This last time I put it down before dinner within seconds piper found her way into it once again.

She's so cute and loves HER new quilt!

The Cat's Back In!

I couldn't leave my old friend...I have been blogging on this blog since 2006? For a very good reason, I was having difficulties email my friends and updating them on what was going on in my life at the time due to arthritis. On my blog I could post what was going on in my life to everyone who wanted to keep up and if they had questions then I could do a quick short email back and it worked for a long time.

Recently I started another blog for another reason and that blog continues just as this one did in the past.

So instead of throwing this old friend aside I am re purposing it, let's see how it evolves I recently purchased a "purse" camera. I call it that because I have a really nice big camera that doesn't fit into my medium size purse and when I am out and about I may see something to take a picture of and don't carry around my big camera and not always happy with the camera on my Blackberry. Soooo recently I purchase a very thin small Nikon. Nikon is what we have been buying for the past three cameras and I feel comfortable with them. (call it lazy, I don't want to take the time to learn all about another brand)

I have been putting my new camera in the kitties faces trying out my new "purse" camera and they aren't going for it, except Minnie the other three are not posing or cooperating very well, that is why there are only a couple of pictures of Min on my new camera.

I know I will get them soon and so more will follow.