Thankful Thursday ~ The Kitty Cupboard

Meows from Mudpie!

Even though Mommy is perpetually trying to declutter our house, she has also become rather addicted to our local Buy Nothing group on Facebook. I can't really complain though because that's how I scored my pawsome cat tree! 

Sunday morning Mommy sat down with her coffee and logged onto Facebook. She noticed a post showing a bunch of stuff piled on someone's lawn and her eyes were immediately drawn to the white cube organizer. She decided to hop in the car to see if it was still there. It was, and she also fell in love with the wooden storage chest in the picture so she ended up loading two pieces of furniture into the car with no idea what she was going to do with them! (We always need more storage so she wasn't worried about not having a use for them, and both items were in absolutely perfect condition.)

After some thought Mommy decided the wooden cabinet would best be used in our small kitchen. That required quite a bit of moving things around but it ended up fitting perfectly. 

Then came the big question - what to put in it? This is where things get really exciting because Mommy has decided to use it as a kitty cupboard to hold all my food, treats and supplies! We've never had enough storage space in the kitchen for cat food so its always just been left in stacks on the floor, so this has made things look much less cluttered. We just love how it turned out.

The cube organizer Mommy originally wanted doesn't have a home yet but she's thinking. It's actually still hanging out in the car! MOL 

Mommy is thankful for free furniture, and I'm thankful its being used for Mudpie stuff!

Mother's Day Gift Ideas for Cat Moms from Etsy

Meows from Mudpie!

Can you believe Mother's Day is less than 2 weeks away??? Now that my Grandma is gone it's no longer a holiday Mommy looks forward to, so she tries to put it out of her mind. I still want to treat her to something special though.

While browing Etsy for the purrfect gift for Mommy, I found several things that any cat mom would love to receive on her special day...

Garden Cat Quilted Storage Bin

Cutting Board

Personalized Cat Mom Jewelry Tray

Whiskers Keepsake Vase

Table Lamp

Personalized Cat Mom Mug

Leather Pet Portrait Keychain

Garden Stake

Which is your favorite? I think everything here would be a hit with Mommy, but she would probably love the small whisker vase the most. I'll need to figure out how many squeezies I would have to go without in order to pay for it.

I hope you enjoy my picks, and don't forget, if you find something here you like and make a purchase using our affiliate links, I get a little money for my piggy bank! I might even spend it on Mommy's gift!

Inquisitive #SundaySelfie

We're joining our friends at The Cat on My Head for the Sunday Selfies blog hop!   

Caturday Art

Visit more artsy kitties at Athena's Caturday Art blog hop!

And now our weekly answers for the Friendly Fill-Ins challenge, hosted by 15andmeowing and Four-Legged Furballs!

1. Have you ever noticed how rude and inconsiderate people are? I've been spending more time at home lately than ever and when I'm out running errands people's behavior is bothering me even more than it used to. 

2. Would you choose life before or after the internet? I'm an old soul and prefer the way things "used to be" but I can't imagine going back to life before the internet. Homebodies like me are so thankful to be able to do nearly everything online!

3. Do you think it's possible to be friends with someone who doesn't love animals? I find it very difficult.

4. What recipes would you recommend for an air fryer? My new toaster oven has an air fryer setting and I haven't used it yet.

Claiming What's Mine #PetPhotoFails

Meows from Mudpie!

Thank you for joining us for this month's edition of the Pet Photo Fails blog hop!

The weather in my neck of the woods is just purrfect right now. It's warm and sunny during the daytime so I can do lots of sunbathing, and the evenings are still nice and chilly so Mommy and I can sneak in some cuddle time. Wish it could be like this year round! 

My blooper this month came when I was trying to snap a selfie. Looks like I hit the button before I was ready!

Mommy also wanted to me share this picture of her hand and arm to further explain my holding on post from Wednesday.  What can I say? I don't want her getting away. Little does she know this is my handwriting and it says, "Property of Mudpie!"

Those are my bloopers...let's see yours! 

 

Powered by Linky Tools

Click here to enter your link and view this Linky Tools list...

Gotta Hold Mommy Tight So She Doesn't Get Away!

My murder mittens leave lots of puncture wounds on Mommy's hand and arm!

 

Just Hanging Out with Mommy #SundaySelfie

We're joining our friends at The Cat on My Head for the Sunday Selfies blog hop!  

Caturday Art

Visit more artsy kitties at Athena's Caturday Art blog hop!

And now our weekly answers for the Friendly Fill-Ins challenge, hosted by 15andmeowing and Four-Legged Furballs!

1. If I had to choose a fictional world to live in it would be the Hettie Bagshot books. (All cats, no people!)

2. A Christmas Carol is a book or movie that changed my life. I just adore it.

3. As a kid, I gave jello the name wiggle wiggle.

4. If I had a parrot, I would teach it to say Hello Darlin'.

Tortoiseshell Cat Appreciation Day

Mommy here! 

Over the past 19 years I've been the lucky cat mom to a trio of torties. To say I think these feisty, unique felines are one of God's most beautiful creations would be an understatement. I love everything about their sweet souls and tender hearts, tortitude and all.

Nowadays there's a national day set aside to celebrate just about anything you can think of, and today is Tortoiseshell Cat Appreciation Day.

