Nikki

Nikki found a sweatshirt to curl up on

pampered cats

Nikki
Snoozing on two of Tori's pillows

Honey Bunny
Fell asleep watching me cut out
thread bobbins
(from card stock)

so windy today

Brought in some daffodils & tulips
Nikki approves

Cat Snaps

Nikki: He is laying at the Edge of the desk
Honey: She is also at the edge of the desk
They seem to have found a sliver of sunshine today

The Basket Saga ... continuing story

I guess Honey thought the new basket was for her & Nikki is back in the falling-apart one. sigh

Nikki

Nikki snoozing in his new basket ... b/c he broke the rim of the old one!!!

Napping

Honey & Nikki

Chilly Cold Outside ...

Nikki [front] & Honey [back]
Too sweet!
Maybe I need a larger rug in front of the sliding glass

Nap time

Hard to get excited when the pets are napping. Cute to watch Nikki move over to Honey. She just curls up around him. So sweet

Objects

While looking for 'stuff' to create a 2"x2" square for charity , I came accross a couple objects I brought from home -- many years ago. The first picture is of a purse my Mom made for me. I am thinking crochet. Seems it needs a proper button; otherwise, in good shape. I have no idea what year she created the bag. I am thinking it was a year or two before I was married.
The second picture shows flea market finds. Every time I pull out the long one -- with the fibers sticking to it, I have to laugh. When my Dad was still living, we went to a flea market -- somewhere in the middle of nowhere, Indiana. There was junk, trash, and treasure as far as the eye could see. We were with real 'hunters' and 'gatherers' who were so into the tables of .... errr .... stuff. So, Dad & I kinda went our separate way and found this wooden thing. It was our secret joke, b/c, nobody seemed to know what the thing was. Even the guy selling it hadn't a clue. We must have spent a half hour looking at the thing and the guy said we could have it for Five Bucks .... SOLD. We concluded it was a spool of some sort ... Since my Dad passed away, I have memories, not many personal momentos -- but, I did keep our thing : )
Inquiring minds: It has "8 BOWEN 66 HUNTER" or maybe it is supposed to read "8 BOWEN 99 HUNTER" on one end. Since my Dad passed away, a friend looked at it & thought it was a spool for a weaving or spinning machine. Yeah, well, good of an explanation as any ...[The smaller one, with yellow fiber, was purchased at an Antique Mall]

As for the PINK SQUARE, I am still in the thinking it thru process. Which, probably isn't a good thing. It took me about three hours to root thru boxes to find some material [I don't own much] and misc. beads. I have two-three ideas though, one would be a heart with wings ... the other something like "sew special" ... and finally, was thinking of: Made with our hands from our hearts ... or If is is made by hand, it is from the heart ... Yeah, needs a fine tune. Good news is, I did find some stuff & have a few ideas wrapping around my brain. This is totally out of my element of comfort. Usually I am the one stitching from patterns. Coming up with something from my spacious brain is taxing!! And, I swear, if it looks tacky -- nobody will ever see it!! Tasteful vs Tacky ... sigh.

After a very windy night & morning ... the wind has lost its whip & the sun is shining brightly. Would you guess it is seven degrees out there?

10 degrees, 0 degree wind chill .... brrr

Honey
Nikki
And ... snow flurries continue. I'm staying in : )

It is three degrees outside ....

Nikki & Honey

No! No! Nikki!!!!

I bought two new pillows and two new pillowcases. Washed them & tossed them on the bed
Nikki thinks they are HIS pillows
I've chased him away three times since yesterday -- and he continues to curl up between the wall and the pillow

sigh

holiday pics taken by Tori

Tree decorated by Tori, Tree skirt made by my Mom
Honey & NIkki under the tree
Nikki joins Raggedy Ann under the tree
BUDDY

More room on the bed ...

Tori went back to college. After dinner, DH & I went into her room & spotted her cat, Nikki, on the bed.

He did start to walk to me when I brought in the camera.

I'm certain he misses her, too.

It is 12 o'clock

... do you know where your pets are?
... nap time.

Thanks a million Melody M & Elaine H for sharing your stash. Nick is starting the L&L angel, Angel of Winter as I type this post. Nick went thru my DMC floss & I didn't have everything needed for the pattern. Of course, I went out & purchased the rest of the DMC! I went to walmart where the floss is 10cents/skein. I requested the special stuff from House of Stitches. I didn't have silver blending fil, whisper, or mill hill beads. The linen is 28-count dk blue [probably twilight blue]. Nick is going to give the linen a try. He has been working on either aida or evenweave in the past. This is what it will look like [eventually]:
photo that came with the pattern.

Also, thanks for the kind words re. Nick's dental surgery. Yesterday morning, he had four wisdom teeth removed. With the medications, he seems ok. Still swollen [think chipmunk cheeks] and sore ... however, is able to talk.

more storms in the area ...

While the storm activity continues, the cats just curl up and nap!Came home from errands and waited out the wind/rain storm. Lots of wind, lots of storm clouds and some signals out. I understand there is another line of storms heading this way.

Keeping my fingers crossed the power stays on.

Green Day

Photo by Alex. Nikki & Button curled up on the blanket.

Spring Weather in NW Indiana: It has been cloudy & we had more snow flurries. A minute later, we see a bright & sunny day -- with bitter cold winds!!! brrrrr. DH is making pizza. Tori is out shopping. The boys perform tonight. I want to stitch!!!


Myspace Graphics

Cold weather & warm fur babies

I finished reading Thirteen Moons ... and, I really liked the first 1/2 to 2/3 of the novel. And then, IMO, it just wasn't as interesting. So -- stick to Cold Mountain!! It is the better of the two IMO.

Two of our cats

Thanks for asking about the cats. I have pictures of 2 of them -- our oldest cat, Button, is sleeping on the heater vent in the bathroom. Cutie pies. At the end of the month, I'll update my pet photo album.
A few days ago, I took Alex to school (must have been Thurs a.m.) & ran a couple quick errands. When I came home ... the cats had curled up in the bedlinens.
Took this picture of Prince Nikki, in the recliner, a few minutes ago. It is snowing [lake effect] like crazy & the sun is shining. It is an odd combination ... and the cat prefers to sleep thru it.