Pocket Keychain Holder

 I just love these Pocket keychain holders!  They are just so addicting to make, and fairly easy.  It was my first in the hoop project that wasn't a banner.  LOL  I just love the sparkly material I found, and luckily had a bunch of material to match.  Cause you know, I tend to pick out material cause it's cute, and I don't think of matching it to anything.  LOL

And here's a photo of Velcro I found on my camera, I just thought it was too funny.  She doesn't like it when I take photos of her, and always closes her eyes.  Luckily got this one!

Growing Kitties

It's been awhile since I've posted photos of the kittens outside. I didn't realize till I looked at old photos of the kittens, that they've grown so much. They've all been fixed by the Homeless Cat Network and they have their shots. I'm so glad, cause for years the kitten population was just crazy in my folk's backyard. I'm so glad that at least now, their yard is under control. We couldn't have possibly paid for getting all the feral cats fixed. So, a great big THANK YOU goes out to them!!

This is one of my favorites. We call him Runty cause he was the runt of the litter. Not anymore, he's growing up so much. I just love his personality. He's always following us around the yard. I swear it's like we have little dogs. LOL

How is your week going?

Well, yesterday I left work and found that someone was nice enough to leave a big dent in the side of my truck. Guess they thought that it didn't look right, so they would leave their mark on my truck. Wish they would have signed it too, so I would know who to charge the deductable to. LOL

Can you say SQUISH? I could be mad, but why? Man, they did a doosy on it. Glad that the door and the window weren't damaged. Cause then I couldn't drive it. I was joking around yesterday that the force wasn't with me. Cause May the 4th is my favorite holiday...International Star Wars day! But really it was. Cause one of my coworkers was involved in a hit and run. He was going through the intersection legally, and someone ran the red light right into his car. Of course the person who hit him tried to run away, but luckily they caught him. Thank goodness. So I really was lucky not to have been in my truck.

Well, so to brighten my day, I'll post a couple of kitten pics. This is a pic of mom and the kittens in the small box. they're a little squished, but cute.

Here are the kittens a few days later. They're eyes are starting to open. They're too darn cute. But sad to say, one of the kittens died last night. We think a predator got to it cause their cardboard box fell over one day, so we moved them to a new box, but it was a bit too accessible to other critters.

So, my dad moved the box and attached it to a shelf so it wouldn't fall down. He also put a lid on the box so that nothing could get to them. LOL So hopefully they'll be safe.

Day Three

Day three...kitten watch.

Today was day three for the kittens. When I peeked in the box earlier, they were climbing all over their mom. After she left the box to eat, I snuck a peek at how they are growing. OMG, they are too darn cute!!

I'll try to keep you posted on their growth every couple of days. :)

Flowers and kitties

So outside of the house my mom planted these beautiful iris'. Of course I love them cause they're purple. I just think they're so pretty!

And the lilacs are blooming too. I love the flowers, just can't be near the smell for too long.

And surprise surprise! The mama cat that is our "friendly" cat had 5 kittens yesterday. When my mom saw her earlier in the day, she was still chubby, and when I got home from work, she was skinny. So I went searching for her kittens.

She had them in this small cardboard box. LOL right now she just fits, but with 5 kittens, they'll outgrow the box pretty quickly. So I know that Phil will build them some kind of shelter cause he always does. And we'll go out and get her fixed as soon as she's done weaning. I'm just lucky that she likes us and lets us get close enough to her kittens.

Oreo in a box

So during our move, our cats were wigging out. Mainly cause parts of the house kept disappearing. We've been in our house longer then they've been alive, so that was the only home they've ever known. Oreo just didn't know what to do.

Every day I'd tell him that I was going to move him in a box too. Well, in his cat carrier. LOL I would let him know that he wasn't going to get left behind. And that we were taking him with us.

So I guess he decided to box himself up. LOL Love it when he sits in boxes.

He's very happy here at home now. My mom totally spoils him. I think she really likes having a cat around. She's buying him treats, feeding him in his own special bowl in the kitchen. It's cracking me up. :)

Funny Kitten Picture

I was cracking up at this picture of two of the kittens in our yard. It looks like fluff ball is talking back to me while I was taking his picture. Kinda like, "Whatcha doin' lady? Feed me already."

