Good Riddance, July! #SundaySelfie

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

Caricature #CaturdayArt

Meows from Mudpie!

Mommy ran my picture through the Caricature effect on Photofunia and look what it did to me! I look like an old man with a beard!!! 

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!

Mommy's answers:

1. I would rather hear nails on a chalkboard than a lawnmower.

2. The best part of summer is when it's over.

Mudpie's answers:

3. I wouldn't mind if the hots disappeared. I'm ready for cuddles!

4. If I could create one rule that everyone in the world had to follow, it would be treating animals with kindless, love, and respect.

Dumpster Diver #PetPhotoFails

Meows from Mudpie!

Thank you for joining us for this month's edition of the Pet Photo Fails Blog Hop! Two months of summer done, one to go...phew! 

We would first like to apologize for not having a blog post the last couple days. We had one written and ready to go, but the postal service let us down and didn't deliver something we needed to take a photo of to accompany the post.

My blooper today was taken as I was getting up from a nap on my pile of half empty birdseed/squirrel food bags that I've been using for a bed this summer. Mommy said it's so messy it looks like she's been throwing trash into the wastebasket, missing, and leaving it there.

I gave her a raspberry and walked away.

That's my blooper...let's see yours! 

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He's Behind Me, Isn't He?

Meows from Mudpie!

The kitty behind me is our friend Mo (named because he looks so much like Morris, but he's also a Puss in Boots clone). He's extremely skittish and even though Mommy has been giving him snacks for years, he's never allowed her to touch him.

Strangely enough, even though I don't care for other cats, his presence has never bothered me. In fact, sometimes we share a snack from opposite sides of the door!

When Mommy snapped this picture last week she thought it was super funny that I didn't seem to realize he was peeping in the door behind me. Good thing I was decent (although I'm fairly certain he's only interested in food and not me!)

I'm Melting... #SundaySelfie

Meows from Mudpie!

Today is the 6th day in a row it's been over 90 degrees. In Vermont! 

Mudpies melt, y'know? (Both the dessert and furry varieties...)

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

Summer Storm...Or Bride of Frankenstein? #CaturdayArt

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!

Mommy's answers:

1. I think eating out is a waste of money.

2. Lately, I spend a lot of time wishing I had more time to do the things that bring me joy.

Mudpie's answers:

3. Visiting the squeezie factory is the craziest thing on my bucket list.

4. Tortoiseshell Cat Appreciation Day is a holiday I'd like to create or see more celebrated. It's April 17th, for anyone who doesn't know. I think it should be my Gotcha Day, which is right around the corner...

Thankful Thursday: Christmas in July & New Beginnings

Today we want to thank our sweet friend Ellen at 15 and Meowing for her surprise Christmas in July gift that arrived a couple weeks ago. Mudpie got a sweet little pink fishie and I got a much needed kitty stress ball.

I emailed Ellen right away to let her know that while she always hits the nail on the head with her gift choices, this time that was the case more than ever. 

Every now and then here on our blog I've alluded to workplace stress, and recently I made the difficult decision to resign from my job after 23 years. Long story short, we were acquired by a large company back in December. There were many layoffs but in March I was offered a new position to begin in June that had to be full time. (I've been working part time for quite awhile because of everything going on with my parents.) I accepted, but then changed my mind.

Merging the two data systems has taken longer than expected so for the past 6 weeks I've been working full time while continuing with my regular duties, but as soon as the transition is complete I'm done. It's a very demanding company and I just can't handle it on top of mom and dad's continuous health issues. At this point in my life I need a low stress job I can do part time from home (preferably in the pet space) - not an all-consuming career which is what this has become. I'm a simple girl - not a career woman.

Ever since dad was in the hospital for 2 weeks over Christmas it seems like life has just fallen apart bit by bit and my stress level has been off the charts. I hate to complain because there's been so much sickness and death in our little cat community lately, and thank goodness Mudpie and I are healthy (knock on wood), but the thoughts of changing jobs after so many years is pretty overwhelming. When I opened up the stress ball I couldn't believe how timely the gift was.

I should also add that Mudpie has been treating her pink fishie like a stress ball too. I think my anxiety has been rubbing off onto her!