For anyone interested in reading about my history with torties, it can be found in my article A Decade of Tortitude: The Magic & Mystique Of My Heart Cats, which won a Certificate of Excellence from the Cat Writers Association many years ago.

Since this is a day to turn the internet brown, tan, gold, black, cinnamon, and every tortie color in between, we thought it would be the purrfect time to share once again the very special legend explaining how they got their unique colors, loosely translated from the Spanish version.

We hope you'll join us today in sharing your torties all over social media. The internet will be a much more beautiful place over the next 24 hours now that we've given them a day to take over the world! (Officially, anyways. Anyone owned by a tortie knows they already own their little corner of the world!)

CHEESE!

Meows from Mudpie!

Mommy is so tickled she got this video.

To set the scene - I love cheese. It's probably my third favorite thing in the world after squeezies and chicken. (Oops! Sorry Mommy! Love you bunches too!) 

Cheese isn't really good for kitties, but a couple times a week Mommy has crackers and cheese or a cheese sandwich for lunch, and she shares a few nibbles with me. 

Here's the fun part - I've learned the word CHEESE, and Mommy loves to get me all excited for it before I get my treat.

How adorable is this??? 

 

Judging You #SundaySelfie

We're joining our friends at The Cat on My Head for the Sunday Selfies blog hop! 

Caturday Art

Visit more artsy kitties at Athena's Caturday Art blog hop!

And now our weekly answers for the Friendly Fill-Ins challenge, hosted by 15andmeowing and Four-Legged Furballs!

1. I never want to forget any of the cats I've been blessed to share my life with.

2. I have a recurring dream about being at the hospital with Dad. He was there so frequently and I was his advocate so I had to stay there with him as much as possible. I lived in constant fear and dread of his next hospital stay so I think I was traumatized by it.

3. My smoke alarm's instruction manual is the strangest thing in my computer's search history. I managed to make the alarm go off while making an omelet for dinner last night. Poor Mudpie was so petrified she crashed into the step stool I was standing on trying to turn it off. Finally I just pulled the battery out but after putting it back in the alarm would go off again. I had to download the alarm's manual to find out how to make it stay off.

 
4. I wish I could turn my love of cats and Christmas into a paying job. If I was crafty I would make cat-themed ornaments or cat toys to sell on Etsy.

Feline Friday: Sorry, I'm Busy

Meows from Mudpie!

I think I hurt Mommy's feelings yesterday. All winter we've been enjoying a post-breakfast cuddle each morning where I would snooze on Mommy's lap while she drank her coffee and did stuff online. 

Yesterday morning I was a no-show. She went looking for me and found me soaking up the sun coming in the side door. I had to tell her I was busy with a previous commitment. 

Mommy knew this day was coming. Once the weather gets warmer I never want anything to do with her lap, but it still broke her heart knowing our lazy mornings together were coming to an end for the season. 

I kinda felt bad so we had a post-lunch cuddle instead...after the sun had moved from the driveway. 

Feline Friday is simple to join. All you have to do is:

Post a picture, drawing, cartoon or video of a cat (They may be silly or cute). 

Unboxing March's CatLadyBox

The theme of March's CatLadyBox was Spring Kittens...here's what was inside!

Featured Cat Lady Artist:

Nat Ellis

Cat's Garden Tee:

This shirt just screams spring! (It's still lightly snowing as I type this but hopefully one day soon my view outside will match the tee.)

Cat Collage Tumbler:

I love using tumblers when I'm out and about and this one is so eye catching.

Cat Lady Lint Roller:

Would you believe I've lived with cats my entire life and never once used a lint roller?

The end of the handle is a cat face!

Kitten Cuties Patches:

Not sure where I'll use these but they sure are cute!

Jelly Bean Beans and Lucky Taco Catnip Toys:

Cat lovers know the best jelly beans are toe beans!

Both of these toys are so adorable and fun. 

Mudpie wants to know if she can put a squeezie on her taco.

***********************************************************************

 Not a subscriber yet? Visit CatLadyBox today!

Interested in purchasing individual items from past boxes? You can do that too!

Disclosure: I receive a discount on my CatLadyBox subscription as a thank you for my monthly review. Regardless of compensation received, we only share information we feel is relevant to our readers.  

Easter Art & Selfies

And now our weekly answers for the Friendly Fill-Ins challenge, hosted by 15andmeowing and Four-Legged Furballs...

1. My favorite Easter treat is Cadbury mini eggs. This year I'll only be enjoying them if I can find them half off the day after Easter. No way I'm paying current prices! 

2. My life would be different without cats. It would be an intolerable existence. 

3. If I could, I would give an Easter basket full of rotisserie chicken to Mudpie. This is an odd (not to mention messy!) answer but between Mudpie's diabetes (still currently in remission) and CKD I don't feel comfortable giving her rotisserie chicken anymore. It was one of her very favorite treats and it breaks my heart she can longer have it.

4. Is it weird that I prefer cats to people? I don't care if it's weird or not, I freely admit that I do! 

Thankful for Easter Fun

Meows from Mudpie! 

Today we're thankful for our sweet friends Lynn and Precious who sent us this cute silvervine egg. I've been having so much fun with it!

In fact, Mommy had a hard time taking my picture with it because I kept knocking it over to keep playing! 

We don't usually do anything special for Easter at our house so this was a really fun treat!