Phil named the orange one Julius (get it, Orange Julius), and I just call the fluffy one, Fluff ball for lack of anything else to call it. They are the friendlier ones out of the bunch so far. The mom is just starting to wean them, so we figure they'll be more friendly in a week or so. It's fun seeing the little furballs outside the kitchen door.

New batch of kittens

So the mom cat had 7 more kittens. Count 'em, 7! Well, you can only see the bum of one of the kittens. LOL But OMG, I can't believe she had so many. I think she's pregnant yet again, so we can't take her in to get fixed yet. But when she's done she's SO going in to get fixed.

I like the darker grey striped one, but I think that one is more of a calico. It's got a lot of different colors in her coat.

They're getting a bit more friendly, it's really funny watching them play in the yard during the day. I love watching kittens.

Heart spot

Well, we've renamed the kitten. His name is now Cujo. Why Cujo? Well, everytime I go out there, and he's in a playful mood, he just ATTACKS me. It doesn't hurt, more annoying then anything. He's growing up so fast though, I think he'll be taller than the other two. I figure he'll be moving into the house as soon as we can get him his shots.

Anyway, I noticed something really cute on him while he was sleeping. His spot on his side looks like a heart.

Here's a close up of his "heart". It's really neat cause it was a circle shape before, and it's now changing a bit. I don't know if you can see it, maybe if you squint your eyes and tilt your head to the left... LOL

Anyway, thought I'd give you the Cujo update. He's so cuddly and cute! I'm glad he decided to stick around. Phil even gets a bit worried when he can't find him in the yard for too long of a time. I think that is cute. LOL

Kitty burgler

Well, the other day I was walking around the yard, and I found some curious things. There was an old sock, or should I say a HUGE old sock, and a brown and tan tennis ball. I've never bought any tennis balls since living here, and haven't seen the old sock before, so it dawns on me....

We have Kitty Burglers! Our kittens must go into people's yards and pick up randomy things to play with, bringing them home. LOL OMG. How crazy is that?? But I'm thinking, how the heck did they get a tennis ball home? Did they roll it all the way here?

NOPE. I took a pic of the grey kitten playing, and he's carrying the ball all over the yard while he's playing. How cute is that?

Sleepy Kitties

So I decided that the kittens needed a bed. So I took out a couple of wine boxes that we have lying around the house and put a couple of old sheets in them. I had one box out there, but the orange kitty was hogging the bed, so I put a second one out there. A few minutes later I found this scene:

Later in the day, all three kitties were sleeping in the same box. I just LOVE sleeping kitties. LOL And this picture made me laugh cause the light grey kitty was covering the eyes of the dark grey kitty:

I looked out again, and you can tell they were all comfy cozy:

I swear I could watch them all day long! Now the orange and dark grey kitties let us pet them. Here is my favorite letting me pet him:

Phil says they won't let him leave for work without having him go outside and show them some love. LOL We're thinking of somehow getting them fixed and getting them shots so they can stay around. I hope they stay around.

Kitten update

Yes, as you can see, mr. mountain kitteh has decided to get our attention by climbing on the screen door. OMG, it's too funny turning around and seeing a kitty staring at you from the screen door.

The kitties keep growing every day. And now the dark grey and orange will let us pet them. They really love it now actually. the light grey or little grey as I call her, wants to be petted, but is still too skittish.

Will have more kitty updates....

Growing Kittens

The kittens in our yard are growing up so fast! The dark grey kitty is my favorite. He's got the best personality! :) And he's just SO cute. He let me pet him once, and I'll keep trying. :)


Here's the three that are left. We're thinking that the black kitten got adopted by someone. It was really pretty with long hair! :) And these are the ones that hang out in our yard. I call them the Stalker kitties. They're always watching us and waiting for us outside our back door. LOL

The light grey one on the bottom is the shy one. It is always right up at the window until you walk over to it. Then it runs so fast. We think that it's a she.

The Orange one is the alpha cat. It's the biggest of the three, and has the most outgoing personality. It always eats first, and the fastest. And is always jumping on the other two.

It's so funny to watch the three of them in the yard. We have our old Christmas tree in the yard, and they're forever climbing in and out of it and jumping on each other. I can watch them for days...

Happy Monday!

Sorry it's been a few days since my last post. With the Easter Holiday things were a bit crazy for a few days. Saturday was the Ohlone Flea Market, so I spent 2 days trying to get things together for that. We didn't do as well as we normally do, I think people were away for the holiday weekend. Have to remember that next year. ;)

And yesterday we had Phil's family over for Easter. We usually spend the holidays with my family, so it was a different experience for me and my dad. :)

I've been taking photos of the kittens. They were hanging out in our yard for awhile, I haven't been able to find them at all yesterday and today. Hopefully they are ok. The mom and dad cats haven't been around much either. So hopefully they found someplace safe to be since we had a couple of kids and a dog running around our backyard yesterday.

This light grey kitty is so cute. I was calling them grey and greyer yesterday cause one is darker than this one. LOL Phil started calling them Grey and Little Grey (from Grey's Anatomy). But finally I started calling this one Al cause it protects his food when he eats like Phil's nephew. LOL
Here's a pic of all of them on the window. I was cracking up because I've always wondered how they get pictures of kittens all lined up. I really thought it was staged. But they really do sit all lined up together.

And I love this orange kitty. we're pretty much calling her orange kitty. LOL Ashley wants it if we can ever catch it. Not sure Alex's family will like it much when she moves in with them.

Anyway, that was my weekend. Hope you all had a Happy Easter yesterday. I'm still recouping. Think I'll take some aspirin, and grab a cup of tea.

Patches and kittens

So, my new thing is making patches. I have been designing patches for the company Phil works for, and for the Softball team he helps to coach. We're going with the purple outlined patch cause it's a girl's team, and girls should wear purple. LOL I'm so glad their new colors are purple and grey!! It's getting easier to digitize. My first try on the Rockets logo took about 2 hours, the second try is now 20 minutes! It's another logo I drew from scratch. I think it turned out pretty cute.
And here's a new photo of the mom cat with her kittens. I just LOVE watching them in the daytime. And they're always climbing on her. I have noticed that the light grey one is the more timid one of the bunch. And the darker grey one is the little instigator. LOL They're so cute when they're jumping all over each other and playing.

Kittens!

Today we were in the yard, and these adorable kittens came out to play. I wish we could keep them, but we can't. So we have to find either new homes for them or for someone to take them in to care for them till they're adopted. I really wish I could foster them, but Velcro doesn't like any other cats. And I don't want them to get attacked by her.

So I'll keep checking around to see if anyone can take them in. Cause they're awfully cute. :)

Nice weekend...

Hope that everyone had a nice weekend. I got a few projects started and finished. One that I've been working on was the pillows for the front room. Phil's always wanted to use the window as a window seat. So I've been making pillows for it. There was some material from the bags we didn't make cause they were too thick, so I made them into pillows. I actually reused some pillows that we had in the house that were pretty flat. You just open them up and refluff the stuffing and you have pillows. :)
All weekend I've been working on the computer or in the sewing room. So the cats have been following me everywhere. This is the closest they've been to sitting next to each other in a long time. Velcro (the grey one) doesn't like Oreo very much. So this was a treat to see them so close to each other.


And of course, you can't do laundry without the cat sleeping in the laundry basket. I guess you can't leave the laundry alone for too long, or Velcro will sleep in it.

I'll post some other projects I've started when I'm finished with them. :) A bunch of embroidery stuff is coming up for me, so I'll keep you posted when I'm done.

Simon's Cat

I just love this video. One of my cousins sent it to me awhile back. It was so funny, I told Tina yesterday when we were selling things at the Flea Market that my cats don't do this to me. They wait patiently for me to get up to feed them.



Boy, was I ever wrong! This morning at 5:30 am, Velcro started kneeding my neck really really hard and purring really really loud. I think it's because I got up that early the day before to go to the flea market, so she thought she'd get fed that early again. Um no! LOL. I kept thinking if I ignored her she'd go away...

NOT.

It so reminded me of the cat in the cartoon. :)

Cats and squirrels

Yesterday my squirrel friend was waiting for me. I thought he was so cute, so I had to take the photo. :) He did an unusual thing. He was barking on the fence, like there was a cat in the yard, then ran down off the fence when I went to check it out. Like I'm his protector or something. It was really funny.

And this is Velcro. She loves sleeping under the blanket. Just like a furry person. I thought she was really cute too, so of course out came the camera.

Kitty cat

more animals

Found this on Icanhascheezburger. I just love it. :)